My Favorite Albums and Shows of 2009

Favorite Albums for 2009:

(1) Dirty Projectors –  Bitte Ocra
(2) Animal Collective –  Merriweather Post Pavilion
(3) Cass McCombs – Catacombs
(4) Flaming Lips–  Embryonic
(5) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
(6) Girls – Album
(7) Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
(8) Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend
(9 ) The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
(10) Bibo –  Ambivalence Avenue

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Favorite Shows for 2009:

Dave Rawlings Machine (High Noon Saloon)
Monotonix (High Noon Saloon)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (Turner Hall Ballroom)
The Walkmen with Cass McCombs (Turner Hall Ballroom)