Pick only ten: TRACKS from 2009 so far

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Here's my ten:

1. The Juan Maclean - Tonight
2. Telefon Tel Aviv - The Birds
3. Meanderthals - Andromeda
4. Royksopp - You Don't Have A Clue
5. Richgirl - He Ain't With Me Now Tho
6. Electrik Red - Bed Rest
7. Ciara - Work
8. Fever Ray - Dry And Dusty (but could be swapped with 2 or 3 others from the LP)
9. Roska - Our Father
10. Jay-Jay Johansson - Lightning Strikes

I'd been thinking this year had been dry so far but no that's just the charts. Tell your ten!
 

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

my last.fm last 6 months list is not really a reliable source as it's weighted strongly in favour of albums that came out at the start of the year ie less crowded time so they got more plays...by May there's loads more stuff to hear and it takes longer for stuff to climb the list (plus i keep putting it on hold for older stuff). Juan Maclean LP is my current year fave tho (if only because Foxbase Alpha remaster doesn't count) so by December their tracks should be higher than Royksopp's and Fever Ray's.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

well yeah, ditto, hence the 3 months list.

I feel you re: the charts and wanting them to be better but there's a point at which it gets so bad for so long that you have to stop caring, really, and we've passed that point for me. It's not just the usual crop of bad songs, it's mainstream pop music overall...what that's come to mean, what it takes for an artist to become part of it.