Spin's 40 Best Albums of 2009

SPIN magazine just released their list of Top 40 Best Albums of 2009 right in time for the new year. Topping the list this year at number 1 is Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion (I have been meaning to get into Animal Collective for years now so here is my final push).

Some other albums that made the list was Wilco's Wilco(the Album) at 39, folk siblings The Avett Brothers' I and Love and You as well as The Flaming Lips' Embryonic at 28. Personal favorites Tegan and Sara charted the list at 22 with Sainthood which just came out this past fall.



Lily Allen made an appearance at 19 with It's Not Me, It's You and rapper Drake's So Far Gone hit number 9! (Besides the honest fact that he's undoubtedly talented, many years of watching paraplegic Jimmy on Degrassi has turned me into a major DRAKE fan)

Third place goes to Pheonix's Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix--one of my favorite albums of the year. The Grammy nominated fifth album from these Frenchman is a perfect blend of various beats, grooves and lyrics making it energetically wonderful.



Numero dos went to the always awesome Yeah Yeah Yeahs' It's Blitz!. Kudos to YYY and Karen O for always generating an edgy punk/indie rock sound pleasing to the ears.

To check out the whole list of 40 albums, click here.

Ingrid Michaelson: Album of the Week

Ingrid Michaelson is pretty much my favorite person ever. Ok, I don't know her personally so I'll rephrase that. She is one of my favorite artists ever. Her music is charming in every way, even when her lyrics are seemingly tragic at times. Whether she is playing the piano or strumming the guitar, she has the ability to write honest, raw songs and backdrop them with enjoyable beats.

Ingrid's most recent album Everybody came out in August of this year and the first single off the album "Maybe" just got added to VH1 last month. Her third album, Everybody has all the elements of a solid Ingrid album. The album kick starts with "Soldier," a melancholy track concerning trusting someone you love and continues with tracks on the same heartbreaking wavelength like "Are We There Yet?," "Sort Of" and "The Chain". The more hopeful tracks include "Maybe" and "Everybody," which is the overall theme of the album: "Everybody,everybody wants to love..." Overall, it's lyrically powerful and music wise, it's just delightful.

Check the video out for "Maybe":

Rock out Dracula

Yes vampire fanatics, it is finally here. The sequel Twilight: New Moon is coming out tonight and I could not be more excited about the….SOUNDTRACK! (Everything about Twilight seems to underwhelm me. It’s written terribly, the acting leaves much to desire and the plot is just kind of—there. No offense Twilight fans a.k.a the whole population.)


The soundtrack, however, is loaded with ultra-talented artists. I’m most thrilled about Death Cab for Cutie’s contribution with “Meet Me On The Equionox,” a song that rightfully expresses the angsty emotions these fictional immortal teenagers must be feeling. Ben Gibbard never fails to disappoint with his beautifully tragic lyrics, even if he is recently happily married to the incredibly adorable Zooey Deschanel.

Along with Death Cab, the OST is filled with huge names like Thom York, The Killers, Muse, Bon Iver and OK Go. Needless to say, music from Twilight numero dos does not suck.

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