Journal

2009 was a rather bland year for music. Lots of big and famous bands released non-inspired albums (Katatonia, Mastodon, Pain of Salvation, Dream Theater, DevilDriver, etc) turning this year out a big let down :[ But hey, we had some pleasant surprises as well:

Top 10 albums of 2009

1. Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and The GrooGroox King
2. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
3. Billy Talent - Bily Talent III
4. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
6. Living Colour - The Chair In The Doorway
7. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
8. Muse - The Resistance
9. Mudvayne - Mudvayne
10. Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh - In Parallel

As opposed to the release of new albums, Brazil welcomed some of the best concerts I've ever seen live:

Top 10 concerts of 2009

1. Faith No More
2. Radiohead
3. Beirut ^{[My review]}
4. The Prodigy
5. Seu Jorge ^{[My review]}
6. Living Colour
7. Amorphis ^{[My review]}
8. Iron Maiden
9. Dr. Sin ^{[My review]}
10. Heaven & Hell

1990 Rust in Peace - Megadeth
1991 Ten - Pearl Jam
1992 Angel Dust - Faith No More
1993 Vs. - Pearl Jam
1994 Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
1995 King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime - Faith No More
1996 Ænima - Tool
1997 The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
1998 Sehnsucht - Rammstein
1999 The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine

1. KISS - Sonic Boom
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - God & Guns
3. Creed - Full Circle
4. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
5. Bon Jovi - The Circle
6. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
7. Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
8. Megadeth - Endgame
9. Paramore - brand new eyes
10. Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
11. Eminem - Relapse
12. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
13. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
14. W.A.S.P. - Babylon
15. Foreigner - Can't Slow Down
16. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
17. Daughtry - Leave this Town
18. U2 - No Line On The Horizon
19. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
20. Dead by Sunrise - Out Of Ashes
+ bonus:
Toby Keith - American Ride
Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream

The top 25 albums of 2009:

01 / Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time
02 / Editors -In This Light On This Evening
03 / A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
04 / The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control
05 / Joe Pug - In The Meantime
06 / Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
07 / Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
08 / Black Diamond Heavies - Alive As Fuck
09 / Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend
10 / The Veils - Sun Gangs
11 / Blakroc - Blakroc
12 / Soulsavers - Broken
13 / Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
14 / Silversun Pickups - Swoon
15 / Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
16 / Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
17 / C.W. Stoneking - Jungle Blues
18 / Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
19 / Cass McCombs - Catacombs
20 / M. Ward - Hold Time
21 / Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day
22 / Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
23 / Therapy? - Crooked Timber
24 / A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
25 / Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose

The best 'close, but no cigar' albums of 2009:

Why? - Eskimo Snow
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
White Rabbits - It's Frightening
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
J. Tillman - Vacilando Territory Blues
The xx - xx

The biggest personal artist 'discoveries' of 2009:

Alberta Cross
Joe Pug
Kurt Vile
M. Ward
Brendan Benson
Silversun Pickups
C.W. Stoneking

The best debut albums of 2009:

Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
The Dead Weather - Horehound
Dark Night Of The Soul - Dark Night Of The Soul

The best comeback album of 2009:

Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue

Solid, but I had higher expectations for these albums in 2009:

Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Black Heart Procession - Six
Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
Langhorne Slim - Be Set Free

The most disappointing album of 2009:

Chris Isaak - Mr. Lucky

The worst album of 2009:

Chris Cornell - Scream

The album I played every day since it's release in 2009 (when possible):

A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose

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That's all folks! Let's see what 2010 brings...

The entire point of being with a woman is to sleep with her. Other than that, there aint nothing much to do with a woman, coz you have to PRETEND to be romantic all the time just to get her into bed. I mean heck I love chillin with the hommies during the day, but sleepin with a fine chick at night rules! So I would tell the b*tch I will meet you for dinner. Chill with the hommies all day, meet the b*tch around 9pm, act all romantic and ****, and go sleep with her at nite. A Perfect day! :)

RadioheadNirvanaPearl JamNickelbackBikini KillDevoSex PistolsConvergeAlice in ChainsThe BeatlesKaty PerryHoleThe Smashing PumpkinsThe SupremesHinderThe CarsDR. NRGBolt ThrowerOrchidEscape the FateBrokencydeElliot SmithIron And WineFrank SinatraSlipknotAlice in Chains

(In no particular order)

Albums :-

The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Karnivool - Sound Awake

iwrestledabearonce - It's All Happening

The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

August Burns Red - Constellations

Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes

Enter Shikari - Common Dreads

Fightstar - Be Human


Special Mention -
Alice in Chains - Black Gives To Blue

Silversun Pickups - Swoon


Compilations -

Saw VI Soundtrack

Punk Goes Pop 2

Incubus - Monuments And Melodies


Songs -


Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me On the Equinox

Smile Empty Soul - Faker

Jeniferever - The Hourglass

Jonny Craig - Istillfeelher Part III

Every Time I Die - Goddamn Kids These Days

Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come

Alesana - What Goes Around...

Caspian - Of Foam and Wave

Creed - Rain

Arctic Monkeys - Dangerous Animals


Special Mention -

Modest Mouse - The Whale Song

The Blackout - shutthefuckuppercut

Sucioperro - Are You Convinced?

Radiohead - Harry Patch (In Memory Of)

Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses


Comments are welcome, your own lists as well.

Anurag

I've listed the 30 discs that had the greatest impact on me in 2009 (until today)….

01 - Long Distance Calling – Avoid The Light


02 - The Bakerton Group – El Rojo


03 - Sonic Youth – The Eternal


04 - Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures


05 - Nirvana – Live In Reading Festival 1992


06 - Dinosaur Jr – Farm


07 - Monkey 3 – Undercover


08 - The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die


09 - Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue


10 - Fu Manchu – Sigs of Infinite Power


11 - Los Natas – Nuevo Orden de la Libertad


12 - Oceans – Nothing Collapses


13 - Truckfighters – Mania


14 - Dead Weather – Horehound


15 - palm desert – Dawn Of The Burning Sun


16 - Maserati – Passages


17 - Karma to Burn – Live In London And Chasing The Dragon


18 - Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers


19 - Ahkmed – Distance


20 - The Legendary Tiger Man – Femina


21 - If These Trees Could Talk – Above The Earth, Below The Sky


22 - miRthkon – Vehicle


23 - Ministry – Adios...Putas Madres [Live]


24 - Nirvana – Bleach (Deluxe Edition)


25 - Skeletonbreath – Eagles Nest Devils Cave


26 - Jane`s Addiction – A Cabinet of Curiosities


27 - Jonh Zorn – Alhambra Love Songs


28 - Sax Ruins – Yawiquo


29 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz


30 - Weezer – Raditude