Favorite non-Merge 2009 records I can think of right now, in alphabetical order:
Bowerbirds – Upper Air
Circulatory System – Signal Morning
Cryptacize – Mythomania
the Dutchess & the Duke – Sunrise / Sunset
God Help the Girl s/t
the Love Language’s debut
Madeline & the White Flag Band - White Flag
Nesey Gallons – Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago
Still Flyin’ - Never Gonna Touch the Ground
Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies – EP II


























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Wilson, you left out all sorts of great albums
The Mantles – s/t (Siltbreeze)
Kelly is right, that one is good too but I self-imposed a limit of ten and it wasn’t one of the first ten I thought up!
Also, Kelly doesn’t actually believe there has been any good music released after 1995, so…
The Strange Boys – The Strange Boys… And Girls Club (In The Red)
It’s not that I believe that good music stopped being released, I just think humanity stopped being creative. Good yet non-creative music can still be released at almost any point in time.
Best comments thread.
Wilson, you forgot Cheap Red. Cheap Red is great, Wilson.
Merge should hire me so I can make a list.
It seems like you’re doing a pretty good job making a list already, dude.
VVLL! Woohoo!