The Best of 2009 train rolls on today. This time around, we've got lists from Billy Hamilton of Silverstein and Jordan Baker of Pastepunk, as well as a collective list from the members of Laura Stevenson and the Cans.
Check out Best of 2009 lists from members of Less Than Jake, Hot Water Music, Rehasher and more here: Best Of 2009 Lists. Also, don't forget to check out our staff reviewers' lists, and be sure to come back on Tuesday for lists from the Punknews.org editors.
Billy Hamilton of Silverstein
1. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
2. Mew - No More Stories…
3. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
4. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
5. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
6. Wilco - (The Album)
7. The Wooden Sky - If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone
8. Strike Anywhere - Iron Front
9. Weatherbox - The Cosmic Drama
10. Lucero -1372 Overton Park
EP's
1. Paint It Black - Amnesia
2. Paint It Black - Surrender
3. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
4. Defeater - Lost Ground
5. I Am Committing A Sin - Grow Past Their Promises
Honourable Mention:
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Sights And Sounds - Monolith
Frank Turner - Poetry of The Deed
Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
Owen - New Leaves
Cursive - Mama I'm Swollen
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - S/T
Converge - Axe To Fall
Attack In Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jordan Baker of Pastepunk.com
1. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death of Us
2. Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
3. Converge - Axe to Fall
4. Thrice - Beggars
5. New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
6. Strung Out - Agents of the Underground
7. Reign Supreme - Testing the Limits of Infinite
8. Shook Ones - The Unquotable A.M.H.
9. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
10. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
Laura Stevenson and the Cans
Mike from Laura Stevenson and the Cans here. Thanks for asking us to do this top ten list! It was fun. We got to argue amongst each other about what should be on it, at what number, etc. Haha.
Anyway, here is the collective decision of Laura Stevenson and The Cans year end top ten.
1. Phoenix - "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"
2. Cheap Girls - "My Roaring 20's"
3. Paper Moons "New Tales"
4. Wild Yaks - "Don't Die Yet"
5. Bomb the Music Industry - "Scrambles"
6. Andrew Jackson Jihad - "Can't Maintain"
7. Iron Chic - "Shitty Rambo"
8. Cast Spells - "Bright Works and Baton"
9. Air Waves - Daytrotter Sessions
10. The Beatles stereo reissues (tie for 11th place)