scribble's top 100 albums of 2009

it's fairly close the end of the year, and scribble is a big music fan. he is also a big fan of extensive lists stating his opinions. furthermore, scribble is relatively certain there won't be any more albums coming out this year that will be worth listening to. normally there are only 60 - 70 listenable albums per year, so this is a particularly strong year for music. anyway, here it is:


100. tombs - winter hours (relapse)
99. woods - some shame (woodsist)
98. chain and the gang - down with liberty... up with chains (k records)
97. eels - hombre lobo (vagrant)
96. magrudergrind - magrudergrind (willowtip)
95. before there was rosalyn - the fuhrer (victory)
94. gallows - grey britain (warner bros.)
93. black dahlia murder - deflorate (metal blade)
92. doomriders - darkness come alive (deathwish)
91. darkest hour - eternal return (victory)
90. starlight mints - change remains (barsuk)
89. alexisonfire - old crows / young cardinals (vagrant)
88. taking back sunday - new again (warner bros.)
87. yo la tengo - popular songs (matador)
86. david bazan - curse your branches (barsuk)
85. trophy scars - bad luck (self released)
84. dinosaur jr. - farm (jagjaguwar)
83. mono - hymn to the immortal wind (temporary residence)
82. les claypool - of fungi and foe (prawn song)
81. pelican - what we all come to need (southern lord)
80. karen o and the kids - where the wild things are soundtrack (geffen)
79. russian circles - geneva (temporary residence)
78. zechs marquise - our delicate stranded nightmare (rodriguez lopez)
77. mos def - the ecstatic (downtown)
76. land of talk - some are lakes (saddle creek)
75. kiss kiss - the meak shall inherit what's left (eyeball)
74. silverstein - shipwreck in the sand (victory)
73. polvo - in prism (merge)
72. lightning bolt - earthly delights (load)
71. the chariot - wars and rumors of wars (solid state)
70. 65 days of static - escape from new york (monotreme)
69. the sleeping - what it takes (victory)
68. we were promissed jetpacks - these four walls (fat cat)
67. furnace - doublewalker (shock value)
66. isis - wavering radient (ipecac)
65. telekinesis - telekinesis (merge)
64. relics - we owe ourselves this (clean plate)
63. weezer - raditude (geffen)
62. rural alberta advantage - hometowns (saddle creek)
61. keelhaul - keelhaul's triumphant return to obscurity (hydra head)
60. from monument to masses - on little known frequencies (dim mak)
59. ghost of a thousand - new hopes, new demonstrations (epitaph)
58. goes cube - another day has passed (the end)
57. graf orlock - destination time today (adaigo 830)
56. emery - in shallow seas we sail (tooth and nail)
55. moneen - the world i want to leave behind (vagrant)
54. monsters of folk - monsters of folk (rough trade)
53. john nolan - height (doghouse)
52. stray from the path - make your own history (sumerian)
51. kidcrash - snacks (init)
50. ac4 - ac4 (ny vag)
49. beep beep - enchanted islands (saddle creek)
48. medusa - en raga sul (hawthorne street)
47. coalesce - ox (relapse)
46. sonic youth - the eternal (matador)
45. adrian terrazas gonzalez - cu taan (el regimen)
44. the dear hunter - act III: life and death (triple crown)
43. quieting syrup - songs about a sick boy (lovitt)
42. ben gibbard and jay farrar - one fast move or i'm gone soundtrack (atlantic)
41. murder by death - finch soundtrack (tent show)
40. brainworms -II: swear to me (rorschach)
39. comadre - a wolf ticket (adaigo 830)
38. sholi - sholi (touch and go)
37. ace enders and a million different people - when i hit the ground (vagrant)
36. the artificial heart - the artificial heart (self released)
35. tornavalanche - get rich or cry trying (exotic fever)
34. eastern youth - hohaba to taiyou (zoom)
33. portugal the man - the satanic satanist (equal vision)
32. crystal antlers - tentacles (touch and go)
31. two tongues - two tongues (vagrant)
30. conor oberst and the mystic valley band - outer south (merge)
29. bygones - by (sargent house)
28. bellini - the precious prize of gravity (temporary residence)
27. say anything - say anything (rca)
26. every time i die - new junk aesthetic (epitaph)
25. manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing (favorite gentleman)
24. narrows - new distances (deathwish)
23. victor! fix the sun - person place or thing (friction)
22. mi ami - watersports (touch and go)
21. the number twelve looks like you - worse than alone (eyeball)
20. drowning with our anchors - you can never go home again (adaigo 830)
19. a city safe from sea - throw me through walls (magic bullet)
18. orbs - asleep next to science (self released)
17. touche amore - to the beat of a dead horse (6131)
16. brand new - daisy (interscope)
15. elder - reflect (forge again)
14. loma prieta - dark mountain (slave union)
13. kaospilot - shaddows (magic bullet)
12. destry - it goes on (paper and plastick)
11. so many dynamos - the loud wars (vagrant)
10. mewithoutyou - it's all crazy, it's all false, it's all a dream... (tooth and nail)
9. daitro - y (pure pain sugar)
8. omar rodriguez lopez - xenophanes (rodriguez lopez)
8. (tied) omar rodriguez lopez - solar gambling (rodriguez lopez)
8. (tied) omar rodriguez lopez - megaritual (rodriguez lopez)
8. (tied) omar rodriguez lopez - despair (rodriguez lopez)
7. poison the well - the tropic rot (ferret)
6. the fall of troy - in the unlikely event (equal vision)
5. thursday - common existence (epitaph)
4. el grupo nuevo - cryptomnesia (rodriguez lopez)
4. (tied) the mars volta - octahedron (warner bros.)
3. thrice - beggars (vagrant)
2. converge - axe to fall (epitaph)
1. cursive - mama, i'm swollen (saddle creek)


and so it is spoken, and so it is. however, scribble reserves the right to ammend this list, should any of the following bands sneak a release in before the end of the year: ampere, circle takes the square, the locust, daughters, and any surprise bands that may pop up. if you have any albums that you feel were missed or out of order, scribble recomends that you "bring it". also, a top 50 of the decade list will be up as soon as scribble gets around to finnishing the accompanying descriptions and possibly gathering the albums' artwork.

scribble is pleased. all hail our supreme babysitter!