Steph's Favorite Albums of 2009

1. Mika Miko – We Be Xuxa

(Favorite Track: “Totion”)
I listened to this way too many times, and I still love it.
2. Vivian Girls – Everything Goes Wrong
(Favorite Track: “Can’t Get Over You”)
3. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar(Favorite Track: “Shy”)
4. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms
(Favorite Track: “6669 (I Don’t Know if You Know”)
5. Talbot Tagora – Lessons in the Woods or a City
6. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
7. Times New Viking – Born Again Revisited
(Favorite Track: “Move to California”)
8. Raekwon – Only Built for Cuban Linx... Pt. II
(Favorite Track: “Surgical Gloves”)
Token rap album?? Maybe, but it's so good that it doesn't matter. Plus, it's Raekwon.
9. Starfucker – Jupiter
Perfect dance/pop album.
10. Eagle & Talon – Thracian
(Favorite Track: “Hot Caught”)
11. The King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl
(Favorite Track: “Lonely Boy”)
12. Real Estate – Real Estate
13. Vicious Cycle – Pale Blue Dot
This is a great hardcore album, similar to Fucked Up.
14. Metric – Fantasies
(Favorite Track: “Help I’m Alive”)
15. Dan Deacon – Bromst
16. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Way too catchy not to include. I love practically every song on this.
17. Pissed Jeans – King of Jeans
(Favorite Track: “False Jesii Part 2”)
18. The Wicked Awesomes!- Punk Holograms
19. TV Ghost – Cold Fish
Chosen because it reminds me of a Butthole Surfers album I'm obsessed with.
20. Vitalic – Flashmob

Honorable Mentions:

Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster (Favorite Track: “Monster”)

Blank Dogs – Under and Under (Favorite Track: “Tin Birds”)

Japandroids – Post-Nothing

Cold Cave – Love Comes Close

Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue (Favorite Track: “Haikuesque (When She Laughs)”)

The Rituals – Celebrate Life

Turbo Fruits – Echo Kid (Favorite Track: “On the Road”)

Crocodiles – Summer of Hate

Passion Pit – Manners (Favorite Track: “The Reeling” / “Sleepyhead”)

DOOM - Born Like This