1 (1) Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying Light
2 (2) Morrissey - Years of Refusal
3 (-) The Veils - Sun Gangs
4 (5) Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
5 (-) U2 - No Line under the Horizon
6 (6) Balmorhea - All Is Wild, All Is Silent
7 (4) Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
8 (3) Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
9 (-) Venus in Flames - Intimacy
10 (-) Tom Pintens - Winter Maakt Ons Vrolijk

11 (7) Reptile71 - In Dust 2000-2003
12 (12) Vetiver - Tight Knit
13 (-) Fanfarlo - Reservoir
14 (-) 17 Hippies - El Dorado
15 (-) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
16 (8) Starsailor - All the Plans
17 (9) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
18 (-) Wake the President - You Can't Change That Boy
19 (-) The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
20 (10) Wild Light - Adult Nights

Toch goed om de lijstjes van Aero te blijven checken. De nieuwe The Veils is blijkbaar te vinden. YEAH!

Top 25 (Gemiddeld 2.9*)

01. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Old Money (4*)
02. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
03. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
04. Myka 9 - 1969
05. Zu - Carboniferous
06. P.O.S. - Never Better
07. Fol Chen - Part 1: John Shade, Your Future's Made (3.5*)
08. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Megaritual
09. Telepathe - Dance Mother
10. Mongrel - Better Than Heavy
11. Zwart Licht - Bliksemschicht (3*)
12. Lilly Allen - It's Not Me It’s You
13. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
14. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
15. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
16. The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future (2.5*)
17. Odd Nosdam - T.I.M.E.
18. N.A.S.A. - Spirit of Apollo
19. Kyteman - The Hermit Sessions
20. Howling Bells - Radio Wars
21. Slumgullion - Disko (2*)
22. Grandmaster Flash - The Bridge: Concept of a Culture
23. Most Unpleasant Men - Nothing Moves Slower
24. Lil' Scrappy - Silence and Secrecy: Black Rag Gang (1.5*)
25. Top Notch Extravaganza (1*)

P.O.S.

01. Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
02. Wheels on Fire - Get Famous
03. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
04. India Arie - Testimony Vol. 2 Love & Politics
05. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
06. Dent May & his magnificent ukulele - The Good Feeling Music of .....
07. The Hunches - Exit Dreams
08. John Frusciante - The Empyrean
09. The Answer - Everyday Demons
10. Marked Men - Ghosts

Tot nu toe

1. Solstafir - Köld
2. Weird Owl - Ever The Silver Cord Be Loosed
3. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage

Moet wel No Line On The Horizon zijn. Ik ga zelf dit lijstje ook maar een keer af, ik moet eerlijk bekennen uit 2009 nog geen enkel album gehoord te hebben, dus dat moet ook maar een keer gaan gebeuren.

Update, allemaal op een rijtje:

1. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light 4,5*
2. Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is a Mouth 4*
3. Keef Baker - Pen Fifteen
4. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
5. Phosphorescent - To Willie
6. Vetiver - Tight Knit
7. Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
8. Yagya - Ringing
9. Pan American - White Bird Release 3,5*
10. Stendeck - Sonnambula

11. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
12. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
13. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
14. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
15. Svarte Greiner - Kappe 3*
16. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels

Waar ik bij de laatste een potentiële nr.1 klant had verwacht..

Update (ep's en verzamelaars dit keer wel meegerekend):

01. P.O.S. - Never Better 4*
02. Brother Ali - The Truth Is Here
03. Elegi - Varde
04. Reptile71 - In Dust: 2000-2003
05. Zu - Carboniferous 3,5*
06. Dälek - Gutter Tactics
07. Eligh & Jo Wilkinson - On Sacred Ground
08. Nomak - Muziq and Foto
09. Yagya - Rigning
10. India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics

Albums die net buiten mijn top 10 vallen (allen: 3,5*):

11. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
12. Exile - Radio
13. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information
14. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
15. Scholarman - Gameshift: The Movement
16. Myka 9 - 1969

Top 10 slechtse projecten:

01. Top Notch Extravaganza 1*
02. Lady Sovereign - Jigsaw
03. The Acorns - Forming Roots
04. Bang Bang - Fuck Suicide, I'm Staying!!
05. J-Ro - Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2
06. Joe Budden - Padded Room
07. Babyface - From the Heart 1,5*
08. Cappadonna - Slang Prostitution
09. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Eye Legacy
10. Isaiah - Murs 3:16 Presents Isaiah

Top 10 platen die het meest tegenvielen:

01. Grandmaster Flash - The Bridge: Concept of a Culture 1,5*
02. Havoc - Hidden Files 1,5*
03. C-Rayz Walz - Who the F%@k Are You? 2,5*
04. N.A.S.A. - Spirit of Apollo 2*
05. Zion I - The Take Over 2*
06. K'naan - Troubadour 2*
07. Kyteman - The Hermit Sessions 2,5*
08. RZA - Afro Samurai, Resurrection 2*
09. Winne - Winne Zonder Strijd 2*
10. Deep Rooted - D.E.E.P. R.O.O.T.E.D. 3*

UPDATE:

01.(---) Anthony Jospeh & the Spasm Band - Bird Head Son
02.(---) Candi Staton - Who's Hurting Now?
03.(01) India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
04.(---) Ruthie Foster - The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
05.(02) Heather Headley - Audience of One
06.(---) Melinda Doolittle - Coming Back to You
07.(05) Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
08.(---) Marsha Ambrosius - Yours Truly
09.(03) Kinny - Idle Forest of Chit Chat
10.(---) Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones

De albums die de moeite waard zijn:

01. Peter Adams - I woke with planets in my face
02. Andrew Bird - Nobel Beast
03. Loney Dear - Dear John
04. Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway
05. Ruarri Joseph - Both Sides of the Coin
06. Gustaf Spetz - Good Night Mr Spetz
07. The Veils - Sun Gangs
08. Peter Doherty - Grace/Wastelands

Update

01. [01] Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Frans Ferdinand
02. [---] Candi Staton - Who's Hurting now?
03. [02] Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
04. [---] Starsailor - All the Plans
05. [---] White Lies - To Lose My Life
06. [---] U2 - No Line on the Horizon
07. [03] De Staat - Waite For Evolution
08. [---] The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
09. [---] Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
10. [---] Venus In Flames - Intimacy
11. [04] The Gourds - Haymaker!
12. [---] Fever Ray - Fever Ray
13. [---] Wouter Hamil - Nobody's Tune
14. [05] Anthony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light
15. [06] Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Heruitgaves / Verzamel / Box-sets

01. Diversen - Respect Aretha's Influences and Inspirations
02. Diversen - Northern Soul's Classiest Rareties Vol. 3
03. Diversen - Dark Was the Night
04. Diversen - Factory Records Comminucations 1976 - 92

01 [01] Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (5*)
02 [---] The Veils - Sun Gangs (4,5*)
03 [03] Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (4*)
04 [02] Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
05 [---] The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (3,5*)
06 [---] Kyteman - The Hermit Sessions
07 [04] Fever Ray - Fever Ray
08 [05] Morrissey - Years of Refusal
09 [---] Loney, Dear - Dear John
10 [---] M. Ward - Hold Time

Top 10 (reguliere albums):

01. P.O.S. - Never Better 4*
02. Finale - A Pipedream and a Promise
03. Elegi - Varde
04. Zu - Carboniferous 3,5*
05. Dälek - Gutter Tactics
06. Eligh & Jo Wilkinson - On Sacred Ground
07. DOOM - Born Like This
08. Nomak - Muziq and Foto
09. Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Bird Head Son
10. Yagya - Rigning

Jawel, het jaar is nu op gang aan het komen .

5 top albums:

01. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
02. Alela Diane - To Be Still
03. William Elliott Whitmore - Animals in the Dark
04. Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day
05. Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Bird Head Son

Zulke verschillende smaken en toch een overeenkomst.

01. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
02. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
03. The Rifles - Great Escape
04. Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is a Mouth
05. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
06. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
07. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo
08. The Veils - Sun Gangs
09. Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
10. Handsome Furs - Face Control

Begint toch een leuk lijstje te worden zo langzaamaan

01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
02. Pan American - White Bird Release
03. The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
04. The Rifles - The Great Escape
05. Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand
06. Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
07. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
08. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
09. Mountains - Choral
10. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic

01. Stendeck - Sonnambula
02. White Lies - To Lose My Life...
03. Intrusion - The Seduction Of Silence
04. Moderat - Moderat
05. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
06. Hackman - Enterprises
07. Isole - Silent ruins
08. These Are Powers - All Aboard Future
09. Grammatics - Grammatics
10. Svarte Greiner - Kappe

Heb er pas 1:

The Bakerton Group - El Rojo

Inmiddels ruim een maand geleden, dus tijd voor een update. Van het vorige lijstje zijn er nog maar vier over, maar dat komt omdat er aardig goede albums uit blijven rollen..

nu (12feb)

01 (02) Mountains - Choral
02 (--) John Zorn - Filmworks XXIII El General
03 (--) Ethan Rose - Oaks
04 (03) Pan American - White Bird Release
05 (01) Elegi - Varde
06 (--) Animal Hospital - Memory
07 (--) The Low Frequency in Stereo - Futuro
08 (--) Celer - Capri
09 (--) David Cunningham ans Yasuaki Shimizu - One Hunderd
10 (04) Svarte Greiner - Kappe

De volgende albums mogen niet in bovenstaande lijst, omdat het officieel re-releases zijn, maar verdienen wel aandacht:

Xela - Heirs of the Fire (bloedje mooi en spannend)
Oren Ambarchi - Persona
Oran Ambarchi - Stacte.3

Top 25 (Ep's, verzamerlaart etc. doen gewoon mee):

01. P.O.S. - Never Better 4*
02. Soap&Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum
03. Finale - A Pipedream and a Promise
04. Brother Ali - The Truth Is Here
05. Elegi - Varde
06. Reptile71 - In Dust: 2000-2003
07. Zu - Carboniferous 3,5*
08. Dälek - Gutter Tactics
09. Eligh & Jo Wilkinson - On Sacred Ground
10. DOOM - Born Like This

11. Nomak - Muziq and Foto
12. Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Bird Head Son
13. Yagya - Rigning
14. India.Arie - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
15. Common Market - The Winter's End
16. Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
17. Exile - Radio
18. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information
19. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
20. Scholarman - Gameshift: The Movement

21. Myka 9 - 1969
22. Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence 3*
23. Notorious
24. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
25. Intrusion - The Seduction of Silence

Update (ik doe wel zwaar onder voor de rest hier...):

1. Ektomorf - What Doesn't Kill Me... 4.5*
2. Martyr Defiled - Ecophagy EP 4*
3. Poison My Blood - Monuments
4. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave 3.5*
5. Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor
6. ABACABB - Survivalist

Ik heb eindelijk ook een album uit 2009 beluisterd, maar ik heb wel gelijk een erg goede gevonden, want ik zet hoog in:

01. The Hickey Underworld - The Hickey Underworld (4,5*)

----[[ 4,5* / 5,0* ]] ----
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
02. Stendeck - Sonnambula
03. Mount Kimbie - Maybes

----[[ 4,0* / 5,0* ]] ----
04. Dan Deacon - Bromst
05. Anamanaguchi - Dawn Metropolis
06. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
07. Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
08. Yagya - Rigning
09. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
10. Intrusion - The Seduction of Silence

01. (01) Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
02. (04) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
03. (***) The Boy Least Likely To - The Law of the Playground
04. (02) Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
05. (03) Phosphorescent - To Willie
06. (***) Handsome Furs - Face Control
07. (05) Dälek - Gutter Tactics
08. (***) Tomasz Bednarczyk - Painting Sky Together
09. (***) Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
10. (06) Alela Diane - To Be Still

11. (***) Durrty Goodz - Ultrasound
12. (***) Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
13. (07) Loney, Dear - Dear John
14. (***) Bishop Allen - Grrr...
15. (08) Beirut / Realpeople - March of the Zapotec / Holland
16. (09) The Suicidal Birds - Spend Your Life in Serious Misery
17. (***) Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
18. (10) DJ Signify - Of Cities
19. (***) The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
20. (11) Marissa Nadler - Little Hells

Met een kwart van het jaar erop zitten zijn er wat al wat aardige (goede) titels verschenen. Hier de top 10 tot nu toe:

1. Mastodon - Crack the Skye (2009)
2. John Frusciante - The Empyrean (2009)
3. Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (2009)
4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
5. Mountains - Choral (2009)
6. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (2009)
7. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2 (2009)
8. 16 - Bridges to Burn (2009)
9. Bon Iver - Blood Bank (2009)
10. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love (2009)

Albums waarvan ik veel verwachtingen heb:
Nieuwe Muse, Dream Theater, Gazpacho, Patrick Watson, Neil Young en Callisto.

01. Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth
02. Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
03. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
04. Beirut / Realpeople - March Of The Zapotech / Holland
05. Handsome Furs - Face Control
06. N.A.S.A. - The Spirit Of Apollo
07. The Bird And The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
08. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
09. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
10. John Frusciante - The Empyrean

11. Antony & The Johnsons - The Crying Light
12. Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs - How To Get From Heaven To Scotland
13. Mando Diao - Give Me Fire!
14. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
15. Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
16. Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Megaritual
17. The Veils - Sun Gangs
18. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight
19. Vetiver - Tight Knit
20. White Lies - To Lose My Life

"Old Money" van Omar Rodriguez Lopez kwam in 2008 uit, ookal staat op deze site 2009. Dat album stond dus al in mijn 2008-lijst en daarom niet in deze.

1. the pains of being pure at heart
2. the grammatics
3. yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz
4. neko case - middle cyclone
5. bruce springsteen - working on a dream
6. mastodon - crack the skye
7. AYWKUBTTOD - the century of self
8.Animal Collective - merriweather post pavillion
9. loney dear
10. M.Ward - Hold Time