End of 2009: 30 – 21
I planned on finishing this before tomorrow, but I’m having not enough time to do it like I did for numers 50 – 31. So, the next texts are gonna be shorter, very short. Just a sentence and a song. Hope you don’t mind.
30. Megafaun – Gather, Form And Fly (Home Tapes)
What? Band rooted in indie country, but opening up to a whole array of genres
29. Alec Ounsworth – Mo Beauty (ANTI-records)
What? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-man goes solo and ‘nasals’ his way to heavy pretention pop. (but not as heavy as his other project Flashy Python)
Alec Ounsworth – Idiot in The Rain
Bonus song:
Alec Ounsworth – Wide Awake (one of my favourite songs ever, from unreleased early demos by Ounsworth)
28. Magnolia Electric Co – Josephine (Secretly Canadian)
What? Jason Molina grows a mustache and turns into a sad country-band.
Magnolia Electric Co – Whip-Poor-Will
27. Elvis Perkins – Elvis Perkins in Dearland (XL Recordings)
What? Johnny Flynn’s american twin brother didn’t impress me with his debut, but this album is an emotional joyride.
26. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below (Rough Trade)
What? Not sure if this hippie stuff deserves to be so high, but the song ‘Home’ deluded me, by becoming the song i listened to the most in 2009.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
25. M. Ward – Hold Time (Merge Records)
What? M. Ward keeps going. We keep listening.
24. Doug Paisley – Doug Paisley (No Quarter records)
What? Folky singer-songwriter makes a strong debut album and sounds timeless alltogether .
Doug Paisley – Diggin’ In the Ground
23. The Burning Hell – Baby (WEewerk Records)
What? Ukelele is the sound to base your career on. And sounding like Bill Callahan who’s trying comedy.
the Burning Hell – Everything Will Probably Be OK
22. Cotton Jones – Paranoid Cocoon (Suicide Squeeze)
What? Page France waves goodbye to indie brothers Death cab For Cutie and say hello to the sixties. Is that the Doors?
Cotton Jones – By Morning Light
21. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (Fat Possum)
What? I hear a whistle in my ear, and a violin in my eye.
Tags: alec ounsworth, Andrew Bird, Anti-records, clap your hands say yeah, Cotton Jones, Doug Paisley, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Elvis Perkins, Fat Possum, flashy python, home tapes, Jason Molina, Johnny Flynn, M. Ward, Magnolia Electric Co., Megafaun, Merge Records, No Quarter Records, Page France, Rough Trade, Secretly Canadian, Suicide Squeeze, the burning hell, ukelele, Weewerk records, XL Recordings
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27 December 2009 at 3:23 am
i really like this Doug Paisley’s song ! i’ll look into it, thanks