Over at KCUR's website, they've got the top ten lists from Cyprus Avenue's Bill Shapiro and The Fish Fry's Chuck Haddix. There's some overlap in the lists (both Shapiro and Haddock picked Allen Toussaint's Bright Mississippi and the Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women record), but the two lists provide a refreshing reminder that there's music out there other than Animal Collective and assorted other indie folks whole might've put put good records this year.
We've also got the exhaustive "100 Best Recordings of 2009" from Mark Manning, host of KKFI's Wednesday MidDay Medley. As Manning explained in his press release:
These are our picks for the Best Recordings of 2009, as previously played on the Wednesday MidDay Medley and based on our playlists. This year we have played hundreds of new musical releases from local musicians and recordings of Indie Rock, Jazz, Folk, Electronic, Gospel, Hip Hop, Dance, Soul, Blues, Country and World Music.
After the jump, check out the list.
1. Sara Swenson - Sara Swenson / Independent / 2009
2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist / Warp Records 2009
3. Various Artists - Crayon Angel A Tribute to The Music of Judee Sill / American Dust / 2009
4. Sonic Youth - the eternal / Matador / 2009
5. Be / Non - A Mountain of Yeses / Unipegadong / 2009
6. Regina Spektor - far / Sire / 2009
7. Levee Town - Levee Town / Independent / 2009
8. Shay Estes with Trio All - Despite Your Destination / Independent / 2009
9. Marianne Faithful - Easy Come Easy Go / Decca / 2009
10. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone / Anti- / 2009
11. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion / Domino / 2009
12. Taken By Trees - East of Eden / Rough Trade / 2009
13. Charles S. McVey - Animal / Impure Records / 2009
14. Pansy Division - That's So Gay / Alternative Tentacles / 2009
15. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca / Domino / 2009
16. Swimming in Speakers - Swimming in Speakers / Independent / 2009
17. Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light / Our Secret Record Company / 2009
18. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics - Maiden Voyage / Intelligent Design Records / 2009
19. Eleni Mandel - Artificial Fire / Zedtone / 2009
20. Beirut - March of The Zapotec / Pompeii Records / 2009
21. The Swell Season - Strict Joy / Anti- / 2009
22. New York Dolls - 'Cause I Sez So / One Day It Will Please Us Records / 2009
23. Junkyard Empire - Rebellion Politik / Media Roots Music / 2009
24. Ghosty - A Mystic's Robe [EP] / More Famouser Records / 2009
25. Jill Sobule - California Years / Pinko Records / 2009
26. Steve Earle - Townes / New West / 2009
27. N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo / Anti- / 2009
28. Latin Bitman - Colour / Nacional / 2009
29. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head and The Sky / Chimera Music / 2009
30. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs / Matador / 2009
31. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix / Ghettoblaster - Glassnote / 2009
32. Ray Davies - The Kinks Choral Collection / Decca / 2009
33. Various Artists - Nigerian Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria / Sound Way /
34. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night / 4AD - Red Hot / 2009
35. Joel A. Brown - Simplexity / A Souletry Production / 2009
36. Ernest James Zydeco - Jubilee / Independent / 2009
37. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love / Capitol / 2009
38. David Bowie - VH1 Storytellers / EMI / 2009
39. Various Artists - War Child Presents Heroes / War Child / 2009
40. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life / Columbia / 2009
41. Antony and The Johnsons - The Crying Light / Secretly Canadian / 2009
42. Ingrid Stolzel - Selected Chamber Music / Independent / 2009
43. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic / Warner Bros. / 2009
44. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster / Kill Rock Stars 2009
45. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You / American Recordings / 2009
46. Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane / Hear / 2009
47. Exene Cervenka - Somewhere Gone / Bloodshot / 2009
48. Lyal Strickland - So Many Incidents / Independent / 2009
49. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up / ATCO / 2009
50. Alela Diane - To Be Still / Rough Trade / 2009
51. Karen O & The Kids - Where The Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack / Interscope
52. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz / Interscope / 2009
53. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - El Arte De La Elegancia de LFC / Nacional Records / 2009
54. They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science / Idlewild - Disney Sound / 2009
55. St Vincent - Actor / 4AD / 2009
56. Osso - Run Rabbit Run / Asthmatic Kitty / 2009
57. Sufjan Stevens - The BQE / Asthmatic Kitty / 2009
58. Tinted Windows - Tinted Windows / S Curve Records / 2009
59. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures / DGC / 2009
60. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk / Shangri La Records / 09
61. M. Ward - Hold Time / Merge / 2009
62. The Sexy Accident - Mantoloking / Independent / 2009
63. Fanfarlo - Resevoir / Independent / 2009
64. Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter / Anti- / 2009
65. Two Headed Cow - Safe As Milk / Independent / 2009
66. Vieux Farka Toure - Fundo / Six Degrees / 2009
67. Pink Martini - Splendor In The Grass / Heinz / 2009
68. Cornershop - Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast / Ample Play / 2009
69. I Was A King - I Was King / The Control Group / 2009
70. El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop / The Control Group / 2009
71. Anna Ternheim - Leaving On A Mayday / Verve Forecast / 2009
72. Peter, Bjorn & John - Living Thing / The Control Group / 2009
73. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast / Fat Possum / 2009
74. John Vanderslice - Romanian Names / Dead Oceans / 2009
75. Mouth - Word of Mouth / Independent / 2009
76. Morrissey - Years Of Refusal / Attack-Lost Highway / 09
77. Playing For Change - Playing For Change / Concord Music / 2009
78. Mexican Institute of Sound - Soy Sauce / Nacional / 2009
79. Wishing Chair - Stand Up 8 / Terrakin Records / 2009
80. Nitin Sawhney - London Undersound / Cooking Vinyl / 2009
81. Pacha Massive - If You Want It / Nacional / 2009
82. Royksopp - Junior / Astralwerks / 2009
83. Betse Ellis - Don't You Want to Go? / free dirt / 2009
84. The Wiyos - Broken Land Bell / Independent / 2009
85. Sage Flower - Arrow / Rewolf / 2009
86. Eulogies - Here Anonymous / Dangerbird / 2009
87. The BPA - I Think Were Gonna Need a Bigger Boat / / 2009
88. Moby - Wait For Me / Mute / 2009
89. Monta At Odds - Outono / Monta Music / 2009
90. Zee Avi - Zee Avi / Brushfire / 2009
91. A Camp - Colonia / Nettwerk / 2009
92. Vienna Teng - Inland Territory / Rounder / 2009
93. Fol Chen - Part 1: John Shade Your Fortune's Made / Asthmatic Kitty / 2009
94. EELS - Hombre Lobo - 12 Songs of Desire / Vagrant / 2009
95. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns / Astralwerks / 2009
96. White Rabbits - It's Frightening / tbd Records / 2009
97. Deer Tick Born On Flag Day / Partisan / 2009
98. Gossip - Music For Men / Sony / 2009
99. Megan Birdsall - This Is The Time / BirdSmith Productions / 2009
100. Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band / 2009
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