2009 Continued

Best Album:

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion


What's not to love?

Best Song:

Animal Collective - My Girls


The first time I heard this, I got an erection.

Best Rock Album:

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm


J, Lou and Murph are truly on fucking fire.

Best Flat-out Pop Album:

La Roux - La Roux


First four songs are perfection.

Best Noise:

HEALTH - Get Color


Brutal and heavenly

Best Video:

Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)


OF ALL TIME!

Best Hip-Hop / Rap Album

Blakroc - Blakroc


2009 made me hate Aussie hip-hop again and Mos Def and MF DOOM weren't good. The Black Keys + black guys = Fantastic

Best Metal ( \m/) Album:

Mastodon - Crack The Skye


As epic as Muse but with 1,000,000 time less the pompousity and gayness.

Abhorrent and Ghastly:

Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster



Muse - The Resistance