top twenty sets of 09

so here is my little wrap up of the top sets of 2009. i guess i should say shows, but due to the fact that i went to tons of shows, and that i went to lots of festivals and such i think i'll just put down the top sets of the year. i would just like to point out that i was very fortunate to travel around a bit, and hit up alot of amazing shows out of town, i guess i could make a top ten of sets from out of town and top ten in edmonton, we'll see how it goes.

1. bon iver- sasquatch
2. explosions in the sky- sasquatch
3. the get up kids- neumos
4. isis- neumos
5. rural alberta advantage- brixx
6. sunny day real estate- commodore
7. peace- wyrd fest
8. ra ra riot- sasquatch
9. gobble gobble- wyrd fest
10. treelight room- hydeaway
11. library voices- hydeaway
12. baroness- club vegas
13. therefore i am- warped
14. weakerthans- winspear
15. torngat- hydeaway
16. monotonix- sasquatch
17. joan baez- winspear
18. famines- hydeaway
19. the mae shi- pawn shop
20. lovely feathers- hydeaway

there's probably even more that i should be putting on there. i'm really bad tho at keeping track of everyone i have seen, and people like laura barrett and sun kil moon should def be on there. maybe i'll put some more thought into it and revise, but for now i think that's pretty solid. now i just have to make it out to vancouver to see Phoenix and next year will be off to a great start.

Top Twenty for 09

So I put together my list for my Top Twenty of the year. As always my discretion is that these are all albums that I absolutely adore, for many reasons. For the songwriting, harmonies, instruments, and whatever else. It's usually pretty varied and this list covers my most loved albums of the year, and the ones that I feel are the best all around, of everything that I have listened to. Which is generally alot. I'll do a write up after the school year is done and make it a bit more in depth, but here they are.

1]Phoenix- wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2]Rural Alberta Advantage- hometowns
3]Baroness- blue album
4]GOBBLE GOBBLE- neon graveyards
5]Treelight Room- the children win
6]ISIS- wavering radiant
7]Green Go- borders
8]The Low Anthem- oh my god, Charlie Darwin
9]Grizzly Bear- Vecatimest
10]Headaches- Dirty Hairy
11]Mamiffer- Hirror Enniffer
12]Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It's Blitz
13]Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
14]Kisses of Fire- Only Mountains
15]Dan Mangan- Nice, Nice, Very Nice
16]Converge- Axe to Fall
17]Bike Month- s/t
18]Yacht- See Mystery Lights
19]Black Diamond Bay- s/t
20]Wavves- Wavvves