Favorites of 2009 (not limited to 10 or rationality)

Favorites of 2009

1. Hall of Fame (artists with multiple releases)

Barwick, Juliana
Broderick, Peter
Dam-Funk
Emeralds
Ferraro, James
Hatakeyama, Chihei
King Midas Sound
Lickets
Lucky Dragon
Madlib
Nite Jewel
Orsi, Fabio
Peverlist
Pocahaunted
Sun Araw

2. Specific Releases

24-Carat Black Gone: The Promises of Yesterday [LP]
39 Clocks Zoned
A Broken Consort Box of Birch
Arborea House of Sticks
Baird, Meg Live at Dublab podcast
Bednarck, Tomasz Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow
Bird Names Sings The Browns
Blithe Sons The Great Orthochromatic Wheel
Blues Control
Caretaker Persistent Repetition Of Phrases
Coathangers Scramble
Collins, William Fowler Perdition Hill Radio
Cotton Candy Fantastic & Spectacular 45
Cowley, Patrick & Jorge Socarras Catholic
Crutchfield, Robin The Hidden Folk
Dakota Suite The Night Just Keeps Coming In
Dam Funk Toeachizown (CD Version)
Dark Sunny Land Kon Taan Kor
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words Lost In Reflections
Diane, Alela To Be Still
DJ Rupture & Matt Shadetek Solar Life Raft
Dum Dum Girls various
Exusamwa Please Allow Me to Induce Myself
Fields, Lee & The Expressions My World
Flower-Corsano Duo Four Aims
Gibbs', Melvin Elevated Entity Ancients Speak
Hawley, Richard Truelove's Gutter
Hornet Leg Ribbon Of Fear
Horrors Whole New Way (single)
Hush Arbors Under Bent Limb Trees
In Flagranti Brash & Vulgar
Insayngel Insayngel|
Intrusion The Seduction Of Silence
King Cannibal Let The Night Roar
Kuupuu Luhmen Tahden
Lambchop Live at XX Merge
Lauten, Elodie Death of Don Juan
Lightning Bolt Earthly Delights
Little Claw Human Taste
Many Mansions Holy Mountain Life Adventure Club
Martin, Aaron Chautauqua
Meercaz Meercaz
Mi & L'Au Good Morning Jokers
Moderat Moderat
Mokira Persona
Mos Def The Ecstatic
Mountains Choral
Murray, Brendan Brendan Murray
Naked On The Vague The Blood Pressure Sessions
Nite-Liters A-Nal-Y-Sis
Old Furnace Hidden Hills
O'Neil, Tara Jane A Way Aways
Papercuts You Can Have What You Want
Pearl Harbor Something About the Chaparrals
Pens Hey Friend! What You Doing
Pet Shop Boys Yes
Prince Rama of Ayodhya Devotional Demo
Reigns The House On The Causeway
Reports Live at WHRB
Reynolds, Ben How Day Earnt Its Night
Riceboy Sleeps Riceboy Sleeps
Robinson, Mark Mark E. Superstar (CDR reissue)
Smith, Utah et al I Got Two Wings (Companion CD)
Tempera s/t
These Are Powers All Aboard Future
Tomutonttu Tomutonttu
tUnE-YaRdS BiRd-BrAiNs
Turner, Simon Fisher 2009 • Music From Films You Should Have Seen
Units The Early Years of the Units 1977-1983
Van Wey, Brock White Clouds Drift On And On [Disc 2]
Various Spacial French Disco 1975-79 Volume 1
Various Fire In My Bones: Raw Rare + Otherwordly African-American Gospel (1944-2007)
Various Yeti 7
Various Tumbélé! Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds - French Caribbean 1963-73
Various Domino Sound 024 A Orillas Del Magdalena - Coastal Cumbias from Colombia's Discos Fuentes
Various Dirt Beneath The Daydream
Various Migrating Bird - The Songs Of Lal Waterson
Various Africa Boogaloo: The Latinazation Of West Africa
Various Snatch Tapes
Various Black Rio 2: Original Samba Soul 1971 - 1979 (Compiled By DJ Cliffy)
Various Spacial French Disco 1975-79 Volume 1
Various The BYG Deal
Walker, Peter Long Lost Tapes
Washed Out Life of Leisure
Welch, Matthew Luminosity
White Hills Live @ WMBR
Wussy Wussy & Live @ WMBR
Zelienople Give It Up
Zomby Where Were U In '92?

Take the Annual WMBR Music Director Poll

1. Favorite release?
2. Favorite song?
3. Favorite title of album or song?
4. Dumbest title of album or song?
5. Most overrated release or band (Correct Answer – Passion Pit)?
6. Most disappointing release?
7. Favorite Reissue?
8. Most questionable reissue
9. Over/under on # of additional years Animal Collective will continue to inhabit zeitgeist?
10. Favorite background music?
11. Best song on worst album?
12. Favorite Band of the Week on BoC (Correct Answer: Lydia Lunch)?
13. Wimpiest song played by Keith Sawyer (pick only one Innocence Mission-related song)?
14. Band that should be Band of the Week on BoC?
15. Worst band web site?
16. Favorite older release discovered in the record library?
17. Best station purchase?
18. Most pointless station purchase? (No wrong answers except possibly “all of them”)
19. Artist most deserving of retirement (Possible answer – Morrissey)
20. Least Annoying UK Female Vocalist Inspired by Kate Bush (aka Bat for Lashes v. Florence v. Lily Allen v…..) ?
21. Best remix?
22. Who is more cloying: Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Monster of Folk, or Fleet Foxes?
23. Most annoying musical subgenre: dubstep or drone metal (eg Sun O)))))?
24. Best musical video, film, show, etc.?
26. Favorite music blog?
27. What is the difference between dubstep and grime?
28. Favorite Reunion? (Note: Mission of Burma no longer qualifies)
29. Favorite (non-WMBR) live performance?
30. Most boring live performance?
31. Worst song heard on Subject to Change (limit yourself to one!)
32. Favorite live performance @ WMBR (Correct Answer – White Hills)?
33. Most overexposed (non-wmbr) music personality?
34. Boston Band most deserving of Merge Records compilation
35. Stupidest lyric?
36. Most embarrassing DJ moment (by you or someone else)?
37. Worst Song of the Week on Late Risers Club?
38. Most anticipated release/leak for 2010?
39. Best IM received while DJ’ing?
40. Favorite cover song?
41. Worst cover song?
42. Favorite cover art?
43. Silliest cover art?
44. Make up own category and answer it:
45. Match the Nu Gaze band with appropriate Shoegaze band

a. A Sunny Day in Glasgow
b. Cymbals Eat Guitars
c. A Place to Bury Strangers
d. School of Seven Bells

i. My Bloody Valentine
ii. Slowdive
iii. Chapterhouse
iv. Swervedriver

46. Number of questions so far that are worthless?