Most Played Music of 2009

Alright, in a few weeks my "Best of" lists and contributions will be appearing in different places, so in order to save that surprise for later, I thought I'd share the music that I listened too most often throughout 2009. These aren't necessarily favourites - sometimes I get stuck when writing a review and listen to something over and over.

Most Played Songs of 2009

1. A.C. Newman, "There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve Things"

2. Dido, "Quiet Times"

3. Asobi Seksu, "Gliss"

4. Beirut, "El Zocolo"

5. Asobi Seksu, "Familiar Light"

6. The Dudes, "Girl Police"

7. Ben Kweller, "Things I Like To Do"

8. Japandroids, "Wet Hair"

9. M. Ward, "Epistemology"

10. Orenda Fink, "Why Is The Night Sad"

Most Played Albums

1. Asobi Seksu, Hush

2. Beirut, March of the Zapotec

3. The Dudes, Blood Guts Bruises Cuts

4. Ben Kweller, Changing Horses

5. Japandroids, Post-Nothing

6. M. Ward, Hold Time

7. Orenda Fink, Ask The Night

8. Doom, Born Like This

9. Hayden, In Field & Town

10. The Big Pink, A Brief History of Love

Music Update

Musically speaking, the last month has been dominated by the glorious noise drenched ramblings of Vancouver's Japandroids and their album Post-Nothing. Here they are living it up with the CBC:

I've also been spending a fair bit of time with hometown heroes The Dudes and their new album Blood Guts Bruises Cuts as well as Iggy Pop's jazz-inspired Preliminaires. A friend and I briefly wondered whether songs like "Search & Destroy" or "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell" would make the set list for this tour. Anything's possible.