BEST RECORDS OF 2009

BLACK LIPS
200 MILLION THOUSAND
vice records

a band I previously dismissed as Troggs copyists, narc fiends and chancers happened to put a joyous and slop-infused drone pop wonder, blowing away the garage tag and inviting everyone to the party.

TIM HECKER
AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY
kranky

the eternal hand smacking the thigh of the Lord, or somewhere thereabouts. a hundred god-damned Hammond organs blaring from the Pacific ocean, wolves devouring new flesh, and a boatload of reverb. this man marks some new territory out with a powerful scent. God kills w/ new tools. and then some.

NEIL YOUNG
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
reprise (reissue)

nuff said. hard jams, all action . makes you wish Kings Of Leon quit music forever, Lennon would be reborn, dope's legal and the last 45 odd years never happened. most bands should quit playing forever after digesting this one. I mean this all w/ love.