Your Acting's Like The End Of The World

It's not often I do this, but I was wrong. Wrong about what you say?

Well, my top ten albums for last year is what I was wrong about. I know, it's nearly the end of March already and I'm reorganising my top ten albums of 2009 - that's twenty oh nine by the way. See, where I went wrong was by actually placing Lisa Mitchell and Them Crooked Vultures in the top ten. Good albums - but ever since putting them on my list I've not even thought about rotating them once. I've actually skipped them when they come up on shuffle - which I kind of wish when my Ipod shuffled that it would make the sound of a card shuffler when it shuffles, that'd take me back to my childhood. 

So instead of Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures and Lisa Mitchell - Wonder, the list should look a little like this... 

10. Howling Bell's - Radio Wars
9. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
8. The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love - There's something I've learnt recently, and that is that free shit is a lot better than having paid for it. I had been afraid of buying this album for a long time. Surely a band cannot release another great album? After the absolute brilliance that is Her Majesty, Picaresque and The Crane Wife, I just could not handle buying Hazards Of Love. Firstly, it's a concept album. Secondly, Colin Meloy does not sing on every song (one song has kids singing, there's simply no way kids can compare to Colin). Thirdly, four great albums in a row? After being slightly burnt by A New Tide (all is forgiven Gomez) I was scared of being burnt again by The Decemberists. Whilst Hazards Of Love is not as exciting and deep as their three prior albums, it's still a great listen. The main problem is that it's one continuous song rather than a dip in/dip out single song effort. This makes casual listening hard, but you get past it once you hit some fantastic numbers like The Rake's Song and The Hazards Of Love 1. Good, but not great.
7. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz
6. The Swell Season - Strict Joy - An album which I didn't think would/could happen, and here it is. It's a fantastic beautiful album. There's really not much else that can be said. It's as if a sequel to Once happened and was actually better than the music in the film. A must listen.
5. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
4. Eels - Hombre Lobo
3. Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night
2. Paul Dempsey - Everything Is True
1. Gomez - A New Tide

I'm still thinking about my top 20 films for 2009, but at the moment the top 5 is a little like this... 


5. Samson And Delilah
4. Up
3. Inglourious Basterds
2. Bright Star
1. Dean Spanley