Liz's Best Music of 2009

Each year around November, my stress level spikes as I begin frantically trying to catch up on everything I feel I've missed in music from the previous 10 months. This year, that consisted of lots of iTunes downloading, blog reading, and making one final last-ditch effort to understand what is so great about Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear (conclusion: nothing.)

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A new kid's top ten records of 2009

Let's get this out of a way - as a lover of all things dance-punk and blog house, 2009 was a god-awful year for music. Although there were some records of note, there wasn't very much in the way of things that pulse and hum at 120 beats per minute that made my hips twitch. I had a really hard time coming up with 10 solid records this year; and it's been a long time since we've had a year this devoid of ingenuity and great new bands. I can't say there's been a full-length that I've played out with the fervor and tenacity of something like Cut Copy or Friendly Fires. Nor has there been a great band with nearly as much alliteration this year as those two.

Here we go.

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