Russ's Best Music Of 2009

Gah, the hand-wringing. The debates. The yelling at various albums to try harder. I know several people bemoaning 2009 as a horrid year for music, but as far as I'm concerned those people basically shut down once that Animal Collective record came out.

2009 was an epic year in music as far as I'm concerned, most notably because pop got smarter, continuing to assimilate the shattered worlds of indie and electronic-whatever either of those words even mean anymore.

My best music of 2009:

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