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My guided tour of the Internet

Albums of 2009

Better late than never, here it is. Overall, a bit weak on (non-instrumental / non-mixtape) hip-hop in 2009:

  1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
  2. Animal Collective - Merriwhether Post Pavilion
  3. Bitte Orca - The Dirty Projectors
  4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  5. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
  6. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
  7. Sleigh Bells - Sleigh Bells (not a “real” album, but strong enough)
  8. The xx - xx
  9. Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
  10. Nosaj Thing - Drift
  11. St. Vincent - Actor
  12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz
  13. Major Lazer - Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do
  14. 2562 - Unbalance
  15. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
  16. Oh No - Dr No’s Ethiopium
  17. Flaming Lips - Embryonic
  18. DM Stith - Heavy Ghost
  19. The Dead Weather - Horehound
  20. DOOM - Born Like This

Mixes & Mixtapes of note:

  • Jay Electronica - ElectroChemicals
  • Justice - Cool Cats
  • Kid Cudi - Dat Kid from Cleveland
  • Hercules & Love Affair - Sidetracked
  • DJ Sega - Live at the Bowery Ballroom
  • Danny! - Where Is Danny?
  • Pill - 4180: The Prescription
  • Freddie Gibbs – midwestgangstaboxframecadillilacmuzik
  • Joker - Purple Wow Sound
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Flight of the Conchords: We’re Both In Love With a Sexy Lady

Bret: Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Jermaine: No, I’m thinking what I’m thinking. Bret: So you’re not thinking what I’m thinking? Jermaine: No, cause you’re thinking I’m thinking what you’re thinking!

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Andy Milonakis - Let me Twitter That … (yeah, I’m a little behind)

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Major Lazer - Hold the Line. Been loving this album.

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Triumph visits Bonnaroo. See Part 2

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Peter Candeland's animated Beatles intro

Absolutely excellent. Great animation style from the guy best-known for his Gorillaz work. (via waxy)

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Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Version. New, literal lyrics based on the video

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Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks. From this year’s excellent Veckatimest, which will definitely be in my top 10 this year.

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BeBot: Robot Synth iPhone app (via waxy)

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Fluteboxing. (thx Neema!)

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DJ Premier beats w/ originals

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Tone Matrix

An online Tendori-On

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Ball Droppings

Make music.

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GrooveShark

Nice streaming music service, I’m fairly impressed with the catalog.

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Loss of dynamic range, illustrated. (source article)

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