December 15, 2009
| 60 | White Rabbits It’s Frightening The rhythm’s right as Brooklyn kids jump right to being experienced artists. Full review |
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| 59 | Arctic Monkeys Humbug Instant internet fame doesn’t mean instant internet death. Full review |
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| 58 | Bishop Allen Grrr… One of those albums that you could play on repeat for months and still not get tired of. Full review |
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| 57 | Drug Rug Paint the Fence Invisible Sonny and Cher’s contractually obligated offspring show the indie world how duets are done. Full review |
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| 56 | Doves Kingdom of Rust Another edition of beautifully dark, complex rock. Full review |
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| 55 | Dinosaur Jr. Farm The greatest alt-reunion of the twenty-first century, putting out some of their best records ever. Full review |
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| 54 | Taken By Trees East of Eden Tender and inventive like nothing else. Full review |
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| 53 | Norah Jones The Fall Add to Jones’ storied career: a more cautious, more complete, and more transformed album. Full review |
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| 52 | Pearl Jam Backspacer The greatest living grunge band are back again and prove you’re never too old to truly rock. |
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| 51 | múm Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know Bringing back 70’s horror with each lullaby. |
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| 50 | Paper Route Absence Bombastic rock mixed with the perfect amount of electronics. Truly inspired. Full review |
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| 49 | We Were Promised Jetpacks These Four Walls The Scottish moors give birth to another sweeping, tragic-yet-intimate act. Full review |
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Yo La Tengo |
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| 47 | Noah & The Whale The First Days of Spring Beautifully, meticulously produced endeavor. Has an uplifting buoyancy to it, whilst navigating even the most sombre seas. Full review |
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| 46 | Black Moth Super Rainbow Eating Us Swirling psychedelia at its finest. Full review |
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| 45 | Laura Gibson Beast of the Season Your next favorite alt-folk female. |
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| 44 | The Lemonheads Varshons Alt-icon Evan Dando goes alt-country with alt-covers. Full review |
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| 43 | The Dead Weather Horehound An excellent record from a group of excellent musicians, retaining a natural, authentic, completely honest and un-commercial feel. Full review |
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| 42 | The Seedy Seeds Count the Days Folk-rock plugged in and burning brightly in Cincinnati. Full review |
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| 41 | stellastarr* Civilized The dark, grand, emotional alt-rock of early Lower East Side breakthroughs is finally back. Full review |
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