In the last year of the decade, it only makes sense that we’d have yet another wonderfully eclectic list of Top 5 selections from our various talented writers. Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the big winner this year, grabbing two top spots, while Metric’s Fantasies found its way near the top of list – and all the way at the bottom of another. Oh, the controversy!! Read on…
… she has enough personality to fill a stadium. …
… Ultimately barraging us with the justifiable reasons we all love these eclectic Brooklyn art-punks….
… The result is a rare masterpiece, the kind of conceptual and artistic originality that makes you feel like you’re hearing music for the first time….
…But with such a strong effort one would ask why you would ever want to listen to anything less than the record in its entirety…
…Finally saw the light of day in 2009 and surprised even its most anxious anticipators by being better than they could have possible hoped for…
… The record in many ways served as the soundtrack to my 2009, a year characterized largely by DC comics and buying my first Replacements’ albums …
… he manages to pinpoint these feelings with his masterful choice of words. That’s a rare occurrence, and it’s always reassuring …
… Their eponymous debut was surrounded by so much hype, that anything less than pure musical excellence would have been considered a disappointment….
