Category archive for ‘Best of 2009’
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Top Music Videos of 2009
Betterpropaganda recently published their best of 2009, which included a list of top music videos. Here at SFCritic, we had hoped to do something similar, but this is a perfect opportunity to plug our friends. Check out the video list which includes: 1. Fever Ray 2. Miike Snow 3. N.A.S.A. 4. Passion Pit 5. Fleet Foxes 6. Beirut [...]
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The Music Submissions: Looking Back at 2k9
In the beginning SFCritic was all about going out and looking for great music. One of the many ways you the readers shared your love with us this year was by sending us music that you think we’d like, or more likely that you’d like us to hype. When it became clear that there was just way too [...]
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Music in Y2K9
2009 is the year that indie rock burst from a Brooklyn bubble and expanded into a national scene. Hipsters were transplanted from dive bars to arenas. Mohawks and short bangs became hip along with four new tattoos. Bands like Kings of Leon, MGMT, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and TV On The Radio went from blogger buzz to the covers [...]
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Top Albums of 2009: #1 of The Hanukkah List
Eve Marcellus: #1Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest Grizzly Bear’s sophomore album was, for fans who had been getting by since 2006 with just one (albeit pretty cool) EP, a huge reward. What makes Veckatimest such a jaw-dropping album is the level to which Grizzly Bear has progressed. The spare, ambient echos of their debut, Yellow House are revisited on tracks [...]
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Top Albums of 2009: #2 of The Hanukkah List
Eve Marcellus: #2 Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca As you may have noticed, it takes a truly exceptional artist or group of artists to push the boundaries of their career and continue to put out exceptional music. David Longstreth, the founding member of Dirty Projectors, has been making gorgeous, if slightly strange, albums with a string of extremely talented [...]
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People’s Choice Submissions
We’re still collecting Reader’s submissions. Don’t be scared! As we continue to countdown SFCritic’s top albums, here are some of our reader’s selections: “Here’s my top 5″ -Rick James Chatas 1. Blakroc Blakroc – First Rock/Hip Hop album collaboration with more than just a trendy single – Black Keys always bring it – The Rap contribution is amazing. [...]
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Top Albums of 2009: #3 of The Hanukkah List
Eve Marcellus: #3 Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavillion Is it just me or did 2009 seem like the year of Animal Collective? I remember when an internet tizzy was caused by the leak of the crazy mesmerizing, optical illusion album art of Merriweather Post Pavilion. It was what was behind it, however, that was truly hard to turn [...]
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Top Albums of 2009: #4 of The Hanukkah List
Eve Marcellus: #4 Antony and The Johnsons: The Crying Light With the 2005 release I Am a Bird Now by Antony and The Johnsons, Antony Hegarty became one of the most important, instantly recognizable, voices in queer music. The depth and power of themes ranging from identity politics, family relations, to death and love are once again explored [...]
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Top Albums of 2009: #5 of The Hanukkah List
Eve Marcellus: #5 Passion Pit: Manners Passion Pit actually began its debut year in 2008 with the release of their first EP Chunk of Change. What began as an innocent project by lead vocalist Michael Angelakos to write a few songs for his girlfriend as a Valentine’s Day present, quickly morphed into a full-fledged entry into the indie [...]
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Top Albums of 2009: #6 of The Hanukkah List
Eve Marcellus: #6 Antlers: Hospice Brooklyn-based Peter Silberman shut himself away from family and friends to work on music. That is where much of what we know about the story of Hospice, the first full-length release from his band The Antlers, starts, and certainaly not where it ends. The Antlers, which he formed with Michael Lerner and Darby [...]
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