I'll post a longer entry about life on winter break, the new year and all that jazz, but I had to post two things before I forget. Both are music related, 2009 music in particular. I wasn't able to do this stuff before the year ended, so you just get it late.

My Favorite Albums of 2009

1) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
2) Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio
3) M. Ward - Hold Time
4) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
5) The xx - XX
6) The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
7) the dodos - Time to Die
8) The Swell Season - Strict Joy
9) St. Vincent - Actor
10) God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl

(the 10th spot was really hard, and I've probably switched out the album for this one several times)

And in the spirit of this pretty rocking year of music, I also just compiled my official 2009 mix tape. It's a mix of favorite songs and songs from favorite albums (not always the same thing, I chose certain songs over others from particular albums because they fit better). In retrospect, I probably would have switched a few things out there, but whatever. It's too late now

Here Goes:

1) Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
2) The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
3) John Vanderslice - Sunken Union Boat
4) Animal Collective - Bluish
5) Beirut - La Llarona
6) St. Vincent - Save Me From What I want
7) Thao with the Get Down Stay Downs - Cool Yourself
8) M. Ward - Epistemology
9) the dodos - Fables
10) Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
11) The Bird and the Bee - Diamond Dave
12) Regina Spektor - The Calculation
13) Lily Allen - The Fear
14) Julian Casablancas - Out of the Blue
15) Foreign Born - Winter Games
16) The Swell Season - Feeling the Pull
17) The Cave Singers - Hen of the Woods
18) Andrew Bird - Nomenclature
19) The xx - Islands
20) Savoir Adore - We Talk Like Machines
21) Sondre Lerche - Like Lazenby
22) God Help the Girl - Come Monday Night

2009 was all in all a very good year for music. From what I hear, 2010 isn't going to disappoint either.