As of August I’d picked off my 18 favourite songs of the year so far:
- neko case . middle cyclone
- von bondies . chancer
- dan auerbach . heartbroken, in disrepair
- john frusciante . unreachable
- heartless bastards . be so happy
- and you will know us by the trail of dead . ascending
- and you will know us by the trail of dead . fields of coal
- ume . the conductor
- thermals . when i died
- william elliott whitmore . old devils
- yeah yeah yeahs . heads will roll
- japandroids . heart sweats
- great lake swimmers . still
- rural alberta advantage . the dethbridge in lethbridge
- antlers . two
- antlers . kettering
- lightning dust . i knew
- now, now every children . everyone you know
Five more have made the grade:
- wye oak . tattoo
- wye oak . mary is mary
- drummer . mature fantasy
- drummer . diamonds to shake
- xx . crystalised
I suppose this means my ‘best songs of 2009’ list won’t really be a surprise when I post it in December.
