For all my fellow music lovers out there, here are 30 gems from 2009 - my personal favorites of the year. (In alphabetical order by artist.)

“Light Blue Lover” by Assembly of Dust

“Ten Thousand Words” by The Avett Brothers

“How Your Heart Is Wired” by Bell X1

“I Got Mine” by The Black Keys

“Furr” by Blitzen Trapper

“I Wonder Who We Are” by The Clientele

“New Caves” by Deep Sea Diver

“Oklahoma City Woman Blues (Veracruz)” by The Deep Vibration

“The Walls Are Coming Down” by Fanfarlo

“Mykonos” by Fleet Foxes

“The Ruminant Band” by Fruit Bats

“Hallelujah” by Future of Forestry

“Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear

“Belated Promise Ring” by Iron & Wine

“I Don’t Know” by Lisa Hannigan

“Airport Surroundings” by Loney, Dear

“Never Had Nobody Like You” by M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel

“Blood” by The Middle East

“Backfire” by Mute Math

“People Got A Lotta Nerve” by Neko Case

“Scream” by Nico Stai

“I Want You!” by Peter, Bjorn, and John

“1901” by Phoenix

“These Are My Twisted Words” by Radiohead

“You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne

“I Trust You To Kill Me” by Rocco DeLuca & The Burden

“Orion & Dog” by Sea Wolf

“Parachute” by Shugo Tokumaru

“Bull Black Nova” by Wilco

“I Know What It’s Like” by Yonlu

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