Monday, December 14, 2009

Every year I swear I'm not going to do my Top 100 Tracks before Dec. 31, and every year the onslaught of year-end lists that are likely to skewer what I come up with toward stuff I didn't hear till I saw them convinces me otherwise. 2009 is no different. Call me insecure if you want, but I like to stick to what I know I liked, rather than be persuaded in other directions--even if those other directions end up being right. So here, before I can change it around again, is my list.

1. Walter Jones - Living Without Your Love - DFA
2. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo - Hotflush
3. Art Brut - Demons Out! - Downtown
4. DJ Kaos - Love The Nite Away (Tiedye Mix) - Rong/DFA
5. DJ Quik & Kurupt - 9x's Outta 10 - Mad Science
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero - Interscope
7. Maxwell - Pretty Wings - Columbia
8. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction - Slumberland
9. Joker & Ginz - Purple City - Kapsize
10. Dâm-Funk - Brookside Park - Stones Throw

11. Tanya Morgan ft. Carlitta Durand - Never Enough (Crazy Love) - Interdependent
12. Ghostface Killah ft. Fabolous & Shareefa - Guest House - Def Jam
13. Camera Obscura - French Navy - 4AD
14. Wye Oak - I Want For Nothing - Merge
15. DJ Morgoth (Nirvana vs. Rick Astley) - Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up - MP3
16. Lone - Joy Reel - Werk
17. Natalie Imbruglia - Want - Universal
18. 2000f and JKamata - You Don't Know What Love Is - Hyperdub
19. Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa - Columbia
20. The-Dream - Kelly's 12 Play - Def Jam

21. New Era - Pockets On My Pannies - MP3
22. The Love Language - Sparxxx - Bladen County
23. Freddie Gibbs - County Bounce - mixtape
24. The Fiery Furnaces - Lost At Sea - Thrill Jockey
25. Unladylike - Sit Yo Ass Down (ESTL Remix) - Def Jam
26. The Juan MacLean - One Day - DFA
27. Micachu & The Shapes - Golden Phone - Rough Trade
28. Major Lazer ft. Vybz Kartel - Pon de Floor - Downtown
29. Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move - Domino
30. Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Columbia

31. Moody - Freeki Mutha F cker - KDJ
32. House Of House - Rushing to Paradise (Walkin' These Streets) - Whatever We Want
33. Scheme - Respect the Art - Molemen/Sound Merchants
34. Noisettes - Never Forget You - Mercury
35. Ne-Yo - I Don't Care - MP3
36. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City - War Child
37. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin of Myself - Graveface
38. Darkstar - Aidy's Girl Is A Computer - Hyperdub
39. Simian Mobile Disco ft. Beth Ditto - Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) - Wichita
40. Silkie - Purple Love - Deep Medi

41. Christina Milian ft. The-Dream - Chameleon - MP3
42. Dizzee Rascal - Bad Behaviour - Dirtee Stank
43. Luciano - Los Ninos de Fuera - Cadenza
44. Diego Bernal - Diego's Donut (RIP Dilla) - Exponential
45. School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise - Ghostly International
46. Dyme Def - Not That Dude - 800 LB.
47. Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor (Radio Edit) - Robbins
48. Claude Von Stroke - Vocal Chords - Dirtybird
49. Busy Signal - Da Style Deh - Greensleeves
50. J. Period ft. De La Soul - Excursions (Tribute Remix) - mixtape

51. Clinton Sparks Feat. Clipse & Pharrell - Still Got It 4 Cheap - mixtape
52. Toddla T ft. Herve & Serocee - Shake It - 1965 Records
53. Still Going - Spaghetti Circus - DFA
54. Roy Davis Jr. ft. Erin Martin - I Have A Vision (The Juan MacLean Remix) - Scion Audio Visual
55. Lee Jones - Lab - Aus
56. Drake - Best I Ever Had [Clean] - Def Jam
57. New Boyz - You're a Jerk - Warner Bros.
58. Pink Dollaz - I'm Tasty - MP3
59. Kream Kidz - I'm Nasty - MP3
60. Charlotte Hatherley - White - Minty Fresh

61. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Enigma Remix) - MP3
62. Vibes - Psychic - Not Not Fun
63. F.Y.I. - Nasty Girl - MP3
64. Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani - Carpark
65. Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up - RCA
66. Love And Theft - Runaway - Carolwood
67. brakesbrakesbrakes - Ancient Mysteries - Rough Trade
68. Lusine - Crowded Room - Ghostly International
69. Heartland - Mustache - Permian
70. Keri Hilson - Slow Dance - Mosley/Interscope

71. Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo - Infidelité Mado - Riverboat
72. K'naan - T.I.A. - A&M
73. Royksopp ft. Robyn - The Girl And The Robot - Astralwerks
74. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Skal Vi Prøve Nå? - Eskimo
75. Royal P - Between Us - Rhythm Division
76. Solange - Stillness In The Move - MP3
77. Babydollz - Boyz In the Skinny Jeans (My Cookie) - MP3
78. Neil Diamond - The Chanukah Song - Columbia
79. Jeremih - Birthday Sex - Def Jam
80. Telekinesis - Tokyo - Merge

81. New York Dolls - 'Cause I Sez So - Roadrunner
82. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (Dâm-Funk Remix) - Domino
83. Bloody Mary ft. Argenis Brito - Sed Non Satiata - Contexterrior
84. Meleka - Go (Crazy Cousinz Remix) - Defenders
85. Bon & Rau - Cloverleaf Days - Smallville
86. Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve - Anti
87. Professor Green (ft. Chynaman & C.O.R.E) - Upper Clapton Dance - Green
88. Swagg Kids - I'm a Nerd - MP3
89. Shackleton - Let Go - Perlon
90. Luomo - Tessio (Stimming Remix) - Great Stuff Classics

91. Weird Al Yankovic - Craigslist - RCA
92. Jürgen Paape - Ausklang (Burger/Voigt Mix) - Kompakt
93. Franz Ferdinand - Live Alone - Domino
94. Clipse - Popular Demand (Popeyes) - Sony
95. Clothesz Off Movement ft. Rome - Better Than You - MP3
96. Afrobutt - The Taste (Round & Brown) - Electric Minds
97. Cooly G - Love Dub - Hyperdub
98. Aeiress Ent - Billy - MP3
99. GusGus - On The Job - Kompakt
100. Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension - RCA