Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Albums of 2009!!!

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It’s that time of year. The time of the Best Of list. In this week’s Top 5 Music Countdown, we’re revealing the best albums of 2009, IHHO (In Heather’s Humble Opinion), NATCH.

5. Miike Snow
“Miike Snow”

Swedish + existential & metaphysical lyrics. Gotta have my synths!

4. Fever Ray
“Fever Ray”

Creepy vocals + dense electronica = just like I like it.

3. The Dead Weather
“Horehound”

Electric rock and funky backbeats. No bias here. This album/collaboration is one of the best from this year.

2. The xx
“xx”

Minimal and sexy. Pretty much how I live, nutshelled.

1. Florence + the Machine
“Lungs”

Gothic vocals + gorgeous instrumentation. Florence (speaking about her music) says: “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe.”

Happy New Year!!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Music Videos of 2009!!!

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Top 5 Music Countdown: Best Music Videos of 2009! Based on technique, creativity and entertainment value.

5.   “Daniel
[dir. Johan Renck]

-Bat for Lashesbatforlashes

Natasha Khan always scores big pointage for creativity. And who doesn’t love a creepy chase video?

4.  “When I Grow Up
[dir. Martin de Thurrah]

-Fever Rayfeverray

Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife) hardly lacks imagination – a harlequin dancing on a diving board over a dirty pool? She somehow pulls off weird without pretension.

3.Two Weeks
[dir. Patrick Daughters]

-Grizzly Beargrizzlybear

Exploding heads are cool! P. Daughters is unquestionably following in Michel Gondry’s quirky footsteps!

2.  “The Reeling
[dir. Hydra (John Hobbs, Ariel Danziger, Sam Stephens)]

-Passion Pitpassionpit

A bit too “disco” for me at times, but dig that ripped magazine effect.

1.  “Lessons Learned
[dir. Taylor Cohen and Otto Arsenault]
-Matt & Kim

This video is my #1 because it involves two of my favorite things: New York City and nudity! (It just sounds good, OK?)

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