currently spinning

since you asked (no you did not, i know, i just like to pretend that people actually read this blog), here is a couple of songs that i have been listening to lately

battleme – burn this town

james vincent mcmorrow -  breaking hearts

billy valentine and the forest rangers – someday never comes.

jeffrey foucault – pretty girl in a small town

peter bradley adams – katy

james vincent mcmorrow – and if my heart should somehow stop

jeffrey foucault – idaho

william fitzsimmons – let you break (feat julia stone)

griffin house – river city lights

danny schmidt – houses sing

drive-by truckers – mercy buckets

ellis paul – conversation with a ghost

cory chisel and the wandering sons – pale blue dress

songs of 2009

i figured i would make a list of the best songs of 2009. so i did. here it is:

1. ryan star – last train home
2. tim brantley – damage
3. robert francis – nightfall
4. peter bradley adams – for you
5. joshua james – coal war
6. jack savoretti – wonder
7. 16 frames – coming home
8. lucero – can’t feel a thing
9. joshua james – weeds
10. anton björkenvall – my side of the town
11. jr richards – person for you
12. great lake swimmers – pulling on a line
13. pete yorn – long time nothing new
14. fibes, oh fibes! – lovechild
15. the damnwells – dandelion
16. miike snow – a horse is not a home
17. bruce springsteen – my lucky day
18. will hoge – even if it breaks your heart
19. mayer hawthorne – just ain’t gonna work out
20. andrew hoover – roses & joy

enjoy! and merry christmas!

best of 2009

i think we all can agree that 2009 has been a great year for music.

ok. here it is. my list over the best albums of 2009:

01. joshua james – build me this
02. tim brantley – goldtop heights
03. joe purdy – last clock on the wall
04. robert francis – before nightfall
05. lucero – 1372 overton park
06. anton björkenvall – travel
07. jr richards – a beautiful end
08. 16 frames – where it ends
09. the danmwells – one last century
10. peter bradley adams – traces
11. sister hazel – release
12. will hoge – the wreckage
13. pearl jam – backspacer
14. andrew hoover – chances, stances and romances
15. miike snow – miike snow
16. pete yorn – back and forth
17. kris kristofferson – closer to the bone
18. ingrid michaelson – everybody
19. ari hest – twelve mondays
20. kate walsh – light and dark

song of the year:
ryan star – last train home

and just for the fun of it, here’s a bonus: the best album you did not hear this year:
jack savoretti – harder than easy.