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pi’s 2009 top 15

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#1 - Wilco - The Jolly Banker
Wilco perfectly sum up the year by covering an old Woody Guthrie song and putting it online for free. Good work fellas.

#2 - The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis
Technically a best song of '08, but this whole album has been such a staple around the office for the past year and a half. High marks for Constructive Summer, Magazines and Yeah Sapphire too.

#3 - Beck - Leopard-Skin-Pillbox Hat
Sounds like the Odelay days mixed with the Danger Mouse/Modern Guilt drums.

#4 - Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Another album full of dandies, this one don't need no back-up band, just Neko and a guitar. Also, by far the best album cover of the year (ever?).

#5 - Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds
From an EP of b-sides, this one maybe should've been an a-side. Isaac Brock signature banjo.

#6 - The Gaslight Anthem - Casanova, Baby!
Another '08 album that's being overplayed around the office.

#7 - Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Zero
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#8 - Jay-Z - D.O.A.
Could've picked a few songs from the Jigga himself, but this one is fn genius. Obviously the hook blows, but that's the point, right?

#9 - Bruce Springsteen - My Lucky Day
Remember a couple years ago when Arcade Fire was trying to sound like classic Springsteen with a modern twist? Just leave it to the Boss himself.

#10 - The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Great album all-around.

#11 - Propagandhi - Dear Coach's Corner
Sweet jesus.

#12 - Monsters of Folk - Losin' Yo Head
Pretty sub-par album, this is a dandy though.

#13 - Radiohead - These are My Twisted Words
Radiohead releases at least one song a year so they can make the year-end wrap up lists every time.

#14 - Phoenix - Lisztomania
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#15 - Bat for Lashes - Pearl's Dream
The video is pretty holler too. Wolfies are cool.