Dec
7

BUTR’s Top 30 Albums of 2009

1. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
2. Needtobreathe – The Outsiders
3. Florence + the Machine – Lungs
4. La Roux – La Roux
5. Muse – The Resistance
6. White Lies – To Lose My Life
7. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
8. Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey & The GrooGrux King
9. Charlie Mars – Like A Bird, Like A Plane
10. Norah Jones – The Fall
11. The xx – XX
12. Dawes – North Hills
13. David Gray – Draw The Line
14. Gossip – Music For Men
15. Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
17. Silversun Pickups – Swoon
18. Peter Bjorn and John – Living Thing
19. MuteMath – Armistice
20. Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim
21. Vijay Kishore – 13 Rounds
22. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Breakup
23. Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk
24. Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day
25. Band of Skulls – Baby Doll Face Darling Honey
26. Metric – Fantasies
27. Foreign Born – Person to Person
28. Starsailor – All The Plans
29. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
30. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

More Albums I like (list will continue to grow):
31. Leopold and His Fiction – Ain’t No Surprise
32. Speck Mountain – Some Sweet Relief
33. J. Tillman – Vacilando Territory Blues
34. Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue
35. White Rabbits – It’s Frightening
36. Hockey – Mind Chaos
37. Chris Isaak – Mr. Lucky
38. Robert Francis – Before Nightfall
39. The Swell Season – Strict Joy

Honorable Mention (albums not available in U.S. yet)
*Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
*Powderfinger – Golden Rule

Guilty Pleasures
*Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment
*Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster

Disclaimer: Obviously some of these bands are not “under the radar”.  BUTR’s year end lists are picks of the best albums and best songs of 2009 regardless of how well-known the artist is.

Kami

P.S. Send me your suggestions for albums I missed.

Aug
0

MuteMath on Jimmy Kimmel

If you haven’t seen this band live you need to! Best described as The Police meets Radiohead meets DJ Shadow.

I will be posting a new podcast this weekend I hope! 😉 Thanks for your patience.

Mute Math on Jimmy Kimmel watch.

Feb
0

PODCAST #15

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Bell X1 – Flame / West Of Her Spine
The Gabe Dixon Band – All Will Be Well
R. Star – Famous Love / The Back of Your Car
Ox – Broken Silver / Kicking the Curb / Blood of the Soul
Pilate – Barely Listening
Rocky Votolato – White Daisy Passing / Uppers Aren’t Necessary
Dungen – Panda
Two Gallants – Las Cruces Jail
Madrugada – The Lost Gospel / Lift Me (feat. Ane Brun)
The Cloud Room – Hey Now Now
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion
Metric – Monster Hospital / Combat Baby
Built to Spill – Goin’ Against Your Mind
Mute Math – You Are Mine

Jan
0

PODCAST #13

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The Daylights – Hiroshima / My Revolution / Quick Fix
Cat Power – The Greatest
Rock Kills Kid – Paralyzed / Run Like Hell / Raise Your Hands
Soular – Over You / Sympathy
Mute Math – Chaos
Tim Burgess – Be My Baby
Sabrosa Purr – Sabrosa Purr, pt. 1
The Features – Me & The Skirts / The Idea of Growing Old / Exhibit A
Shelby – The Golden Boy / Jet Blast (Shame)
Bedouin Soundclash – Mandrake Root (Deep Purple)
Cody Chestnutt – Smoke and Love

Jul
0

PODCAST #6

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Redgun Radar – Another Girl
Ape – Heart Attack
Pluto – Long White Cross
The Daylights – Weapons
Down Dexter – Full Grown
Mute Math – Control
The Terms – Ransome Grove
Goldspot – It’s Getting Old
Tom Langford – Satellites
Scanners – Raw / In My Dreams
The Falcon – Dirty Speed Queen
World Leader Pretend – Bang Theory