Best Music of the Year So Far

I've wanted to write a post about the best music of 2008 for a long time now - back when I wrote in this blog a lot, I would do that annually. Which means it has happened twice. But since it's been 5 months since it made sense to write that entry and because it would still take way too long to put together, instead I feel like posting my favorite songs of this year so far. I went to Rough Trade East today to pick up the new Grizzly Bear album, so that sounds like a good place to start (especially since I mentioned it in a blog post like 2 blog posts ago. This is a repetitive effing blog for something with almost no content whatsoever on it). The discerning reader will note that almost every single one of these songs is from an album that has been deemed "Best New Music" by pitchfork. It is sort of a coincidence - but not really - and is embarrassing, but only in a "man, I'm supposed to be too cool for that!" kind of way.

Best songs of 2009 - so far!

1. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (from Veckatimest)
2. Animal Collective - My Girls (from Merriweather Post Pavilion)
3. Handsome Furs - Radio Kaliningrad (from Face Control)

Honorable mention:
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (from Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Bonnie 'Prince' Billie - I Am Goodbye (from Beware)
Boy Least Likely To - Every Goliath has Its David (from The Law of Playground)
Sufjan Stevens - You Are The Blood (from the Dark is the Night compilation)
Buck 65 f/ Serengeti - Blood Pt. 2 (from the Dark is the Night compilation)
The National - So Far Around the Bend (from the Dark is the Night compilation)
The Decemberists - Sleepless (from the Dark is the Night compilation)
Dan Deacon - Build Voice (from Bromst)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Contender (from the Pains of Being Pure at Heart)
The Henry Clay People - End of an Empire (unreleased)