NPR Best Songs/Albums of 2009 So Far

NPR, or national public radio for anyone who needs to learn their acronyms, recently released their top 30 songs and albums of this year. Personally, I love just about everything on these lists and I also have something new to listen to besides Matt Nathanson. Due to the lack of CD of the Week last week there will be two posts; one on Friday as a replacement and the regular Saturday night post.

Top 10 Songs

1. "My Girls" Animal Collective
2. "Two Weeks" Grizzly Bear
3. "Blood Bank" Bon Iver
4. "The Rake's Song" The Decemberists
5. "Lisztomania" Phoenix
6. "Zero" Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. "This Tornado Loves You" Neko Case
8. "Sleepyhead" Passion Pit
9. "Laughing With" Regina Spektor
10. "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" The Decemberists

Also mentioned were: "Help, I'm Alive" Metric (20), "Daniel" Bat For Lashes (13), and "Heads Will Roll" Yeah Yeah Yeahs (17)

Top 10 Albums

1. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
2. The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
3. Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
4. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
5. Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
6. Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
8. It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. Dark Was The Night by Various Artists
10. Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors

Also mentioned: Far by Regina Spektor (11), Fantasies by Metric (17), and March of the Zapotec by Beirut (28)

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