Albums of 2009

I was still buying 'em after Christmas, so I wasn't able to compile this nerdy list earlier. Even now, it's kinda vague.

Brilliant
Dark Touches – Har Mar Superstar
La Roux – La Roux
Post-Nothing – Japandroids

Very Good
Ciao! – Tiga
Cossus Snufsigalonica – Fear of Tigers
Duke Pandemonium – Marmaduke Duke
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Heart On – Eagles of Death Metal
It's Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Good
Born Like This – Doom
The Invisible – The Invisible
Kingdom of Rust – Doves
Kings and Queens - Jamie T
Sainthood – Tegan & Sara
Truelove's Gutter – Richard Hawley
Two Suns – Bat for Lashes
The xx - The xx

Not bad
Horehound – The Dead Weather
Journal for Plague Lovers – Manic Street Preachers
Manners – Passion Pit
Tongue N' Cheek – Dizzee Rascal

Poor
Further Complications – Jarvis Cocker

Tiny knobhead

On a late bus home last night some knobhead at the back was playing reggae at considerable volume.

I didn't risk a glance round at the culprit for fear of catching the eye of a nutter or surly piss-head - but I took a good look through the window after I'd alighted.

The music-blaring ignoramus turned out to be a tiny girl of about 13, who nervously returned my stare and then, as the bus pulled away, stuck out the tip of a timid, little tongue in my direction.

Hypothetical drummer wanted

Disposable Raygun, the hypothetical pop band of no-hopers of which I'm the leader, are going to need a new drummer.

The original sticks-man, cousin Thomas, aged ten, is planning to form his own combo, The Betters, having received a guitar for Christmas.

Contact me somehow if you'd be interested in pretending to be the tub-thumper for a crappy, non-existent group.

People with talent need not apply.

Best tracks of 2009

They're in no particular order.
The ones in red indicate my ten favourites.
(As usual, all acts appear only once. With one exception.)

• Dead End – Master Shortie
• Karate – Kennedy
• I Love Pop Music – Ben Lee
• (At Your Best) You Are Love – El Perro Del Mar
• 1,000 Cigarettes – MSTRKRFT feat. Freeway
• Tiny Little Robots – Cage the Elephant
• Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania's Spring Break No Parents Remix) – The Virgins
• Everything is Moving So Fast – Great Lake Swimmers
• Fantastadonculous - Fantastadon
• Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• I Can See the Future – Iran
• BanGer – AC Slater
• I Have Laid in the Darkness – Mazes
• Head Straight (Radio Edit) – Alex Metric
• Goodbye – P.O.S.
• Panic Switch – Silversun Pickups
• Kid Gloves (Electrically Charged Boy Remix) – Marmaduke Duke
• Time Machine – So I’m Jo
• In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix) – La Roux
• Boy Crississippi – Boy Crisis
• Rebellious Palpitations – Spinnerette
• Strange Enough (Mr Ozio Remix) – N.A.S.A.
• My Unusual Friend – Fruit Bats
• Starry Eyed (Jakwob Remix) – Ellie Goulding
• (I Used to Couldn’t Dance) Tight Pants – Eagles of Death Metal
• Ask Your Heart (Echo Mix) – My Tiger My Timing
• People Change – Bastian
• Warped Sister – Booker T
• Spaceship – Snob Scrilla
• Angela – Jarvis Cocker
• Zombies! (Hot Pink Delorean Thrillernight Remix) – Designer Drugs
• Young Hearts Spark Fire – Japandroids
• Black Magic (L’Amour la Morgue Edition) – Magic Wands
• Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up) – Florence + the Machine
• Mindwarp – Bachelorette
• Winter Hill – Doves
• Lost in the City – Plastique de Reve
• Headlock – Esser
• Rock Star (Understand) – The Young Punx
• Good Beat – Bounce Camp
• Houses – Great Northern
• U R My Girl – Kiss in Cities
• Molotov Cocktail – Galvatrons
• Chaka Demus (Ben Bones Remix) – Jamie T
• Triangle Walks (Tiga’s 1-2-3-4 Remix) – Fever Ray
• I Feel Eternal – Speck Mountain
• 21 – Death Metal Disco Scene
• Always More (Yusek Remix) – Autokratz
• Long Live the Fallen World – Young Galaxies
• OK (Headman Remix) – The Invisible
• London Town (Foamo Remix) – Man Like Me
• Pearl’s Dream – Bat For Lashes
• I Love It (Fred Falke Remix) – Sneaky Sound System
• Game Night – Har Mar Superstar feat. P.O.S. and Adam Green
• Here He Comes (DJ Day Remix) – Tittsworth feat. Nina Sky and Pitbull
• Fabric of Win (Radio Edit) – Joe and Will Ask?
• Blackie’s Dead – Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
• Can You Hear Me? (DCUPs Horny Mix) – Evermore
• Barcelona (CHEW LiPS Remix) – Plastiscines
• Crystalised – The xx
• Make You Mine (Death Metal Disco Scene Radio Mix) – Miami Horror
• Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal feat. Armand Van Helden
• I Love London (In Flagranti Vintage Mix) – Crystal Fighters
• Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) – BlakRoc
• People Say – Portugal. The Man
• Go Get It (AC Slater Remix) – Sepalot
• Ploy (First Burn) – Primary 1 with Polly Brown
• Fun That We Have – Julian Plenti
• Neon Disco (Autokratz Remix) – Disco Trash Music
• Come Out, Come Out – I Was Totally Destroying It
• Falling In Love – Galactik Knights
• My Heart (AU Remix) – Wildbirds and Peacedrums
• Theme of Palermo Disko Machine – Palermo Disko Machine
• It’s True – Mr Russia
• Shame on Me (Yuksek Remix) – Amanda Blank
• Folksong Oblivion – The Phantom Band
• Salt Air (Jupiter Remix) – Chew Lips
• Change of Heart – El Perro Del Mar
• What You Need – Priors
• Zombie A-Go-Go – Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures
• Miracle (Grum Remix) – Tommy Sparks
• The Cure – Tegan & Sara
• Set Me Free (Louis La Roche Reconstruction) – Phonat
• Under Your Spell – Desire
• Jerk It – Thunderheist
• Liztomania – Phoenix
• Black and White (Caspa Remix) – Miike Snow
• Jak – Volcano Suns
• Calabria (Hot Pink Delorean Remix) – Enur feat. Natasja
• Theme of Palermo Disko Machine – Palermo Disko Machine
• It’s True – Mr Russia
• Shame on Me (Yuksek Remix) – Amanda Blank
• Folksong Oblivion – The Phantom Band
• Salt Air (Jupiter Remix) – Chew Lips
• Change of Heart – El Perro Del Mar
• What You Need – Priors
• Zombie A-Go-Go – Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures
• Miracle (Grum Remix) – Tommy Sparks
• The Cure – Tegan & Sara
• Set Me Free (Louis La Roche Reconstruction) – Phonat
• Under Your Spell – Desire
• Jerk It – Thunderheist
• Liztomania – Phoenix
• Black and White (Caspa Remix) – Miike Snow
• Jak – Volcano Suns
• Calabria (Hot Pink Delorean Remix) – Enur feat. Natasja
• Alice - Sunn O)))