2009 Year-End Round Up: Part 1

Well, gang, here we go again with another batch of tunes that soundtracked my past 12 months. I'm up to 56 songs this year, and, yes, that was after a few rounds of cuts. In most instances, links go to YouTube clips: official videos, shaky fancams, whatevs. Enjoy!


--"1, 2, 3, Partyy!," Mission of Burma (The Sound the Speed the Light)
--"(Sometimes You Got To Be) Gentle," Heavy Trash (Midnight Soul Serenade)
--"All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off," A.C. Newman (Get Guilty)
"Argos," Bob Mould (Life and Times)
--"Banker and a Liar," Reigning Sound (Love and Curses) ▲
--"Bull Black Nova," Wilco (Wilco (The Album))
--"Can You Whoop It?," Dexateens (Singlewide)
--"Cigarettes and Wine," Jason Isbell (Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit)
--"Coast of Carolina," Telekinesis (Telekinesis!)
--"Coochie," BlakRoc (BlakRoc)

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--"Cruel, Cruel Fate," Datsuns (Headstunts)
--"Crush On You," Brakes (Touchdown)
--"Dominos," Big Pink (A Brief History of Love)
--"Good Morning Captain," Black Crowes (Before the Frost...)
--"Growing Trade," Levon Helm (Electric Dirt)
--"Gunpowder," Black Joe Lewis (Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!)
--"Hindsight," Built to Spill (There Is No Enemy)
--"Hysteric," Yeah Yeah Yeahs (It's Blitz!)
--"I Cut Like A Buffalo," Dead Weather (Horehound) ▲
--"I Don't Even Know What That Is," 1990s (Kicks)

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--"I Recognized Her," Outrageous Cherry (Universal Malcontents)
--"Inaugural Trams," Super Furry Animals (Dark Days/Light Years)
--"Intricate Things," Robyn Hitchcock (Goodnight Oslo)
--"Irish Wristwatch," Hard Lessons (Arms Forest)
--"It Ain't Gonna Save Me," Jay Reatard (Watch Me Fall)
--"Jeff Penalty," Franz Nicolay (Major General)
--"Know Better Learn Faster," Thao Nguyen (Know Better Learn Faster)
--"Layin' Up With Linda," Lemonheads (Varshons)
--"Left and Right in the Dark," Julian Casablancas (Phrazes for the Young) ▲
--"Lisztomania," Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)

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--"Mazel Tov Cocktail," Wildhearts (Chutzpah!) ▲
--"Mind Eraser, No Chaser," Them Crooked Vultures (Them Crooked Vultures)
--"Money, Compliments, Publicity," Todd Snider (The Excitement Plan)
--"My Wife's Hometown," Bob Dylan (Together Through Life)
--"Never Forget You," Noisettes (Wild Young Hearts)
--"Nikorette," Conor Oberst (Outer South)

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--"Over It," Dinosaur Jr (Farm)
--"Prison Girls," Neko Case (Middle Cyclone)
--"Run Chicken Run," Felice Brothers (Yonder is the Clock)
--"Sixes and Sevens," Lucero (1372 Overland Park) ▲
--"Slap Dash For No Cash," Art Brut (Art Brut vs. Satan)
--"Something Is Squeezing My Skull," Morrissey (Years of Refusal)
--"Straight Into A Storm," Deer Tick (Born on Flag Day)
--"Sulphur to Sugarcane," Elvis Costello (Secret, Profane and Sugarcane)
--"Tastebuds," King Khan & BBQ Show (Invisible Girl)
--"Technicolor Health," Harlem Shakes (Technicolor Health)

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--"Tennessee Jed," Levon Helm (Electric Dirt) ▲
--"The Fixer," Pearl Jam (Backspacer)
--"The Long Way," Bottle Rockets (Lean Forward)
--"This Love Is Fucking Right," Pains of Being Pure of Heart (The Pains of Being Pure of Heart)
--"Tin Man," Avett Brothers (I and Love and You)
--"What I Mean To You," Justin Townes Earle (Midnight at the Movies)
--"When I Died," Thermals (Now We Can See)
--"When I Left the Room," Dan Auerbach (Keep It Hid)
--"You Need Satan More Than He Needs You," Future of the Left (Travels With Myself and Another)
--"Your Mexican Restaurant," Young Fresh Fellows (I Think This Is)