THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2009

Paul Farahvar:

Joe Purdy › Last Clock on the Wall
Pete Yorn › Back & Fourth
Bon Iver › Blood Bank
Wilco › Wilco (The Album)
Neko Case › Middle Cyclone
Avett Brothers › I and Love and You
M Ward › Hold Time
Phoenix › Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Andrew Bird › Noble Beast
Jay Z › Blueprint 3
Freddy Jones Band › Time Well Wasted
Swell Season › Strict Joy
Monsters of Folk › Monsters of Folk

Micah from Micah Walk:

Monsters of Folk › Monsters of Folk
Volcano Choir › Unmap
M Ward › Hold Time
Phoenix › Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Muse › The Resistance
Clutch › Cousins from the West.
Black Crowes › Before the Frost..
Pearl Jam › Backspacer
Wilco › Wilco (The Album)
Elvis Costello › Secret,Profane & Sugarcane

Joe Goodkin of Paper Arrows:

Phoenix › Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Magnolia Electric Company › Josephine
Wilco › Wilco (The Album)
Pearl Jam › Backspacer
Buddy Nuisance › Messy Lives of All Shapes..
David Bazan › Curse Your Branches
Darren Garvey › Happy Accidents Under ...
Bon Iver › Blood Bank
Grizzly Bear › Veckatimest
Regina Spektor › Far

Maryclare from House of Blues (Chicago):

Phoenix › Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Andrew Bird › Noble Beast
We Were Promised Jetpacks › These 4 Walls
Avett Brothers › I and Love and You
Grizzly Bear › Veckatimest
The Thermals › Now We Can See
The Dodos › Time To Die
The Girls › Hellrole Ratrace
Animal Collective › Merriweather Post Pavilion
Brandi Carlile › Give Up The Ghost
Manchester Orchestra › Mean Everything to Nothing

Chris Buehrle from Chris Buehrle Band

Jay Z › Blueprint 3
John Mayer › Battle Studies
Maxwell › BLACKsummer's Night
Phish › Joy
Dashboard Confessional › Alter The Ending
Eminem › Relapse
Coldplay › Viva la Vida or Death ..
Lucero › 1372 Overton Park
Cage The Elephant › Cage The Elephant
Dave Matthews Band › Big Whiskey ...
Phoenix › Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Brian Carothers of Go Tom:

Grizly Bear › Veckatimest
Yeah Yeah Yeahs › It's Blitz
The XX › The XX
Wilco › Wilco (The Album)
The Dead Weather › Horehound
Phoenix › Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
U2 › No Line on the Horizon
People Place n Things › About Us
Monsters of Folk › Monsters of Folk
Animal Collective › Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jay Z › Blueprint 3