Saiu a lista dos melhores do ano, segundo The Wire.
A inevitável escolha do que de mais importante aconteceu na música em 2009 na perspectiva da Wire e dos seus convidados. Resumos escritos por Broadcast, Alasdair Roberts, Bill Orcutt, Oneohtrix Point Never, Sunn O))), Jim O’Rourke, Atom TM, Florian Hecker, Ben Frost e outros.
50 – Hildur Gudnadóttir –
Without Sinking
49 – Cold Cave –
Love Comes Close
48 – Black To Comm –
Alphabet 1968
47 – Glenn Jones –
Barbecue Bob In Fishtown
46 – Fuck Buttons –
Tarot Sport
45 – Eliane Radigue –
Triptych
44 – The Stooges –
You Don’t Want My Name You Want My Action: 1971 The Missing Link
43 – Lionel Marchetti & Oliver Capparos –
Equus (Gran Véhicule)
42 – Subway –
Subway II
41 – Richard Youngs –
Under Stellar Stream
40 – Sun Araw -
Heavy Deeds
39 – Billy Bao –
May 08
38 – Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer –
Ghosts Of Gold
37 – Belbury Poly -
From Ancient Star
36 – Position Normal –
Position Normal
35 – Emeralds –
What Happened
34 – Black Dice –
Repo
33 – Mev –
Mev 40
32 – Moritz Von Oswald Trio –
Vertical Ascent
31 – Pan Sonic & Keiji Haino –
Shall I Download A Black Hole And Offer It To You?
30 – Animal Collective –
Merriweather Post Pavillion
29 – Dãm-Funk –
Toeachizown
28 – Kevin Drumm -
Imperial Horizon
27 – Peter Evans –
Nature/Culture
26 – Group Bombino –
Guitars From Agadez Vol 2
25 – Leyland Kirby –
Sadly The Future Is No Longer What It Was
24 – Courtis/Moore –
Brokebox Juke
23 – Gary War –
Horribles Parade
22 – Flower-Corsano Duo –
The Four Aims
21 – The Xx -
Xx
20 – William Basinski –
92982
19 – Hecker –
Acid In The Style Of David Tudor
18 – Matias Aguayo –
Ay Ay Ay
17 – Masayuki Takayanagi –
Archive 1
16 – Mordant Music –
SyMptoMs
15 – Atom™ –
Liedgut
14 – Sa-Ra Creative Partners –
Nuclear Evolution: The Age Of Love
13 – Shackleton –
3 EPs
12 – Dirty Projectors –
Bitte Orca
11 – Harappian Night Recordings –
The Glorious Gongs Of Hainuwele
10 – King Midas Sound –
Waiting For You
9 – Ben Frost –
By The Throat
8 – Jim O’Rourke –
The Visitor
7 – Group Doueh -
Treeg Salaam
6 – David Sylvian –
Manafon
5 – Sunn O))) –
Monoliths & Dimensions
4 – Alasdair Roberts –
Spoils
3 – Bill Orcutt –
A New Way To Pay Old Debts
2 – Oneohtrix Point Never –
Rifts
1 – Broadcast & The Focus Group –
Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Avant Rock
* Billy Bao – May 08
* Brainbombs – Fucking Mess
* Evangelista – Prince Of Truth
* Jandek – Portland Thrusday
* The One Ensemble – Other Thunders
* Julian Lynch – Orangeyou Glad
* The Mantles – The Mantles
* Bill Orcutt – A New Way To Pay Old Debts
* Yasushi Ozawa – Some Fragments Of Bass Performance
* Trembling Bells – Carbeth
* Kurt Vile – Constant Hitmaker (emusic)
* Gary War – Horribles Parade
* Wolf Eyes – Always Wrong
* Richard Youngs – Beyound The Valley Of Ultrahits
* Zola Jesus – New Amsterdam
Electronica A–Z
* alva noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Utp (Raster-Noton)
* Cindytalk – The Crackle Of My Soul (Editions Mego)
* Clark – 6 Tracks (Warp)
* Nathan Fake – Hard Islands (Border Community)
* Fennesz & Sparklehorse – In The Fishtank (Konkurrent)
* Lawrence English – It’s Up To Us To Live (Sirr)
* Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country (Kranky)
* Hell – Teufelswerk (Gigolo)
* Klimek – Movies Is Magic (Anticipate)
* Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Deupree – Transcriptions (Spekk)
* Mountains – Choral (Thrill Jockey)
* Redshape – The Dance Paradox (Delsin)
* Silkie – City Limits Volume One (Deep Medi)
* Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself (Bpitch Control)
* Tu m’ – Monochromes Volume One (Line)
Jazz & Improv A–Z
* Borah Bergman Trio – Luminescence (Tzadik)
* John Blum – In The Shade Of The Sun (Ecstatic Peace)
* Dennis González – A Matter Of Blood (Furthermore)
* Hoots And Roots – Life And Death (Ayler)
* Christian Lillinger’s Grund – First Reason (Clean Feed)
* Joëlle Léandre – Live In Israel (Kadima Collective)
* Sebastian Lexer – Dazwischen (Matchless)
* Eivind Opsvik – Overseas III (Loyal)
* The Chris McGregor Trio – Our Prayer (Fledg’ling)
* Anthony Pateras & Max Kohane – PIVIXKI (Sabbatical)
* People Band – 69/70 (Emanem)
* Gino Robair & Birgit Ulher – Blips & Ifs (Rastascan)
* Alister Spence – Fit (Rufus)
* Trespass Trio – “… Was There To Illuminate The Night Sky” (Clean Feed)
* Ray Warleigh – Rue Victor Massé (Psi)
Reissues A–Z
* Derek Bailey – Lot 74 (Incus)
* Bizzy B – Retrospective (Planet Mu)
* Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus (Definitive Jux)
* Luc Ferrari – L’Oeuvre Électronique
* Flaming Tunes – Flaming Tunes (Life And Living)
* Harmonia & Eno – Tracks And Traces (Grönland)
* Incapacitants – Box Is Stupid (Pica Disk)
* King Crimson – Lizard and Red 40th Anniversary Editions (Panegyric)
* Kraftwerk – The Catalogue (Mute)
* Loop – A Gilded Eternity/The World In Your Eyes (Reactor)
* The Monks – Black Monk Time (Light In The Attic)
* Moondog – More Moondog/Story Of Moondog (Honest Jons)
* Pandit Pran Nath – Earth Groove (Change/Mississippi)
* Evan Parker – Saxophone Solos (Psi)
* Public Image Limited – Metal Box (Virgin)
* Sun Ra – The Antique Blacks (Art Yard)
* The Raincoats – The Raincoats (We ThRee)
* Roll Deep – Street Anthems (Roll Deep)
* The Shadow Ring – Life Review (1993–2003) (Kye)
* Terror Danjah – Gremlinz (Planet Mu)
* Pere Ubu – Datapanik In The Year Zero (Cooking Vinyl)
* The Units – History Of The Units: The Early Years (1977– 1983) (Community Library)
* Source Records 1–6: Music Of The Avant Garde 1968–1971 (Pogus Production
