2009 Music Picks

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ear!

Here are my musical memories for 2009, alphabetically summarized for your enjoyment and hopeful rebuttal!!!

2009 PLEASURES
Matias Aguayo: Ay Ay Ay
Annie: Don't Stop
Atom™: Liedgut
Fever Ray: Fever Ray
Robert Hampson: Vectors
The Necks: Silverwater
Moritz von Oswald Trio: Vertical Ascent
Shackleton: 3 EPs
SoiSong: XAj3z
Mika Vainio: Aíneen Musta Puhelin / Black Telephone Of Matter

2009 DISAPPOINTMENTS
AIR: Love 2
Röyksopp: Junior

2009 NEED MORE TIME WITH
Monolake: Silence
Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions

Thanks for reading!
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Fever Ray

Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson, you enchant, charm and captivate me to no end!

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Magpies and Rose Arch

I ordered a giclée print of Christiane Kubrick's "Magpies and Rose Arch" for Ava a couple of weeks ago, and I cannot wait for it to arrive! The image is so vibrant, so alive, and so Ava!

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy.
Five for silver, six for gold, seven is a secret never to be told.
Eight is a wish, and nine is a kiss, ten is a bird you must not miss.

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Cate Blanchett

The lovely and incomparable Cate Blanchett graces the Feb 2009 cover of Vanity Fair. The cover photo is by far the best from the issue. Not sure what Annie was thinking with some of the other shots....

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