Memory is a Monster

Best Indie Releases of 2009

1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest [Warp]
2. Fanfarlo - Reservoir [Atlantic]
3. Real Estate - Real Estate [Woodsist]
4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [V2; Glassnote]
5. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP [Domino]
6. Washed Out - Life of Leisure EP [Mexican Summer]
7. Foreign Born - Person to Person [Secretly Canadian]
8. The xx - The xx [Young Turks]
9. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone [Anti-]
10. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules [Bubbles]

Honorable Mentions:
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast + Do Make Say Think - Other Truths + Fever Ray - Fever Ray + Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence + Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms + Vetiver - Tight Knit