I don’t usually make year-end compilations, however a friend of mine requested a mix as a birthday present so how could I refuse? I had no idea what I was getting into. After about 7 hours of selecting my favorites and editing down the list to a reasonable amount, I ended up with 3 CDs. That still left out some of my favorites because I couldn’t find the right place for them in the mix (Metric’s “Sick Muse,” Lissie”s “Little Lovin” and Junior Boys’ “Parallel Lines,” most notably), but here is what I ended up with:
Best of 09 Mix 1
| 1. Friends | Band Of Skulls |
| 2. Whole New Way | The Horrors |
| 3. Dominos | The Big Pink |
| 6. Islands | The XX |
| 7. You’ve Got the Love (The xx Remix) | Florence and The Machine |
| 8. Zero | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| 9. Nothing To Worry About | Peter Bjorn & John |
| 10. Feel It All Around | Washed Out |
| 11. Slippin’ | Quadron |
| 12. Compacto | Curumin |
| 13. Can’t Help But Smiling | Devendra Banhart |
| 14. Always Like This | Bombay Bicycle Club |
| 15. The Reeling | Passion Pit |
| 16. 11th Dimension | Julian Casablancas |
| 17. Orange Shirt | Discovery |
| 18. Walking On A Dream | Empire Of The Sun |
| 19. Psychic City (Voodoo City) | YACHT |
| 20. Bulletproof | La Roux |
| 21. No Surprise | James Yuill |
Mix 2
| 1. Let’s Go Surfing | The Drums |
| 2. Say Yes | Langhorne Slim |
| 3. More Of This | Vetiver |
| 4. Relator | Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson |
| 5. Cousins | Vampire Weekend |
| 6. Too Fake | Hockey |
| 7. Knotty Pine | Dirty Projectors & David Byrne |
| 8. When They Fight They Fight | Generationals |
| 9. Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare | Matt & Kim |
| 10. All the Same to Me | Anya Marina |
| 11. Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked | Cage The Elephant |
| 12. My Last Mistake | Dan Auerbach |
| 13. Basket | The Blakes |
| 14. Straight To Hell | Lily Allen Feat. Mick Jones |
| 15. Lust For Life | Girls |
| 16. My Girls | Animal Collective |
| 17. Two Weeks | Grizzly Bear |
| 18. Song For No One | Miike Snow |
| 19. Girlfriend | Phoenix |
| 20. Terminally Chill | Neon Indian |
| 21. In The Music | The Trash Can Sinatras |
Mix 3
| 1. Inspiration Information | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 2. Breakin’ The Chains Of Love | Fitz & The Tantrums |
| 3. Maybe So, Maybe No | Mayer Hawthorne |
| 4. The Golden Age | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour |
| 5. California On My Mind | Wild Light |
| 6. The Sun | Portugal. The Man |
| 7. Say Please | Monsters Of Folk |
| 8. The Sweetest Thing | Camera Obscura |
| 9. Wavin’ Flag | K’naan |
| 10. The Summer | Coconut Records |
| 11. You Never Know | Wilco |
| 12. Home | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros |
| 13. World News | Local Natives |
| 14. This Tornado Loves You | Neko Case |
| 15. Rave On | M. Ward Feat. Zooey Deschanel |
| 16. Hold Your Head High | Heartless Bastards |
| 17. I Like You So Much Better When You Are Naked | Ida Maria |
| 18. Everything – Murs | Murs |
| 19. Tonight’s Today | Jack Peñate |
| 20. Swing | Zero 7 |
| 21. Sweet Disposition | The Temper Trap |
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