This week on the Kosmik Radiation radio show (Jan 8) -- the year in music 2009! To my mind, the best musical year of the decade just passed! GET DOWN WITH THE NEW PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND NOW!
Though I'll spoil the surprise and list them here too:
1 Sun Araw "Heavy Deeds" (Not Not Fun)
2 MV & EE "Barn Nova" (Ecstatic Peace!)
3 Meat Puppets "Sewn Together" (Megaforce)
4 Black Moth Super Rainbow "Eating Us" (Graveface)
5 Mission Of Burma "The Sound The Speed The Light" (Matador)
6 Os Mutantes "Haih Or Amortecador" (ANTI-)
7 Wooden Shjips "Dos" (Holy Mountain)
8 Sylvester Anfang II "Sylvester Anfang II" (Aurora Borealis)
9 Earthling Society "Sci-Fi Hi Fi" (4Zero)
10 Wand "Hard Knox" (Ecstatic Peace!)
11 The Fiery Furnaces "I'm Going Away" (Thrill Jockey)
12 Blues Control "Local Flavor" (Siltbreeze)
13 Fat Freddy's Drop "Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW" (The Drop)
14 Dinosaur jr "Farm" (Jagjaguwar)
15 Sonic Youth "The Eternal" (Matador)
(Aside: what is it with all the 80's indie rock bands coming back with strong albums? I think it's another sign that the good times are back!)
Also check out this very groovy clip of my #1 artist of the year SUN ARAW -- doesn't start out all that exciting, but stick around for the guitar solo that starts around 2:00 for trip-flipout-meditiation time! WOOOOAHHHH!!!