2009 var vel et år på det jevne rent kvalitetsmessig. Likevel har det selvsagt blitt laget en stor stabel fine ting. Intet spesielt nytt under solen, selv om den tungt krautinspirerte kosmosmusikken har vokst seg stor og sterk igjen i år. Den beste i denne klassen er Daniel Lopatin, som under sitt alter ego Oneohtrix Point Never ga ut flere obligatoriske lp'er. Disse ble samlet på den fine dobbelcd'en Rifts.
Ellers holder japanerne standen som undergrunnspsychens herskere, og det aller beste fra den kanten i fjor var Up-Tight med lp'en The Beginning Of The End. Her blandes psychedelia med tung Suicide vibb og den obligatoriske Velvet følelsen.
Det aller gledeligste på musikkfronten i fjor var imidlertid Bill Orcutts comeback. Orcutt har ikke rørt på seg musikalsk på 12 år, dsv siden Harry Pussy la inn årene. Når han nå er tilbake er det med bravur. Hans New Ways To Pay Old Debts er en knasende oppvisning i gitarspill med tung improv- og rockfaktor. Umistelig.
De tre aller beste :
Up-Tight - The Beginning Of The End
Bill Orcutt - New Ways To Pay Old Debts
Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts
De ti nesten like fine :
Incapacitants - Tight
Mark McGuire - VDSQ Solo Acoustic
Cold Cave - Cremations
David S Ware Quartet - Live in Vilnius
Ai Aso - Aida
Emeralds - What Happened
Peter Kolovos - New Bodies
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Le Corbeau -Evening Chill/Montréal of the Mind
Nurse With Wound - The Surveillance Lounge
Runner ups verdt å ha :
Little Claw - Human Taste
Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
Blues Control - Local Flavor
Tony Tears - Voci Dal Passato
True Widow - True Widow
The Van Patterson Quartet - Live At F.W.
Harappian Night Recordings - The Glorious Gongs of Hainuwele
Clubroot - Clubroot
Shit& Shine - 229-2299 Girls Against Shit!
Evangelista - Prince Of Truth
Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
Emeralds - Emeralds
Sabu Orimo - Wind Songs
Christina Carter - Seals
Bill Dixon/Aaron Siegel/Ben Hall - Weight/Counterweight
Julian Lynch - Orange You Glad
Chris Corsano - Another Dull Dawn
Richard Youngs - Beyond The Valley Of Ultrahits
Orphan Fairytale - Ladybird Labyrinth
Eat Skull - Wild And Inside
Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
Ben Frost - By The Throat
The XX - XX
Gary War - Horribles Parade
Pan Sonic & Keiji Haino - Shall I Download A Blackhole And Offer It To You?
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
Bill Callaham – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II
Grippers Nother Onesers - Grippers Nother Onesers
Hobo Sonn - The Thundering Nature Of Reality
Li Jianhong - Lovers With Cloisonné Bracelet
Yasushi Ozawa - Some Fragments Of Bass Performance
Keiji Haino/Masataka Fujikake Duo - Keiji Haino/Masataka Fujikake Duo
Sanhedrin - Sun Head Ring
Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong
Current 93 - Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain
Nurse With Wound - Space Music
Mark Mc Guire - A Pocket Full Of Rain
Ducktails - Landscapes
Black Joker - Watch Out!
K2 - Chameleon Ballet
The Beets - Spit in the Face of People Who Don't Want To Be Cool
Leyland Kirby - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was
Legion Of two - Riff
Home Blitz - O.ut O.f P.hase
Night Control - Death Control
Black Vomit - Jungle Death
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Richard Ramirez & MSBR - Negative/Offensive: A Tribute To The New Blockaders
Matt Krefting - I Couldn't Love You More
Sachiko - Golden Hypnos
Real Estate - Real Estate
Infinity Window - Artificial Midnight
Bill Frisell - Disfarmer
Pens- Hey Friend! What You Doing
Explorers - Bermuda Telepaths
Magik Markers - Shame Mask
Acoustic Family Creeps - Play Live In The Woods (1 sides lp, ingen label)
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