Best of 2009 (Indie Rock)

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   1. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

   Only French people could do something so clearly unoriginal and yet make it seem perfectly right and natural and cool. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix sounded best during the warm months, but it’s a...read more

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   2. Dinosaur Jr.: Farm

   It is very rare that a band returns from a 16-year hiatus and makes as much of an impact as Dinosaur Jr. have since reforming. Granted, J Mascis never went anywhere in the interim, but truth be tol...read more

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   3. Sonic Youth: The Eternal

   Sonic Youth’s return to the indie ranks resulted in no major changes from their previous song album, 2006’s Rather Ripped. The Eternal still features lots of moody mid-tempo grooves; the text...read more

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   4. Cymbals Eat Guitars: Why There Are Mountains

   Fans of canonical indie-rock: If you haven’t already hupped to it with Cymbals Eat Guitars in the wake of the notice Pitchfork gave to this album, well, it’s not too late. This scattere...read more

Tags: guitar , indie , noise , pop , post-punk , rock