Best Albums of 2009.

50. Blood Bank EP - Bon Iver

49. See Mystery Lights - YACHT

48. Declaration of Dependence - Kings of Convenience

47. The Fame Monster - Lady GaGa

46. Tonight: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

45. Grand - Matt & Kim

44. Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

43. Immolate Yourself - Telefon Tel Aviv

42. Riceboy Sleeps - Jónsi & Alex

41. Farm - Dinosaur Jr.

40. Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP - Deerhunter

39. Rated R - Rihanna

38. Years of Refusal - Morrissey

37. Enemy Mine - Swan Lake

36. Manners - Passion Pit

35. Album - Girls

34. Real Estate - Real Estate

33. These Four Walls - We Were Promised Jetpacks

32. The Bachelor - Patrick Wolf

31. Unmap - Volcano Choir

30. jj n° 2 - JJ

29. March of the Zapotec/Holland EP - Beirut

28. Still Night, Still Light - Au Revoir Simone

27. Wilco (The Album) - Wilco

26. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Higher Than the Stars EP - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

25. Ayrton Senna EP - Delorean

24. Psychic Chasms - Neon Indian

23. Bromst - Dan Deacon

22. Love vs. Money - The-Dream

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21. It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

20. Dragonslayer - Sunset Rubdown

19. Actor - St. Vincent

18. Why There Are Mountains - Cymbals Eat Guitars

17. Popular Songs - Yo La Tengo

16. The Crying Light - Antony and the Johnsons

15. The Ecstatic - Mos Def

14. My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura

13. Post-Nothing - Japandroids

12. Logos - Atlas Sound

11. Lungs - Florence and the Machine

10. Vapours - Islands

09. xx - The xx

08. Embryonic - The Flaming Lips

07. Two Suns - Bat for Lashes

06. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

05. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II - Raekwon

04. Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors

03. Hospice - The Antlers

02. Merriweather Post Pavilion / Fall Be Kind EP- Animal Collective

01. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller

I have reached the limits of endurance. My back is to the wall; I can retreat no further. As far as history goes I am dead. If there is something beyond I shall have to bounce back. I have found God, but he is insufficient. I am only spiritually dead. Physically I am alive. Morally I am free. The world which I have departed is a menagerie. The dawn is breaking on a new world, a jungle world in which the lean spirits roam with sharp claws. If I am a hyena I am a lean and hungry one: I go forth to fatten myself.

Park City, Utah... here I come?

Real Estate.

After making their way through CMJ, playing Pianos and Santos Party House, and supporting Girls at Bowery Ballroom two Fridays past, New Jersey's Pitchfork-approved Real Estate have finally released their debut LP, Real Estate, via Woodsist Records. "Beach Comber" is the lead single, and it reminds me of early Death Cab for Cutie (circa We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes) and Modest Mouse. Lo-fi goodness covered in sweet, sweet reverb, I say. It makes me want to go back to the Jersey Shore, which is kind of frightening to me. Cover art, tracklisting, and MP3s (courtesy of Pitchfork and Stereogum) below:

01. Beach Comber

02. Pool Swimmers

03. Suburban Dogs

04. Black Lake

05. Atlantic City

06. Fake Blues

07. Green River

08. Suburban Beverage

09. Lets Rock the Beach

10. Snow Days

Click here to download an MP3 of "Beach Comber".

Click here to download an MP3 of "Black Lake".

Click here to download an MP3 of "Fake Blues".

Click here to download an MP3 of "Green River".

Click here to download an MP3 of "Suburban Beverage".

You're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV.

If you saw my dog, you'd know it's impossible to hate him.