The 100 Best Recordings of 2009

These are KKFI‘s picks for the Best Recordings of 2009. Here’s a link to the article. This year they’ve played hundreds of new releases from local musicians and recordings of Indie Rock, Jazz, Folk, Electronic, Gospel, Hip Hop, Dance, Soul, Blues, Country and World Music on the following radio show:

Wednesday MidDay Medley (10am – noon)
90.1fm KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio

01. Sara Swenson – Sara Swenson
02. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimist
03. Various Artists – Crayon Angel A Tribute to The Music of Judee Sill
04. Sonic Youth – the eternal
05. Be / Non – A Mountain of Yeses
06. Regina Spektor – far
07. Levee Town – Levee Town
08. Shay Estes with Trio All – Despite Your Destination
09. Marianne Faithful – Easy Come Easy Go
10. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
11. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
12. Taken By Trees – East of Eden
13. Charles S. McVey – Animal
14. Pansy Division – That’s So Gay
15. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
16. Swimming in Speakers – Swimming in Speakers
17. Au Revoir Simone – Still Night, Still Light
18. Howard Iceberg & The Titanics – Maiden Voyage
19. Eleni Mandel – Artificial Fire
20. Beirut – March of The Zapotec
21. The Swell Season – Strict Joy
22. New York Dolls – ‘Cause I Sez So
23. Junkyard Empire – Rebellion Politik
24. Ghosty – A Mystic’s Robe [EP]
25. Jill Sobule – California Years
26. Steve Earle – Townes
27. N.A.S.A. – The Spirit of Apollo
28. Latin Bitman – Colour
29. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band – Between My Head and The Sky
30. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
31. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
32. Ray Davies – The Kinks Choral Collection
33. Various Artists –Nigerian Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria
34. Various Artists – Dark Was The Night
35. Joel A. Brown – Simplexity
36. Ernest James Zydeco – Jubilee
37. The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love
38. David Bowie – VH1 Storytellers
39. Various Artists – War Child Presents Heroes
40. Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
41. Antony and The Johnsons – The Crying Light
42. Ingrid Stolzel – Selected Chamber Music
43. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
44. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster
45. The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
46. Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
47. Exene Cervenka – Somewhere Gone
48. Lyal Strickland – So Many Incidents
49. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Break Up
50. Alela Diane – To Be Still
51. Karen O & The Kids – Where The Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack
52. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
53. Los Fabulosos – El Arte De La Elegancia de LFC
54. They Might Be Giants – Here Comes Science
55. St Vincent – Actor
56. Osso – Run Rabbit Run
57. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE
58. Tinted Windows – Tinted Windows
59. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
60. Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk
61. M. Ward – Hold Time
62. The Sexy Accident – Mantoloking
63. Fanfarlo – Resevoir
64. Jason Lytle – Yours Truly, The Commuter
65. Two Headed Cow – Safe As Milk
66. Vieux Farka Toure – Fundo
67. Pink Martini – Splendor In The Grass
68. Cornershop – Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast
69. I Was A King – I Was King
70. El Perro Del Mar – Love Is Not Pop
71. Anna Ternheim – Leaving On A Mayday
72. Peter, Bjorn & John – Living Thing
73. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
74. John Vanderslice – Romanian Names
75. Mouth – Word of Mouth
76. Morrissey – Years Of Refusal
77. Playing For Change – Playing For Change
78. Mexican Institute of Sound – Soy Sauce
79. Wishing Chair – Stand Up 8
80. Nitin Sawhney – London Undersound
81. Pacha Massive – If You Want It
82. Royksopp – Junior
83. Betse Ellis – Don’t You Want to Go?
84. The Wiyos – Broken Land Bell
85. Sage Flower – Arrow
86. Eulogies – Here Anonymous
87. The BPA – I Think Were Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
88. Moby – Wait For Me
89. Monta At Odds – Outono
90. Zee Avi – Zee Avi
91. A Camp – Colonia
92. Vienna Teng – Inland Territory
93. Fol Chen – Part 1: John Shade Your Fortune’s Made
94. EELS – Hombre Lobo – 12 Songs of Desire
95. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
96. White Rabbits – It’s Frightening
97. Deer Tick Born On Flag Day
98. Gossip – Music For Men
99. Megan Birdsall – This Is The Time
100. Easy Star All-Stars – Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band