Daves Faves 2009

There's such a love hate relationship with this ritual. Those of you who partake in this annual exercise know the struggle. With so much great music this past year, where, who, what, when, how to begin? Well, fortunately with the help of Rhapsody (yes, another plug) I've been dropping my faves into a playlist throughout the year. So, here in December, it just comes down to taking a look back, arranging and pairing it down to a CD length mix. 80 minutes of music; easy enough right? Not so much with roughly 100 tunes that made it into the 2009 "drop box" of faves. But in the end I made some compromises and came up with a mix that I think represents my year in music pretty well. There's a bit of everything in there. Some highs, some lows, but that's how the story goes. So, now, without further ado, Daves Faves 2009...

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Album art: 2009 was the year of the black cat. (R.I.P. Lucy / Welcome little Louie)

1---Black & Blue--------Miike Snow

2---Smile Upon Me-------Passion Pit
3---1901----------------Phoenix
4---Psychic City--------Yacht
5---Set You On Fire-----Think About Life
6---Deadbeat Summer-----Neon Indian
7---Walking On A Dream--Empire Of The Sun
8---Bluish--------------Animal Collective
9---Dear God------------Monsters Of Folk
10--Gotta Cheer Up------Cotton Jones
11--Blood Bank----------Bon Iver
12--Blue Skies----------Noah and the Whale
13--Evil----------------Beads
14--Until We Bleed------Kleerup (Feat. Lykke Li)
15--Never Never---------Little Dragon
16--Islands-------------The xx
17--Leap----------------The Cave Singers
18--Hysteric------------Yeah Yeah Yeahs
19--Sweet Disposition---The Temper Trap