Nearly a month after posting my Best of 2008 list I must recognize an album that may have been in the Top 10 had I heard it last year. Unfortunately for the list, I did not hear The Gaslight Anthem’s album The ‘59 Sound until January 2009. It was an album that started to surface on my radar in the late fall with high praise in some of the places I frequent but did not hit my playlists until the new year. It is an album that pays tribute to what came before it without sounding plagiarized. It sounds familiar, almost like you know what is coming next from sense memory, but fresh at the same time. It rocks, is catchy and does not suffer from heavy rotation (at least not after the first month). So, the first amendment to the Best of ‘08 list is The Gaslight Anthem - The ‘59 Sound.
Moving forward, 2009 is off to a strong start with solid contributions from Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Glasvegas, Dan Auerbach, A.C. Newman, M. Ward, Bruce Springsteen, Antony & The Johnsons and Franz Ferdinand only weeks into the new year. The rest of the year promises to keep pace with new material from WILCO, Neko Case, U2, The Decemberists, Peter Bjorn & John, Jason Isbell, Great Lake Swimmers and more on deck in the next few months.
Moving forward, 2009 is off to a strong start with solid contributions from Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Glasvegas, Dan Auerbach, A.C. Newman, M. Ward, Bruce Springsteen, Antony & The Johnsons and Franz Ferdinand only weeks into the new year. The rest of the year promises to keep pace with new material from WILCO, Neko Case, U2, The Decemberists, Peter Bjorn & John, Jason Isbell, Great Lake Swimmers and more on deck in the next few months.
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