JESSE JARNOW
Favorite Live Performances of 2009
1. Barack Obama, 20 January, Washington DC
2. All Tomorrow’s Parties, 11-13 September, Kutsher’s Country Club, Monticello, NY
3. LaMonte Young, 21 March, Guggenheim Museum, NYC, NY
4. Yura Yura Teikoku, 18 September, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
5. Sonic Youth, 25 November, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Favorite 2009 Release
1. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
2. Greg Davis, Midpoint
3. Oneida, Rated O
4. Yo La Tengo, Popular Songs
5. Animal Collective, Fall Be Kind
Favorite Reissue
1. Leonard Cohen, Isle of Wight, 1970
2. Eno Moebius Roedelius, After the Heat
3. v/a – Fire in My Bones: Raw, Rare and Other-Worldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007
Go To Disc Or Show (not from 2009)
1. Grateful Dead, every known show from May through December
2. The Fugs, all ’60s albums
3. Departmentstore Santa, At the Medieval Castle Nineteen 100-Year Lifetimes Since
4 .The Clean, Anthology
5. Caetano Veloso, Caetano Veloso (1971)
*****
FADY KHALIL
Favorite Live Performances of 2009
1. Phish – 11/24/09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia PA
2. moe. – moe.down, 9/4/09 – 9/6/09 Turin NY
3. CAKE – moe.down 9/4/09 – 9/6/09 Turin NY
4. The Machine – 6/12/09 Keswick Theatre, Glenside PA
5. Juggling Suns – 8/29/09 Triumph Brewery, New Hope PA
Favorite 2009 Release
1. Phish Joy (The sonic embodiment of my feelings about Phish returning: sweet joy!)
2. The Avett Brothers I and Love and You (Yeah there’s pretty much no banjo, but it’s still probably some of the best songwriting of 2009)
3. Nathan Moore – Folk Singer (Is it 1965? This album sure makes you feel that way: a transcendent folk experience) 4. Andrew Bird Noble Beast (That’s right, violin through a loop pedal; not too shabby, albeit not his most ambitious album)
5. Hoots and Hellmouth The Holy Open Secret (It’s like the moonshine at a ho down)
Favorite Reissue
1. Neil Young Harvest
2. Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
3. The Beatles Stereo Box Set (All 13 studio albums remastered)
Go To Disc Or Show (not from 2009)
1. Phish Vegas ‘96 (the green disc)
2. Phish The Story of the Ghost (for me personally, this is the only semi-concept album to ever approach The Wall in its cohesive listening experience from start to end)
3. Live Phish Volume 15, Oct 31st 1996 – Phish (Phish covering Talking Heads’ Remain in Light: legendary)
4. The Avett Brothers Emotionalism (somewhere between garage band authenticity, and major release polish)
5. My Morning Jacket Evil Urges (Great mix of well crafted tunes, with jam-worthy instrumentals)
*****
SAM MARTIN
Favorite Live Performances of 2009
1.Phish Festival 8 Indio, CA 11-1-09
2.Pearl Jam Outside Lands Festival SF,CA 8-28-09
3.Michael Franti Herbst Theater SF, CA 9-13-09 (Global Action Celebration)
4.Jackie Greene Mystic Theater Petaluma, CA 3-19-09
5.Garage A Trois The Independent SF,CA 12-12-09
Favorite 2009 Release
1.Phish Joy
2. Built To Spill There Is No Enemy
3.Regina Spektor Far
4.Modest Mouse No One’s First And You’re Next
5.The Dead Weather Horehound
Favorite Reissue
1. Grateful Dead Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings
2. The Beatles The Beatles Stereo Box Set
3. Phish Live Phish 12/30/97
Go To Disc Or Show (not from 2009)
1. The Beatles Revolver
2. Michael Franti Everyone Deserves Music
3. Phish Junta
4. Phish NYE 1997 MSG (Show)
5. Phish Gorge 8-2-97 (Show)
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