Another great year in music comes to a close! Over the next several days the editors of Twangville will be releasing their top picks from the year. To kick that off, here’s the aggregated Top 25 Twangville Editors’ Picks of 2009. It was a close match for number one between Lucero and Justin Townes Earle but in the end Lucero’s 1372 Overton Park is the Twangville Best Album of 2009. Below you’ll find links to reviews and articles published on Twangville over the course of the year by the Posse. Enjoy!
- Lucero – 1372 Overton Park [111]
- Justin Townes Earle – Midnight At the Movies [106]
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – s/t [89]
- The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You [76]
- Slaid Cleaves – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away [71]
- Buddy & Judy Miller – Written in Chalk [65]
- The Band of Heathens – One Foot In the Ether [63]
- Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend [59]
- Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses – Roadhouse Sun [57]
- Todd Snider – The Excitement Plan [55]
- Roman Candle – Oh Tall Tree in the Ear [52]
- Monsters of Folk – s/t [47]
- Brendan Benson – My Old, Familiar Friend [45]
- Drive-by Truckers – Fine Print [44]
- Roseanne Cash – The List [44]
- The Damnwells – One Last Century [43]
- Heartless Bastards – The Mountain [41]
- Patterson Hood – Murdering Oscar (and other Love Songs) [40]
- Wilco – The Album [38]
- Will Hoge – The Wreckage [36]
- Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women – s/t [36]
- Leeroy Stagger – Everything Is Real [36]
- M. Ward – Hold Time [35]
- Wrinkle Neck Mules – Let the Lead Fly [35]
- Ben Kweller – Changing Horses [34]
In addition, Twangville was one of 30 top twang blogs to participate in a project dubbed The Bird List. The result was a combined list of Top 20 picks of the year through all the influential lists. Justin Townes Earle fans will be happy to see that he leaped Lucero to take the crown there. Check it out.
About the author: Washington, D.C. area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.