31st December 2009

Top 15 Shows of 2009

posted in Musings, Reviews |

1. Will Oldham at the Orchard Spotlight

2. Electric Masada at Yoshi’s

3. Beyonce at the Oakland Arena

4. Q-Tip at Outside Lands

5. Adam Theis’ “Brass Bows & Beats”Symphony at Palace of Fine Arts

6. Bettye LaVette at the Independent

7. The Invalids at Spencer-King

8. The-Dream at the Paramount Theater

9. Victims Family at the Phoenix Theater

10. Dirty Projectors at the Independent

11. Thorns of Life at Spencer-King

12. Lady Gaga at the Civic Auditorium

13. Abraham Burton at the Malcolm X Festival

14. Lucinda Williams at Outside Lands

15. Ornette Coleman at Davies Symphony Hall

1. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (Domino)

2. The-Dream – Love vs. Money (Def Jam)

3. K’naan – Troubadour (A&M / Octone)

4. Nellie McKay – Normal as Blueberry Pie (Verve)

5. Thorns of Life – Live at 924 Gilman (Torrent)

6. Sunn o))) – Monoliths and Dimensions (Southern Lord)

7. Tyondai Braxton – Central Market (Warp)

8. Nomo – Invisible Cities (Ubiquity)

9. P.O.S. – Never Better (Rhymesayers)

10. Litany for the Whale – Dolores (Molsook / PMM)

11. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp)

12. Superchunk – Crossed Wires (Merge)

13. Not to Reason Why – Would You Hug Fire? (Pandacide / 1912)

14. Vijay Iyer Trio – Historicity (ACT)

15. Passion Pit – Manners (Frenchkiss / Columbia)

16. Adam Theis & the Jazz Mafia – Brass, Bows & Beats (Jazz Mafia)

17. Souls of Mischief – Montezuma’s Revenge (Heiro)

18. The Full Blast – Black Hole (Atavistic)

19. Finale – T.I.M.E. (River City)

20. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)