Anton's Favorite 98 Songs of 2009

Why 98 you ask...Because I said so. Songs are hard to rank just because of the sheer volume of them, but these songs are some of the ones that made my ears smile throughout the year. Makes for a pretty solid playlist too!

98. Good Ol’ Fashioned Nightmare – Matt & Kim
97. Relator - Pete Yorn and Scarlet Johansson
96. Never Had Nobody Like You - M. Ward
95. Do You Love Me (Like You Say You Do) - Lee Fields & The Expressions
94. Pon De Floor - Major Lazer
93. Hero - Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros
92. It Ain’t Going to Save Me – Jay Reatard
91. Heavy Cross - Gossip
90. Boat Behind – Kings of Convenience
89. Eid Ma Clack Shaw – Bill Callahan
88. History – Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli
87. Pearl’s Dream – Bat For Lashes
86. Good Golly - Drummer
85. Percussion Gun – White Rabbits
84. Summer Song - YAT
83. Lisztomania - Phoenix
82. Northern Lights - Bowerbirds
81. This Tornado Love You – Neko Case
80. Fresh Air – Brother Ali
79. Keep It Getting Louder – Major Lazer
78. The Sweetest Thing – Camera Obscura
77. Repeater Beater - Mew
76. Satellite Skin – Modest Mouse
75. I Cut Like a Buffalo – The Dead Weather
74. Run This Town – Lil Wayne
73. House of Flying Daggers - Raekwon
72. Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat - Beck
71. Lalita – The Love Language
70. Come Saturday – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
69. Even in The Rain – The Fiery Furnaces
68. Collect Call - Metric
67. Give Blood – Rain Machine
66. DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshakes – Art Brut
65. So Far Around The Bend – The National
64. Drumroll (We’re All Thirsty) – P.O.S.
63. Actor Out of Work – St. Vincent
62. Walkabout – Atlas Sound ft. Noah Lennox
61. Epilepsy is Dancing – Antony & The Johnsons
60. Jealous of Roses - Bibio
59. And The Hazy Sea – Cymbals Eat Guitars
58. Stillness in The Move – Dirty Projectors
57. Woods – Bon Iver
56. Silver Trembling Hands – The Flaming Lips
55. Wilco (The Song) - Wilco
54. Deadbeat Summer – Neon Indian
53. 1901 - Phoenix
52. Tenuousness – Andrew Bird
51. Bear – The Antlers
50. Beach Comber - Real Estate
49. Quite Dog Bite Hard – Mos Def
48. Happy Up Here - Royksopp
47. Apollo and The Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna – Sunset Rubdown
46. VCR – The XX
45. Radio Kaliningrad – Handsome Furs
44. Hearing Damage – Thom York
43. Laura - Girls
42. Yours Truly, The Commuter – Jason Lytle
41. To Save Me – M. Ward
40. Still – Volcano Choir
39. The Wind and The Dove – Bill Callahan
38. Triumph - Wale
37. What Would I Want? Sky – Animal Collective
36. Feel it All Around – Washed Out
35. Mimizan - Beirut
34. Soft Shock – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
33. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys
32. Daylight – Matt & Kim
31. Drain The Blood – Rural Alberta Advantage
30. Ecstasy - JJ
29. I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris – Morrissey
28. Deli – Delorean
27. People Got A Lotta Nerve – Neko Case
26. Revenge – Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse ft. The Flaming Lips
25. This is Not My House – Alec Ounsworth
24. Snookered – Dan Deacon
23. New Wu - Raekwon
22. Sylvia – The Antlers
21. Marrow – St. Vincent
20. The Field – Mason Jennings
19. Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandriods
18. Islands – The XX
17. Young Adult Friction – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
16. Island, IS – Volcano Choir
15. Legal Tender – Handsome Furs
14. Summertime Clothes – Animal Collective
13. Modern Girl (…With Scissors) – Alec Ounsworth
12. Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11. Don’t Haunt This Place – Rural Alberta Advantage
10. Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear
9. These Are My Twisted Word – Radiohead
8. Cannibal Resource – Dirty Projectors
7. French Navy – Camera Obscura
6. Lust For Life - Girls
5. Daniel – Bat For Lashes
4. Crystalised – The XX
3. Yeasayer – Tightrope
2. Animal Collective – My Girls
1. Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For the Others


Top 5 guilty pleasure songs of 2009
5. I'm on a Boat - The Lonely Island
4. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson
3. You Belong to Me - Taylor Swift
2. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
1. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas