feels like forever

so thinking of the year coming to an end, i was inspired to think about bands that i really loved this year, ones that were my creative force for so many months. the only thing is that it wont be primarily bands with albums that were released in 09, more like, a year in music for me.

1. has to be AFI. certainly my most anticipated album of the year. more like 3 years in the making. i have mixed opinions, the first ultimately being excitement to find some really honest songs on the album. it surpasses DU, falls short of STS, but that was to be expected. a high point was seeing them on tour in october, definately sung my lungs out that night. Highlights from the album are: Torch Song, Veronica Sawyer Smokes, Ok I Feel Better Now, and It was Mine. Also, the B-Sides floored me, especially Fainting Spells and Breathing Towers to Heaven. Daveys voice haunts me on that last one. moving on...

2.my most played song for this year was (shockingly) Anberlin's "Unwinding Cable Car". The soft guitars and soothing vocals were on repeat for a good portion of one of my chapters.

3.White Lies' full length "To Lose My Life", this is an album i will listen from front to back without skipping anything. the descriptive lyrics really stand out for me. this is one band that my husband also likes...thats a rarity! Saw them at Lollapalooza this year, worth the rain and people and backed up port-a-pottys.

4.Keane. All albums, but mostly Hopes and Fears. i surprised myself with this group. i didnt think i could get into them, but it seemed to help me get through some dark emotional stuff that was happening in my life earlier this year.

5. Explosions in the Sky's : The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place........leaves me speechless. listen to it on headphones for the full effect. Especially "Your Hand In Mine".

6.Found some bands that i love this year: IAMX, The Presets, Machines of Loving Grace (old, i know), also some electronic bands that i listen to over and over. Pendulum's 'Granite', and Goose's 'Black Gloves', Prodigy's 'Warrior Dance', Hybrid's 'I Choose Noise', were much enjoyed.

7. This was my year for THE SMITHS and MORRISSEY. How i never picked them/him up in high school i'll never know. i'm slightly more enamored with the Smith's, however, Morrissey can pack an auditorium full of beautiful people. saw him in April.

8. The Queen Killing Kings "Tidal Eyes" Album was another favorite.

9. My PUNK roots...were revived by old school albums like Rancid's, And Out Come the Wolves, MXPX's Teenage Politics, Operation Ivy's Energy (god, i love Yellin in My Ear), and The Invalids's 'Out of My Head'.

10. Albums i wasnt waiting on, but love. Mesh's A Perfect Solution (stand outs are Is it So Hard, Only Better, Who Says, The Bitter End). And Assemblage 23's Compass. (favorites are : Impermanence, How Can You Sleep, Alive, Spark, Grind, and the EP's Helicopter Girl)

Waiting on 30 sec to Mars on 12/8, I would love to see them live.