WTSS Top 44 Songs Of 2009

My top tunes of 2009. I encourage you to check out these bands and songs if you are unfamiliar with them. ENJOY!


Walking The Side Streets Top 44 Of 2009
(band / song / album)


1. Deer Tick - Houston, TX (Born On Flag Day)

• Backstage Photos I took of Deer Tick.

2. Portland Cello Project Featuring Thao - Beat / Health, Life And Fire (The Thao And Justin Power Sessions)

3. Soulsavers - Unbalanced Pieces (Broken)

4. Aimee Allen - Calling the Maker (A Little Happiness)

5. Pree - In The Parlor (A Chopping Block)

6. Mishka - Above the Bones (Above the Bones)

7. John Vanderslice - D.I.A.L.O. (Romanian Names)

8. Benjy Ferree - Pisstopher Chrisstopher (Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee)

9. DOOM - That's That (Born Like This)

10. Wild Yaks - River May Come (10 Ships / Don't Die Yet)

11. Lou Barlow - Gravitate (Goodnight Unknown)

12. Sonic Youth - Poison Arrow (The Eternal)

13. Ola Podrida - Donkey (Belly Of The Lion)

14. Dan Auerbach - Whispered Words / Pretty Lies (Keep It Hid)

15. Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs (Diamond Rings / PS I Love You 7")

16. The Decemberists - The Rake's Song (The Hazards Of Love)

17. Drag the River - Get Over It or Get It Over With (Bad At Breaking Up)

18. Mason Jennings - Ain't No Friend of Mine (Blood of Man)

19. The Dexateens - Caption (Singlewide)

20. Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Together Through Life)

21. Gentleman Reg - How We Exit (Jet Black)

22. Dinosaur Jr. - Plans (Farm)

23. The Radical Sons - I'm So Sick of the 21st Century (Throwing Knives EP)

24. The Wooden Sky - Bit Part (If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone)

25. Young Governor - Virginia Creeper (Virginia Creeper 7")

26. Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Shampoo (Elvis Perkins In Dearland)

27. Throw Me The Statue - Hi-Fi Goon (Creaturesque)

28. Woods - Military Madness (Songs of Shame)

29. Slayer - Unit 731 (World Painted Blood)

30. Gouseion - We're In High School / Remix (More Friends For The Fire EP)

31. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos (Mykonos - Single)

32. Port O'Brien - My Will Is Good (Threadbare)

33. Chief - Mighty Proud (Mighty Proud)

34. Sonny And The Sunsets - Too Young To Burn (Tomorrow is Alright)

35. Heartless Bastards - The Mountain (The Mountain)

36. The Mumlers - Coffin Factory (Don't Throw Me Away)

37. Iron & Wine - Belated Promise Ring (Around the Well)

38. Finale - Super Finale Bounce (A Pipe Dream And A Promise)

39. ESPERS - The Road Of Golden Dust (III)

40. Jon Snodgrass - Long Way Found (Visitor's Band)

41. Richmond Fontaine - You Can Move Back Here (We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River)

42. The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself (Answer To Yourself)

43. Travels - Dogs (The Hot Summer)

44. Portugal The Man - People Say / Acoustic Version (The Satanic Satanist)

• My 2008 Top 44 list.