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)
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)