12. Memory Tapes: 'Seek Magic' (Something In Construction) - New Jersey musical maestro Dayve Hawk - aka Memory Cassette, Weird Tapes - made an understated yet ethereal and beautifully melancholic album, capturing the eclectic and disjointed musical spirit of 2009 perfectly. ‘Bicycle’ in particular is a sublime mini masterpiece, recalling Cocteau Twins and New Order in equal measure. It does a far better job than The XX album at capturing the feeling of the city in the early hours, a nocturnal Edward Hopper painting, a 4am video game sense of detachment from the world at large, the night bus journey home to safety from the white noise and collective freak shows. Stunning stuff. (Paul Reed)
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- Moderat, Memory Tapes and Vitalic?!! Great list for including those alone
- The Blueprint 3? That is one rubbish album. Shame that Jay Z hasn't made a good album for 8 years.
- Tune-Yards should have been on this list.
- Gotta be the best album list I've read so far!
- bunch of marginally talented hipster douches ruined this list.
YYY and Muse are the only ones worth buying.
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