⬆ MUSIC: Kox & Kuntz’ Favritest albums of 2009 ⬆

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz! (Favrit track: “Soft Shock”)

Fever Ray, Fever Ray (Favrit track: “When I Grow Up”)

War Child Heroes, compilation of cover songs (Favrit track: “Heroes,” (David Bowie) covered by TV on the Radio)


You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX (Favrit tracks: TIE: “Laura Palmer’s Prom” + “There Is XXXX (Within My Heart)”)


Gossip, Music for Men (Favrit track: “Love Long Distance”)

The xx (Favrit track: YGTL (The xx remix) by Florence + The Machine)

Beirut, March of the Zapotec/Holland (Favrit track: TIE—“Concubine” and “Venice”)

Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster (Favrit track: “Bad Romance”)

Chad Van Gaalen, Soft Airplane (Favrit track: “Willow Tree”)

Dinah Thorpe, Truths and Other Stories (Favrit track: “We Brought the Thunder”

Kid Sister, Ultraviolet (Favrit: all)

tUnE-YaRdS, BiRd-BrAiNs (Favrit: FIYA)

Neko Case, Middle Cyclone (Favrit: all)

bonus favrits:

“Aqui Para Voces (Brodinski Remix),” Buraka Som Sistema + Deize Tigrona

“Girlfriend,” Phoenix

“Skinny Love,” Bon Iver

“Simultaneously,” MEN

“Party in the USA,” Miley Cyrus

“Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

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