Thought I’d lay out some of the albums that I absolutely adored that were released this past year. Christmas is coming up, so maybe this could help to serve as a potential shopping list?

2009 had some fun stuff, some disappointing releases and a couple of outright horrible ones. So, here’s a look at some of my faves, plus a couple of forgettable purchases. I’m going to do this in a bite-sized format, simply because a couple of people had been bugging me about what I liked, so here you go.

David Lynch, Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse teaming up to make a record with artists like Iggy Pop, the Flaming Lips and Frank Black?

Yes please.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104129585

Also, have I mentioned that I love Toronto recently?

http://community.livejournal.com/toronto/7894289.html