2009 Is Almost Over, Yet...

I know I'm just repeating the sentiment of other people who started liking music consciously in the 90's but then i just can't help it. Back in the 90's i only have like 10 to 15 new cassettes every year and approximately 6 or 8 of them are brand new releases within the year. And when a new cassette would arrive, i actually sit down and savor each songs and played them over and over again and knew the songs by heart...

Fast forward to 2009 and it's different. I now live in a college town with a computer and a high speed internet connection. Buying Cds on record stores is now easier than back then (i live in a small town back then and a trip to the city takes 2 to 3 hours by bus).

The world wide web also offers new ways to horde new music. Either paying for it on itunes or checking some legal sites that offer free downloads like Noisetrade for example. And then sometimes bands would just released their efforts for free through their website like The Damnwells and, two years earlier, Radiohead.

The appetite for musical greediness is now on a higher level and we need careful discernment so we can trash away crap.

Just by this year alone, from January up to today, I managed to own 113 albums, 48 of them are newly released from January to August. And most of them i just listened only once...

Too sad.

By the end of this year I'm gonna list my favorite albums of 2009. Those that i owned. I won't include those i don't.

But right now, here's the whole list of albums i owned that's bein' released from January to August 2009;

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN- Working On A Dream
2. THE FRAY- The Fray
3. TAYLOR SWIFT- Fearless (international edition)
4. CATS ON FIRE- Our Temperance Moment
5. BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS 7- White Lies and Dark Times
6. THE DECEMBERISTS- The Hazards of Love
7. TINTED WINDOWS- Tinted Windows
8. MY FAVORITE HIGHWAY- How To Call A Bluff
9. MELODY GARDOT- My One and Only Thrill
10. THE LEMONHEADS- Varsions
11. THE REST- Everyone All At Once
12. MAT KEARNEY- City of Black and White
13. DAVID NAIL- I'm About To Come Alive
14. JACK INGRAM- Big Dreams and High Hopes
15. JOHN WALLER- While I'm Waiting
16. BRANDON RICKMAN- Young Man, Old Soul
17. 10,000 GENERATIONS- Turn Off The Lesser Lights
18. SARA WATKINS- Sara Watkins
19. RHONDA VINCENT AND THE RAGE- Destination Life
20. DAILEY & VINCENT- Brothers From Different Mothers
21. DAVE PERKINS- Pistol City Holiness
22. DEREK TRUCKS BAND- Already Free
23. RUTHIE FOSTER- The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
24. LEVON HELM- Electric Dirt
25. DEREK WEBB- Stockholm Syndrome
26. GRIZZLY BEAR- Veckatimest
27. THE LOW ANTHEM- Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
28. GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS- Lost Channels
29. ALICE PEACOCK- Love Remains
30. HOLLY WILLIAMS- Here With Me
31. HANK WILLIAMS III- Damn Right Rebel Proud
32. WILLIE NELSON- Naked Willie
33. THE CIVIL WARS- Live At Eddie's Attic
34. BRENDAN BENSON- My Old Familiar Friend
35. TREVOR HALL- Trevor Hall
36. MATISYAHU- Lights
37. NEEDTOBREATE- The Outsiders
38. COLLECTIVE SOUL- Rabbit
39. SISTER HAZEL- Release
40. WILCO- Wilco (The album)
41. MAE- (m)orning EP
42. THE GLORIOUS UNSEEN- The Hope That Lies In You
43. BEARFOOT- Doors & Windows
44. EILEN JEWELL- Sea of Tears
45. STEVE EARLE- Townes
46. ELVIS COSTELLO- Sacred, Profane, and Sugarcane
47. JARS OF CLAY- Long Fall Back To Earth
48. KINGS OF LEON- Only By The Night