Top 20 Albums Released in 2009

20. Iron & Wine -Around the Well











19. P.O.S. - Never Better











18. MewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright










17. The Dutchess & The Duke - Sunset / Sunrise










16. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South











15. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca











14. Portland Cello Project - The Thao & Justin Power Sessions









13. St. Vincent - Actor










12. M. Ward - Hold Time










11. Regina Spektor - Far












10. Why? - Eskimo Snow












9. Pearl Jam - Backspacer










8. Owl City - Ocean Eyes










7. Amy Millan - Masters of Burial










6. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk











5. Coconut Records - Davy











4. Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar - One Fast Move or I'm Gone











3. Muse - The Resistance











2. Wilco - Wilco










1. John Frusciante - The Empyrean

She & Him Announce Volume 2 Release Date

Time to get excited, She & Him announced that Volume 2 will be released on March, 23rd 2009. We have a few months until it lands in stores but it is very exciting that a date has been set. Volume 2 will be their follow up to the debut album, Volume 1. Volume 1 has become one of my all time favorite albums and I highly recommend checking them out if haven't already. The album includes eleven original tracks and two covers - "Ridin' In My Car" by NRBQ and Skeeter Davis' "Gonna Get Along Without You Now". It will be available via Merge Records.

She & Him: Volume Two Track list:

01 Thieves
02 In The Sun
03 Don't Look Back
04 Ridin' In My Car
05 Lingering Still
06 Me And You
07 Gonna Get Along With You Now
08 Home
09 I'm Gonna Make It Better
10 Sing
11 Over It Over Again
12 Brand New Shoes
13 If You Can't Sleep