BEST ALBUM
Wonder by Lisa Mitchell
This album was hands down the best release of 2009. Her debut album, though she's had like a couple of EPs out beforehand. Anyway, amazing stuff, you could probably classify it as folk-pop or something similar but her stuff is really unique. As in there's similar artists out there, like Sarah Blasko for example, but Lisa Mitchell just has this something that none of those other artists has. Best voice I've ever heard accompanied by really catchy tunes. Begins with an introduction song, which is Oh What A Beautiful Morning, and then goes into Neopolitan Dreams, which is pure genius. The lyrics for that song are amazing. So Jealous is catchy. Coin Laundry, which was the first single off the album, is really pretty. Clean White Love, Pirouette, Love Letter, Oh Hark, the album continues with every song being as good as the last. Red Wine Lips is one of my favourite songs on the album. Sidekick is catchy, it's the one I usually have stuck in my head. Stevie is a great song, and although it's my least favourite on the album it's still awesome. Animals, Valium and Heroine are crazy, as with the beautiful Time Means Nothing At All. I happen to have a copy which has a few demo tracks on the end of it as well. It's all good. But yeah, brilliant album, one of my favourite albums of all years, let alone this one.
Honorable Mentions:
Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair - La Dispute
Hey Everyone - Dananananaykroyd
The Eternal - Sonic Youth
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
The Rip - I Heart Hiroshima
BEST SONG
Tricky choice, but I'm probably going to go with Malibu Gas Station by Sonic Youth, Count Me In by I Heart Hiroshima or basically anything off the Lisa Mitchell album.
BEST NEWCOMERS
I think I'm just repeating myself now. If you don't count EPs and the like then La Dispute or Lisa Mitchell would definitely get this. Maybe Dananananaykroyd. I'm going with Lisa Mitchell.
BEST MOVIE
The Hangover wins this hands down. I saw Avatar last night (in 2010, strangely enough) and although it was a good movie, the 3D effects didn't carry it like everyone said it would and all the hype wasn't accurate. Though it's still funny to see so many people go to see what would normally be considered a nerd-ish movie.
BEST TV SERIES
Can't say, I haven't really watched many TV series that were made in 2009 that I know of. I think Flight of the Conchords Season 2 was made in 2009? I don't know, I've just been watching a lot of old episodes of The Office (US) and That '70s Show which weren't made last year so I can't really say. I'll go with FotC.
THERE I FINISHED IT. Whoever left me that comment, I believe you owe me a (b")b now (whatever that is XD).