SDM’s Top 40 Albums of 2009: 20-11

Real Estate “Beach Comber” From Real Estate Woodsist Records (2010) Listen to “Beach Comber” MP3 In the midst of this icy cold winter we thought we would give you a little peak through the snow to the summer ahead. New Jersey quartet Real Estate serve up smooth, chiming, staccato guitars that are reminiscent of the sun soaked sounds of…read more

Now that my top 10 list of albums from 2009 is completed, I thought it’d be useful for me to post a short recap of the countdown. Below is a list of the albums as well as links to the articles about each. Enjoy. 10. Regina Spektor’s Far 9. fun.’s Aim and Ignite 8. Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast 7. Dark Was The Night 6. The Antlers’ Hospice 5. Passion Pit’s Manners 4. Noah…read more

Here are my top 40 albums of 2009 collected into one post rather than spread across three.  For what it’s worth I already have a bad case of list regret.  In retrospect I would have placed the Real Estate album much higher, possibly top 10 even.  I’ve been listening to it a lot lately and it really is gorgeous.  Anyways, what’s done is done. …read more

Chicago’s Andrew Bird has announced that he will be releasing a Live iTunes Session EP. The EP will be sold exclusively in the iTunes store. The new EP will feature Andrew Bird playing tracks from his most of his album but only track from his latest release “Noble Beast”…. Click the link to read more read more

12. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast Andy : 11 :: Dave : 26 If you peruse this blog with any frequency, you’ll have noticed at least three posts devoted solely to Andrew Bird (not including appearances on our 1000 Minutes lists) in the near-year we’ve been writing this.  With nearly 400 posts written, that might not seem like a lot, but with the amount of music that Dave and I consume, to keep returning to a single artist time and again…read more

Click here to download full album This review was originally posted by guest contributor Peter Lanceley on his own blog, This Music Wins , which you can visit to discover much more new music. Sounds like: Surfer Blood, Girls, Best Coast, Ganglians Download audio file (04.-Beach-Comber.mp3) What’s so good? I’ve been meaning to post something for weeks and weeks about Brooklyn band Real Estate, another pioneering group in the increasingly…read more

As it is pretty effing cold around here right now, I decided to put together this little compilation of Real Estate mp3 from their self-titled LP that have been floating around the internets. Hopefully, these sunny tunes will take my mind of the temperature outside. Listen… Downloadables: Beach Comber (mp3) Fake Blues (mp3) Suburban Beverage (mp3)…read more

Much like my racquetball battle , it was epic… 20 albums started off, the 20 from our community’s 20 voted most awesomest communitastic albums of 2009 , each with 10 points: 10 The Antlers – Hospice 10 Florence & The Machine – Lungs 10 Andrew Bird – Noble Beast 10 Franz Ferdinand – Tonight 10 St. Vincent – Actor 10 Noah & The Whale – First Days Of Spring 10 Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More 10 Passion Pit – Manners 10 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 10 Elvis Perkins In Dearland – s/t 10 Arctic Monkeys – Humbug 10 Mew – No More…read more

Real Estate played for The Fader’s Hotbox back in October and were cramped into a bathroom and played the lead track from their self-titled debut, ‘Beach Comber’. The song features percussion and the guitars stay exactly the same but still sound great. You… Click the link to read more read more