Best of 2009

1. Ganglians, Monster Head Room
2. The Oh Sees, Help
3. Ty Segall, Lemons
4. Woods, Songs of Shame
5. The Fresh and Onlys, S/T
6. Box Elders, Alice and Friends
7. The King Khan and BBQ Show, Invisible Girl
8. The Intelligence, Fake Surfers
9. Teenanger/Charlie and the Moonhearts
10. Nobunny, Raw Romance

Best Labels of 2009

1. Woodsist
2. In The Red
3. Captured Tracks
4. Goner Records
5. Hozac

The Intelligence - Fake Surfers

This is quite possibly my favourate lp of the year, thus far. There is just nothing weak about this record. It somehow is able to be experimental, garage, shoegazer and noise pop, all at the same time, while still managing to be ridiculously catchy.

Intelligence seems to have hit their stride in 2009, with two killer albums, Crepuscule with Pacman (Born Bad Records) and Fake Surfers. I can’t decide which one is better, but Surfers does seem little more accessible. From the delightfully silly Pony People to the feud song aimed Portland band Eat Skull, it’s just reeeeeeeeeeeally good! (In The Red, 2009)

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