ohh, sounds up my alley, will investigate mr rick..

i love nosaj thing's album so much. most of you would probably hate it but i think it ultra addictive. cheap glitch hop that grooves a lot. fucking rad if you ask me

by the way, i couldn't set myself for a top 10, so here is a list of everything (i think) i've listened to this year: (plus ratings)
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/SyrFox/2009

other recently heard awesomeness:
gary war-opens casette
ganglians-monster head room
gown-the old line
conrad schitzler-silver (qbico is so good for wierd and trippy music)
heavy winged-spreading center
the intelligence-crepescule with pacman
jason crumer-post-nothing
jazzfinger-grief to grind the fire
kawabata makoto-rainbow of love
la otracina-blood moon riders
leonard cohen-live in london
all of the markers' releases on arbitrary trust
nihiist assault group-silent movie
psychedelic horseshit-shitgaze anthems
ratas del vaticano-mocoscos pateticos
pelt-a stone for ancgus maclise
teeth mountain-live on
withdrawl method-cyclic
cold cave/prurient split

thee oh sees-tidal wave 7" (this is the year oh sees it would seem, and woodsist is there to document the entire thing, amen)
clockcleaner-ready to fight (one of the coolest covers ive ever heard)
the new six organs is on soulseek but i think i wana wait till the vinyl comes out, casny's playing is just too pure to be diluted to mp3 format i think
reissuess:
shadow ring-live review (actually got this back at no fun, just started heavily listening to it now, top 15 bands ever for sure)
ashnav-early years tape muck 94-97'
cromagnon-cave rock (can you say awesome!?!?! i didnt think they did anything other than 'orgasm')

also, here are some that surprised me that they were god:
kreator-hordes of chaos (no pleasure to kill obviously)
brutal truth-evolution through evolution


im listening to amen dunes now rick, they are rad

Gary War who lent his name to GWAR, AKA your favourite ever band?

right

Isis - Wavering Radiant

King Tuff "Was Dead"

who's king tuff?

If you guys haven't checked out the new Saxon Shore album and you're big into post-rock, do so immediately.

oh, i forgot to mention this, yellow tears 'dont cry' vinyl is the best noise recod ive heard this year, just absolutely shrieking blackened dada-noise fuckery. not to mention thier performnce at no fun was my favorite of the whole weekend. Dom Fernow sold me this record actually at the show. The dudes are also in Halflings and the band is kinda similar but Halflings is almost a noise-grind band like Two Dead Sluts: One good Fuck, and Yellow Tears is more strictly experimental.

Yes! Gives me the shivers. I really hope more people start talking about them.

, as always & that name is just fine.

amen dunes is waaaay different/better than i thought they'd be, i was sure by the name they'd be more new age drone not not fun shit, instead i get dirty and broken cough syrup infused whiskey no fi psych boogie rock jams. really great.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

This album blows you away

great 2009 shit i've heard recently:

jandek - not hunting for meaning
greg davis - mutually arising
sun araw - heavy deeds
six organs of admittance - luminous night
robedoor - exorcist blues
zs - music for modern white
isengrind - journey of the 7 stars

I'm really excited for the new vivian girls.

I uploaded their single, "moped girls" (oop I am pretty sure):

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vui675

sun araw and ducktails and all that stuff really pisses me off.

Haha, why does it piss you off?

Ducktails is pretty overrated, to me. It's not bad, and some of it is actually awesome (the more drawn-out stuff). But as a whole, I'm not sold.

Sun Araw, on the other hand, is quite awesome. That Predator Vision split (Predator Vision's side is way better, though) is amazing.

this album has become one of my favorites of the year. its real simple but it just really grabbed me.
its an album by israeli guitarist yair yona. its VERY influenced by john fahey and basho and he is very aware of that. but it is still an icredibly good "american primitive" album, that has a lot of self awareness.
i was priviliged enough to ionterview him for the radioo two days ago and it aired yesterday.
anyhoo he has put up his entire album for Download. although its nicer if one was to buy it...
http://yairyona.bandcamp.com/