No this is not yet another music blog about RAGE versus Joe. This is much more important than that. Here's what we've been listening to throughout 2009 on our ever reliable 1980's ghetto blaster. They really don't make things like they used to!

We toyed with the idea of compiling our playlist of the noughties, but we're a bit tired of all that to be honest - so we're keeping it real with our traditional yearly playlist compilation. As usual we've played everything from Indie to minimal techno, to pop, to reggae, to obscure jazz and even some classical thanks to our good friends over at Decca. We're sure there's been the odd sprinkle of Swedish rock filtering out too - at least we think that's what it was.

Enjoy.

Albums
Maccabees - Wall of Arms
Bombay Bicycle Club - I had the blues but I shook them loose
Loco Dice - The Lab 01
Post War Years - The Greats And The Happenings
Steve Bug - The Lab vol 2
Jamie T - Kings & Queens
Golden Silvers - True Romance
Vol 2. - Quando a Alma Não É Pequena - Dead Combo
Living with a Tiger - Acoustic Ladyland
Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
The XX - XX
Kings of Convenience - Declaration of dependence
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Fabric Live 44 - Commix
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Vitalic - Flashmob
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
The Horrors - Primary Colours
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
White Lies - To Lose My life
The Black Dog - Further Vexations
Moderat - Moderat
Thomas Dutronc - comme un manouche sans guitare
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Kent - Röd
Imogen Heap - Ellipse
David Gray - Draw the line
Yeah yeah yeahs - Zero
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
M.A.N.D.Y - Get Physical 7th anniversary
Joris Voorn - Balance 14
Loco Dice - The Lab vol 1
LTJ Bukem - Fabriclive
The Presets - My people
Dixon - Temporary Secretary
Richie Hawtin - Sounds from Can Elles
Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Dixon - The Grandfather Paradox
Efdemin - Carry on, pretend we're not in the room.

Our Favourite Tracks
Damian Lazarus - Moment
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
Chew Lips - Solo
Muse - Undisclosed Desires (love original and remix)
Jay Z - DOA
Doves - Winter Hill
Post War Years - The Red Room
Golden Silvers - True Romance
Jay Z - Empire State of Mind
Kasabian - Fire
Ame - Setsa
Cobblestone Jazz - Traffic Jam
Claude VonStroke - Aundy
Jus-Ed - Sweetness
Thomas Schumacher - Picanha
DJ Hell feat. Diddy - The DJ (guilty pleasure)
Maccabees - Bag of Bones
Noah and the Whale - Blue Skies
Post War Years - The Red Room
Maccabees - Seventeen Hands
Florence & the Machine - Rabbit Heart
Bombay Bicycle Club - Evening / Morning
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Fat Freddy's Drop - Big BW
Claude Von Stroke - Vocal Chords
Minilogue - Dooiise
Florence & The Machine - You got the love (XX Remix)
Flying Lotus - Roberta Flack
The Whitest Boy Alive - Courage
Temper Trap - Science of Fear
Boy 8 Bit - Baltic Pine
Wave machine - I Go Go GO