BELATED UNWIELDY 2009 BEST 10 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD

1. RECORD/ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Gucci Mane THE STATE VS RADRIC DAVIS and all those fucking sick mixtapes.


2. SONG OF THE YEAR: MILEY CYRUS PARTY IN THE USA! Respect the 2009 summer PARTY single vibe, honorable mention: SURF PARTY BY F.L.Y.


3. ROCK LP: HEAVY DAYS by JEFF The Brotherhood. Do you like Rock N Roll?


ROCK SINGLES COLLECTION: HUNX AND HIS PUNX GAY SINGLES


4. UNDERGROUND COOL WEIRDO POP SINGLE: "ELECTRIC FINGERTIPS" by Preaux Breaux Geauxld
LP: NIGHT EYES by EYES sometimes spelled iiEYES. Okay so by my own rules I usually don't include Vicious Pop artists, and both of these artists are slated to do digital releases with VPD in the future. But fuck it, I didn't put these records out and they are some of the best tunes of the year. Respect these dudes, this is where it's at.


5. BEST GENRE/SCENE/COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS EVER: SISSY BOUNCE + BEST (AS YET) UNRELEASED SINGLE (OF THE DECADE): SISSY NOBBY LAY ME DOWN ORIGINAL MIX


6. CASSETTE: The GA'AN tape. They're from Chicago and are like GOBLIN but are their own thing.


7. NEW KELLZ: The Demo Tape, the track with OJ Da Juiceman, Untitled, his response to that guy who said he was played out, everything he does all the time.


8. BAND OF THE YEAR: CAVE. This was their year. Krauty pysch rock ruled the midwest in '09.


9. INSTANT CLASSICS BY OLD HEADS: TIE new Lightning Bolt and the last U.G.K. LP


10. BEST VID: ALCOHOL. Come on. Jakey, Forest, Howard, Jamie and Samuel L. just rolling to a club together no big deal.

BEST OF SUMMER 09

1. F.L.Y. "Party Time (Surf Party)"


2. Teengirl Fantasy "Hollywood Hills"

3. R. Kelly featuring OJ Da Juiceman "Supaman High" & the entire "Demo Tape" mix CD


4. Cave's "Psychic Psummer" tour


5. Narwhalz (of Sound) "First Casualty of Pom Beach Week" zine, "Pom Shit Earth" cassette, "Hairy Who Pom'd Critters" cassette, split 12" w/ Romo Roto, live at Club Nutz


6. Ga'an self-titled cassette


7. Jeff the BROTHERHOOD "U Got The Look"


8. UGK 4 LIFE


9. DOLLAR BIN FIND OF THE SEASON:


10. The Jerk Movement. Still. New Jerk City:

BEST OF 2008 TOP 10 PLAYLIST (SEQUENCED FOR MAXIMUM PLAYABILITY, GO BUY THESE RECORDS AND PUT IT TOGETHER)

(EXCLUDING OUR SHIT)

1. Fortress of Amplitude "Scales Without Tears" The Next Plateau CD (Rat-Face Dream-Angel): Redefining "epic".
2. R. Kelly "Screamer" Twelve Play: 4th Quarter: Kellz is better than everyone else. BONUS (OG RON C'S CHOPPED NOT SLOPPED MIX):

3. Wax Museums "Locked In The Mall" Wax Museums LP (Douchemaster): "Someone Let Me OUT!"
4. E-40 (Produced by Rick Rock) "I'm On One" The Ball Street Journal: "Smokin' on smelly, pow-wowin' on my celly" STREAM:

5. Sewn Leather "No Names" I Live Like This Cuz I Like It (Yours): "The only rock n' roll left is in your head."
6. The Hospitals "Sour Hawaii" Hairdryer Peace LP (Self-Released): Bands have to sound like this now.
7. Pro Bro Gold "Relaxzation" Liquid Gold Tour CDR (Self-Released): An essential 2008 deep cut slow-viber.
8. Cave "Ravens Hash" California Raisins split 10" (Permanent): Psychedelic.
9. The USA is a Monster "Tulsa" Space Programs CD (Load): Song of the year, record of the year, best band in the universe.
10. The-Dream "Rockin' That Shit": The year comes full circle, starting with my obsession with the "Shawty Is The Shit" remix featuring R. Kelly and ending with this teaser from the next full length from The-Dream. Dude is the new Prince, and I'm not just saying that because all his songs are the drums from "The Beautiful Ones". BONUS ("LET ME SEE THE BOOTY" w/ LIL' JON):

TOP 10-ish OF THE SUMMER 2008

(besides Extreme Animals CD and tour, Terrior Bute recording a new CD, Juiceboxxx's next 7" and the Big Fun tour and 7"...)

1. Yung L.A. "We Fly Futuristic"

"I'm so futuristic I won't even brush my hair." I've been living in the future for 24 years. Gnarly.
YUNGLELAND MYSPACE

2. Sex Vid live @ Garfield House. Not quite as crazy as this:

But still satisfying.

3. Cave's Hunt Like Devil / Jamz 12" on Permanent Records. Saw them a while back at Rollin' Hatin' / Version fest in Chicago, and their double EP is some of sickest psych in a minute and has been on heavy, heavy rotation on my turntable. And their myspace is great to look at while on the pot: SEE? They're on tour with the great SkareKrau Radio now too.

4. TP4: THE ANTICIPATION BUILDS

+ Hair Braider (Embedding Disabled)
Summer wouldn't be summer if you weren't excited about a new R. Kelly record coming out. I'm still waiting for the summer remix to drop.

5. Total Abuse tour CD (this better get a vinyl press) and live in Milwaukee. Always sweet: TOTAL ABUSE

6. The "Arch In Yo Back"


7. Cam'ron "My Aura"

"This is that 'I don't give a fuck' music."

8. THE USAISAMONSTER: 3 NEW TRACKS FROM THE UPCOMING "SPACE PROGRAMS" LP

9. Basically anything Collipark or Soulja Boy do at this point. Fuck it.


10. Line of the Summer 2008 goes to Sewn Leather: "When I smoke weed, the weed smokes Me." It's the smoke of the punk, man.

WORST MOMENT OF THE YEAR: READING THIS

R.I.P. K-SWIFT