Aural Quarterly. 4-6/2009

The Best of 2009 Contenders (April - June)

1. Dirty Projectors
2. White Rabbits
   
3. Phoenix
4. Cryptacize
5. The Lovely Feathers
6. St. Vincent
7. Grizzly Bear
   
8. Black Moth Super Rainbow
   
9. Camera Obscura
10. Patrick Watson
    
11. Akron/Family
12. Tortoise
    
13. Bill Callahan
14. Apostle Of Hustle
    
15. Dan Zimmerman
    
16. Bat For Lashes

Crashing Onto The Scene

1. Crystal Antlers
2. Blk Jks
3. Candy Claws
   
4. Like Bells
5. We Were Promised Jetpacks
   
6. Tim Exile
7. Foreign Born
8. Sunbears!
   
9. Two Fingers
10. Crocodiles
11. City Center

Unexpected Greatness

1. Pomegranates
2. The Maccabees
   
3. Speck Mountain
4. Pink Mountaintops

Walking Familiar Ground

1. Doves
2. The Thermals
3. Metric
   
4. Papercuts
5. Au Revoir Simone
6. Jason Lytle
7. Passion Pit
   

Say What?

1. Black Dice
2. Deradoorian
   
3. I.U.D.
4. The Woodlands
5. Clues
6. Diamond Watch Wrists
   
7. Boutros Bubba
   
8. Intelligence

Revisiting The Oldies

1. Jason Forrest
2. Pavement
3. Menomena
4. The Beta Band
5. Max Richter
   

Eh, They've Done Better

1. John Vanderslice
2. Noisettes
3. Patrick Wolf
4. The Ghost Is Dancing
5. Savath Y Savalas
6. Pterodactyl
   
7. Woods