Best Live Events for 2009 (in no particular order)
The Cave Singers @ Neumos
The Dandy Warhols @ Neumos
Dead Weather @ the Paramount Theater
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Showbox Market
The Moondoggies @ the Crocodile Cafe
Pearl Jam @ Key Arena
Handsome Furs @ Neumos
Champagne Champagne @ the Cha Cha
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Coachella 2009
Ghostland Observatory @ Coachella 2009
Silversun Pickups @ Coachella 2009
The Kills @ Coachella 2009
Crystal Castles @ Coachella 2009
The Presets @ Coachella 2009
M.I.A. @ Coachella 2009

Looking Forward to 2010
Coachella 2010 @ Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA
Alice in Chains @ the Paramount
Big Pink/A Place to Bury Strangers @ Neumos

Top Albums for 2009 (in no particular order)

Silversun Pickups (Swoon)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (It’s Blitz!)
Handsome Furs (Face Control)
Pearl Jam (Backspacer)
The Cave Singers (Welcome Joy)
Julian Plenti (Julian Plenti… is Skyscraper)
The Thermals – (Now We Can See)
Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
The Big Pink (A Brief History of Love)
The xx (xx)
A Place to Bury Strangers (Exploding Head)
Them Crooked Vultures (Them Crooked Vultures)
Dead Weather (Dead Weather)
New Moon (Soundtrack)
Japandroids (Post-Nothing)
Sonic Youth (The Eternal)