Album of the Decade: The Meadowlands

I don't have the patience to rank my favorite albums of the decade. But The Wrens' Meadowlands is by far my favorite album of the decade, and perhaps of all time. I believe the right music has a way of finding you at the right time. The Pixies' guttural screams were just the right soundtrack for my teenage years. In the same way, The Meadowlands was the soundtrack of my twenties. I entered the decade out of college, lived the startup life, fell in love, got married, and as the new decade begins, I have a kid on the way. No album captures the joys and heartaches of these life-altering transitions better than The Meadowlands.

The Wrens - Happy

Favorite Tracks of 2009

Here's a mix of some of my favorite songs from 2009. Its not really a top ten list or ranked in anyway, its just a good old-fashioned mix tape.

1. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey
3. What Are You Willing To Lose - Lucero
4. The Beat of Our Own Drum - JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
5. Could Have Been - Lee Fields
6. To Save Me - M. Ward
7. Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Brothers
8. Little Secrets - Passion Pit
9. Lisztomania - Phoenix
10. Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
11. Living North - Cymbals Eat Guitars
12. Too Many Birds - Bill Callahan
13. French Navy - Camera Obscura
14. The Neighbors - St. Vincent
15. Two - The Antlers
16. Pulled Fences - The Wrens