99X staff picks for the top alternative albums of 2009 http://99x.dnn.cumulus.net/Blogs/Top9Albumsof2009/tabid/827/BlogId/51/Default.aspx en-US pat.obrien@cumulus.com 99x@cumulusdistribution.net Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:17:09 GMT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:17:09 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.1.19887 <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/muse.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Kinard<br /> </strong></p> <p><strong>99X Program Director and Afternoons 3-7p</strong><br />  </p> <p>Muse - The Resistance<br /> The Constellations - Southern Gothic<br /> 30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War<br /> Pearl Jam - Backspacer<br /> Paramore - Brand New Eyes<br /> Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony<br /> Band Of Skulls - Baby Darling Dollface Honey<br /> Crash Kings - Crash Kings<br /> Silversun Pickups - Swoon</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" alt="" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/Clutch.jpg" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Lewis</strong></p> <p><strong>Middays 10a-3p</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West<br /> Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing<br /> Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant <br /> Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures <br /> Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3<br /> 30 Seconds to Mars - This is war<br /> The Constellations - Southern Gothic<br /> SilverSun Pickups - Swoon<br /> Metric - Fantasies<br />  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/nekocase.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Shawn<br /> </strong></p> <p><strong>Nights 7p-Midnight</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Neko Case "Middle Cyclone"<br /> Band of Skulls "Baby Darling Doll Face Honey"<br /> Ida Maria "Fortress Round My Heart"<br /> Paolo Nutini "Sunny Side Up"<br /> M. Ward "Hold Time"<br /> Eilen Jewell "Sea Of Tears"<br /> Brandi Carlile "Give Up the Ghost"<br /> Joe Purdy "Last Clock On the Wall"<br /> Katie Herzig "Apple Tree"</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/phoenix.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Pat O'Brien<br /> 99X Asst. Promotions Director and Website Content Manager<br /> </strong><strong>Co-Host "The Pat and Dutch Experience"</strong><strong><br /> </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix</p> <p>Kasabian - The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum</p> <p>Muse – The Resistance</p> <p>Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant<br /> Doves – Kingdom Of Rust<br /> The Heavy – The House That Dirt Built<br /> Hockey – Mind Chaos<br /> Metric – Fantasies<br /> Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/themcrooked.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Dutch</strong></p> <p><strong>99X Promotions Director<br /> Co-Host "The Pat and Dutch Experience"</strong><br /> <br /> Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures<br /> Crash Kings – Crash Kings<br /> Metric – Fantasies<br /> Silversun Pickups – Swoon<br /> Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br /> Muse - The Resistance<br /> The Constellations - Southern Gothic<br /> Mutemath – Armistice<br /> Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/muse.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Rob Roberts</strong></p> <p><strong>99X Operations Manager</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Muse-Resistance<br /> Weezer-Ratitude<br /> Switchfoot-Hello Hurricane<br /> Wilco-Wilco<br /> Metric-Fantasies<br /> Pearl Jam-Backspacer <br /> Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br /> Owl City-Ocean Eyes<br /> Cage The Elephant-Cage The Elephant<br /> Green Day-21st Century Breakdown (honorable mention?)<br />  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/mew.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Russ Berg</strong></p> <p><strong>99X Roadie</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Mew- "No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away"<br /> Chimaira- "The Infection"<br /> Chris Cornell- "Scream"<br /> Muse- "Resistance"<br /> Kasabian- "West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum"<br /> Mono- "Hymn To The Immortal Wind"<br /> Buckethead- "Slaughterhouse On The Prairie"<br /> Them Crooked Vultures- "Them Crooked Vultures"<br /> Owl City- "Ocean Eyes"<br />  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/mutemath.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Sam Schreiber<br /> 99X Intern</strong><br />  </p> <p>Mutemath – Armistice<br /> Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant<br /> Miike Snow – Miike Snow <br /> Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br /> Muse – The Resistance<br /> The Flaming Lips– Embryonic <br /> Jet – Shaka Rock<br /> Metric – Fantasies <br /> Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img height="240" width="240" alt="" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/SickPuppies.jpg" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Chris Siciliano<br /> Capitol Records</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Sick Puppies -Tripolar<br /> Bat for Lashes - two suns<br /> Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career<br /> Gomez - New Tide<br /> Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light is<br /> Iron and Wine - Around the Well<br /> Muse - Resistance<br /> Tinted Windows - Tinted Windows<br /> Mountain Goats - Life of the World to Come<br />  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" alt="" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/Cage.jpg" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Brandon Mize<br /> Rival Entertainment (Center Stage/The Loft)</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Cage the Elephant- Cage the Elephant<br /> Gomez - A New Tide<br /> Ben Harper & Relentless 7 - White Lies For Dark Times<br /> K’naan - Troubadour<br /> Mike Doughty - Sad Man Happy Man<br /> Muse - The Resistance <br /> Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures<br /> Barcelona - Absolutes<br /> Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<strong><br /> <br /> </strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/themcrooked.jpg" alt="" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Tim Sweetwood</strong></p> <p><strong>The Masquerade</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures <br /> The Dead Weather – Horehound<br /> The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love<br /> Miike Snow – Miike Snow<br /> The Thermals – Now We Can See<br /> Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk<br /> Matt & Kim – Grand<br /> White Rabbits – It’s Frightening<br /> Pearl Jam – Back Spacer<br />  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" alt="" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/passionpit.jpg" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Brad Broadrick</strong></p> <p><strong>Rock Solid Entertainment</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Passion Pit – Manners<br /> Band of Skulls – Baby Darling Doll Face Honey<br /> Akron/Family – Set ‘em Wild, Set ‘em Free<br /> Wilco – Wilco (The Album)<br /> Decemberists – The Hazards of Love<br /> The XX – XX<br /> Crash Kings – Crash Kings<br /> Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br /> Andrew Bird – Noble Beast<br />  </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="240" width="240" alt="" src="/Portals/8/99X_Blogs/top9albums/Fun.jpg" /></td> <td> <p><strong>Kim Burdges</strong></p> <p><strong>Mixtape Atlanta</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Fun - Aim and Ignite<br /> Passion Pit - Manners<br /> Mute Math - Armistice<br /> Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey<br /> Matt and Kim - Grand<br /> U2 - No Line on the Horizon<br /> Metric - Fantasies<br /> The Killers - Live from Albert Hall<br /> Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream<br />  </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p><a href=http://99x.com/Blogs/Top9Albumsof2009/tabid/827/EntryId/3666/Top-9-Albums-of-2009.aspx>More...</a> http://99x.com/Blogs/Top9Albumsof2009/tabid/827/EntryId/3666/Top-9-Albums-of-2009.aspx pat.obrien@cumulus.com http://99x.com/Blogs/Top9Albumsof2009/tabid/827/EntryId/3666/Top-9-Albums-of-2009.aspx#Comments http://99x.com/Blogs/Top9Albumsof2009/tabid/827/EntryId/3666/Top-9-Albums-of-2009.aspx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:49:00 GMT 159 http://99x.dnn.cumulus.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=3666