Top 10 Albums of 2009 in Japan for me
1.UA - ATTA (avant-pop)
2.Kotringo - trick & tweet (avant-pop, jazz)
3.Mouse on the keys - an anxious object (post-jazz)
4.Clammbon - Re Clammbon 2 (post-rock, acoustic, pop)
5.Ametsub - The Nothings of The North (electronica, electronic)
6.80kidz - This Is My Shit (electroclash, new rave)
7.Azzurro - The B-Side (abstract-hiphop)
8.toe - For Long Tomorrow (post-rock)
9.KOKIA - KOKIA ∞ AKIKO ~balance~ (pop, opera)
10.MEG - BEAUTIFUL (electropop)
This year, I still keep listening to Shugo Tokumaru's ''EXIT'', and Urichipangoon's ''GIANT CLUB'' again and again. Although I couldn't listen to ar's ''LOVE LU LE LO'', it would sounds good, I guess.
If I don't restrict the releases in Japan, The Best is Dirty Projectors' ''Bitte Orca''. Japanese can't make their music. I really loved post-rock in Chicago though, nowadays, experimental music in Brooklyn like Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance, Akron/Family, etc, sounds cool.
Oricon chart doesn't help me to find any good music (as usual) On the other hand, JPHIP, especially ''The Obscure Band/Artist Thread'' always brings .me goodies. I really appreciate it.