Music I Liked In 2009 [1]

By which I mean music released in 2009. And [1:] because I'm obviously not going to get them all in one post. It's going to be lots of little ones. I'm giving myself a month for my memory to work properly. But I think it's still worth making a note of what was good to my ears this year.

THE SPOILS, Zola Jesus: of which I've made much mention lately. Nika's a beautiful ghost moaning from the shadows of a bombed-out cathedral, on this record. Possibly an aspect of my continuing fascination ...