Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 [part 5]

One final list for you from Headphone Commute's Best of 2009. Enjoy this installment, and I'll be back with more reviews for 2010!



Music For Synergizing The Synapse Of Ideas




Music For Grinding Your Teeth At Night




Music For Caffeine Free Car Chases

Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 [part 4]

Apologies for failing to keep this blog mirror up to date with Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 lists. Got a bit overwhelmed and distracted, but here are three more, if you missed them!



Music For Sonic Installations In The Cavern Of Your Skull




Music For Missed Friends, Barbecues And Turntables




Music For Vibrating Your Neighbors’ Dusty China

Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 [part 3]

Three more lists from Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 have been published on the main site!



Music For Walking And Not Crying In The Autumn Rain




Music For The Frosty Night When I Miss Your Warm Light




Music For Watching The Snow Slowly Fall In The Moonlight

Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 [part 2]

Three more lists from Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 have been published on the main site!



Music For Crawling Through Abandoned Cities




Music For Withered Leaves And Lonely Fishtanks




Music For Kicking Your Brain Back Into The Groove



I've got 9 more lists to go! Each one is being revealed one day at a time, so stop by often and save all your money! :)

Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 [part 1]

Headphone Commute's Best of 2009 lists are being published one per day on our main site. Be sure to visit and check out the currently revealed lists:



Music For The Film Behind Closed Eyelids




Music For Bending Light And Stopping Time




Music For Awakened Spirits And Open Minds

Headphone Commute’s Best of 2009

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50 (MORE!) Albums, EPs and Compilations of 2008

Hold up, hold up. Rewind selector! Before I attempt to sit down and put together my list of favorite albums of 2009, I must pay homage to the music that slipped past me in the year before. I have said this time and again - there is simply way too much music! Every year, I reflect on the year prior and attempt to catch up on all of the releases. And I refuse to let them go! So here is a list of albums that has not made it to my list of Headphone Commute's Best of 2008, but have been in my rotation since the publication, and deserve to be recognized in this flashback to 2008.

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20 Compilations and Mixes of 2009 [part 2]

Here are ten more entries to complete Headphone Commute's 20 Compilations and Mixes of 2009. I've been trying to get these off of my chest for a whole year! Now that I'm finally sharing these recommendations with you, I feel much better. There is an amazing selection of music below, spanning across a variety of genres such as downtempo, psybient, modern classical, experimental, ambient, dark and crunchy IDM, dubstep, and everything in between!

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20 Compilations and Mixes of 2009 [part 1]

Compilations are notoriously difficult to cover. Usually, when I write an article on a collection of tracks, I spend some time capturing a specific theme or concept that the volume is made up of, and then feverishly rattle off the contributors. It’s tough to encapsulate the theme otherwise. That doesn’t mean that I don’t listen to them, of course. There are plenty of mixes and compilations that make it to the top of my rotations.

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Best of 2009 – Your Votes

December is here. Can you believe it? A year of music already gone. A DECADE of music, if you will, is behind us. And something barely audible is already stretching its tentacles into 2010 to begin another trend. But before we leap into the new year, I think it’s time we celebrate 2009 the only way that I know. So help me out with your votes for Best of 2009! Here’s what I need from you. I’ll make it easy, but please stick to the format in order to help me compile all of this at the end.

Submit your for best of 2009

Thank you!
~HC

20 EPs of 2009 [part 1]

As the year draws to a close, and I start thinking about the upcoming Best of 2009 list, I realize that I haven’t properly covered some 12" singles, EPs and mini albums. These tend to fall off my reviewing queue, mostly because in some cases it’s difficult to do a proper writeup for only a few tracks. However, they tend to haunt me, refusing to go away until I share with you these words. So here they are, in alphabetical order by artist, some of my favorite singles of 2009 (so far).

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