The River's Top 93 of 2009






The River's Top 93 Songs of 2009


  1. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
  2. Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
  3. Sweetback Sisters - My Uncle
  4. Michael Franti and Spearhead - Obama Song
  5. Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
  6. Ray Lamontagne - You Are The Best Thing
  7. Erin McKeown - Santa Cruz
  8. Felice Brothers - Run Chicken Run
  9. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
  10. Vampire Weekend - Horchata
  11. Neko Case - People Got A Lotta Nerve
  12. Avett Brothers - And It Spread
  13. Regina Spektor - Folding Chair
  14. U2 - Magnificent
  15. Brandie Carlile - Dreams
  16. Langhorne Slim - I Love You, But Goodbye
  17. Eilen Jewell - Rain Roll In
  18. Wilco & Feist - You and I
  19. Buddy and Julie Miller - Gasoline and Matches
  20. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Sugarfoot
  21. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Relator
  22. Phish - Backwards Down the Number Line
  23. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
  24. Swell Season - Low Rising
  25. Heather Maloney - Cozy Razor's Edge
  26. Academy Freightshakers - 509
  27. Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love
  28. National Convention - Telephone Road
  29. Sharon Jones & The Dapkings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
  30. Camera Obscura - French Navy
  31. Low Anthem - To Ohio
  32. Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash
  33. David Rawlings - Ruby
  34. Jenny Lewis - Godspeed
  35. My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed
  36. Wilco - You Never Know
  37. Daniel Hales & The Frost Heaves - Vacationland
  38. Bell X1 - The Great Defector
  39. Chris Smither - Surprise, Surprise
  40. Eilen Jewell - Shakin All Over
  41. Monsters of Folk - The Right Place
  42. Rosanne Cash - She's Got You
  43. Unit 7 - The Trouble I'm In
  44. Willie Nile - Magdelena
  45. David Gray - Fugitive
  46. Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard - These Roads Don't Move
  47. M.Ward - Rave On
  48. Raconteurs with Ricky Skaggs - Old Enough
  49. Wilco - I'll Fight
  50. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - Shake It Out
  51. Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates
  52. Elvis Costello - Complicated Shadows
  53. Levon Helm - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
  54. Monsters of Folk - Say Please
  55. Paolo Nutini - Candy
  56. Slaid Cleaves - Cry
  57. Brett Dennen w. Femi Kuti - Make You Crazy
  58. Imogen Heap - First Train Home
  59. Iron & Wine - Love Vigilantes
  60. Willie Nelson - Superman
  61. Oweihops - War Diary
  62. Alejandro Escovedo - Always A Friend
  63. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Nikorette
  64. Diane Birch - Valentino
  65. Felice Brothers - Radio Song
  66. Hoots & Hellmouth - Roots of The Industry
  67. Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces
  68. Pretenders - Love's A Mystery
  69. Ray Mason - Sin Eater
  70. Spoon - Written In Reverse
  71. Taj Mahal - Never Let You Go
  72. Zee Avi - Bitter Heart
  73. Adele - Right As Rain
  74. Bob Dylan - Forgetful Heart
  75. Chris Isaak - Cheater's Town
  76. John Wesley Harding - Top of The Bottom
  77. M.Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You
  78. Moby - Pale Horses
  79. Noisettes - Never Forget You
  80. Son Volt - Down To The Wire
  81. Spoon - Got Nuffin
  82. Steve Earle - Lungs
  83. Hot Chip fe: Peter Gabriel - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
  84. Indigo Girls - What Are You Like
  85. Raul Malo - Hello Again
  86. Wilco - Wilco (The Song)
  87. Andrew Bird - Fits and Dizzyspells
  88. Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
  89. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
  90. Chris Collingwood - Cookie Jar
  91. Imelda May - Johnny Got A Boom Boom
  92. Madeleine Peyroux - Instead
  93. Moby - Wait For Me