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Pretty Much Amazing’s Best Albums of 2009

2009 was an exceptional last year in an exceptional decade for music. In 2009 we were bombarded with solid release after great release after epic release throughout the entire year (upfront: I didn’t listen to every album released in 2009), so narrowing my picks for the best albums of the year was not easy. Nonetheless, I have here Pretty Much Amazing’s 25 best albums of the 2009.

At the end of this list, you will have the chance to enter the last PMA contest of 2009. I will be giving away — courtesy of my wallet, unless someone wants to sponsor — a copy of every album on this list on vinyl (or CD, at winner’s request) in a Vinyl is Forever Tote Bag, along with a poster featuring one of the listed artists of their choice, and a custom one year subscription to Paste Magazine. More details on that at the end of the list. Continue reading →

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Mar 09

Another Charity Album To Be Released with LCD, Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and more

Another Charity Album To Be Released with LCD, Decemberists, My Morning Jacket and more headline shorties Another one!

Coming off the respective successes of Causes, Dark Was The Night,Â and War Child: Heroes, the Causes founders are releasing a second album in a series that we hope doesn’t need to go on much longer. All proceeds are going towards stopping the terrifying genocide in Darfur.

The lineup for this album is phenomenal, and once again, so is the cause. I urge you to grab this cd if you can, and if you don’t like the artists, I urge you to think about helping out this effort anyway. Click on for the tracklist, which includes The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem, Tim and Eric, RJD2, and more. Continue reading →