2009, a year of love & hate, a year of  pop & black cherries...

1.       The Bridal Shop : In Fragments EP (Plastilina)…no word !

2.       Pants Yell! : Received Pronounciation (Slumberland)…let’s cry together!

3.       The Burning Hearts : Aboa Sleeping (Shelflife)…Finland 12 points !

4.       Désolé : Perdu corps et biens (Volvox)…nouvelle vague !

5.       Memory Cassette : Call & Response EP (Acephale)…they did it better !

6.       The Crayon Fields : All the Pleasures of the World (Chapter)…Aussie pop perfection !

7.       Papa Topo! : Cyborgs Paseando (Autorelease)…so so so cute !

8.       Strawberry Machine : Girlfriend (abcdefg Records)…nippon power !

9.       Ray Rumours : Le pont suspendu (Stitch Stitch)…hurray frànçois !

10.   The Sea Lions : Let’s Groove EP (YAY !)…so young & so jangly !

11.   Automelodi : Automelodi fait ses courses EP (Autoproduced)…Növo not dead !

12.   The Mayfair Set : Young One (Captured Tracks)…hallucinating !

13.   Dominique A : La Musique + Kick Peplum EP (Wagram)…yes, Master !

14.   Horse Shoes : The Imperial School EP +7” (Shelflife)…shimmering !

15.   Citrus : Pits are the Pits Recollection (Polystar Japan)… rare EP’s gathered at last !

16.   The Wild Swans : the two 7” singles (Occultation)… stunning comeback !

17.   The POBPAH : S/T album + Higher than the stars EP (Slumberland)…a phenomenon !

18.   Liechtenstein : Survival Strategies in a modern World (Fraction Discs)…best gig 2009!

19.   Sally Shapiro : My Guilty Pleasure (Paperbag)…more than italodisco !

20.   Young Michelin : S/T digital single (Holiday)…”Les Copains”, soundtrack of the year !

21.   Mr Wright : Diary of a Fool (Series Two)…always & forever !

22.   EDH : New-York Tracks (Matte Black)…haunting !

23.   God Help the Girl : S/T (Rough Trade)…Dantesque !

24.   The Brilliant Corners : Growing up absurd/What’s in a Word reedition (Cherry Red)…yeah…brilliant !

25.   Original Folks : Common Use (Herzfeld)…non-stop Kazoooo !

26.   Little Big Adventure : Hateful Eye EP (Labrador)…easy going treasure !

27.   Alexander Faem : Agent 238 (Chantage)…so underrated concept album !

28.   Cats on Fire : Our Temperance Movement (Matinée)…a great confirmation !

29.   Modular : Fantasias de un robot psicodelico (Elefant)…futuristic pop from Chile !

30.   Falseparklocation : S/T (Dokidoki)…fantastic french electropop duo !

J-M