Best of 2009
6 Records I Released
Perhapsy – Perhapsy
Max Justus – No Mercy
Capybara – Try Brother
The Billen Brothers – The Porubsky’s Soundtrack
Sam Billen – Headphones and Cellphones
The Parade Schedule – Seeds To Be Planted, Trees To Be Cut
10 Records That I Didn’t Release
1. Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
2. Grizzly Bear - Veckamist
3. Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic
4. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
5. Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
6. Deastro - Moondagger
7. St. Vincent - Actor
8. Neon Indian - Physic Chasms
9. Washed Out - Life of Leisure / High Times
10. Real Estate - Real Estate
Some others that I really enjoyed that didn’t quite make the cut
Slaraffenland - We Are On Your Side
Junior Boys- Begone Dull Care
Annie - Don’t Stop
The Antlers - Hospice
Joe Pernice - Feels So Good When I Stop
M. Ward - Hold Time
Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
Nathan Phillips - Postcard
Phaseone - Thanks No Thanks / White Collar Crime
Pictureplane - Dark Rift
Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean
Teengirl Fantasy - CD-R
Yacht - See Mystery Lights
JJ - No2
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Passion Pit - Manners
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
Concert Experienes of the year
- Record Machine Holiday Showcase Capybara, Max Justus, Sam Billen, Motorboater- Czar Bar
- State Bird, Max Justus, Parade Schedule - In Bryce’s Basement
- Capybara and DJ Nartan(this was my best DJ set of the year) - In Bryce’s Basement
- 3 Max Justus shows in New York
- Record Machine Summer Showcase - Capybara, Perhapsy, and Sam Billen
- SXSW Hometapes Friends Island Showcase - Slaraffenland and Peter Broderick
- Grizzly Bear and Beach House - Columbia MO
- Ida & Glorytellers - Union Bowl
- Max Tundra, Deastro, Max Justus - Czar Bar
- Max Tundra, School of Seven Bells - Urban Outfitters SXSW
- Max Tundra, Junior Boys - Record Bar
- Ghosty, The Caves, Chris Tolle - The Record Bar
- Get Up Kids - Record Bar
- Phoenix - Record Bar
- So many more that I am not even thinking of off the top of my head
I will have a few more mixes at nartan.tumblr.com next week but listen to my first half mixes from earlier this year.
