2009 Music Awards

This is something I've wanted to do for a while now. I've kept track of what music was new to my collection since last Christmas and I'd like to see what I've enjoyed most and least from the year.

Just some general guidelines before I get into it.

• All music in play has to be new to my iTunes beginning last Christmas
• "New" implies new to my iTunes this year, never being featured before
• "of 09" implies new for 2009, as opposed to new to my iTunes in general

Best New Artist: The Gaslight Anthem
Runner ups: A Billion Ernies, Murphy's Kids

Best Album of 09: "Scrambles" by Bomb the Music Industry!
Runner ups: "IV" by the Aggrolites, "Hearts of Hoodlums" by Whole Wheat Bread, "Pin Points and Gin Joints" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Best New Song: "Great Expectations" by The Gaslight Anthem
Runner ups: "The 59 Sound" by the Gastlight Anthem, "So Let's Go! Nowhere" by The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, "Erin's Runaway Imagination" by Fatter Than Albert

Best Song of 09: "(Shut Up) The Punx" by Bomb the Music Industry!
Runner ups: "Cheers! The World's Almost Over" by Westbound Train, "Stuff That I Like" by Bomb the Music Industry!, "Staying True" by Whole Wheat Bread

Best New Cover Song: "Little Boxes" by Rise Against
Runner ups: "Fake Plastic Trees" by The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, "Veronica Sawyer" by Reel Big Fish

Worth The Wait (Previous release was in 2006 or earlier): "Hearts of Hoodlums" by Whole Wheat Bread
Runner ups: "Come and Get It" by Westbound Train, "Ursa Major" by Third Eye Blind

Most Disappointing Album of 2009: "Fluent In Stroll" by Big D & the Kids Table
Runner ups: "Mandala" by Rx Bandits

Best Live Performance of 2009: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Dec 09 in Boston)
Runner ups: Streetlight Manifesto (Jan 09 in DC), Less Than Jake (July 09 in Jersey), The English Beat (Jan 09 in Baltimore)

Best New Album: "The 59 Sound" by The Gaslight Anthem
Runner ups: "Three Cheers for Disappointment" by The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, "Scrambles" by Bomb the Music Industry!, "IV" by the Aggrolites, "The Clash" by The Clash, "Sink or Swim" by The Gaslight Anthem