My Singles of 2009

I didn’t originally intend on actually making one of these lists, the albums one was enough irritating hassle. Oh well, look what happens on a relatively boring Sunday afternoon. Emily Haines and Metric have clearly melted my ears for the past year or so, you only need to look at my Last.Fm profile to see how many ridiculous plays they’ve had. Gimme Sympathy may not be to everyones taste, but in reality it’s just a perfect little pop song; I cannot help but adore it. The opening synth of 1901, sadly, completely destroys everything Metric have released in 2009. Phoenix have had a fucking outstanding year, just listen to the record and you’ll completely understand why. P.S - Don’t laugh too much at the addition of She Wolf, that song is a classic in the making. Auuu.

01 Phoenix 1901
02 Metric Gimme Sympathy
03 The xx Crystalised 
04 Dirty Projectors Stillness Is the Move
05 The Horrors Sea Within A Sea
06 Girls Lust For Life
07 Animal Collective My Girls
08 The Sound of Arrows Into The Clouds
09 Passion Pit The Reeling
10 Shakira She Wolf

11 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero
12 Phoenix Lisztomania
13 Bat For Lashes Daniel
14 Neon Indian Deadbeat Summer
15 Fever Ray When I Grow Up
16 Miike Snow Animal 
17 The Temper Trap Sweet Disposition
18 Grizzly Bear Two Weeks
19 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Young Adult Friction
20 Bag Raiders Shooting Stars

21 Atlas Sound Walkabout (Feat. Noah Lennox)
22 Junior Boys Parallel Lines 
23 Washed Out Feel It All Around
24 Museum of Bellas Artes Who Do You Love
25 Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
26 Metric Sick Muse
27 Animal Collective What Would I Want? Sky
28 Grizzly Bear While You Wait for the Others
29 Fever Ray If I Had A Heart
30 jj Ecstasy

31 The Big Pink Dominoes
32 Annie Songs Remind Me Of You
33 Memory Tapes Bicycle
34 The Antlers Two
35 Röyksopp This Must Be It 
36 The xx Islands
37 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator
38 Lady GaGa Bad Romance
39 Girls Hellhole Ratrace
40 Karen O and the Kids All Is Love

41 YACHT Psychic City (Voodoo City)
42 Delorean Seasun
43 St. Vincent Actor Out Of Work
44 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll
45 Sun Airway Oh Naoko
46 The Drums Let’s Go Surfing
47 Toro y Moi Blessa
48 Real Estate Fake Blues
49 Flosstradamus Big Bills (Feat. Caroline Polachek)
50 Wavves So Bored

Honourable Mentions: 
Portishead “Chase The Tear”, Röyksopp “The Girl and the Robot (Feat. Robyn), Still Life Still “Pastel”, Blue Roses “I Am Leaving”, Discovery “Orange Shirt”, Wild Beasts “Hooting & Howling”, Au Revoir Simone “Shadows”, Miike Snow “Burial”,Reverie Sound Revue “Arrows”, Deastro “Light Powered”.

My Albums of 2009

It is a disgustingly mundane morning. The weather has been nothing but depressing. First time using Tumblr and I have already made an apparently tedious mistake regarding crediting. Balls. Typical Ryan. I can only hope the day gets better at some point, although I am going to the Scandalism launch party/event tonight in London. Telepathe, Wolf Gang, Marina and the Diamonds are all playing. Should be pretty sweet, especially since my friend knows the singer from Yes Giantess. Although I would prefer bumping into Marina and whisper naughty things into her ear.

Why is it that most people seem to find something they are incredibly passionate about, whether that be politics or the economy? I am still waiting to wake up and have some calling, have something click that I can get all excited and feel passion for. I just find myself having an odd obsession with Sharks. Although, perhaps that could be it. I am going to South Africa on a Great White Shark conservation, part of the “shark team” (fuck yes) and assist in documenting activity. It is apparently supposed to give a unique opportunity to view them in their natural environment. That’s right. I am going to be in the sea, paddling about and feeding them pigeons. I am going to be lectured on biology, research and conservation, behaviour, changing attitudes and basically life as a little Shark. I am just a little bit too excited - I just hope I see a dolphin get ravished.

When I saw you at the discotheque… sent my vibe out to you. I finally managed to get my hands on the new Discovery record. I say finally, it was released last week. I doubt I have to give much of an introduction. Rostam Batmanglij. Wes Miles. Collaboration. Side-Project. I was perhaps somewhat dubious on first listen but I truly cannot remember the last time I heard such a genuinely fun record. Bright Like Neon Love? Perhaps. It’s not serious, a little pretentious - an homage to contemporary R&B/electro. Perhaps an encapsulation of everything I like, then.

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You would expect me to find something better to do at five in the morning. Although, you shouldn’t expect much (if anything) from me. I have a serious commitment to disappointment. Mundane introduction - I am Ryan. I like Sharks. Music. Art and Models. I am pretentious and have the body of a rake. You can judge me, I would only do the same. Having spent the last few months becoming addicted to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm - It only makes logical sense to finally move onto a blog. Of course my exceedingly interesting life has to be shared with the world. I have always wanted to keep away from the world of blogging - partially because if you aren’t getting exclusive music then your blog is perhaps a little bit shit. Sadly, you know it’s the truth. What exactly do I have to offer? Perhaps non-sensical, highly annoying and poorly written updates on my life, even the occasional endearing moment on the art of caressing nipples. Something. Although to be perfectly honest, this blog is designed to promote myself until Alyona Osmanova notices me - the internet version of Borat if you will.