2009 - Year in Review (Part III) AWARDS

2009 AWARDS: The Followill (Band that let me down without meaning to), The Nickleback Award (Band that could have been great but flamed out and went for celebrity), The Chumbawamba (Song of the Year, gets in your head, and won’t leave), and more ...

The Followill (Band that let me down without meaning to):
The National – How long must you tease me? Release the damn album already!

The Nickleback Award (Band that could have been great but flamed out and went for celebrity):
Kings of Leon

The Chumbawamba (Song of the Year, gets in your head, and won’t leave):
Animal Collective, What Would I Want? Sky

The Ok Go (Viral video of the year):
Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling (live on Oprah)

The PB & J (Peter, Bjorn & John – foreign act waiting to break big):
TIE! Hello Saferide and Sprengjuhollin

The Cobain (Romanticized past, reality forgotten):
Michael Jackson

Emma Music (for best soundtrack):
Where The Wild Things Are

Lastly, I want to give thanks, and show my appreciation for some of the bands/artists I’ve met this year.

Local Bands I Fell In Love With:

  • My Dad Vs. Yours (Feel free to release a new album soon….please!)
  • Provincial Parks
  • Wire and Light
  • Leif Vollebeck
  • Elise Von Teichman
  • Giant Hand