DIANE KAMIKAZE'S TOP WHATEVER....2009

By Diane Kamikaze:

Records I LOVED this year:

Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Saviours - Accelerated Living
Orcustus - Orcustus
Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
Baroness - Blue Record
16 - Bridges To Burn
Subarachnoid Space - 8 Bells
Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
Wolves In the Throne Room - Black Cascade

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Trip to Alaska, and thus making my list of visits to all 50 states in the US - COMPLETE!

Touring more than I have in any year so far - sorry summer schedule fans, but it had to be done!

More favs below...and check out all the WFMU DJs top 10 lists of 2009 here.

BANDS I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HOSTING or ENGINEERING (or both!)ON WFMU:

 Decapitado
Cheetah Chrome
The Damned
The Obits
Tournament
Tombs
WFMU at SXSW


BANDS I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE LIVE MULTIPLE TIMES THIS YEAR:

Killing Joke
Carcass
Voivod
St. Vitus
Saxon
Down
The Damned
Heaven & Hell
Amebix
Easy Action
Skeletonwitch
Napalm Death
God Dethroned
Kylesa
Melvins
Metallica
Tuff Darts
Samael
Eyehategod
Testament


AND HAPPY TO SEE ONCE - or once again!

Shrinebuilder
Girlschool
Meatmen
Pentagram
Withered
Book of Black Earth
Grand Magus