Presenting...Jeffrey Davison's "Some Favorites of 2009 (In Alphabetical Order)"

Emil Brynge - EP #2  (no label)
Eric Carbonara - Maidens of Mullik  (Nada Sound Studio)
Alela Diane - To Be Still  (Rough Trade)
Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh - Overloaded Ark  (Drag City)
John Houx - John Houxs Green Period  (no label)
C. Joynes - Revenants, Prodigies and the Restless Dead  (Bo Weavil)
Willie Lane - Known Quantity  (Cord-Art)
Evan Miller - Beeswax Ephemera  (Preservation)
Paper Hats  Deseret Canyon  (Apparent-Extent)
Plankton Wat  Dawn of the Golden Eternity  (DNT)
Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers  (self-titled)  (VHF)
Sean Smith  Eternal  (Gnome Life)
The Threads of Grass  Sun Tunnels  (Abundance)
Tiny Vipers  Life on Earth  (Sub Pop)
Sharon Van Etten  Because I Was in Love  (Language of Stone)

Some favorite reissues:
Dave Bixby  Ode to Quetzalcoatl  (Guerssen)
Jay Bolotin  (self-titled)  (Locust)
Caroline Peyton  Mock Up  (Asterisk/Numero)
Peter Walker  Rainy Day Raga  (Harte)
V.A.  Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes  (Numero)

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