The Most Emotional Things That Came Out in 2009

Hey guys!  What's up, well sheeeit man.

As people consume content in smaller pieces and the influences from which content-creators draw their inspiration become more varied and well-integrated into finished works, things have settled into different categories than they're usually put into.

When I wander out into the new, overflowing marketplaces of digital and physical content, I find myself chasing not a scene, genre, or production aesthetic.  I find myself chasing EMOTION.  BIG, shining, unmistakable emotion. Lindsey Buckingham might call it BIG LOVE.  In a world full of the pulpy asscrap shit out of a million boring Macbooks, the only things that consistently rise to the top of the pile are the sentimental ones.  They come from associations drawn in formative years, from tunes attached to specific occasions or great sound systems.  Like: the first time someone slipped you some tongue, in the back of the car with the best stereo you've ever pumped to, all in front of shimmering fiery spectacle of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, and you're pretty much there.

So here is the best shit from 2009, the stuff that cut into me the deepest, OK?  

Click on the links below the titles to hear the songs as they appeared in my shows over the year.

Luke Vibert - We Hear You

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "HOUSE STABS")

It's HARD to make an entire album where every song sets out to kill every other song that has ever been created before.  Listen to this one and sit at home havin' a GOOD TIME with HOUSE MUSIC :)

The Hidden Cameras - Origin:Orphan

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "DO I BELONG?")

Joel Gibb and his flock of big ol' homos has had my heart since hello, but our relationship was a little tense 2003 - 2009.  We have been back together full force since this album came out earlier this year and my boner has not subsided since.

Tiësto f/ Tegan and Sara - Feel It In My Bones

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "FEEL IT IN MY BONES")

Everyone who thinks Tiësto is not God can jump off a big bridge, just like Chris Fucking Brown should.

Pet Shop Boys - Yes

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "DID YOU SEE ME COMING?")

As a wise man once told me, the Pet Shop Boys' sound sounds like it has not aged in 25 whole years, and who cares?

Mistabishi - Drop

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "PRINTER JAM")

You get to ride a positive emotional rollercoaster where you go from endless devotion ("No Matter What") to killing someone during a sexual breath play session ("Damage") and you get to do it all while listening to the album that will renew your faith in drum n' bass.

Ceephax Acid Crew - United Acid Emirates

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "SIDNEY'S STEAMER")

Like Luke Vibert this guy that sat down at his computer and did not get up until he made an entire album for Planet Mu that would decimate all other kinds of music ever created.  I think this one is less world-weary, though.

Gucci Mane - LOL :) / Sex In Crazy Places / Shine Blockas

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "LOL :)")

The Gucci Man really fucking pulled it out this year, everybody.  Just RIGHT when I started to get sick of Weezy's voice on every single track I heard on every song on the radio (besides WFMU), Gucci takes over, and his cadence and drawl are so much realer than Weazlie's, whether you like it or not.  And he chooses the best producers to work with, the ones that make the best sounds.  And, look at his goddamn necklace.

Rihanna - Russian Roulette

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "RUSSIAN ROULETTE")

Come on.  Anyone who thinks she is not the strongest, most beautiful female recording in music today has some serious fucking jealousy issues.  I am so mad at how some shithead bloggers and other types of shit-eating assholes talked so much shit about how this song was manufactured trash.  You know what I think, I think they can go shoot their brains out in a Russian Roulette game just like Chris Fucking Brown should.

La Roux - In For the Kill [Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix]

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "IN FOR THE KILL [SKREAM'S LET'S GET RAVEY REMIX]")

For a long time I had trouble finding this in my iPod when I wanted to play it all the time because I kept looking for "In for The Kill" when I had labeled it "WHOA AWESOME In for The Kill."

Drop7

I used to read books sometimes, then this happened.

PS22 Chorus - Landslide

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "LANDSLIDE")

After going through the emotional depths she's gone through to help create the best music this world knows, what sort of dumbass Youtube video could possibly make Stevie Nicks cry?

That's it.  Hey, make sure to keep it real in 2010 or you will definitely get your ass run over.

Comments

[Jim]

Really? That's all? Only a full half of the front page dedicated to your top ten list? I agree with some of your picks, but man! Smaller pics and text-wrap, stat! Oversize images are so typical of dance music posts, it's become a cliche.

[Trent]

Oh man, you're right, I'll change it.

JK!

It's supposed to look like a dance-formatted-cliche post, that was my aesthetic this year.

I'm glad you agreed with some of the picks though! :)

The coolest thing about the internet,

Is that you never run out of space on it.

[Close Reader]

Also, please pay attention to the English language. I hope I'm not alone in believing that muddled writing is a product of muddled thinking. "...things have settled into different categories than they're usually put into"? Oy. This whole post and its narcissistic sentimentalism make me cringe.

[JLS]

^^^^ TIGHTASSES IN THE COMMENTS ^^^^

[Jim]

Tightassed, and proud of it. You ever hear the expression "quality over quantity"? I wouldn't say that "the coolest thing about the Internet" is its limitless capacity. And if a visually unappealing splay of giant images screams "look at me!" and prevents people from wanting to read about your picks, I'd say it's detrimental to your bottom line.

Sure, you can take up the entire front page if you want to. That doesn't make it a great idea.

[Paul Kelly]

Sheesh, lighten up. This post is funny! This blog is best when it gives you the unexpected.

[paul]

major LOL @ FMU listeners who STILL don't get Trent after all these years

[Kat Fancy]

Trent, you have my heart. Please continue to be you.

[Brian]

Great post, Trent's comments are pretty good too, but nowhere near as good as this post itself. Those images could have been a bit larger, but it works. Also the part about emotion at the beginning was spot on.

[Jim]

@ Paul Kelly:

Lighten up? That's the best you can do? I was just giving the man my opinion. I obviously read his post, or I wouldn't have taken the time to comment. It's OK to be critical of the aesthetic components of a blog post. YOU lighten up.

[Chris]

@Jim "quality over quantity"? So, cliche posts are bad but using a cliche in the comments is ok? - or is that "are ok?" I certainly don't want to use badly grammer or mispell anything @close reader - don't read so closely, you may actually enjoy the music.

@ Trent. Great post. I forgot how good that Hidden Cameras stuff is. And Rihanna!! What can be said...that voice gets me every time. Yes, everything about her and her music is highly stylized and overblown but the fact that her voice still stands above it all is testement to her contact with the divine (no not Jay-Z).
I love the elements of heavy metal in her music too.

[sam]

LOL at these comments. Good stuff, Trent.

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[Soğutma Büyüsü]

LOL at these comments. Good stuff, Trent.

[phoenix real estate market]

Excellent publish, Trent's feedback are very excellent too, but nowhere near as excellent as this publish itself. Those pictures could have been a bit bigger, but it performs. Also the aspect about feelings at the starting was identify on...