12/17/09

The best and worst of 2009


Snowflakes are falling down Christmas bells are ringing…
It makes me realize that this year has to be almost over. 2009 has been a year full of amazing new rock bands, powerful albums, surprising videos, amazing gigs and revealing interviews. Though, we have to be honest and as a good critic I can’t just look at the bright sides of this year. There have been a few disappointments, a few horrible bands, some awful song releases and some embarrassing comebacks in 2009. Lets find out about the winners and terrible losers for what has been an amazing year so far!

THE MOST ROCKING ALBUMS…

1. Deep Insight, Sucker For Love
2. The Blackout, The Best in Town
3. Taking Back Sunday, New Again
4. 30 Seconds To Mars, This is War
5. The All American Rejects, When the World comes down

AWESOME SONGS…

1. Young Guns, Winter Kiss
2. Lostprophets, Where we Belong
3. The Blackout, Save Our Saves
4. Placebo, For What It’s Worth
5. 30 Seconds To Mars, Kings and Queens

CRUEL SONGS…

1. Lady Gaga, Paparazzi
2. Metro Station, Kelsey
3. Lamb of God, Set to Fail
4. Zebrahead, Girlfriend
5. The Last Shadow Puppets, The Age of Understatement

BEST NEW BANDS…

1. Young Guns
2. Attack! Attack! (UK)
3. Dinosaur Pile-up
4. The Blackout
5. The Cubical

CALL THAT A COMEBACK…

1. The Rasmus
2. Taking Back Sunday
3. Green day
4. Placebo
5. Michael Jackson

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO…

1. Guns ‘n Roses (comeback)
2. Panic at the Disco
3. Bring me the Horizon
4. Slipknot
5. Lady Gaga

BREATH TAKING PERFORMERS…

1. Ian Watkins, Lostprophets
2. Gustav Wood, Young Guns
3. Jimmy Urine, Mindless Self Indulgence
4. Tyson Ritter, All American Rejects
5. Sean Smith, the Blackout

REVEALING INTERVIEWS…

1. Little Man Tate
2. Young Guns
3. Attack! Attack!
4. Dinosaur Pile-Up
5. The Blackout

BEST VIDEO…

1. Lostprophets, Where we belong
2. Greenday, 21 guns
3. Young Guns, Winter Kiss
4. All Time Low, Weightless
5. Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire

Of course this is nothing more than my opnion and I can hardly imagine that you might have different thoughts about the best and worst of 2009. Though if the strangest thing occurs that we have a disagreement about something, you do have the permission to comment me about that...You can make a difference! Can we? Yes we can...