1.11 | MOTORMOUTHMEDIA CLIENTS ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, DIRTY PROJECTORS, ATLAS SOUND + MORE CLEAN UP ON YEAR-END CRITICS LISTS. AC NAMED #1 OF YEAR AT SPIN, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, MOJO, STEREOGUM, PITCHFORK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, MTV AND TONS MORE
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Animal Collective
Albums 09
Album of the Year – Entertainment Weekly
#1 Album – Associated Press
#1 Album - SPIN Magazine
#1 Album – Mojo Magazine
#1 Album – MTV (Ran on VH1 also)
#1 Album – Pitchfork Media
#1 Album – Tiny Mixtapes
#1 Album – Popmatters
#1 Album – Exclaim!
#1 Album - Stereogum
#1 Album – Free Williamsburg
#1 Album – Faster Times
#1 Album - Filter Magazine
#1 Album – Pretty Much Amazing
#1 Album – Baltimore City Paper
#1 Album – Georgetown Voice
#1 Album – Agit Reader
#1 Album – Red Eye
#1 Album – Baltimore City Paper
#1 Album – Slant Magazine
#1 Album – Lumino Magazine
#1 Album – Stark Magazine
#1 Psych Album – Popmatters
#2 Album – NY Times – Jon Pareles
#2 Album – Under the Radar Magazine
#2 Album – Paste
#2 Listeners Pick Album - NPR
#2 Album – Prefix Readers Poll
#2 Album – Relevant Magazine
#2 Album – The Epoch Times
#2 Album – Stereo Subversion
#2 Album – Metromix (Matt Rodbard)
#2 Album – 7×7 Magazine
#2 Album – The Morning News
#3 Album – Time Out NY – Colin St. John
#3 Album – Washington Post
#3 Album – SF Station – Lynne Angel
#3 Album – Cleveland Scene – Michael Toth
#3 Best Reviewed Album Metacritic
#3 Album - Urban Outfitters
#3 Album – Alive! Magazine (OH)
#3 Album - Onion
#3 Album – Indie Rock Reviews
#3 Rock Artist – URB Readers Poll
#4 Album - Gorilla Vs. Bear
#4 Album – SomaFM
#5 Album – Guardian UK
#5 Album – Long Island Press
#5 Album – American Songwriter – Dustin Allen
#5 Album – Daily Egyptian
#6 Album – Buffalo News
#6 Album – Chicago Sun Time – Jim Derogatis
#6 Album – SU Spectator
#7 Album – Washington Times
#7 Album – Amazon.com Editors
#7 Album – American Songwriter – Matthew Shearon
#8 Album – Huffington Post
#8 Album – San Jose Mercury News
#8 Album – Stark Magazine
#10 Album – Daily Cardinal
#14 Album – Alt Ohio
#14 Album – Rolling Stone
#14 Album – Chicago Tribune – Greg Kot
#17 Artist of the Year - Impose Magazine
#17 Album – New Haven Register
#34 Album – Blurt
Top Albums – Detroit Free Press
Top Album – San Diego City Beat
Top Albums – Flagpole
Top Albums – Idaho Statesman
Top Albums – Connecticut Post
Top Albums – Metropulse
Albums of the Decade
Onion
#22 Album ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’
Pitchfork –
#14 Album ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’
#55 album ‘Feels’
#27 album ‘Sung Tongs’
Stereogum –
#15 – Album ‘Feels’
#19 - Album of the Decade ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’
#43 – Album of Decade ‘Strawberry Jam’
#49 - Album ‘Sung Tongs’
Under the Radar –
#25 Album – ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’
Examiner – Top 50 Albums of the Decade ‘Merriwether Post Pavilion’
Singles
Spin Magazine
#4 Single ‘My Girls’
Pitchfork
#1 Single ‘My Girls’
#11 Single ‘What Would I Want Sky’
#23 Single ‘Brother Sport’
PopMatters –
#21 single ‘Brother Sport’
#1 Single ‘My Girls’
Treblezine
#2 Single – ‘My Girls’
#23 single ‘Brothersport’
#45 Song ‘What Would I Want Sky’
#2 Single ‘My Girls’ - Amazon.com Editors
#3 Single – ‘Brother Sport’ – Times Herald Record
#8 Single ‘My Girls’ – RollingStone.com Readers Poll
#16 Single ‘Summertime Clothes’ NoiseVox
#14 Single ‘Summertime Clothes’ – Philadelphia Inquirer
#21 Single ‘My Girls’ - Spinner
#28 Single ‘My Girls’ - Esquire
#29 Single ‘My Girls’ – Metromix
Musician/Celebrity Lists
No Age (Dean Spunt) Top Albums
OK GO (Dan Kanopka) #1 Album
Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph) - #1 Album
Grizzly Bear (Chris Taylor) - #3 Album
Cotton Jones - #3 Album
Lindstrøm - #4 Album
Saint Vincent (Annie Clark) - #5 Album
Cave Singers - #2 Album
Aziz Ansari - #1 Album
Dennis Cooper - #4 Album
Wild Beasts (Tom Fleming) – Top Albums
Arcade Fire (Jeremy Gara) – Top Albums
Wavves – Top Albums
Wye Oak – Top Albums
Atlas Sound
Albums 09
#4 Album – American Songwriter – Davis Inman
#6 Album – WebInFront
#8 Album – Free Williamsburg
#8 Album – Daily Cardinal
#8 Album – Tiny Mixtapes
#8 Album – The Morning News
#15 Album – Stark Magazine
#18 Album – Pitchfork Media
#19 Album – Stereogum
#20 Album - Gorilla Vs. Bear
#34 Album – Alt Ohio
#43 Album – Prefix Readers Poll
Top Albums – Wall Street Journal
Top Albums – Washington Square News
Top Albums – Sentimentalist
Top Albums – Flagpole
Top Albums – Metropulse
Singles
Best Unheard Music – “An Orchid” – Wired
#9 Single – ‘Walkabout’ Treblezine
#11 Single ‘Walkabout’ Spin Magazine
#12 Single ‘Walkabout’ - Pop Matters
#34 Single ‘Walkabout’ – Pitchfork
#61 Single ‘Quick Canal’ – Pitchfork
Musician/Celebrity Lists
John Vanderslice – Top Albums
Thermals (Kathy Foster) – Top Albums
Flaming Lips - #1 Album
Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff) - #4 Album
Cymbals Eat Guitars - #3 Album
Pains of Being Pure at Heart – #2 Album
Twilight Sad (James Graham) – Top Albums
Grizzly Bear (Chris Taylor) - #5 Album
Wavves – Top Albums
Dirty Projectors
Albums 09
#1 Album – Time Out NY – Sophie Harris
#1 Album – Stereo Subversion
#2 Album –Sasha Frere Jones - New Yorker
#2 Album – Time Magazine
#2 Album - New York Times – Nate Chinen
#2 Album – Pitchfork Media
#2 Album – Tiny Mixtapes
#2 Album – Stark Magazine
#2 Album – Time Out NY – Hank Shteamer
#2 Album – Red Eye
#2 Album – Lumino Magazine
#2 Album – American Songwriter – Davis Inman
#2 Album – Alive! Magazine (OH)
#3 Album – Daily Egyptian
#3 Album - Stereogum
#3 Album – 7×7 Magazine
#3 Album – Stark Magazine
#4 Album – Guardian
#4 Album – Popmatters
#4 Album – SU Spectator
#4 Album – Pretty Much Amazing
#4 Album – Free Williamsburg
#4 Album – SF Station – Lynne Angel
#5 Album – New Haven Register
#5 Album – Bust editor Kelly McClure
#5 Album – Faster Times
#5 Album - Onion
#5 Album – Exclaim!
#6 Album – Rolling Stone
#6 Album – NY Magazine
#6 Album – Magnet
#6 Album – Slant Magazine
#7 Album – Baltimore City Paper
#7 Album – Prefix Readers Poll
#7 Album – American Songwriter Editor’s Pick
#8 Album – Agit Reader
#8 Album – Metromix (Matt Rodbard)
#8 Album – NY Times – Ben Ratliff
#11 Album - Urban Outfitters
#13 Best Reviewed Album - Metacritic
#14 Album – Paste Magazine
#16 Listeners Pick Album - NPR
#16 Album – Mojo Magazine
#31 Album - Spin
#39 Album – Amazon.com Editors
Top Albums – Seattle Times
Top Albums – Boston Globe – Joan Anderman
Top Albums – Flagpole
Top Albums – News Times
Top Albums – Brightest Young Things
Most Fascinating Record – Advertising Age
Albums of the Decade
#43 Album - Onion
# 56 Album - Pitchfork
#105 Album - Under the Radar
Singles
#2 Single ‘Stillness is the Move’ – Pitchfork
#2 Single ‘Stillness is the Move’ – Time Magazine
#2 Single ‘Stillness is the Move’ - Pop Matters
#5 Single – Philadelphia Inquirer (Dan DeLuca)
#18 Single – Consequence of Sound
#33 Single ‘Useful Chamber’ Treblezine
#43 Single ‘Stillness is the Move’ – Metromix
#85 Single of the Decade – Rolling Stone
Musician/Celebrity Lists
Mark Hoppus – Top albums
John Vanderslice – Top Albums
Lindstrøm - #1 Album
Andy Samberg - #1 Album
Michael Showalter - #1 Album – Best New Act
Grizzly Bear (Chris Taylor) - #1 Album
Phoenix (Thomas Mars) - #1 Album
Phoenix (Laurent Brancowitz) #5 Album
St. Vincent (Annie Clark) - #1 Album
Antlers (Peter Silberman)
Cymbals Eat Guitars - #2 Album
Fred Armisen – Best Video ‘Stillness is the Move’
Wild Beasts (Tom Fleming) – Top Albums
Dennis Cooper - #7 Album
Holly Miranda – Top Albums
Wye Oak – Top Albums
Fuck Buttons
Albums 09
#1 Album – SU Spectator
#4 Album – Baltimore City Paper
#4 Album – Redefine Magazine
#6 Album – Time Out NY – Sophie Harris
#11 Album – Pitchfork Media
#12 Album – Prefix Readers Poll
#21 Album – Popmatters
#24 Album – Tiny Mixtapes
#34 Album - Stereogum
Top Albums – Flagpole
Top Albums - Metropulse
Top Albums – Washington City Paper
Singles
#17 Single ‘Surf Solar’ – Pitchfork
Musician/Celebrity Lists
Antlers (Peter Silberman)
Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph) - #1 Album
Twilight Sad (James Graham) – Top Albums
