Top 25 Albums of 2009 (so far)

My Picks for the Top 25 albums of 2009 up to this point.
Some other albums may come out before the end of the year that deserve to be on this list, and I'll make those updates if that happens.

Each selection has one track streamable beneath it for your enjoyment.

1. "Embryonic" - The Flaming Lips
Track #18 - "Watching the Planets"




2. "Rain Machine" - Rain Machine
Track #2 - "Give Blood"




3. "Bromst" - Dan Deacon
Track #2 - "Red F"




4. "Hometowns" - The Rural Alberta Advantage
Track #4 - "Don't Haunt This Place"




5. "Bitte Orca" - The Dirty Projectors
Track #2 - "Temecula Sunrise"




6. "Get Color" - HEALTH
Track #4 - "Death +"





7. "Hospice" - The Antlers
Track #4 - "Atrophy"




8. "Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle" - Bill Callahan
Track #3 - "The Wind and the Dove"




9. "Farm" - Dinosaur Jr.
Track #6 - "Over It"



10. "Logos" - Atlas Sound
Track #3 - "Walkabout ft. Noah Lennox"




11. "Post-Nothing" - Japandroids
Track #8 - "I Quit Girls"



12. "Fever Ray" - Fever Ray
Track #3 - "Dry and Dusty"




13. "Face Control" - Handsome Furs
Track #12 - "Radio Kaliningrad"




14. "Goodnight Unknown" - Lou Barlow
Track #3 - "Too Much Freedom"




15. "Glass Fountain" - Wet Hair
Track #3 - "When the Right Time Comes"




16. "Beggars" - Thrice
Track #3 - "Circles"




17. "Actor" - St. Vincent
Track #9 - "The Party"




18. "Veckatimest" - Grizzly Bear
Track #2 - "Two Weeks"




19. "Merriweather Post Pavilion" - Animal Collective
Track #5 - "Daily Routine"




20. "East of Eden" - Taken By Trees
Track #8 - "Day by Day"




21. "The Pains of Being Pure At Heart" - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Track #4 - "This Love is Fucking Right!"




22. "Tarot Sport" - Fuck Buttons
Track #5 - "Phantom Limb"




23. "Satanic Satanist" - Portugal. the Man
Track #3 - "Lovers in Love"




24. "Mean Everything to Nothing" - Manchester Orchestra
Track #3 - "I've Got Friends"




25. "Begone Dull Care" - Junior Boys
Track #3 - "Bits and Pieces"




Honorable Mention:

"Dragonslayer" - Sunset Rubdown
"More" - Double Dagger
"Brother's Blood" - Kevin Devine
"Popular Songs" - Yo La Tengo
"A Bomb in a Birdcage" - A Fine Frenzy