Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far)
NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight. In the end, Animal Collective edged out every other artist in both the Best Album category, and for Best Song. Artists like Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists and Neko Case weren't far behind. One thing was clear: 2009 has been one of the strongest years for new music in recent memory.
Below are the top five songs and the top five albums, picked by NPR listeners in our online poll. We've got a more complete listing of the poll results on our blog.
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Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far)
Best Song 01: My Girls
- Song: My Girls
- from Merriweather Post Pavillion
- by Animal Collective
Best Album 02: Veckatimest
- Song: While You Wait for the Others
- from Veckatimest
- by Grizzly Bear
Best Album 04: Middle Cyclone
- Song: The Pharaohs
- from Middle Cyclone
- by Neko Case
Best Album 05: Wilco (The Album)
- Song: Everlasting Everything
- from Wilco (The Album)
- by Wilco