2009

This week Jared "The Herbrew Hammer" Heilborn of MDK and 28 Days fame asked me to do a wrap up of 2009 with some top 10 lists. There has been so many good releases this year that I found it really difficult to pick a top 10 for any of them. My lists are definitely the best that will be posted on here. That is all.

TOP 10 - HARDCORE/METAL

1. Trapped Under Ice - Secrets Of The World
2. Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
3. Rise And Fall - Our Circle Is Vicious
4. Reign Supreme - Testing The Limits Of Infinite
5. Converge - Axe To Fall
6. Blacklisted - No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me
7. The Rival Mob - Raw Life
8. The Mongoloids - Assorted Music
9. Dead Swans - Sleepwalkers
10. Bad Seed - Bad Seed

TOP 10 - PUNK

1. Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
2. Title Fight - The Last Thing You Forget
3. Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
4. This Time Next Year - Road Maps & Heart Attacks
5. The Swellers - Ups And Downsizing
6. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
7. Transit - Stay Home
8. New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
9. Brand New - Daisy
10. Paramore - Brand New Eyes

TOP 10 - AUSTRALIAN

1. Blkout - Total Depravity
2. Break Even - The Bright Side
3. I Exist - Three Nails And A Book Of Flaws
4. The Hollow - The Hollow
5. Iron Mind - The Sun Has Set
6. Hopeless - Dear World
7. Legions - Demo 2009
8. Phantoms - Demo 2009
9. Sex Wizard - Sex Wizard
10. A Death In The Family - Small Town Stories

TOP 10 - LIVE SHOWS

1. Mindsnare - Bald Faced Stag, Sydney
2. Trapped Under Ice - Manning Bar, Sydney
3. Hardcore 2009 - Roundhouse, Sydney
4. The Hollow - The Loft, Newcastle
5. Terror - Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong
6. Rise And Fall - Bald Faced Stag, Sydney
7. Break Even - Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong
8. Miles Away - Oassis Youth Centre, Wyong
9. Set Your Goals - Manning Bar, Sydney
10. Comeback Kid - Manning Bar, Sydney

TOP 10 - TV SHOWS

1. Ultimate Fighter 10
2. Entourage
3. Gossip Girl
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Greek
6. Secret Life Of The American Teenager
7. The Contender Australia
8. South Park
9. Dog The Bounty Hunter
10. The Simpsons