So here it is, the best albums of 2009 according to the Coda Family & Friends!

We will start with the Staff’s Top Ten…


Colter Wood

1. P.O.S. – Never Better
2. Q-Tip – Kamaal The Abstract
3. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
4. Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
5. La Roux – La Roux
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
7. Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen
8. N.A.S.A. – The Spirit Of Apollo
9. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
10. Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom Live

Chelsea Petterson

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
2. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
3. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
4. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
5. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
6. Karen O And The Kids – Where The Wild Things Are
7. Blue Rodeo – The Things We Left Behind
8. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
9. Tegan & Sara – Sainthood
10. P.O.S. – Never Better

Brandon Wu

1. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
4. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
5. La Roux – La Roux
6. Passion Pit – Manners
7. Temper Trap – Conditions
8. Kings Of Convenience – Declaration Of Dependence
9. Ronald Jenkees – Disorganized Fun
10. Florence & The Machine – Lungs

Kyla Dean

1. P.O.S. – Never Better
2. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
4. Minty Fresh Beats – Jaydiohead: The Encore
5. Dan Black – Un
6. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
7. Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits
8. Paramore – Brand New Eyes
9. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
10. Weezer – Raditude

Here are some lists we received from Brand reps, local musicians, and DJs who are close to Coda…


Scott Kerslake – Nike

1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Metric – Fantasies
4. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
5. Silversun Pickups – Swoon
6. NOFX – Coaster
7. Pearl Jam – Backspacer
8. Japandroids – Post Nothing
9. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
10. Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey & The Groo-Grux King

Sean Miller – Clae, Comune, Arbor

1. Blakroc – Blakroc
2. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
3. Black Lips – 200 Million Thousand
4. Slayer – World Painted Blood
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
6. The XX – The XX
7. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
8. Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day
9. Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
10. Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer

Sarah Wolton – Creative Recreation, QWSTION, Boxfresh

1. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali
2. The XX – The XX
3. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
5. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
6. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
7. Deer Hunter – Microcastle
8. Miranda Lambert – Revolution
9. Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!

Perry Pugh – WeSC, Brixton, Bruxe, Sixpack France, Penfield

1. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
2. Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
3. The Dream – Love Vs. Money
4. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. El Michels Affair – Enter The 37th Chamber
6. Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day
7. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
8. Oakalla – Oakalla
9. Mayer Hawthorne – A Strange Arrangement
10. Blakroc – Blakroc

Skout Agency – 80%20, Democracy Of Nevermind

1. Passion Pit – Manners
2. Gossip – Music For Men
3. Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
4. OST – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
5. Cobra Starship – Hot Mess
6. La Roux – La Roux
7. Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System
8. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
9. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
10. David Guetta – One Love

Karl Schubach – Misery Signals

1. Bane – Los Angeles 3:58 PM
2. Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
3. Animals As Leaders – Animals As Leaders
4. Outbreak – Outbreak
5. Architects – Hollow Crown
6. The Red Chord – Fed Through The Teeth Machine
7. Alexisonfire – Old Crows/Young Cardinals
8. Converge – Axe To Fall
9. Between The Buried & Me – The Great Misdirect
10. Mastodon – Crack the Skye

Sheenah Ko – The Rabid Whole

1. Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend
2. Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
3. Metric – Fantasies
4. Depeche Mode – Sounds Of The Universe
5. OST – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
7. MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God
8. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
9. 16 Volt – American Porn Songs
10. Apoptygma Berzerk – Rocket Science

Chris Habte – Ill Kid Chris

1. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
2. K’naan – Troubadour
3. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
4. Eminem – Relapse
5. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
6. Wale – Attention Deficit
7. Slaughterhouse – Slaughterhouse
8. Brother Ali – Us
9. Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap
10. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II

Dustyn Lanz – Duzi/DJ Neon

1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
2. Florence & The Machine – Lungs
3. Basement Jaxx – Scars
4. Tiga – Ciao!
5. Miike Snow – Miike Snow
6. The Dead Weather – Horehound
7. Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend
8. La Roux – La Roux
9. Boys Noize – Power
10. Gossip – Music For Men

Drew Glazer – DJ Drewski

1. Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
2. DJ Champion – Resistance
3. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
4. Wale – Attention Deficit
5. K-os – Yes/Yes It’s Yours
6. Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms
7. MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God
8. K’naan – Troubadour
9. Jay-Z & Music Without Borders – Hindustani Gangster
10. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

Justin Ludwig – Harvest King Records, Armour Fou

1. Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
2. Megafun – Gather, Form, and Fly
3. Vicious Cycle – Pale Blue Dot
4. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Beware
5. Ruiner – Hell Is Empty
6. Bill Calahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
7. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
8. Rancid – Let The Dominoes Fall
9. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
10. Portugal The Man – The Satanic Satanist

And Finally, the 3 winners of the $50 Coda Gift Cards are…


Michael Dawson

1. Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk
2. Grizzly Bear –
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3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Girls – Album
5. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
6. Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band – Outer South
7. Passion Pit – Manners
8. The XX – The XX
9. Rah Rah – Going Steady
10. The Antlers – Hospice

Nathan Petryshyn

1. Dangerous Summer – Reach For The Sun
2. Four Year Strong – Explains It All
3. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Paramore – Brand New Eyes
5. White Lies – To Lose My Life
6. John Mayer – Battle Studies
7. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
8. Broadway – Kingdoms
9. Sparks The Rescue – Eyes To The Sun
10. Between The Trees – Spain

Kelly D’Autremont

1. David Guetta – One Love
2. LMFAO – Party Rock
3. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.
4. Timbaland – Shock Value 2
5. Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend
6. Asher Roth – Asleep In The Bread Aisle
7. MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God
8. Deadmau5 – For Lack Of A Better Name
9. Basshunter – Bass Generation
10. Imogen Heap – Ellipse