CHLY Official top 50 of chly for 2009

/ Artist / Album / Label / Can_Con
1 / K'NAAN / TROUBADOUR / AM Records / *
2 / PATRICK WATSON / WOODEN ARMS / secret city records / *
3 / SHANE PHILIP / LIVE AT BAKER STUDIOS / indie / *
4 / JULIE DOIRON / I CAN WONDER WHAT YOU DID WITH YOUR DAY / jagjaguwar / *
5 / SWEATSHOP UNION / WATER STREET / SWEATSHOP UNION MUSIC / *
6 / NO HORSES / S / T / northern rock association / *
7 / DJ IRONBELLY / AMPED / 7 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT / *
8 / THE FLAMING LIPS / EMBRYONIC / warner / -
9 / DAVID GOGO / DIFFERENT VIEWS / Cordova Bay / *
10 / BLACK MOLD / SNOW BLINDNESS IS CRYSTAL ANTZ / Flemish Eye Records / *
11 / DINAH D'S CONTRABAND SWING CLUB / MOST DEFINITELY LIVE / Lois Lane Production / *
12 / J DILLA / JAY STAY PAID / NATURE SOUNDS / -
13 / NEKO CASE / MIDDLE CYCLONE / anti / -
14 / SUE PYPER / TAIL LIGHTS IN THE RAIN / indy / *
15 / THE KILTLIFTERS / THE PUNCHLINE / NRG / *
16 / THE UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF MONTREAL / THREE ON THE TREE / weewerk / *
17 / ECCODEK / SHIVA BOOM / WHITE SWAN / *
18 / MOTHER MOTHER / O MY HEART / last gang / *
19 / THE TWISTERS / COME OUT SWINGIN' / Northern Blues / *
20 / IRON AND WINE / AROUND THE WELL / sub pop / -
21 / BA JOHNSTON / STAIRWAY TO HAMILTON / just friends / *
22 / DIANA KRALL / QUIET NIGHTS / Verve / *
23 / AKRON / FAMILY / SET 'EM WILD, SET 'EM FREE / dead oceans / -
24 / APOLLO GHOSTS / HASTINGS SUNRISE / indie release / *
25 / TAME ONE / ACID TAB VOCAB / AMALGAM DIGITAL / -
26 / THE GRASS / ROGUE WAVES / indy / *
27 / BLITZEN TRAPPER / FURR / SUB POP / -
28 / HANDSOME FURS / FACE CONTROL / sub pop / *
29 / MIKE NICHOLS / BUSINESS AS USUAL / indie / *
30 / WILCO / (THE ALBUM) / nonesuch / -
31 / CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND / OUTER SOUTH / merge / -
32 / DRAGON FLI EMPIRE / INTERMISSION EP / Make Believe Records / *
33 / NERBEATER / DECIBAL SALAD / Indie / *
34 / PHISH / JOY / jemp / -
35 / ROMI MAYES / ACHIN IN YER BONES / Indy / *
36 / BOBBI SCHRAM / TERMINAL STATION / indy / *
37 / ELLIOTT BROOD / MOUNTAIN MEADOWS / six shooter / *
38 / FRED EAGLESMITH / TINDERBOX / LonesomeDay records / *
39 / PARIS / ACID REFLEX / GUERRILLA FUNK RECORDINGS / -
40 / BRANDI DISTERHEFT / SECOND SIDE / Justin Time / *
41 / JAPANDROIDS / POST NOTHING / unfamiliar / *
42 / PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS / CARRIED AWAY / OM RECORDS / -
43 / SUMMER SAGE / MEDICINE WINDS / indy / *
44 / THE DEEP DARK WOODS / WINTER HOURS / Black hen music / *
45 / VARIOUS ARTIST / ONE DUB / Interchill / *
46 / DEER TICK / BORN ON FLAG DAY / partisan / -
47 / IMMACULATE MACHINE / HIGH ON JACKSON HILL / mint / *
48 / NQ ARBUCKLE / X O K / six shooter / *
49 / BONNIE PRINCE BILLY / BEWARE / drag city / -
50 / METRIC / FANTASIES / last gang / *
* = Cancon