Nicholas Scimeca

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TOP 10 RECORDS OF 2009 FROM MY FRIENDS & I (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
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Nicholas Scimeca - Hey, That’s me!

• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Dashboard Confessional - Alter The Ending
• Paper Route - Absence
• Owen - New Leaves
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• John Mayer - Battle Studies
• Jay Z - The Blueprint 3
• Joel P West - Dust Jacket
• This Providence - Who Are You Now?
• Metric - Fantasies

Joel Bednarz - Someone give him a job that pays well.

• a place to bury strangers - exploding head
• kurt vile - childish prodigy
• califone - all my friends are funeral singers
• ty segall - lemons
• sonic youth - the eternal
• phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
• the wooden birds - magnolia
• cold cave - love comes close
• woods - songs of shame
• dinosaur jr - farm

Ryan Luciani - Drummer in Empires.

• Dead Weather - Horehound
• Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
• John Mayer - Battle Studies
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Metric - Fantasies
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
• Joel P West - Dust Jacket
• Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Jeffrey Kalmikoff - Design Director at Digg.

• Silversun Pickups - Swoon
• Converge - Axe to Fall
• Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
• Baroness - Blue Record
• Isis - Ravering Radiant
• Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon
• Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
• Suicide Silence - No Time To Bleed
• Russian Circles - Geneva

Nathaniel Wood - WCST Intern/Photographer.

• Beirut- march of the zapotec
• antony and the johnsons - the crying light
• the xx - xx
• the strange boys -  the strange boys and girls club
• converge - axe to fall
• phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
• miike snow - miike snow
• wavves - wavvves
• jay reatard - watch me fall
• the bronx - Mariachi El Bronx

Ashley Simko - Designer, Blogger, Anti-Socialite, socialite.

• Lily Allen - It’s Not Me, It’s You
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Mr. Hudson - Straight No Chaser
• Imogen Heap - Ellipse
• Jay Z - The Blueprint 3
• John Mayer - Battle Studies
• Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
• Passion Pit - Manners
• Jamie T - Kings & Queens

Vincent Haycock - Music Video/Commercial Director.

• RICHARD HAWLEY - TRUE LOVES GUTTER
• SPIRITULIZED - SONGS IN A&E
• THE XX - XX
• FEVER RAY - FEVER RAY
• CIRCLE SQUARE - SONGS ABOUT DANCING AND DRUGS
• MIIKE SNOW - MIIKE SNOW
• KAREN ANN - KAREN ANN
• WHITE LIES - TO LOSE MY LIFE
• FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - YOUVE GOT THE LOVE
• CASS MCOMBS - CATACOMBS

Jory Cordy - Photographer.

• The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love
• The Temper Trap - Conditions
• Discovery - LP
• Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Monsters Of Folk - Monsters of Folk
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
• The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
• Passion Pit - Manners

Johnny Minardi - Owns Snakes & Suits / A&R @ Fueled By Ramen.

• fun. - Aim & Ignite
• The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun
• John Mayer - Battle Studies
• A Rocket To The Moon - On Your Side
• Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg
• Paramore - Brand New Eyes
• The Swellers - Ups and Downsizing
• This Providence - Who Are You Now?
• P.O.S. - Never Better
• Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us

Ryan Lange - Co-Founder of Code of Conduct.

• Jay - Z - The Blueprint 3
• Muse - The Resistance
• Paramore - Brand New Eyes
• Rascal Flatts - The Basics
• John Mayer - Battle Studies
• Barcelona - Absolutes
• The Fray - The Fray
• Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy
• 30 Seconds to Mars - This is War
• Say Anything - Say Anything

Michael Vorel - Designer at WCST & Saint Alfred.

• Discovery - Discovery
• Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
• The Gaslamp Killer - My Troubled Mind
• Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement
• Pictureplane - Turquoise Trail
• Kid Cudi - Man On the Moon
• Nosaj Thing - Drift
• Drake - So Far Gone
• Major Lazer - Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do
• Dam-Funk - Toeachizown

Alex Beh - Actor.

• PHOENIX - WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
• DAVE BRUBECK - INDIAN SUMMER
• AVETT BROTHERS - EMOTIONALISM
• JOHN MAYER - BATTLE STUDIES
• ANDY DAVIS - THE NEW HISTORY EP
• BRANDI CARLILE - GIVE UP THE GHOST
• GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
• THE BIG PINK - A BRIEF HISTORY OF LOVE
• BILL EVANS - THE BEST OF BILL EVANS LIVE
• PASSION PIT - MANNERS

Mikey Scimeca - Designer at WCST.

• Miike Snow- Miike Snow
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Say Anything - Say Anything
• Discovery - Discovery LP
• Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
• The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
• The Fray - The Fray
• Passion Pit - Manners
• Jay Z - The Blueprint 3
• 50 cent - Before I Self Destruct

Craig Tiede - Plain White T’s Tour Manager.

• Sonic Youth – The Eternal
• Alexisonfire – Old Crows / Young Cardinals
• Third Eye Blind – Ursa Major
• Superdrag – Industry Giants
• Jay-Z – Blueprint 3
• Doom – Born Like This
• Metric – Fantasies
• Washed Out – Life of Leisure EP
• Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2
• Person L – The Positives

Joel P West - High school teacher & Musician (who happens to be in my top 10)

• Bowerbirds - Upper Air
• Jonsi and Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
• Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
• The Paddleboat - I Wonder if the Water Ever Tires of the Sea
• Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
• Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle
• Dan Deacon - Bromst
• Chris Garneau - El Radio
• Jamuel Saxon - Tape Deck Mountain Remix EP
• Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Dan Suh - Veuve drinking DJ & Toy collector.

• jay-z - the blueprint 3
• lil’ wayne - no ceilings mixtape
• baroness - the blue record
• john mayer - battle studies
• drake - so far gone e.p.
• r. kelly - untitled (actually liked the 12 play 4th quarter leaked tracks better)
• *fall out boy - folie a deux (*would’ve been on the list but technically came out in december ‘08)

Ashley Nichols - Brand Strategist at Supra / KR3W. The mayor of LA.

• Empire of the Sun - Walking on A Dream
• Gucci Mane - Murder Was The Case (mix tape)
• The Horrors - Primary Colors
• Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
• Dead Weather - Horehound
• Thom Yorke - LA Orpheum (bootleg)…(one of the best live nights i saw this year)
• Dan Auerbach - Keep it Hid
• Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• M.Ward - Hold Time

Kelli Zink - Host of CelebTV.com

• The Bravery - Stir The Blood
• Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
• Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
• Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus -  Phoenix
• Passion Pit - Manners
• The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
• Jay-Z – The Blue Print 3
• Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
• Britney Spears - Circus
• Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Ryan Manno - The best radio host I’ve ever seen/heard.

• Paper Route – Absence
• Brand New – Daisy
• 311 – Uplifter
• Jay Z – The Blueprint 3
• Loney, Dear – Dear John
• Lamb of God – Wrath
• Blue October – Approaching Normal
• The Fold – Dear Future, Come Get Me
• The Mars Volta – Octahedron
• The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

Johnny Cupcakes - He owns a rad clothing Co. called Johnny Cupcakes.

• Raekwon - Blood On Chef’s Apron mixtape
• Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2
• Clipse - Til The Casket Drops
• Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon
• Beach House - Teen Dream
• Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
• Jay Z - The Blueprint 3
• Converge - Axe to Fall
• P.O.S. - Never Better
• Drake - So Far Gone

Heidi Lowry - Marketing genius at Cornerstone.

• Grizzly Bear - Vecktamist
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
• Metric - Fantasies
• Florence + the Machine - Lungs
• Jay-z - The Blueprint 3
• Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
• M. Ward - Hold Time
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Washed Out - Life of Leisure EP
• The xx - xx

De’Mar Hamilton - Best Friend / He plays drums in the Plain White T’s.

• Dashboard Confessional - Alter The Ending
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
• Mutemath - Armistice
• Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist
• The Films - Oh, Scorpio
• Band Of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
• Coconut Records - Davy
• Drake - So Far Gone Mixtape

Adam Siska - Forever 16 / He plays lead bass in The Academy Is…

• The Bronx- Mariachi el Bronx
• Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Bob Dylan- Together Through Life
• Conor Oberst & Mystic Valley Band- Outer South
• Monsters of Folk- s/t
• Kid Cudi- man on the moon
• The Flaming Lips- Embryonic
• John Mayer- Battle Studies
• Jay Z- Blueprint 3
• Arctic Monkeys- Humbug

Jessica Murnane - My Best Girl Friend / Paper Head / She owns Suitor.

• The Horrors - Primary Colours
• Premier Rang - Les Corps Humide 12” + Les Zones Sombres
• Alicia Keys - Element of Freedom
• Beak> - Beak>
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Birdy Nam Nam - Manual For Successful Rioting
• The xx - xx
• Jay Z - Blueprint 3
• Lily Allen - It’s Not Me, It’s You
• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Mike Kinsella - A New Dad / aka Owen (only enjoyed 1 record in 2009)

• Jay Z - The Blueprint 3

Matthew Hord - Up Top Account Executive

• Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• The Fresh & Onlys - S/T
• Woods - Songs of Shame
• Ty Segall - Lemons
• Real Estate - S/T
• Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
• Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
• Wooden Shjips - Dos
• Mayyors - Deads
• Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy

Shawn Hilgart - Business Partner / Interactive Director at WCST.

• Grizzly Bear - Vecktamist
• Jay Z - Blueprint 3
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Passion Pit - Manners
• Paper Route - Absence
• Jamie Cullum - The Pursuit
• Good Old War - Only Way to be Alone
• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Drake - So far Gone
• The Lonely Island - Incredibad

Clayton Hauck - Photographer / He runs EveryoneIsFamous.com

• Cass McCombs - Catacombs
• Smith Westerns - Smith Westerns
• Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2
• The Juan MacLean - The Future Will Come
• Passion Pit - Manners
• Lil’ Wayne - No Celings (mixtape)
• M Ward - Hold Time
• Calvin Harris - Ready For the Weekend
• Wale - Attention Deficit
• Yacht - See Mystery Lights

Jason Merz - Business Partner @ The 44th Ward / Music Curator @ AK

• HANDSOME FURS / FACE CONTROL
• THE LAWRENCE ARMS / BUTTSWEAT AND TEARS (EP)
• NIRVANA / BLEACH (DELUXE EDITION)
• BON IVER / BLOOD BANK (EP)
• KINGS OF LEON / ONLY BY THE NIGHT
• PHOENIX / WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
• THEM CROOKED VULTURES / eponymous
• SONIC YOUTH / THE ETERNAL
• YEAH YEAH YEAS / IT’S BLITZ!
• THE DEADWEATHER / HOREHOUND

Patrick Stump - Sings in Fall Out Boy

• Empire of the Sun-Walking on a Dream
• Bird and the Bee-Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
• La Roux-La Roux
• Dananananaykroyd-Hey Everyone!
• Mos Def-the Ecstatic
• Jay-Z-the Blueprint 3
• Themselves-CrownsDown
• Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
• Bat For Lashes-Two Suns
• Dirty Projectors-Bitte Orca

Pete Wentz - Plays bass in Fall Out Boy / Bronx’s Dad

• drake - so far gone
• cobra starship - hot mess
• slaughterhouse - slaughter house
• manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing
• say anything - say anything
• every time i die - new junk aesthetic
• fun - aim and ignite
• kid cudi - man on the moon
• john mayer - battle studies
• jay-z - blueprint 3

December 26, 2009, 12:21pm