Dinosaur Jr’s new album “Farm” is one of their best yet. They’re able to take the signature Dino Jr sound and continue to evolve it in interesting ways, while still making amazing albums that I can listen to over and over.
A few of my top picks for 2009 are new albums by old bands… they just seem to have something that a lot of new bands don’t. I can’t really explain it, but the new albums from Dino Jr, Sonic Youth (will post this one soon), and Mission of Burma have an energy that I don’t hear in a lot of newer bands…