Merida's End of Year List

Band of the Year - Teen Sheikhs (2009-2009, R.I.P.)

Shows -

Nobunny, Okmoniks, Rock n' Roll Adventure Kids, Hygiene @ The Stags Head

S.I.D. Dudefest - Finally Punk, Cold Pumas, Human Hair, Teen Shiekhs, La La Vasquez, The Sticks

Total Freedom Warehouse Party - Male Bonding, Teen Sheikhs, Fair Ohs, Mazes, Rad Guillotine

Special Mention to T.I.T.S, Fun Anna, Nodzzz, Veronica Falls, Yes Way Fest.

LPs:

The Hunches - Exit Dreams

Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans

Christmas Island - Blackout Summer

Grass Widow - S/T

Tyvek - S/T

7"s:

Cheap Time - Woodland Drive

Girls at Dawn - Never Enough

Graffiti Island/ Old Blood/ Male Bonding/ Rapid Youth - split 7"

Mildred and the Mice - I Like My Mice (Dead)

The Pheromoans - Penis Envy/Revamper

Track of the Year-

Teen Sheikhs - Cracked

Runner-Up Band of the Year -

Trash Kit

Faves from the Vaults:

The Raincoats - The Raincoats

Bette Davis and the Balconettes - Surf Surf, Kill Kill

Pink Section - Pink Section

The Clean - Anthology

Fire Engines - Candyskin/Meat Whiplash

Best LP Art -

Woods - Songs of Shame

Worst LP Art

Tyvek - Tyvek

Best 7" Art -

Christmas Island - Nineteen/Twenty Nine

Worst 7" Art

Wavves - To The Dregs

Label of the Year -

Captured Tracks

Top Tips for 2010

Fair Ohs write the Fifa World Cup Anthem and become millionaires

Trash Kit and The Raincoats team up and release a killer violin lead post-punk masterpiece.

Captured Tracks buckles under the pressure of too many releases and a lot of Terminal Boredom posters are very angry

La La Vasquez release lots of records! Yeaahhh!