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THE XX - XX
THE XX - XX
a rough trade album of the year. complete with an exclusive 5 track bonus disc of unreleased material. a minimal, broody future pop classic. it's like young marble giants jamming with timbaland.

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5 exclusive tracks from this year's surprise breakthrough band, including their version of 'Teardrops' (Womack and Womack), which has been a blogland favorite this year, and two other covers, plus new track Insects, and a demo of Blood Red Moon.
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THE LOW ANTHEM - OH MY GOD, CHARLIE DARWIN
THE LOW ANTHEM - OH MY GOD, CHARLIE DARWIN
surely destined to be one of the classic american albums of all time with its combination of sublime vocals and waits / beefheart style instrumentation. essential.

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we have got 3 live in the studio tracks from the lake fever session, including their standout track "charlie darwin". this highlights their exceptional combination of fleet foxes style vocals, but with a more experimental backing.
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THE HORRORS - PRIMARY COLOURS
THE HORRORS - PRIMARY COLOURS
an incredible mix of eighties new wave, early nineties indie and krautrock influences combine to produce something utterly original and completely fantastic!

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An incredible 40 minute trip through The Horrors record collection, taking in everything from experimental electronics , 80's new wave and cosmic 70's Krautrock.
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FEVER RAY - FEVER RAY
FEVER RAY - FEVER RAY
exclusive mix cd featuring 8 remixes taken from the album. more organic sounding than the knife , this album is a dark, moody masterpiece of downbeat electronica.

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Exclusive 8 track mix cd featuring everyone from Tiga, Martyn and the Subliminal Kid, reinterpreting the icy glacial gothic electronica of Fever Ray and turning it into a dancefloor flavour monster mix.
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THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
charming fuzzy melodic pop that's been getting plenty of well deserved attention this year. this brooklyn 4 piece have nailed one of the best indie pop albums in years.

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4 tracks of pure sugar rush indie pop. An excellent continuation of the album which includes the 7" version of 'Come Saturday' as well as the ultra hooky 'Ramona', and the mission statement of 'Pains of Being Pure at Heart'
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GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
an album of perfectly formed pop songs, wrapped up warmly in a rich sonic tapestry of exquisite orchestration. a beautiful new american masterpiece.

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4 track recorded live in a church in Austin, Texas. It' is beautiful, magnificent leftfield pop music and proves that Grizzly Bear are as graceful live as they are in the studio.
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THE LEISURE SOCIETY - THE SLEEPER AND THE PRODUCT OF THE EGO DRAIN
THE LEISURE SOCIETY - THE SLEEPER AND THE PRODUCT OF THE EGO DRAIN
imagine a mixture of the kinks (village green preservation society) and the penguin cafe orchestra - lovely songs, great arrangements. perfect. and the bonus is the whole album rerecorded by their friends.

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What an amazing bonus disc: the band asked their friends at the wilkommen collective to re-record the entire album for them. So here we have 12 tracks covered by the likes of Gambol, Climbers, Miserable Rich and Curly Hair. Reputedly Brian Eno's favourite new band and this series of covers from their extended family shows you why.
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FUCK BUTTONS - TAROT SPORT
FUCK BUTTONS - TAROT SPORT
a huge step forward for fb it's a thunderously melodic epic techno noise shoegaze fest that will leave you heady and breathless.

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Their Andrew Weatherall produced album has been a revelation and this bonus not only features an edit of 'Surf Solar', and the exclusive track 'New Cross Bow', but also a stunning Weatherall remix of 'Sweet Love for Planet Earth' which was previously only available as a ltd 12".
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FOREST FIRE - SURVIVAL
FOREST FIRE - SURVIVAL
raw, confessional indie folk full of bittersweet lo-fi melodies. an absolute revelation.

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A 5 track acoustic ep featuring favourites from the album, this acoustic ep strips the songs back and slows the tempo down and we are left with raw, confessional folk punk ballads that drip with emotion.
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THE VERY BEST - WARM HEART OF AFRICA
THE VERY BEST - WARM HEART OF AFRICA
this album shows how world music has finally moved into the 21st century: african vocals and songs but with contemporary production, and featuring ezra vampire weekend and mia.

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Essential 15 track remix cd from the Very Best that features Vampire Weekend, M.I.A and Cannibal Ox. This mix is the kind of thing you can just casually throw onto a stereo and you will guaranteed to get the party started.
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top 10 albums of 2009
ROUGH TRADE SHOPS TOP 10
top 10 albums of 2009 (plus
a ten pound gift voucher)
the xx, the low anthem, fever ray, the horrors, pains of being pure at heart, fuck buttons, grizzly bear, forest fire, the very best, leisure society - each with a limited edition exclusive bonus cd - plus a ten pound rough trade gift voucher! blimey!
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11. animal collective - merriweather
post pavillion


12. yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz!
13. atlas sound - logos
14. phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
15. local natives - gorilla manor
16. white denim - fits
17. jonsi and alex - riceboy sleeps
18. terry lynn - kingstonlogic 2.0
19. the boy least likely to - the law of the playground

20. emmy the great - first love
21. camera obscura - my maudlin career

22. mountain goats - the life of the world to come

23. wild beasts - 2 dancers
24. portico quartet - isla
25. major lazer - guns don't kill people... lazers do

26. memory tapes - seek magic
27. florence and the machine - lungs
28. girls - album
29. alela diane - to be still
30. andrew bird - noble beast
31. cymbals eat guitars - why there are mountains

32. taken by trees - east of eden
33. mos def - the ecstatic
34. shitty limits - beware the limits
35. dead mans bones - dead man's bones

36. fanfarlo - reservoir
37. lindstrom and christabelle - real life is no cool

38. kid congo and the pink monkey birds - dracula boots
  39. big pink - a brief history of love
40. mumford and sons - sigh no more

41. a place to bury strangers -
exploding head


42. young republic - balletesque
43. richard hawley - truelove's gutter
44. cate le bon - me oh my
45. jarvis - further complications
46. mummers - tale to tell
47. the smith westerns - the smith westerns

48. ganglians - monster head room
49. irrepressibles - from the circus.....
to the sea


50. telepathe - dance mother
51. decemberists - the hazards of love
52. dirty projectors - bitte orca
53. yo la tengo - popular songs
54. vivian girls - everything goes wrong
55. patrick watson - wooden arms
56. she keeps bees - nests
57. soulsavers - broken
58. let's wrestle - In the court of the
wrestling lets


59. japandroids - post nothing
60. bill callahan - sometimes I wish we were an angel
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Rough Trade Shops staff charts of 2009