Top 9 National

1) THE COATHANGERS Scramble (Suicide Squeeze)

2) THE CLEAN Mister Pop (Merge)

3) THOSE DARLINS (Oh Wow Dang)

4) BLUES CONTROL Local Flavor (Siltbreeze)

5) ST. VINCENT Actor (4AD)

6) THEE OH SEES Help (In the Red)

7) THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars)

8) ALELA DIANE To Be Still (Rough Trade)

9) MICACHU & THE SHAPES Jewellery (Rough Trade)

Texas Top 9

1) ROSIE FLORES & THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS Girl of the Century (Bloodshot)

2) WHITE DENIM Fits (Downtown)

3) TOTAL ABUSE (Deranged)

4) RUSTED SHUT Dead (Load)

5) HEARTLESS BASTARDS The Mountain (Fat Possum)

6) THE HEX DISPENSERS Winchester Mystery House (Douchemaster)

7) THE STRANGE BOYS … And Girls Club (In the Red)

8) MANIKIN Stop the Sirens (Super Secret)

9) UME Sunshower (Hulga)

Local Chorus Line

1) LEE BARBER Thief and Rescue

2) DARLING NEW NEIGHBORS Rocket

3) FOLLOW THAT BIRD! (Monofonus Press)

4) WOVEN BONES The Minus Touch

5) ELVIS Heavily Decorated

6) BROWNOUT Aguilas and Cobras (Six Degrees)

7) BABY ROBOTS Probably Portions and Fortunes

8) LOW RED CENTER (Instincto)

9) THE GARY Chub

This article appears in 2009.

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