2009 was the year that I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and I started listening to a lot more Canadian music than ever before. Overall, a really solid year for music.
Best albums of the year

Attack In Black – Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
Bruce Peninsula – A Mountain is A Mouth
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Ohbijou – Beacons
Portugal. The Man – The Satanic Satanist
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns
Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
The Wooden Sky – If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know …