The Best of 2009 so far (part 2): The Singles

In the second and final part of our presentation of the best music of 2009 so far, we select our 40 favorite tracks of the last six months. This list is based mostly on single releases but there are also a few outstanding album tracks. And as we usually do when it comes to song lists, only one track is allowed per artist or band in order to maximize variety. So, here's what our 2009 playlist looks like at the moment:

Top 40 Tracks

So fine - TELEPATHE
Help I’m alive - METRIC
Zero - YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Sacred trickster - SONIC YOUTH
Young adult friction - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
Daniel - BAT FOR LASHES
Triangle walks - FEVER RAY
My girls - ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Black hearted love - P.J. HARVEY & JOHN PARISH
Ulysses - FRANZ FERDINAND
Stillness is the move - DIRTY PROJECTORS
I’m confused - HANDSOME FURS
Troubles like mine - GUN OUTFIT
Texas fox - THE LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO
People got a lotta nerve - NEKO CASE
The rake's song - THE DECEMBERISTS
Something is squeezing my skull - MORRISSEY
French navy - CAMERA OBSCURA
Digital hearts - HOWLING BELLS
Got nuffin - SPOON
Departure - CRYSTAL STILTS
Sea with a sea - THE HORRORS
First communion - GANG GANG DANCE
Dancing choose - TV ON THE RADIO
Panic switch - SILVERSUN PICKUPS
Lovesick - GRAND DUCHY
Over it - DINOSAUR JR.
When I died - THE THERMALS
Pale bride - THE VON BONDIES
Short fuse - BLACK LIPS
Misfits & mistakes - SUPERCHUNK
Devotion - VIVA VOCE
Don't talk in your sleep - MAGIK MARKERS
Me & Mary - ASOBI SEKSU
Mykonos - FLEET FOXES
Roosevelt room - CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND
Angela - JARVIS COCKER
Kingdom of rust - DOVES
Alcoholics unanimous - ART BRUT
One month off - BLOC PARTY

Three of our Top 10 tracks of the year from Metric, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Fever Ray: