New stuff we spun for you on WFUV in 2009, in alphabetical order.
The Best of 2009 Listener Poll Results | WFUV Staff Picks
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|
| A Camp | Colonia | Nettwerk |
| A.C. Newman | Get Guilty | Matador |
| Air | Love 2 | Astralwerks |
| Alice Russell | Pot of Gold | Six Degrees |
| Allen Toussaint | The Bright Mississippi | Nonesuch |
| Amadou & Mariam | Welcome to Mali | Noneusch |
| Amy Millan | Masters of the Burial | Arts & Crafts |
| Among The Oak & Ash | Among The Oak & Ash | Verve Forecast |
| Antony and the Johnsons | The Crying Light | Secretly Canadian |
| Anjulie | Anjulie | Hear Music |
| Anna Ternheim | Leaving on a Mayday | Verve Forecast |
| Asa | Asa | Mercer Street/Downtown |
| Assembly of Dust | Some Assembly Required | Rock Ridge |
| The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | American/Columbia |
| The Bacon Brothers | New Year's Day | Das/Music Allies |
| The Bad Plus | For All I Care | Heads Up |
| Bat For Lashes | Two Suns | Astralwerks |
| Beausoleil | Alligator Purse | Yep Roc |
| Bell X1 | Blue Lights on the Runway | Yep Roc |
| Ben Gibbard/Jay Farrar | One Fast Move or I'm Gone | Atlantic |
| Ben Harper and Relentless7 | White Lies For Dark Times | Virgin |
| Ben Lee | The Rebirth of Venus | New West |
| Benjy Ferree | Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee | Domino |
| The Black Crowes | Before the Frost | Silver Arrow |
| Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears | Tell 'Em What Your Name Is | Lost Highway |
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Duets | Saguaro Road |
| Bob Dylan | Together Through Life | Columbia |
| Bob Mould | Life and Times | ANTI |
| Bob Schneider | Lovely Creatures | Kirtland |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Beware | Drag City |
| Booker T. | Potato Hole | ANTI |
| The Bottle Rockets | Lean Forward | Bloodshot |
| The Boy Least Likely To | The Law of the Playground | +1 |
| Brandi Carlile | Give Up the Ghost | Columbia |
| Brendan Benson | My Old, Familiar Friend | ATO |
| Bruce Hornsby | Levitate | Verve |
| Buckwheat Zydeco | Lay Your Burden Down | Alligator |
| Buddy & Julie Miller | Written in Chalk | New West |
| The Builders and The Butchers | Salvation is a Deep Dark Well | Gigantic |
| Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest For the Wicked | Jive |
| Camera Obscura | My Maudlin Career | 4AD |
| Catie Curtis | Hello, Stranger | Compass |
| Charlie Mars | Listen to the Darkside | Rockingham |
| Chris Isaak | Mr. Lucky | Reprise |
| Chris Smither | Time Stands Still | Signature Sounds |
| Christina Courtin | Christina Courtin | Nonesuch |
| Chuck Prophet | Let Freedom Ring! | Yep Roc |
| Coldplay | LeftRightLeftRightLeft | Capitol |
| Company of Thieves | Ordinary Riches | Wind-up |
| Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band | Outer South | Merge |
| Cory Chisel | Death Don't Send a Letter | Black Seal/RED |
| Cotton Jones | Paranoid Cocoon | Suicide Squeeze |
| Cracker | Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey | 429 |
| The Damnwells | One Last Century | damnwells.com |
| Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid | Nonesuch |
| Dave Alvin | Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women | Yep Roc |
| Dave Matthews Band | Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King | RCA |
| Dave Rawlings Machine | A Friend of a Friend | Acony |
| David Bazan | Curse Your Branches | Barsuk |
| David Gray | Draw the Line | Downtown/Mercer Street |
| David Mead | Almost and Always | Cheap Lullaby |
| Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam | Coming Up For Air | Blix Street |
| Dawes | North Hills | ATO |
| Death Cab For Cutie | The Open Door EP | Atlantic |
| The Decemberists | The Hazards of Love | Capitol |
| Deer Tick | Born on Flag Day | Partisan |
| Delbert McClinton | Acquired Taste | New West |
| Dennis Diken | Late Music | Crypt Vision |
| Depeche Mode | Sounds of the Universe | Capitol |
| Devendra Banhart | What Will We Be | WB |
| Diane Birch | Bible Belt | S-Curve |
| Doves | Kingdom of Rust | Astralwerks |
| The Duke and The King | Nothing Gold Can Stay | Ramseur |
| Duncan Sheik | Whisper House | Victor |
| Eels | Hombre Lobo | Vagrant |
| Eilen Jewell | Sea of Tears | Signature Sounds |
| Eleni Mandell | Artificial Fire | Zedtone |
| Elizabeth and The Catapult | Taller Children | Verve Forecast |
| Elliott BROOD | Mountain Meadows | Six Shooter |
| Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane & Sugarcane | Hear Music |
| Elvis Perkins in Dearland | Elvis Perkins in Dearland | XL |
| Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood | Live From Madison Square Garden | Reprise |
| Eric Lindell | Gulf Coast Highway | Alligator |
| Erin McKeown | Hundreds of Lions | Righteous Babe |
| Eulogies | Here Anonymous | Dangerbird |
| Exene Cervenka | Somewhere Gone | Bloodshot |
| Fanfarlo | Reservoir | |
| Fastball | Little White Lies | 33 and 1/3 |
| The Felice Brothers | Yonder is the Clock | Team Love |
| Flatlanders | Hills and Valleys | New West |
| Florence & the Machine | Lungs | Universal/Island |
| Forro in the Dark | Light a Candle | Nublu |
| Fruit Bats | The Ruminant Band | Sub Pop |
| Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams | The Great Unravel | High Noon |
| Generationals | Con Law | Park the Van |
| Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers | Pandemonium Ensues | KOCH |
| God Help the Girl | God Help the Girl | Matador |
| Gomez | A New Tide | ATO |
| Gov't Mule | By a Thread | Evil Teen |
| Grant-Lee Phillips | Little Moon | Yep Roc |
| Great Lake Swimmers | Lost Channels | Nettwerk |
| Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest | Warp |
| Guy Clark | Somedays the Song Writes You | Dualtone |
| Harper Simon | Harper Simon | Tulsi |
| Heartless Bastards | The Mountain | Fat Possum |
| Hill Country Revue | Make a Move | Razor & Tie |
| Hockey | Mind Chaos | Capitol |
| Hoots and Hellmouth | The Holy Open Secret | Mad Dragon/Ryko |
| Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | Through the Devil Softly | Nettwerk |
| Ian McLagan | Never Say Never | 00:02:59 |
| Iggy Pop | Preliminaries | Astralwerks |
| Imogen Heap | Ellipse | RCA |
| Indigo Girls | Poseidon and the Bitter Bug | IG Recordings/Vanguard |
| Ingrid Michaelson | Everybody | Cabin 24 |
| Iron and Wine | Around the Well | Sub Pop |
| Jack Johnson | En Concert sampler | Brushfire/Universal |
| James Maddock | Sunrise on Avenue C | Ascend |
| Jason Lytle | Yours Truly, The Commuter | ANTI |
| Jeb Loy Nichols | Parish Bar | Compass |
| Jenny Owen Youngs | Transmitter Failure | Nettwerk |
| Jess Klein | Bound to Love | U.F.O. |
| Jesse Harris | Watching the Sky | Mercer Street/Secret Sun |
| Jill Sobule | California Years | Pinko |
| JJ Cale | Roll On | Rounder |
| Joe Henry | Blood From Stars | ANTI |
| Joe Rathbone | Mad July EP | Prime Cut |
| John Doe & The Sadies | Country Club | Yep Roc |
| John Fogerty | The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again | Verve Forecast |
| John Mayer | Battle Studies | Columbia |
| John Wesley Harding | Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead | RBG/Popover |
| Jonah Smith | Lights On | Voluptuary |
| Jorma Kaukonen | River of Time | Red House |
| Joss Stone | Colour Me Free | Virgin |
| Jupiter One | Sunshower | Rykodisc |
| Justin Townes Earle | Midnight at the Movies | Bloodshot |
| K'naan | Troubadour | Interscope |
| Karl Denson's Tiny Universe | Brother's Keeper | Shanachie |
| Kings of Convenience | Declaration of Dependence | Astralwerks |
| Kristina Train | Spilt Milk | Blue Note |
| Langhorne Slim | Be Set Free | Kemado |
| The Lemonheads | Varshons | The End |
| Leonard Cohen | Live in London | Columbia |
| Levon Helm | Electric Dirt | Vanguard |
| Liam Finn & Eliza Janes | Champagne in Seashells | Yep Roc |
| Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | Capitol |
| Lisa Hannigan | Sea Sew | ATO |
| Lissie | Why You Runnin' EP | Fat Possum |
| Los Lobos | Goes Disney | Walt Disney |
| Los Straitjackets | The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets | Yep Roc |
| Loudon Wainwright III | High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project | 2nd Story Sound |
| The Low Anthem | Oh My God Charlie Darwin | Nonesuch |
| Luka Bloom | Eleven Songs | Bar/None |
| Luke Winslow-King | Old/New Baby | Fox on a Hill |
| Lyle Lovett | Natural Forces | Lost Highway |
| M.Ward | Hold Time | Merge |
| Madness | The Liberty of Norton Folgate | Yep Roc |
| Mark Knopfler | Get Lucky | WB |
| Maria Taylor | LadyLuck | Nettwerk |
| Melody Gardot | My One and Only Thrill | Verve |
| Miike Snow | Miike Snow | Downtown |
| The Minus 5 | Killingsworth | Yep Roc |
| Maia Sharp | Echo | Crooked Crown |
| Madeleine Peyroux | Bare Bones | Rounder |
| Magnolia Electric Co. | Josephine | Secretly Canadian |
| Marianne Faithfull | Easy Come Easy Go | Decca |
| Marshall Crenshaw | Jaggedland | 429 |
| Mason Jennings | Blood of Man | Brushfire |
| Meaghan Smith | The Cricket's Quartet | Warner Bros |
| Meat Puppets | Sewn Together | MegaForce |
| Meshell Ndegeocello | Devil's Halo | Mercer Street |
| Michelle Shocked | Soul of My Soul | Mighty Sound |
| Mike Doughty | Sad Man Happy Man | ATO |
| Mindy Smith | Stupid Love | Vanguard |
| Miranda Lee Richards | Light of X | Nettwerk |
| Mishka | Above the Bones | JK Livin' |
| Moby | Wait For Me | Mute |
| Modest Mouse | No One's First and You're Next EP | Epic |
| Monsters of Folk | Monsters of Folk | Shangri-La |
| Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens | What Have You Done, My Brother? | Daptone |
| Nat King Cole/Various | RE: Generations | Blue Note |
| Neko Case | Middle Cyclone | ANTI |
| Neil Young | Fork in the Road | Reprise |
| New Riders of the Purple Sage | Where I Come From | Woodstock |
| New York Dolls | 'Cause I Sez So | Atco |
| Norah Jones | The Fall | Blue Note |
| One Eskimo | One Eskimo | Shangri-La |
| Oren Lavie | The Opposite Side of the Sea | Quarter Past Wonderful/Adrenaline |
| Os Mutantes | Haih... | ANTI |
| The Panics | Cruel Guards | Dew Process/Fontana |
| Patterson Hood | Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) | Ruth St. |
| Paul McCartney | Good Evening New York City | Hear Music |
| Pearl Jam | Backspacer | Monkeywrench |
| Pete Yorn | Back and Fourth | Columbia |
| Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson | Break Up | Atco |
| Peter, Bjorn and John | Living Things | Sony |
| Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey | Here and Now | Bar/None |
| Peter Mulvey | Letters From a Flying Machine | Signature Sounds |
| Piers Faccini | Two Grains of Sand | Tot ou Tard |
| Phish | Joy | Red Light |
| Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Glassnote |
| PJ Harvey/John Parish | A Woman A Man Walked By | Island |
| Portugal The Man | The Satanic Satanist | Equal Vision |
| Psapp | The Camel's Back | Domino |
| R.E.M. | Live at the Olympia | WB |
| Raul Malo | Lucky One | Concord |
| Ray Davies | The Kinks Choral Collection | Decca |
| Regina Spektor | Far | Sire |
| The Revelations ft. Tre' Williams | The Bleeding Edge | Decision |
| The Revelations ft. Tre' Williams | Deep Soul | Decision |
| Rhett Miller | Rhett Miller | Shout! |
| Richard Shindell | Not Far Now | Signature Sounds |
| Richard Swift | The Atlantic Ocean | Secretly Canadian |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Balm in Gilead | Fantasy |
| Robert Earl Keen | The Rose Hotel | Lost Highway |
| Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 | Goodnight Oslo | Yep Roc |
| Rocco DeLuca | Mercy | Ironworks/Universal Republic |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela | 11:11 | ATO |
| Rosanne Cash | The List | Manhattan |
| Rusted Root | Stereo Rodeo | Adrenaline |
| Ruthie Foster | The Truth According to Ruthie Foster | Blue Corn |
| Sam Roberts | Love at the End of the World | Zoe/Rounder |
| Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers | Songs in the Night | Ramseur |
| Sarah Borges | The Stars are Out | Sugar Hill |
| Sara Watkins | Sara Watkins | Nonesuch |
| Sea Wolf | White Water, White Bloom | Dangerbird |
| Seth Walker | Leap of Faith | Hyena |
| Sheryl Crow | Tuesday Night Music Club (Deluxe Edition) | A&M |
| Slaid Cleaves | Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away | Music Road |
| Son Volt | American Central Dust | Rounder |
| Sondre Lerche | Heartbeat Radio | Rounder |
| Spoon | Got Nuffin EP | Merge |
| Steve Earle | Townes | New West |
| Steve Forbert | The Place and the Time | 429 |
| Steve Martin | The Crow | 40 Share Productions |
| Sting | If on a Winter's Night... | Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classical |
| The Subdudes | Flower Petals | 429 |
| Susan Werner | Classics | Sleeve Dog |
| The Swell Season | Strict Joy | ANTI |
| Tori Amos | Abnormally Attracted to Sin | Universal Republic |
| The Tallest Man On Earth | Shallow Grave | Gravitation |
| Thao With the Get Down Stay Down | Know Better Learn Faster | Kill Rock Stars |
| Theresa Andersson | Hummingbird, Go! | Basin Street |
| Those Darlins | Those Darlins | Oh Wow Dang |
| Tim Easton | Porcupine | New West |
| Todd Snider | The Excitement Plan | Yep Roc |
| Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live | ANTI |
| The Tragically Hip | We Are the Same | ZOE/Rounder |
| Van Morrison | Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl | Listen to the Lion/EMI |
| Various Artists | Dark Was The Night | 4AD |
| Various Artists | Twilight: New Moon soundtrack | Atlantic |
| Various Artists | The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village | 429 |
| Various Artists | War Child: Heroes | Capitol |
| Various | Covered, A Revolution in Sound | WB |
| Various | "Everything's Fine" soundtrack | Hollywood |
| Various | Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm | Vanguard |
| Vienna Teng | Inland Territory | ZOE/Rounder |
| The White Buffalo | Hogtied Revisited | |
| White Rabbits | It's Frightening | tbd |
| Wilco | Wilco (The Album) | Nonesuch |
| Will Hoge | The Wreckage | Rykodisc |
| Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel | Willie and the Wheel | Bismeaux |
| Willie Nile | House of a Thousand Guitars | River House |
| Willy Porter | How to Rob a Bank | Weasel |
| The Wooden Birds | Magnolia | Barsuk |
| WPA | Works Progress Administration | WPA/RED |
| Yim Yames | Tribute to EP | ATO |
| Yusuf | Roadsinger | UMe |
| Zee Avi | Zee Avi | Brushfire/Universal |
| Zero 7 | Yeah Ghost | Atlantic |
