A message that one of the Uncut team, Bud Scoppa, had filed his Top 25 tracks of the last six months inspired me this morning to do something similar.

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I can’t manage Bud’s diligence in pinpointing individual tracks, and yet again I’ve bottled out of putting these 30 albums into anything other than alphabetical order. But a pretty healthy list, I think.

All January to June 2009 actual releases, I think (Yeah I know Raphael Saadiq camer out last year in the US, but I’m working haphazardly to UK schedules). Have a look, then let me know your own picks. If I get enough, I’ll try and mash them all into some kind of crypto-comprehensive Wild Mercury Sound chart.

1. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

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2. Arbouretum – Song Of The Pearl (Thrill Jockey)

3. Sir Richard Bishop – The Freak Of Araby (Drag City)

4. James Blackshaw – The Glass Bead Game (Young God)

5. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Beware (Domino)

6. Boredoms – Super Roots 10 (Avex Trax)

7. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)

8. Death – …For The Whole World To See (Drag City)

9. Alela Diane – To Be Still (Names)

10. Dinosaur Jr – Farm (PIAS)

11. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (Domino)

12. Ducktails – Ducktails (Not Not Fun)

13. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Rabid)

14. The Field – Yesterday And Today (Kompakt)

15. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp)

16. Lemonheads – Varshons (Cooking Vinyl)

17. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas – II (Eskimo)

18. Magik Markers – Balf Quarry (Drag City)

19. Mountains – Choral (Thrill Jockey)

20. Obits – I Blame You (Sub Pop)

21. Pocahaunted – Passage (Troubleman Unlimited)

22. Alasdair Roberts – Spoils (Drag City)

23. Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It (Sony)

24. Sleepy Sun – Embrace (ATP Recordings)

25. Sonic Youth – The Eternal (Matador)

26. Super Furry Animals – Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade)

27. Richard Swift – The Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian)

28. Trembling Bells – Carbeth (Honest Jon’s)

29. White Denim – Fits (Full Time Hobby)

30. Wooden Shjips – Dos (Holy Mountain)