Jay Reatard dead at 29

American garage rocker Jay Reatard (1980-2010), whose real name is Jimmy Lee Lindsey, has died at the age of 29, his record label Matador Records announced yesterday. :_( [Video]

Best songs of 2009!

You can watch and listen the best songs of the year, from Camera Obscura to Animal Collective. Enjoy it.

1. Animal Collective: "My girls"

2. Girls: "Hellhole ratrace"

3. Phoenix: "Lisztomania"

4. Burial: "Fostercare"

5. JJ: "Things Will Never Be The Same Again"

6. Moderat: "Rusty Nails"

7. Atlas Sound feat. Noah Lennox: "Walkabout"

8. John Talabot: "Sunshine"

9. Joy Orbison: "Hyph Mngo"

10. Joker: "Digidesign"

11. Black Eyed Peas: "I Gotta Feeling"

12. Passion Pit: "The reelign"

13. Gucci Mane: Round One (Salem rmx)

14. Micachu & The Shapes: "Golden Phone"

15. Ponytail: "Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)"

16. La Roux: "In For The Kill" (Skream's let's get ravey mix)

17. Kid Cudi: "Day 'n' Night" (Crookers rmx)

18. Fever Ray: "When I Grow Up"

19. Simian Mobile Disco feat. Beth Ditto: "Cruel Intentions" (Joker rmx)

20. Delorean: "Seasun"

21. Pictureplane: "Gothstar"

22. Julian Casablancas: "11th Dimension"

23. The Horrors: "Who can say"

24. Telepathe: "So fine"

25. Matt & Kim: "Daylight"

26. Salem: "Redlights"

27. HEALTH: "Die slow"

28. Kid Cudi: "Soundtrack 2 my life"

29. Tiga: "Shoes" (Mr.Oizo rmx)

30. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: "Young Adult Friction"

31. Memory Tapes: "Bicycle"

32. Fuck Buttons: "Surf Solar"

33. James Pants: "We're through"

34. Greg Wilson: "Two sides of sympathy"

35. Neon Indian: "Deadbeat Summer"

36. Dustin Zahn: "Stranger (To Stability)" Len Faki X-Break Mix

37. King Midas Sound: "One Ting" (Dabrye rmx)

38. Headhunter: "Prototype" (Modeselektor's Broken Handbrake Remix)

39. Lindstrøm & Christabelle: "Baby Can't Stop" (Aeroplane Remix)

40. Lady Gaga: "Poker face"

41. J.Dilla: "Lazer gunne funke"

42. The Antlers: "Kettering"

43. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys: "Empire State of Mind"

44. The Units: "High Pressure Days" (Headman rmx)

45. Martyn: "Mega Drive Generation"

46. Dirty Projectors: "Stillness Is The Move"

47. Little Boots: "New in Town"

48. Sleigh Bells: "Crown on the Ground"

49. The XX: "Crystalised"

50. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Zero"

51. Lissy Trullie: "Self-taught learner"

52. The Gossip: "Heavy cross"

53. Russian Red: "They don't believe"

54. Crookers & Kelis: "No Security"

55. Cass McCombs: "You Saved My Life"

56. L-Vis 1990: "Come together"

57. The Drums: "Let's go surfing"

58. The Joy Formidable: "Whirring"

59. Hudson Mohawke: "Ooops!!!"

60. Camera Obscura: "French Navy"

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