It is traditional for blogs to release their best-of-the-year lists for music, films and so on. Too many lists can be overwhelming, so here are some recommendations for some of the more interesting.
Pitchfork’s Top 100 Tracks of 2009 is the list that all other music blogs compare themselves to. While there can never be a definitive top 100 songs of the year, this is as close as you’ll get.
20jazzfunkgreats is a cult dance / disco blog who do a fantastic job of presenting an intensely esoteric overview of the year in electronic music.
Popmatters present The Best Music of 2009
Metacritic compile reviews from other publications and websites. Their Best and Worst Movies of the Decade is a fine overview of the decade in film.
Metacritic As above, this time an overview of the Best Music of the Decade
Popular Science’s Top 100 Innovations of 2009
Inhabitat’s Themes, Memes and Dreams in a Decade of Architecture
The A.V Club’s Best Books of the 00’s
Cinema Blend’s Overlooked Films of the Decade
Paste Magazine’s Best Gadgets of the Decade
New York Magazine’s Major Works of Counterintuitive Thought of the Decade
