1    THE LEISURE SOCIETY – A Short Weekend Begins With Longing

2    WILCO – You Never Know

3    PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY – My Friend The Sun

4    JAMIE T  - Sticks ‘N’ Stones

5    AMAZING BABY – The Narwahl

6    EELS – All The Beautiful Things

7    GRIZZLY BEAR – Two Weeks

8    WHITE DENIM – Paint Yourself

9    KASABIAN – Where Did All The Love Go

10   LOCAL NATIVES – Wide Eyes

11   ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Summertime Clothes

12   MARSHALL CRENSHAW – Passing Through

13   REVEREND & THE MAKERS – Hidden Persuaders

14   PHOENIX – Lisztomania

15   WOODEN SHJIPS – Down By The Sea

16   GIRLS – Laura

17   M. WARD – For Beginners

18   PAPERCUTS – A Dictator’s Lament

19   EELS – My Timing Is Off

20   GRIZZLY BEAR – Southern Point

1.    EELS  Blinking Lights & Other Revelations

2.   THE SHINS  Wincing The Night Away

3.   THE CORAL Roots & Echoes

4.   SHACK  The Corner Of Miles And Gil

5.   BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE  Bravery Repetition And Noise

6.   YEASAYER  All Hour Cymbals

7.   BECK  Sea Change

8.   WEEN  White Pepper

9.   CLOUD ELEVEN  Orange And Green And Yellow And Near

10. THE VINES  Vision Valley

11. DUSTY TRAILS  Dusty Trails

12. ARCTIC MONKEYS  Whatever People Say I Am…

13. OUTKAST  Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

14. THE TROUBADOURS  The Troubadours

15. BECK  Modern Guilt

16. THE PEARLFISHERS  Up With The Larks

17. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE  Welcome Interstate Managers

18. LARRIKIN LOVE  The Freedom Spark

19. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT  Want One

20. THE SHINS  Chutes Too Narrow

21. MGMT  Oracular Spectacular

22. EELS  Daisies Of The Galaxy

23. JOSH ROUSE  Nashville

24. COCONUT RECORDS  Nighttiming

25. BOBBY GAYLOR  Fuzzatonic Scream

26. JAY-Z  The Black Album

27. THE QUARTER AFTER The Quarter After

28. EMINEM  The Eminem Show

29. WEEN  Quebec

30. KINGS OF LEON  Aha Shake Heartbreak

31. WILCO  Wilco (The Album)

32. WHITE DENIM  Fits

33. LEISURE SOCIETY  The Sleeper

34. BLACK LIPS  Good Bad Not Evil

35. WHITE STRIPES  White Blood Cells

36. JAMIE T Kings & Queens

37. WOODEN SHJIPS Dos

38. BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Tomorrow’s Heroes Today

39. SUPERGRASS  Road To Rouen

40. BECK  The Information

41. MARSHALL CRENSHAW  Jaggedland

42. GRIZZLY BEAR  Veckatimest

43. NEIL YOUNG  Chrome Dreams II

44.  ROGER JOSEPH MANNING, JR.  The Land Of Pure Imagination

45.  SHERYL CROW  C’mon C’mon

46. WHITE STRIPES  Elephant

47. THE STROKES  Is This It

48. JANE’S ADDICTION Strays

49. WEEN  Shinola (Vol. One)

50. THE JUNIPERS  Cut Your Key

1.    WILCO  – Wilco (The Album)
2.    WHITE DENIM -  Fits
3.    LEISURE SOCIETY – The Sleeper
4.    JAMIE T – Kings & Queens
5.    WOODEN SHJIPS – Dos
6.    MARSHALL CRENSHAW – Jaggedland
7.    GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
8.    PHOENIX – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
9.    LOCAL NATIVES – Gorilla Manor
10.   M. WARD –   Hold Time
11.   FOREST FIRE  – Survival
12.   DANGER MOUSE / SPARKLEHORSE – Dark Night Of The Soul
13.   EELS – Hombre Lobo
14.   THE DECEMBERISTS – The Hazards Of Love
15.   PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY – Here And Now
16.   CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG – IRM
17.   AMAZING BABY – Rewild
18.   HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS – Through The Devil Softly
19.   ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion
20.   THE SHIVERS – In The Morning
21.   THE HORRORS – Primary Colours
22.   MINDY SMITH – Stupid Love
23.   REVEREND & THE MAKERS – A French Kiss In The Chaos
24.   METRIC – Fantasies
25.   PAPERCUTS – You Can Have What You Want
26.   ALESSI’S ARK – Notes From The Treehouse
27.   GIRLS – Album
28.   COCONUT RECORDS – Davy
29.   SARAH BLASKO – As Day Follows Night
30.   BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Working On A Dream
31.   THOMAS DYBDAHL – Thomas Dybdahl
32.   VETIVER – Tight Knit
33.   CAVE SINGERS – Welcome Joy
34.   RHETT MILLER – Rhett Miller
35.   TIM TEN YEN – Everything Beautiful Reminds Me Of You
36.   HANDSOME FAMILY – Honey Moon
37.   CROCODILES – Summer Of Hate
38.   BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY – Beware
39.   MADNESS – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
40.   THE DUKE & THE KING – Nothing Gold Can Stay
41.   THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES – Communion
42.   BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW – Eating Us
43.   IMOGEN HEAP – Ellipse
44.   DEAD MAN’S BONES – Dead Man’s Bones
45.   ST. VINCENT – Actor
46.   THE DRUMS – Summertime!
47.   J.J. CALE – Roll On
48.   BERNARD FEVRE – Black Devil Disco Club Presents The Strange New World Of…
49.   BOB DYLAN – Together Through Life
50.   ASOBI SEKSU – Hush

What a year it’s been! We released our first record on 27th July 2009 – Krakatoa’s debut single ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution’ on limited edition 7” single and digital download. This was quickly followed by The Supernovas’ debut single, ‘Ace Face’, once more as a 7” single and download. Roses Kings Castles, the side project of Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek, was next with the ‘Apples And Engines’ EP, issued on CD and download. Liverpool’s merry pranksters, The Know delivered their debut single The Jackal as a download shortly after.

The second Krakatoa single, ‘Fat Cats’ was released in November, as the lads headed out on an eighteen date tour supporting Alabama 3, which was a roaring success, with the boys winning fans everywhere they went. The Supernovas have just been added to the bill for three Babyshambles gigs next week, and the following week Gaoler’s Daughter take up two slots. In the past few weeks we have released singles and EP’s by London’s raggle taggle popsters Gaoler’s Daughter; ten piece indie pop soul groovers White Collar Weapons; Swedish psych shoegazers Mono Stereo, and hotly tipped Dubliners Reader’s Wives.

A 25 track compilation album of the work of Liverpudlian legend Dean Johnson was released last week, and his entire catalogue of sixteen albums will be released by 360 in 2010. Next year also sees the release of the second Roses Kings Castles album; the debut album by the magnificent Ben Sommers; the second singles by The Supernovas, Reader’s Wives and Mono Stereo; debut releases from The Savants and Inwits; An EP of five new songs by Sunderland song writing sensation Paul Liddell, and a whole host more!

We here at 360 love music, so it’s not just about what we do, it’s about the amazing array of worldwide talent who defy the naysayers by producing great artistic work in times of supposed darkness. So here’s a big shout out to all the artists who made great albums in 2009:

A Camp, Air, Alberta Cross, Alessi’s Ark, Amazing Baby, Animal Collective, Asobi Seksu, Blitzen Trapper, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Sarah Blasko, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Brakes, The Cave Singers, Coconut Records, Marshall Crenshaw, Crocodiles, Crystal Antlers, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Dead Man’s Bones, The Decemberists, Alela Diane, The Drums, The Duke & The King, Thomas Dybdahl, Eels, Empire Of The Sun, Forest Fire, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ghoststory, Girls, Great Lake Swimmers, Grizzly Bear, The Handsome Family, Hatcham Social, Imogen Heap, Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, Ida Maria, The Leisure Society, Local Natives, Madness, Metric, Miike Snow, Rhett Miller, Okkervil River, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Papercuts, Phoenix, Pink Mountaintops, Jay Reatard, Reverend & The Makers, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Hope Sandoval, 7 Worlds Collide, The Shivers, Soap & Skin, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Mindy Smith, St. Vincent, Jamie T, Theoretical Girl, Tim Ten Yen, Tinariwen, The Trinity, Vetiver, Vivian Girls, M. Ward, Wavves, White Denim, Wilco, Wooden Shjips, The XX, Yves Klein Blue and PROBABLY A LOAD MORE WE HAVEN’T DISCOVERED YET.

‘360′