we have a healthy record collection here at still life, and we love when our favorite musicians come by victoria. this year we were lucky enough to catch shows by the friendly and talented cass mccombs and band of horses at the royal theatre (then at smiths & at ferris'!), flying lotus workshopped and lit up element and we kicked off rifflandia 2009 at the alix goolden hall at the hauntingly beautiful timber timbre show and were blown away by the always terrific beach house. and great shows from great acts in our fine city usually result in vinyl record purchases up the road at ditch records.

earlier this month our friends at ditch compiled their annual year end list with a number of our personal favorites finishing with top spots. as the year wraps up we invite everyone to come by the store and let us know what we slept on this year so we can be sure to listen to it hard during the long winter months ahead. bring in some vinyl for us to testdrive or hook your fully loaded ipod up to a pair of wesc headphones and help us discover some new music for the new decade.

some of our most played albums at still life in 2009: edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, phoenix wolfgang amadeus phoenix, neon indian psychic chasms, dirty projectors bitte orca, camera obscura my maudlin career, julian casablacas phrazes for the young, pink mountaintops outside love, the xx xx, karen o & the kids - where the wild things are, jay z the blueprint 3, patrick watson wooden arms, timber timbre timber timbre, monsters of folk monsters of folk, iron & wine around the well, jj n° 2.

thanks to everyone for an amazing 2009, have a safe and happy new year and we'll see you in 2010!