Best of 2009 In List - Shahryar Rizvi

A lot of good stuff is being released in December, so the list will change between now and the new year.

Albums
The Prodigy — Invaders Must Die
Isis — Wavering Radiant
Brother Ali — Us
The Empire Shall Fall — Awaken
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Awaken – The Empire Shall Fall

Massive Attack — Splitting the Atom
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Psyche (Flash Treatment) – Mas…

Static-X — Cult of Static
KMFDM — Blitz
Two Fingers — Two Fingers
Animals As Leaders
Milanese — Lockout
Jesu — Opiate Sun
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Morning Light – Jesu

VNV Nation — Of Faith, Power And Glory
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Sentinel – VNV Nation

Between the Buried And Me — The Great Misdirect
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The Great Misdirect – Between …

Movies
Sherlock Holmes
State of Play
Moon
Thirst
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Informant
Public Enemies
The Hurt Locker

Books
Engaging the Muslim World by Juan Cole
Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges
Transition by Iain M. Banks
The Speech: Race and Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union”
The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
China Underground by Zachary Mexico
Wireless by Charles Stross
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson