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Best Of 2009: Port O'Brien

Posted 12-29-09 by

Folk rockers Port O'Brien released one of the strongest albums of 2009, the darkly personal and exquisitely crafted Threadbare. The Alternate Side recently caught up Port O'Brien singer and scribe Van Pierszalowski to find out how the band was coping after a difficult, yet uplifting, year.

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Port O'Brien's New Album, threadbare, Is A Triumph of Perseverance Over Grief

Posted 10-27-09 by

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Port O'Brien's Cambria Goodwin tells The Alternate Side that "loss and mourning" informed songs like "High Without The Hope 3" and "My Will Is Good" as she dealt with the death of her brother.

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1. Poliça
Give You the Ghost

2. Beach House
Bloom

3. Jack White
Blunderbuss

4. Santigold
Master of My Make-Believe

5. Zeus
Busting Visions

6. Best Coast
The Only Place

7. White Rabbits
Milk Famous

8. Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror

9. Silversun Pickups
Neck of the Woods

10. Django Django
Django Django

11. Spiritualized
Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

12. Miike Snow
Happy to You

13. Lost in the Trees
A Church That Fits Our Needs

14. The Shins
Port of Morrow

15. Islands
A Sleep & A Forgetting

16. Bear in Heaven
I Love You, It’s Cool

17. The Walkmen
Heaven

18. Shearwater
Animal Joy

19. Chromatics
Kill For Love

20. Here We Go Magic
A Different Ship

Poliça haunts the peak of the TAS Top 20 with Give You The Ghost while Here We Go Magic and the Walkmen sail onto the album chart with two exceptionally good albums.

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Best Of 2009: Port O'Brien

Port O'Brien's New Album, threadbare, Is A Triumph of Perseverance Over Grief

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