Best of 2009 So Far: September

There weren't many changes or releases in August so I didn't post this last month, but there has been a lot of movement lately... both in my preferences and in new albums released (and yet to be released albums that I've heard full previews of). Let me know if there's anything I'm missing. New additions are in bold.

1. Charlie Robison - Beautiful Day

2. Magnolia Electric Company - Josephine

3. Son Volt - American Central Dust

4 Ben Nichols - The Last Pale Light in the West

5. Chris Knight - Trailer Tapes II

6. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park (*based on sampler and live tracks)

7. Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away

8. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies

9. The Devil Makes Three - Do Wrong Right

10. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell 'em What Your Name Is

11. Joshua James - Build Me This

12. Buddy and Julie Miller - Written in Chalk

13. Guy Clark - Somedays the Song Writes You

14. Scott Warren - Quick Fix Bandage

15. Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day

16. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night

17. The Black Crowes - Before the Frost...

18. Krizz Kaliko - Genius

19. Pete Bernhard - Straight Line

20. Steve Earle - Townes

21. George Strait - Twang

22. Tom Russell - Blood and Candle Smoke

23. Old Californio - Westering Again

24. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

25. The Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours

26. Phosphorescent - To Willie

27. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels

28. Mastodon - Crack the Skye

29. Eric Church - Carolina

30. Sister Hazel - Release