So Far, So Good...So What!

I've compiled a list of alternative music from Maltese recording artists released so far in 2009. This is the fourth year that I'll be polling my blog readers and Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast listeners towards establishing the top favourite releases of the year.

The number of new releases is already slightly larger than it has been in any year since 2006, even if, as ever, I have a feeling my list is not complete. Please let me know if you think there are any additional titles I should add to this list before starting the voting via Facebook. The list is not meant to be fully comprehensive - I am selective - but I would like to include as many titles as possible at this stage, so please don't hesitate to contact me if you think I've missed out on your favourite 2009 release. I'm also aware that there are some more releases still to come over the next few weeks. I'll be releasing a final list before the voting starts in late November.

Here's the list so far, with respective categories in square brackets:

8 Ugly - Goodbye [ Single ]

Aaron Benjamin - On My Mind [ Single ]

Abysmal Torment - Omnicide [ Album ]

Airport Impressions - Seeing With Eyes Closed [ EP ]

Airstrip One - The Ghost [ Overseas ]

Andrew Zammit - When All Is Gone [ Online ]

anti- - Tufts [ Album ]

Antonio Olivari - Dark Ages [ Album ]

Billy Lee - Don't Give Your Heart Away [ Online ]

Black Aura - Heavy Breathing [ Video ]

Bletchley Park - Fake Smiles [ Online ]

Brian Vassallo - In the End [ Video ]

Cable 35 - Hygene [ EP ]

Cable 35 - Mary [ Video ]

Carra - album? [ Overseas ]

Carrie Haber - It's Complex [ EP ]

Chiara - What If We [ Single ]

Chris Enriquez - Closest Thing To Love (Because of You) [ Single ]

Christabelle - Flame [ Single ]

Claudia Faniello - Wild Flower [ Video ]

Clement - 909 Invasion [ Online ]

Colourblind - Spectre [ Album ]

Corrupted Minds - Why Be Normal [ Online ]

Cygna - Kuintaar [ Online ]

Daniel Cassar - Around the Day in 80 Worlds [ Online ]

Danjeli - Kolla [ Online ]

Denny Falzon - This Dance is Forever [ Overseas ]

Demis - Senspiration [ Album ]

Dolls for Idols - Through the City at Night [ Online ]

Doubt - Floating Free [ Online ]

Droned - Sky Mines [ Single ]

Effetti Kollaterali - 33 RPM [ Online ]

Elyk Elymur - Dismantle and Destory [ Album ]

Ethnamorte - Shades of Beauty & Madness / Belt is-Seħer [ Overseas]

Eve Ransom - Soundtrack To A Smile [ Single ]

Explicit - Shame [ Single ]

Fire - Thrill Me [ Album ]

Forsaken - After the Fall [ Album ]

Fraser Gregory - A Garden At The Top Of The Tree [ Overseas ]

Freddie Portelli - Tonight [ Single ]

Hadrian Mansueto - Catch You [ Video ]

Ira Losco - Mixed Beats (The Remix Album) [ Album ]

Item - Give Up The Ghost [ Online ]

Jean Claude Vancell - Ain't Good Enough [ Single ]

Joe Mizzi - Age of Decay [ Overseas ]

Jon Lukas Woodenman - Better Man [ Overseas ]

Julie Ann Zahra - No One in Heaven [ Single ]

Kartridge - Wild Crazy Nights [ Single ]

Knockturn Alley - Medusa [ Album ]

Krafteknique - Thousand Needles [ Online ]

Lappalie - Sydneymoon [ Overseas ]

Laura Zarb Cousin - You Bruise Me [ Single ]

l urk - didj [ Online ]

Lyndsay Pace - Addicted [ Single ]

Macropode - Convergence [ Online ]

Manwel T - Virtual Dub [ Album ]

Manwel T Meets Mind's Eye Dub - At the Temple of Dub [ Album ]

Marilyn Mifsud - Where My Head's Been [ Single ]

Mark Axiaq - Sleeplessness [ Overseas ]

MC Frans - Funky Frans [ Video ]

Melchior Sultana - Recognize the Real [ Album ]

Milk Mi - Disappear [ Single ]

Miriam Christine - Alone Today [ Video ]

Muxu - Drop It (Say No No No) [ Single ]

Muxu - Gone [ Video ]

No Bling Show - Stejjer Mill-Bandli (tal-Mosta) [ Album ]

No Bling Show - Lucija u Samwel [ Video ]

NV - Envy [ Album ]

NV - Reason for Denying [ Single ]

Oliver Degabriele's Trio - Asteroid 612 [ Online ]

Original Cast Recording - Porn: The Musical [ Album ]

Pamela - Whispers [ Album ]

Paul Giordimaina - A Letter to Bernie [ Album ]

Pete Molinari - "Today, Tomorrow & Forever" [ Overseas ]

Plato's Dream Machine - Journey Man [ Single ]

ReBorn - Chew My Plasticine [ Online ]

Red Electrick - Black 8 / 10 Years Too Late [ Single ]

Relikc - Tomorrow [ Online ]

Renee Cassar - Live and Learn [ Overseas ]

Renee Cassar - Dreary Day [ Video ]

Retrophytes - Retrophytes [ EP ]

Richard Edward - Basking in Baghdad [ Single ]

Salt - Star [ Single ]

Sasha and Sam - Lullaby for Two / Nina [ Online ]

She2s - Bubblegum [ Video ]

Simon Vella - Unspoken: Sounds from Within [ Album ]

Skimmed - Your Head Is Too Big For Your Crown [ EP ]

Skullcakes - Dive [ EP ]

Sonitus - Asphixetamol [ Online ]

Stefanos - Little Thoughts / Zero Plus [ Online ]

Stimulus Timbre - Flowing in Your Mind [ Online ]

SunSatION - Disappear [ Online ]

Soundscape Foundation - Savannah [ Online ]

Sylvan Borg - Mouse by Day (Hero by Night) [ Single ]

Synthact - Aer [ EP ]

The Does - My Better Side [ Single ]

The Myth - Dream [ Single ]

The Myth - Animal [ Video ]

The Rifffs - Moonstomp [ Album ]

The Rifffs - Champagne Charlie's Ghost [ Single ]

Thea Saliba - On the Dancefloor [ Single ]

"Thomas Hedley," - In Ecstacy [ Single ]

Thy Legion - Sadism Through Holy Intervention [ Online ]

TokinToker - Elevator to the Moon [ Online ]

Tom Caruana - Rebel Withou Applause [ Overseas ]

Totema - Till I Die [ Online ]

Tribali - The Elephants of Lanka [ Album ]

Twenty-Six Other-Worlds - Incubus [ Online ]

U-Bahn - Beautiful Girl [ Single ]

Uncharted - Blame Me [ Single ]

Various Artists - Malta Eurosong 2009 [ Album ]

Various Artists - Malta Hit Song Contest 2009 [ Album ]

Various Artists - Tumult and Squak [ Album ]

Victims of Creation - Chapter 22 [ Online ]

Victor Chetcuti - Together Free [ Overseas ]

Victoria Osbourne - Filling Days [ Online ]

Wayne Micallef - Open Road [ Single ]

X-Vandals - Breach the Silence [ Album ]