Kevin Bronson on December 16th, 2009

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It’s the wrap-up of Buzz Bands Playlist 2009 – beginning at noon today on Indie1031.com, I will finish counting down my favorite SoCal songs of the year. But first, a confession: A friend and loyal reader asked me at the Buzz Bands party on Sunday night where, in my list, a certain band would appear. My jaw dropped. I’d flat-out forgotten somebody. Which was bound to happen, I suppose, considering as many songs/bands as I did. So I hope you’ll forgive me today for having 41 songs in my Top 40. … And who knows, I’ve probably forgotten somebody else. I’m sure the commenters will let me know.

After the jump, the list so far (it’s being updated as I am on the air):

Buzz Bands LA Playlist 2009

103. Crash Kings, “Mountain Man”
102. Hecuba, “The Magic”
101. Rival Sons, “Memphis Sun”
100. Earlimart, “Too Many People”
99. Courtenay Green, “Devil in the Details”
98. Health, “Die Slow”
97. Heavy Young Heathens, “Sha La La La La”
96. Janet Cruz, “March of Time”
95. Lemon Sun, “Congratulate Out Thievery”
94. One Trick Pony, “Loose Talk”
93. Spindrift, “The Legend of God’s Gun”
92. Robotanists, “Slow Motion”
91. Glasser, “Apply”
90. The Secret 6, “Radio Edit”
89. Devon Williams, “Sufferer”
88. Dusty Rhodes & the River Band,”Palace & Stage”
87. Say Anything, “Do Better”
86. The Monthlies, “Hip Girl”
85. Abe Vigoda, “Don’t Lie”
84. Pop Noir, “DIY”
83. Evan Voytas, “Astro”
82. The Yelling, “21st Century Freak”
81. You Me & Iowa, “Aquarium”
80. The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, “Do You Feel Free?”
79. Eels, “That Look You Give That Guy”
78. The Voyeurs, “Things People Say”
77. Andrew Lynch, “My Head Around”
76. Oliver the Penguin, “Girls & Boys”
75. LANDy, “BFF!”
74. The Monolators, “Ruby I’m Changing My Number”
73. The Minor Canon, “If Wishes Were Horses”
72. Xu Xu Fang, “Your Way”
71. Two Guns, “One Direction”
70. So Many Wizards, “Fly a Kite”
69. Radars to the Sky, “Selfish Kids”
68. Samuel Stewart, “The Beginner”
67.”  Harper Simon, “Shooting Star”
66. Mere Mortals, “Lost Art”
65. Le Switch, “Sunday Morning”
64. Anglos, “Cleopatra”
63. London to Tokyo, “The Anthem”
62. Har Mar Superstar, “Tall Boy”
61. Obi Best, “Swedish Boy”
60. The Polyamorous Affair, “White Hot Magic”
59. Michael Miller, “Carolina Skyline”
58. Deep Sea Diver, “New Caves”
57. Hello Dragon, “Cities Need a Subway”
56. Links, “Cold Water”
55. Letting Up Despite Great Faults, “In Steps”
54. Kissing Cousins, “In Too Deep”
53. Meredith Meyer, “Video Game Girl”
52. Light FM, “Friends Aren’t Friends”
51. The Aggrolites, “Firecracker”
50. The Entrance Band, “M.L.K.”
49. Correatown, “All the World (I Tell Myself)”
48. The Willowz, “Destruction”
47. Wait. Think. Fast, “Look Alive”
46. The Spires, “TAM”
45. Fool’s Gold, “Surprise Hotel”
44. The Faraway Places, “F.F.F.F.Fall Down”
43. War Tapes, “Dreaming of You”
42. Castledoor, “Shouting at Mountains”
41. Eulogies, “Eyes on the Prize”
40a. Red Cortez, “Fell on the Floor”
40b. Parade of Lights, “Cityscape”
39. Olin and the Moon, “Drivin’ West”
38. No Age, “You’re a Target”
37. Saint Motel, “Dear Dictator”
36. Nico Vega, “Gravity”
35. Gliss, “Morning Light”
34. Leslie and the Badgers, “Los Angeles”
33. Foreign Born, “Vacationing People”
32. B.R.A.M., “Messages”
31. Sea Wolf, “Wicked Blood”
30. The Bronx, “Knifeman”
29. Aushua, “Tuck (How It Feels Away)”
28. Dawes, “Love Is All I Am”
27. The Bird & the Bee, “My Love”
26. Eleni Mandell, “Artificial Fire”
25. Voxhaul Broadcast, “Days Are Long”
24. Miss Derringer, “Black Tears”
23. Jonneine Zapata, “Burn”
22. Imaad Wasif, “Priestess”
21. Fielding, “Asher”
20. Local Natives, “Airplanes”
19. Fitz & the Tantrums, “Breakin’ the Chains of Love”
18. Division Day, “Chalklines”
17. Sara Lov, “New York”
16. His Orchestra, “Antarctica”
15. Frankel, “Anonymity Is the New Fame”
14. The Happy Hollows, “Faces”
13. Go West Young Man, “Chinatown”
12. Seasons, “The Weight”
11. Fol Chen, “Cable TV”
10. Great Northern, “Houses”
9. Casxio, “Seventeen”
8. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, “Home”
7. The Ruby Friedman Orchestra, “Shooting Star”
6. The Rhone Occupation, “The Worst of Me”
5. Eastern Conference Champions, “Common Sense”
4. Avi Buffalo, “What’s In It For”
3. Robert Francis, “Keep On Running”
2. Silversun Pickups, “The Royal We”

1. The Broken Remotes, “Boxer’s Arm”

With every year, a mantra emerges, and in a difficult 2009 mine was “I’ve got one last punch left in me,” from “Boxer’s Arm.” Thanks for that song, and thanks to everybody for reading and listening in.