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Best Music of 2009 (So Far): Steve LaBate, Associate Editor

By Steve LaBate at 5:15 AM on June 26, 2009

To celebrate the half-way point of 2009, this week Paste staffers are counting down their favorite albums and songs of the year (so far). Check out all of our lists here, and share your own favorites in the comments.So much love to give already this year, and it's not even July. And there's even more to come later this year with new albums from The Avett Brothers, Pearl Jam, the Beastie Boys, Tom Russell and Calexico, Jay-Z, Os Mutantes, Yo La Tengo, The Black Crowes, Gordon Gano, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne and The Dead Weather. I'm only supposed to include 10 albums and 10... read more