Monday 21 December 2009

Best Albums Of 2009

After much deliberation, Helen Of Troy... has finally come up with our best albums of the year (in no particular order). We hope you like it...

PJ Harvey - A Woman A Man Walked By
The XX - XX
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Peaches - I Feel Cream
Metric - Fantasies
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Amanda Blank - I Love You

That's us until 2010 (how scary is that?!?!)
We can't wait to see what a new year and a new decade brings.
Have an awesome Christmas and even better new year y'all.
Lynds & Marie-Claire

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Sunday 6 December 2009

The Best Lady Singles Of 2009




2009 has not been the best year for music, but in amongst the rough there have been some bona fide diamonds. We have return singles from Helen Of Troy.. favourites PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Peaches, plus hot-off-the-press classics from newbies like Micachu, Mini Viva and The XX. Here for your listening pleasure, in no particular order, is Helen Of Troy's best singles of 2009.

As ever, let us know if you think we've missed anything and where we might have gone wrong.


Peaches - I Feel Cream

Britney Spears - Circus
Florence And The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

thecocknbullkid - I'm Not Sorry
Micachu - Turn Me Well

PJ Harvey and John Parish - Black Hearted Love

Amanda Blank - Make It, Take It

Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo
Janelle Monae - Come Alive (War Of The Roses)
Tegan And Sara - Hell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

Bat For Lashes - Pearl's Dream

Girls Aloud - Untouchable

The XX - Islands

Lily Allen - Not Fair

Florence And The Machine - Drumming Song
Kelis - Acapella

Thunderheist - Nothing2Step2

St. Vincent - Marrow

Here's a handy Spotify playlist of all the tracks we could get our hands on! Enjoy!