After another rough-and-tumble year, only one thing kept this GalleyCat editor writing, day after day. Music.
As the new year approaches, we like ask our readers: What music did you listen to while writing this year? Which songs, albums, or artists kept you cheerful despite the hard times and inevitable cases of writer’s block?
Then email GalleyCat your nominations for the best writing music from 2009, and feel free to include your reasons why in the email. We’ll publish your list before the new year dawns. It’s going to be a long, cold winter, and we will all need some great music to keep writing.
After the jump, this GalleyCat editor compiled a list of his favorite writing songs from 2009–a special mix of literary rock & roll. Click here for an iTunes version. If you need more inspiration, Largehearted Boy annually aggregates the best music lists.
“The Ancient Commonsense of Things” by Bishop Allen
“Cinderella” by Langhorne Slim
“How You Like Me Now?” by The Heavy
“Toe Jam” by The BPA (Feat David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal)
“At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)” by Fun
“Folding Chair” by Regina Spektor
“Robots” Dan Mangan
“Don’t Haunt this Place” by The Rural Alberta Advantage
“Deeper Down” by Wilco
“Doomsday” by Elvis Perkins
“The Walls Are Coming Down” by Fanfarlo
“Strictly Game” by Harlem Shakes
“South Philadelphia (Drug Days)” by Alec Ounsworth
“Dimmer” by Bishop Allen
“First Love” by Emmy The Great
“Be Calm” by Fun