It might be a little late for Best of 2009 lists, but I recently came across this particular one and couldn’t not mention it. In January, The Hype Machine put together a list of the top 50 artists of 2009 according to how frequently their songs were posted. They then invited 50 visual artists to create a piece of work inspired by each band, and created a series of posts featuring the resulting artwork. You can see the entire set right here, but a few of my favorites (for both the artwork and the music) are below.
Grizzly Bear artwork by Mike Perry
Passion Pit artwork by Niky Roehreke
The Xx artwork by Meredith Gran
Wilco artwork by Sergio Serrano
