In keeping with our yearly tradition, here's the FTH staff top 10 albums and top 5 gigs of 2009 (we keep our own releases out of the equation because we're so close to them all).  Enjoy, and let us know on Twitter (@fulltimehobby) what you think of our choices.

Ryan
1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
2. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (V2)
3. Tap Tap - On My Way (Stolen Recordings)
4. Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike (Wichita)
5. The Beatles - Revolver Reissue (EMI)
6. Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans (Sub Pop)
7. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains (Memphis Industries)
8. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Domino)
9. Emitt Rhodes - Recordings 1969-1973 (Universal)
10. No Age - Losing Feeling EP (Sub Pop)

Gigs
1. Grizzly Bear w/ The London Symphony Orchestra @ Barbican, London
2. White Denim, School Of Seven Bells, Three Trapped Tigers @ The Pavilion, Brighton
3. Thom Yorke @ Latitude Festival
4. Oasis @ Wembley Stadium, London
5. Beyonce @ O2 Arena, London

Simon
Albums
1. Forest Fire – Survival (Broken Sound)
2. Micachu – Jewellery (Rough Trade)
3. Clark – Totem Flares (Warp)
4. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (Domino)
5. Two Fingers – Two Fingers (Big Dada)
6. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – Vs. Children (Tom Lab)
7. Let’s Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let’s (Stolen Recordings)
8. Hudson Mohawke – Butter (Warp)
9. Pissed Jeans – King Of Jeans (Sub Pop)
10. Health – Get Colour

Gigs
1. Efterklang @ The Barbican, London. 28/10/09
2. Trash Talk on a bridge somewhere in Austin, Texas. 21/03/09
3. Three Trapped Tigers @ The Lexington, London. 27/11/09
4. Frightened Rabbit @ The Troxy, London. 20/11/09
5. Health @ SXSW Austin, Texas. 19/3/09

Dexter
Albums
1. The Xcerts – In The Cold Wind We Smile (Xtra Mile)
2. The Maccabees – Wall Of Arms (Fiction)
3. Sky Larkin – The Golden Spike (Wichita)
4. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (Domino)
5. Mos Def – The Ecstatic (Downtown)
6. Nathan Fake – Hard Islands (Border Community)
7. Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose (Island)
8. The Decemberists – Hazards Of Love (Rough Trade)
9. Brand New – Daisy (Interscope)
10. Idlewild – Post Electric Blues (Cooking Vinyl)

Gigs
1. Blur @ Glastonbury Festival
2. The Get Up Kids @ Electric Ballroom, London
3. The Tupolev Ghost @ Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, London
4. Radiohead @ Reading Festival
5. Friendly Fires @ Glastonbury Festival

Nigel

Albums
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimist (WARP)
2. Alela Diane - To Be Still (Names)
3. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (co-op)
4. Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Lets (Stolen)
5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino)
6. Tinariwen Imidiwan – Companions (Independendiente)
7. Analog Africa No. 5 – Legends Of Benin (Analog Africa)
8. Staff Benda Bilili – Tres Tres Fort (Crammed Discs)
9. Bass Clef – May Bridges I Burn Light The Way (Blank Tapes)
10. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)