Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far

"It's Blitz", by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Karen O = Goddess.

Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968 - Neil Young (I know it's from last year, but I love listening to it in the evening)

Dylan's Together Through Life is his best new material since Time Out of Mind. The double vinyl is well recorded, flat & quiet, and includes the CD.

Well that can't be, since Love and Theft was itself (yet) better than Time Out of Mind. But Together is good, huh? is it an all analog affair? I imagine not.

There is variation in SQ between songs, and a reference to Pro Tools in the notes. SQ is generally excellent. His voice holds up pretty well-- more old master than old croaker. The album has blues flourishes not heard from Dylan in a long time, and some of the best lyrics ever about the high cost of romance.