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Exploding Head made it to several “best of 2009” lists. Most notably, Number 1 at Toronto Star.

• The year in pop music: 20 albums that wowed us – thestar.com
  “This is the band for which fans of this sort of thing have been waiting for years.” Number 1
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• The Agit Reader • The Best of 2009: Josie Rubio
  But the house that the Jesus and Mary Chain built perhaps has never had its walls-of-sound shake with such fearless reverb than with this Brooklyn trio. Number 2
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• Best Albums of 2009! « The Musings of Frank Gallardo
  “The opening two songs of the album are easily the best lead-off tracks of the year, setting the tone for ten songs that will leave you speechless” Number 2
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• Cool Music Central: The Best Albums Of 2009: Top 30
  “The only other album that was able to compete with “Dance Mother” for our “Album of the Year” title was the recently released sophomore effort of A Place To Bury Strangers.” Number 2
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• Amoeblog > 2010-01 > best of the 00’s…
  number 3
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• Music From The Hammer: Best Albums of 2009
  Exploding Head may be more accessible than the first album, but songwriter Oliver Ackermann sacrifices none of his ear-shattering shoegaze style.” Number 3
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• Noise for Zeros » Blog Archive » Best of 2009
  “this is a monster full of shrieking, feedback shrapnel shot from a roaring wall of sound that’s as massive and raw as anything you’ll find in the noise cult underground.” Number 5
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• Denver Music – Backbeat writers weigh in on the year’s best national releases – page 1
  Dark vortices of razory sound crash into driving, tidal rhythms that guide but never quite contain the music’s volcanic aesthetic.
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• The Loss Adjuster lost his mind…: The Best Albums Of 2009 #9
  “I just adore how loud and discordant A Place To Bury Strangers’ blend of space-rock and shoegaze is. ” Number 9
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• Best Albums of 2009 (#20 – #11) : DOA
  Fact of the matter is that even though My Bloody Valentine pretty much cornered the market on shoegaze back in 1991 when Loveless came out that there can still be surprises left in the genre to this day. It’s become a template for developing new and exciting forms of psychedelia this decade
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• Blogosphere’s Best: Top 50 Albums of 2009 Part 2: 25-1
  “Exploding Head delivers on the promise of APTBS’ debut, ratcheting up the teeth-rattling feedback while, for the first time, bringing the band’s unique sounds into the framework of honest-to-goodness songs” number 16
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Some reviews of their shows at Rodeo Club, Athens, Greece, December 2009.

• APTBS at Rodeo in Athens Greece review
  “After the concert, Oliver came to the club now half full and handed out handshakes and smiles, showing a very relaxed and comfortable and generally nice guy. Δύσκολο να μαντέψεις ότι πίσω από αυτήν την εικόνα κρυβόταν ο επί μια ώρα δυνάστης των αυτιών σου, αλλά ίσως εκεί είναι και το μυστικό. Hard to imagine that behind this image hiding the ruler for one hour of your ears, but perhaps there is a secret. Εις το επανειδείν, New York’s loudest band! With the epaneidein, New York’s loudest band! “
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• Cool Music Central: A Place To Bury Strangers, Live @ Rodeo Club, Athens (December 9, 2009)
  “I have already raved about “Exploding Head” (an album that looks certain to find a place in the decade’s final “Best of” list), now it is time to salute the explosive power and the breathtaking noise that A Place To Bury Strangers are able to unleash live.”
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• BeatCrave’s Top 20 Albums of 2009
  “A Place To Bury Strangers debuted as one of the most progressive shoegaze and space rock bands with their 2007 self-titled album, and as hard as it may be to believe this sophomore album is even better.” Number 11
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• Argle Bargle or Fooferall?: Best Albums of 2009 – Number 30 to 11
  “A massive, rumbling entity, making rock sound more like a force of nature than anything. ” Number 20
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• Amoeblog > 2009-12 > my top 50 albums of 2009…
  “This band really does just hit me over the head every time I listen to them.” Number 8
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• CoS Year-End Report: The Top 100 Albums of ‘09: 50-26
  “However all those ingredients added together with one helluva loud, raucous production value emit a modern day masterpiece such as this one. Shoegaze never sounded so epically grandiose and with the release of the Brooklyn trio’s sophomore album, this modern day King Kong sized record delivers on so many levels.” Number 29
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