Amoeba has become synonymous with music and movie expertise, from the arcane to the popular. Our staff consists of the most passionate connoisseurs of all cultural explorations, from the people who check your bag to the folks who buy your used goods at the front counter! We asked all Amoebites to list their top five favorite releases from the first half of 2009 and beyond!


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Week That Was
The Week That Was
(Memphis Industries)
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The Week That Was, the debut solo album by Field Music's Peter Brewis, emerged from an imagined crime thriller dreamt up by Brewis and inspired by Paul Auster's labyrinthine storytelling. It's hard to think of even a handful of artists who would attempt to harness such a sprawl of ideas, let alone any who could pull it off so astutely.








