Worst of 2009 - #1 Most Overrated - Animal Collective

Thank you very little AC, for your utterly boring "Merriweather Post Pavilion." The album came out within a week of the new year and everyone seemed to lose their shit over it. Critics tripped over themselves to declare the second coming and hipsters adopted it as some sort of generation defining album. Even I got caught up in the hype listening to it over and over again waiting and waiting for something to happen. In the end it didn't. In the end all we were left with was what sounded like a bad jam band playing music for a rave. Understand I have been diggin' on AC since back when they were just Avey Tare and Panda Bear. I thought "Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished" was groundbreaking. I stayed with them all the way through the much maligned "Strawberry Jam," but "Merriweather" is the line in the sand for me. When AC starts making music again and not background white noise better suited for shopping at an American Apparel store, I'll start listening again.