Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - #250-#226

#250 The Temper Trap - "Fader" from "Conditions" - The Temper Trap is best known for their hit song on the "(500) Days Of Summer" Soundtrack, but their entire album is excellent.

#249 Japandroids - "Young Hearts Spark Fire" from "Post-Nothing"

#248 The Avett Brothers - "Incomplete And Insecure" from "I And Love And You" - Take a talented band and let Rick Rubin produce their album and what do you get? One of the best albums of the year and easily the highlight of the Avett Brothers' career.

#247 Rainbow Arabia - "Six Different Ways" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist

#246 Pomplamoose - "Beat The House" from "Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist

#245 The Decemberists - "The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing" from "Hazards Of Love"

#244 Dan Black - "U And Me" from "Un"

#243 Green Day - "The Static Age" from "21st Century Breakdown"

#242 Shirock - "Drag You Down" from "Everything Burns" - Listen to Shirock's latest album and tell me it doesn't sound like a lost U2 album.

#241 Clinical Trials - "Polly Got Away" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist - A response song to Nirvana's "Polly", though the style of music is much closer to The Breeders or Hole.

#240 The Mars Volta - "Since We've Been Wrong" from "Octahedron" - The Mars Volta releases their most radio-friendly CD yet, though this was the only hit.

#239 Kid Cudi - "Up Up And Away" from "Man On The Moon"

#238 White Lies - "A Place To Hide" from "To Lose My Life"

#237 Tegan And Sara - "The Cure" from "Sainthood"

#236 Maximo Park - "I Haven't Seen Her In Ages" from "Quicken The Heart"

#235 Lykke Li - "Possibility" from "Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack"

#234 Modest Mouse - "Guilty Cocker Spaniels" from "No One's First And You're Next"

#233 The Cribs - "We Share The Same Skies" from "Ignore The Ignorant"

#232 Built To Spill - "Things Fall Apart" from "There Is No Enemy"

#231 The Drums - "Saddest Summer" from "Summertime!"

#230 The Mars Volta - "Cotopaxi" from "Octahedron"

#229 Echo And The Bunnymen - "Life Of 1000 Crimes" from "The Fountain" - They've still got it after all these years.

#228 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - "Nikorette" from "Outer South"

#227 Ryan Bingham And The Dead Horses - "Country Roads" from "Roadhouse Sun" - 2009 was a big year for Bingham as "Roadhouse Sun" represents his breakthrough album in the same year that "Crazy Heart" made him the biggest name in alt-country.

#226 Regina Spektor - "The Calculation" from "Far"