Top 10 of 2011

[endingcredits]

Might as well get the show on the road.

1. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
2. Bran Van 3000 - The Garden

Edited to conform to (potential) US release dates.

[D_Davis]

Top 10 2011 Releases:

1. Saffron Slumber - Somnogen
2. Bran Van 3000 - The Garden (I'm assuming this will have a 2011 US release date)
3. Kiyomitsu Miyashita - Unplayable



Top 10 Heard for the first time in 2011:

1. Aidan Baker - Black Flowers Blossom

[Acapelli]

1. British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
2. G-Side - The One...Cohesive
3. Destroyer - Kaputt
4. Lil B - Angel's Exodus
5. The Mind Spiders - Mind Spiders

already a pretty good year

[endingcredits]

Might as well get the show on the road.

1. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
2. Wire - Red Barked Tree
3. Bran Van 3000 - The Garden

Edited to conform to (potential) US release dates.

I think I'll kill the other thread and just combine the two here. Here's my top ten first heard so far this year


1. Can - Tago Mago
2. Xeno & Oaklander - Sentinelle
3. Wipers - Is This Real
4. Saffron Slumber - Somnogen
5. No Joy -Ghost Blonde

[D_Davis]

3. Wipers - Is This Real
....

Great album.

[Acapelli]

not to nitpick, but i think that wire album is technically from this year if you're going by actual release date rather than when it leaked

[Boner M]

1. The Psychic Paramount - II
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Only two new albums I've heard so far, but I imagine they'll stay near the top for the rest of the year.

[Acapelli]

1. The Psychic Paramount - II
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Only two new albums I've heard so far, but I imagine they'll stay near the top for the rest of the year.
both of these are great

[SirNewt]

Only listened to a few so far.

1. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
2. Kaputt - Destroyer
3. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns

[endingcredits]

1. Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
3. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
4. Faust - Something Dirty
5. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
6. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
7. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
8. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
9. Wire - Red Barked Tree
10. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1

[Acapelli]

1. British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
2. G-Side - The One...Cohesive
3. Destroyer - Kaputt
4. Lil B - Angel's Exodus
5. The Mind Spiders - Mind Spiders

already a pretty good year
new additions...

The Psychic Paramount - II
Gil Scot Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here
James Blake - James Blake (took me a while to warm up to this new starbucks adult contemporary style of his, but it's grown on me)

[MadMan]

This spot reserved, blah blah.

1. The King of Limbs, Radiohead-*** 1/2
2. Valhalla Dancehall, British Sea Power-*** 1/2
3. Collapse Into You, REM-*** 1/2
4. Destroyed, Moby-*** 1/2
5. Showroom Of Compassion, Cake-**

[SirNewt]

1. Ravedeath 1972 - Tim Hecker
2. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
3. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
4. Kaputt - Destroyer

[SirNewt]

1. Ravedeath 1972 - Tim Hecker
2. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
3. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
4. Kaputt - Destroyer
5. Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li

[Milky Joe]

1. Sic Alps - Napa Asylum
2. Apache Dropout - s/t
3. Earth Girl Helen Brown - Story of an Earth Girl

[EyesWideOpen]

Top Ten of 2011

1. Chemical Brothers - Hanna: Sountrack
2. Florence + The Machine - Lungs: The B-Sides
3. Does It Offend You, Yeah - Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
4. Broken Bells - Meyrin Fields EP
5. The Strokes - Angles
6. Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We are Renegades)
7. Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows

[transmogrifier]

1. Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

and then other, lesser stuff

[SirNewt]

1. Ravedeath 1972 - Tim Hecker
2. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
3. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
4. Kaputt - Destroyer
5. Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li

1. House of Balloons - The Weeknd
2. Ravedeath 1972 - Tim Hecker
3. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
4. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
5. Kaputt - Destroyer
6. Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li

[endingcredits]

1. Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
3. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
4. Faust - Something Dirty
5. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
6. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
7. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
8. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
9. Wire - Red Barked Tree
10. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1

Here's an updated and slightly reworked list.

1. Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
2. Demdike Stare - Triptych
3. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
5. Faust - Something Dirty
6. Panda Bear - Tomboy
7. Destroyer - Kaputt
8. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
9. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
10. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil

[Boner M]

1. The Psychic Paramount - II
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Only two new albums I've heard so far, but I imagine they'll stay near the top for the rest of the year.
1. The Psychic Paramount - II
2. Grouper - A I A
3. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
4. Burial - Street Halo EP
5. Deaf Centre - Owl Splinters
6. The Pheremoans - It Still Rankles
7. Panda Bear - Tomboy
8. Moon Duo - Mazes

Need to spend a little more time w/ The Pheremoans; was disconcerting at first to discover just how ramshackle their LP was, now it seems A-OK. Bottom two were slightly disappointing but still pretty good.

[kopello]

1. Destroyer - Kaputt
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
3. East River Pipe - We Live in Rented Rooms
4. The Psychic Paramount - II
5. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
6. Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
7. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
8. 2562 - Fever
9. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'

[hey it's ethan]

1. "Kaputt" Destroyer
2. "W H O K I L L" Tune-Yards
3. "Tomboy" Panda Bear
4. "Wounded Rhymes" Lykke Li
5. "Zonoscope" Cut-Copy
6. "Nine Types of Light" TV on the Radio
7. "Hanna" The Chemical Brothers
8. "Under the Pine" Toro Y Moi
9. "Space is Only Noise" Nicolas Jaar
10. "Let England Shake" PJ Harvey

[Milky Joe]

1. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
2. Sic Alps - Napa Asylum
3. Ryan Garbes - Sweet Hassle
4. The Feeling of Love - Dissolve Me
5. Peaking Lights - 936
6. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
7. Apache Dropout - s/t
8. Earth Girl Helen Brown - Story of an Earth Girl
9. Pink Reason - Shit in the Garden
10. Shrinnirs - Early Singles

[endingcredits]

Update

1. Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
2. Demdike Stare - Triptych
3. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
4. Chad VanGaalen - Diaper Island
5. The Psychic Paramount - II
6. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
7. Faust - Something Dirty
8. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
9. Dirty Beaches - Badlands
10. Panda Bear - Tomboy

[Acapelli]

going back and listening to all of the 2011 releases i have again for ranking purposes, here's what i've relistened to so far

1. Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
2. Green Ova Undergrounds - Blackberry Ku$h
3. Kode9 & The Spaceape - Black Sun
4. The Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
5. Lil B - Bitch Mob Respect Da Bitch Vol 1
6. Cults - Cults
7. Young L - DOMO-KUN The Mixtape
8. Johan Agebjörn - Casablanca Nights
9. Lil B - Angels Exodus
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
12. Tennis - Camp Dory
13. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years
14. Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All The Time
15. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
16. Dirty Beaches - Badlands
17. Lady Gaga - Born This Way

i've got a ways to go

[kopello]

1. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
2. East River Pipe - We Live in Rented Rooms
3. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
4. Destroyer - Kaputt
5. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
6. Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
7. The Psychic Paramount - II
8. Woodkid - Iron
9. Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
10. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse

11. The Lonely Island - Turtleneck and Chain
12. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
13. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
14. Ice Age - New Brigade
15. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
16. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
17. Boris - New Album
18. Mutual Benefit- I Saw the Sea
19. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
20. Tyler, the Creator - Goblin

21. 2562 - Fever

OK year so far, a few of those need to be heard again before a proper placement, especially Shabazz Palaces.

[Boner M]

1. Total Control - Henge Beat
2. The Psychic Paramount - II
3. Grouper - A I A
4. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
5. James Pants - s/t
6. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
7. The Men - Leave Home
8. UV Race - Homo
9. Snowman - Absence
10. Junior Boys - It's All True

HM: Dead Centre, Thee Oh Sees, The Pheromoans, Demdike Stare (would be near the top but it's a comp)

EPs: Burial - Street Halo, Naked on the Vague - Twelve Dark Noons

[EyesWideOpen]

Top Ten of 2011

1. Wu-Tang Clan - Legendary Weapons
2. Chemical Brothers - Hanna: Sountrack
3. Florence + The Machine - Lungs: The B-Sides
4. Random Axe - Self Titled
5. Does It Offend You, Yeah - Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
6. Broken Bells - Meyrin Fields EP
7. The Strokes - Angles
8. Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We are Renegades)
9. I'm From Barcelona - Forever Today
10. Tron Legacy Reconfigured Soundtrack

[ledfloyd]

of the 44 albums i've heard this year:

Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
w h o k i l l - Tune-Yards
Eye Contact - Gang Gang Dance
How Bright a Shadow! - In One Wind
Kaputt - Destroyer
Born This Way - Lady Gaga
House of Balloons - The Weeknd
Live in Marciac - Brad Mehldau
Gutter Rainbows - Talib Kweli

[Idioteque Stalker]

1. Grouper
2. Shabazz Palaces
3. The Weeknd (HoB)
4. John Maus
5. Tim Hecker
6. PJ Harvey
7. Danny Brown
8. Radiohead
9. Fucked Up
10. The Men

EPs: Burial, How to Dress Well

Anticipating: Balam Acab, Drake, Atlas Sound

[SirNewt]

1. House of Balloons - The Weeknd
2. Ravedeath 1972 - Tim Hecker
3. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
4. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
5. Kaputt - Destroyer
6. Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li

1. House of Balloons, Thursday - The Weeknd
2. her de-released 1st album - Lana Del Rey
3. Ravedeath 1972 - Tim Hecker
4 Hurry Up We're Dreaming - M83
5. Zonoscope - Cut/Copy
6. Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
7. Kaputt - Destroyer
8. Within and Without - Washed Out
9. Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li
10. Cults - Cults

I still have a lot of stuff to listen to, especially a looming pile of free stuff.

[Boner M]

1. Total Control - Henge Beat
2. The Psychic Paramount - II
3. Grouper - A I A
4. James Pants - s/t
5. Royal Headache - s/t
6. John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
7. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
8. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
9. Dick Diver - New Start Again
10. The Pheromoans - It Still Rankles

Acapelli, you should really check out the Dick Diver album if you like twee stuff.

[Pop Trash]

Remember when Arcade Fire's The Suburbs came out? That was good.

[Milky Joe]

Didn't happen.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

LP's: Shabazz Palaces, Gang Gang Dance, Pure X, Tim Hecker, Julianna Barwick, WU Lyf, Grouper, Araabmuzik, ASAP Rocky, Chrysta Bell, Korallreven, Destroyer, Wild Beasts, PJ Harvey, St. Vincent,

EP's: Holy Other, Soft Moon, How to Dress Well, Clams Casino, Burial

top 10 songs:

1. Burial v Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
2. Shabazz Palaces - An Echo From The Hosts That Profess Infinitum
3. Gang Gang Dance - MindKilla
4. Holy Other - Yr Love
5. WU Lyf - Dirt
6. Clams Casino - I'm God
7. M83 - Intro (just Zola Jesus' verse on it)
8. ASAP Rocky - Bass
9. Julianna Barwick - Prize Winning
10. Soft Moon - Alive

[monolith94]

Am I the only one who thinks that the new Electric Six album is pretty cool?

[kopello]

1. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
2. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
3. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
4. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
5. Royal Headache - Royal Headache
6. Grouper - A I A
7. William D. Drake - The Rising of the Lights
8. Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania
9. Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts
10. Astronautalis - This Is Our Science

Just kind of an ok year for me. While I really enjoyed all of these albums listed I don't feel compelled to type out any honorable mentions. My number one though is miles ahead of anything I listened to this year and one of the best albums of recent years, imo.

[D_Davis]

You like the Kurt Vile better than the War on Drugs, eh?

[Raiders]

1. St. Vincent, Strange Mercy
2. Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo
3. John Maus, We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
4. Real Estate, Days
5. Colin Stetson, New History Warfare - Judges, Vol. 2
6. The Weeknd, House of Balloons
7. Panda Bear, Tomboy
8. EMA, Past Life Martyred Saints
9. Drake, Take Care
10. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake

[Acapelli]

how is ema not a joke band

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[Derek]

how is ema not a joke band

Fans of Odd Future don't get to ask this question.

[Acapelli]

Fans of Odd Future don't get to ask this question.
:confused:

[Acapelli]

anyway, i think i've heard everything i've wanted to hear this year. here's my top ten in alphabetical order, since i'm sure if i tried ranking them, the order would change tomorrow

British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
Elite Gymnastics - RUIN
G-Side - The ONE... COHESIVE/iSLAND
Green Ova Undergrounds/Main Attrakionz (Squadda B and MondreM.A.N.) - from "Blackberry Ku$h" to "Back $ellin Crack" (6 releases in total)
Katy B - On A Mission
Lil B - everything from "Angels Exodus" to "Gold House" (10 releases in total)
The Men - Leave Home
Tycho - Dive
Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls
Yuck - Yuck

to be honest though, elite gymnastics is probably my number one. some honorable mentions:

Acid House Kings - Music Sounds Better With You
Beyonce - 4
Destroyer - Kaputt
Feel Alright - hahahahahahaha
Gauntlet Hair - Gauntlet Hair
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We're New Here
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Iceage - New Brigade
Junior Boys - It's All True
Korallreven - An Album By Korallreven
Kyary Kyary Pamyu - Moshi Moshi Harajuku
.L.W.H. - The Tape Hiss Hooligan
Let's Wrestle - Nursing Home
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Machinedrum - Room(s)
Male Bonding - Endless Now
Martyn - Ghost People
Mind Spiders - Mind Spiders
Neon Indian - Era Extrana
Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes
Pnau - Soft Universe
The Psychic Paramount - II
The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love
Riff Raff SODMG - Sour & Gun Powder
SBTRKT - SBTRKT
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
Taragana Pyjarama - Taragana Pyjarama
TKO Capone - Tropical Swaggin Duh

found a lot to love this year

[Raiders]

how is ema not a joke band

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That's kinda bad, but the track on the album is vastly better.

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Nonetheless, even as the most-listened to track on the album, it is far from the best (I still dig it a lot). Perhaps "Milkman"...

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It's an "acquired" taste all around to be sure. She's divisive, but I find her abrasive, self-involved and morose lyrics matched with equally dissonant sounds, drones and distortions to be highly effective.

[Derek]

I prefer "The Grey Ship", but yes, that live version of "California" is vastly inferior to the album cut. I can see her rubbing people the wrong way, but "a joke" seems a bit harsh. I dig the album - didn't quite make my list, but probably would've been in a top 50 if I went that far.

Aca - all I meant was that Odd Future is my joke group that I don't understand how they get taken seriously. 'twas all in good fun. :)

[sevenarts]

Here's my 2011 top 50 albums list:

http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-2011-in-culture-part-ii-music.html

[MadMan]

Quick update:

1. El Camino, The Black Keys-****
2. Drive OST, Cliff Martinez and Assorted Artists-****
3. The King of Limbs, Radiohead-*** 1/2
4. Valhalla Dancehall, British Sea Power-*** 1/2
5. Collapse Into You, REM-*** 1/2
6. Destroyed, Moby-*** 1/2
7. Sky Full of Holes, Fountains of Wayne-*** 1/2
8. Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys-*** 1/2
9. Thank You Happy Birthday, Cage The Elephant-*** 1/2
10. All At Once, The Airborne Toxic Event-***