favorite records of 2011?

[D.o.S.]

the only new thing i heard that i really cared about was the Radiohead; i found it weirdly impenetrable after [i]In Rainbows,{/i] but suspect that the missing download tracks not on the official CD fix that. when my ex brought home the Bill Callahan, saying it was the first new thing she'd liked enough to buy in five years, and i listened to it and heard nothing other than well-crafted backing tracks, i knew we had nothing left in common and our relationship was doomed. that's my 2011.

Weirdly impenetrable, definitely.

FWIW, I actually set up a playlist for this after Radiohead were nice enough to give those of us who bought the record Supercollider & The Butcher for free. So it's Twisted Words>King Of Limbs>Supercollider/Butcher.

Rounds out to about fifty seven minutes... but I'm actually not sure that it makes the record better.

FWIW, I much preferred KOL to In Rainbows.

[tuffteef]

honestly

[STOMPBOXSONIC]

Low - C'Mon
Gillian Welch - Harrow & the Harvest
Wild Flag - Wild Flag

Tom Waits & True Widow & Boris will be there too. Just haven't gotten around to popping into the shop. (I am old fashioned and avoid downloads when possible)

[julius_deane]

honestly

[Fuzzy Fred]

forgot about bright eyes too

fuck

[Chumley]

Seriously, no Andrew Jackson Jihad love? :C

[STOMPBOXSONIC]

Owlfood & Brownbird.

[Gunner Recall]

Strange. Mercy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jv4lgFrL7U[/youtube]



Honorable mention to my man Tom Waits for still kicking ass.

[orangeespoom]

x

[unownunown]

ooh, in all honesty?
probably big baby gandhi's big fucking baby. fuck yeah. i spent most of this year discovering older music rather than listening to newer shit i think.

also CEG's album was awesome. took a while for it to click for me but holy shit.

oh wait, wu lyf's album came out this year. that was pretty good but after being really into them before their album came out and enduring all that random internet hype they got (seriously where did that come from?) it was kind of a huge letdown. i wanted everything to sound like the not-album version of heavy pop

Have a Nice Life - Time of Land EP

fucking love have a nice life but i think time of land came out last year.

[theactionindex]

Totally forgot to put Girls on my list. Fucking awesome.

[D.o.S.]

Totally forgot about this gem:

[GardenoftheDead]

Here's my final top ten list:

Empros by Russian Circles
Weatherhead by Helms Alee
Void by Craft
Roads to Judah by Deafheaven
C'mon by Low
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83
Celestial Lineage by Wolves in the Throne Room
Danger EP by Danger Thieves
Gloomlights by Airs
The Arcane Terrain by Liquid Stranger

[voerking]

Hey voerking, do you remember me? fatso from HM. Label mates!

My list:
Indian - Guiltless
Krallice - Diotima
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Volume 2: Judges

hey man! i remember you, indeed.

[nuclearfamily]

I explored a lot of music history this year so I didn't listen to a ton of new music. Some of these have been mentioned already...

Tom Waits - Bad As Me, quite possibly the best of the 90's and on Tom Waits releases.
Glenn Jones - The Wanting, Such a great guitarist!
Thurston Moore - Demolished thoughts, A very different release for him but a complete success
Sea And Cake - Moonlight butterfly
Owen - Ghost Town, I just picked this record up about a week and a half ago but it definitely needs a mention. I just cannot stop listening.

Honorable mentions:
Pj Harvey - Let England Shake, I picked it up just because of all the attention... it was alright
Zola Jesus - Conatus, I really like this just haven't listened to it quite enough
J Mascis - Several Shades of Why, Ditto
V/A - Rave On Buddy Holly, Normally I hate comps and tributes but this is a fine collection of Buddy Holly covers... Yes even the fucking Kid Rock song is good
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing, Continuing in the same vein as the first one. Pretty good folkish rock stuff

Also the Radiohead album was disappointing especially for the people who bought the 50$ newspaper record (I think I only listened to the record once...maybe twice and the CD once). It felt like such a half assed release. It seemed like they were evolving as a band and then they just took a step back for this album...