It's different, trust me.....
GO!!!!!!!
Moved from different thread:
1. JEFF the Brotherhood - We Are the Champions
2. Wilco - The Whole Love
3. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
4. The Roots - undun
5. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
6. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
7. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
9. Middle Brother
10. 1,2,3 - New Heaven
Too hard to choose between Radiohead, Thievery Corporation, and Portugal. the Man for the tenth spot so I decided to rep the hometown band instead.
I'll post mine soon. I wrote a best of list for a local music mag that I submit stuff for periodically. Just waiting for it to be posted (and I'm at work and do not have my list with me). There will not be Jacket, Middle Brother or Bon Iver on it however. I still do not like Circ, Bon Iver is boring as whale shit, and I just don't get the love for Middle Brother. The parts are better then the whole to me. I'd much rather hear Dawes and Deer Tick and Delta Spirt them MB.
1. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
2. The Antlers - Burst Apart
3. The War on Drugs - slave ambient
4. Wilco - The Whole Love
5. My Mourning Jacket - Circuital
6. Okkervil River - I am very far
7. White Denim - D
8. Kurt vile- smoke From my halo
9. Smith Westerns - Dye it blonde
10. Yuck - Yuck
Close - Youth Lagoon, M83, Real Estate
Ok, here it is.
#1 Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
An incredibly close #2 The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
The rest are in no particular order
Anna Calvi – Self titled
White Denim – D
Frankie & The Heartstrings – Hunger
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
Yuck – self titled
Honorable mentions: Bill Callahan – Apocalyspe, Fucked Up – David Comes To Life, Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps, Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will, Explosions In The Sky – Take Care Take Care Take Care, Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo.
Disappoinments: Bon Iver – Bon Iver, My Morning Jacket – Circuital , Drive By Truckers – Go Go Boots
1. Iron and Wine
2. Wilco
3. Bon Iver
4. My Morning Jacket
5. J Mascis
6. Thee Oh Sees
7. AA Bondy
8. Ryan Adams
9. Explosions In The Sky
10. EMA (I don't know why) but I can't get enough of this...there are probably 10 albums that I KNOW are better (past the one's I already mentioned) but this one just sticks somewhere, somehow.
California by EMA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux2dLHbvqFM#)
the gun, the gun, the gun.....
That IS a great album B. California is in my best of 2011 song playlist I have.
1.wu lyf -go tell fire to the mountain
2.youth lagoon - the year of hibernation
3.bon iver - bon iver
4.the war on drugs - slave ambient
5.action bronson -dr.lector
6.deer tick-divine providence
7.yuck-yuck
8.kurt vile - smoke ring
9.action bronson-well done
10.my morning jacket - circuital
My favorites right now, in no particular order:
1) The Twilight Singers "Dynamite Steps"
2) Mastodon "The Hunter"
3) My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
4) Foo Fighters "Wasting Light"
5) Wilco "The Whole Love"
That's all I got off the top of my head anyway!
In no particular order
Dawes
Middle Brother
MMJ
Wilco
Iron and Wine
Deer Tick
Death Cab for Cutie
Explosions in the Sky
Black Keys
White Denim
Mine are in no particular order:
The Roots - Undun
Wale - Ambition
Jeff The Brotherhood - We Are The Champions
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
The Head and The Heart
Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song
Das Racist - Relax
Floating Action - Desert Etiquette
tUnE - yArDs - Who Kill
Black Keys
The Kills
J Mascis
William Elliott Whitmore
Middle Brother
Frank Turner
War On Drugs
Dawes
Wilco
Kurt Vile
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - S/T
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
The Decemberists - The King is Dead
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Clams Casino - Instrumentals
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Arbouretum - The Gathering
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Nils Frahm - Felt
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die...
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Other mentions - Bill Callahan, War On Drugs, J Mascis, Ryan Adams, Adele, Zomby, Antlers, Wilco, Johnathan Wilson, Low Anthem. Only got the the new Bonnie "Prince" a few days ago, don't have the new Black Keys or Roots yet...
Quote from: dragonboy on Dec 21, 2011, 04:36 AM
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Arbouretum - The Gathering
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Nils Frahm - Felt
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die...
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Other mentions - Bill Callahan, War On Drugs, J Mascis, Ryan Adams, Adele, Zomby, Antlers, Wilco, Johnathan Wilson, Low Anthem. Only got the the new Bonnie "Prince" a few days ago, don't have the new Black Keys or Roots yet...
I thank you DB for turning me towards Arbouretum. I love that album. I miss talking hip hop with you and I'll go ahead and say that Undun might have jumped into 4th place on my Roots album list and in time may replace one or more of the big 3. It's that good.
Very welcome Rob! Do you have Song Of The Pearl & Rites Of Uncovering?
Quote from: dragonboy on Dec 21, 2011, 08:43 AM
Very welcome Rob! Do you have Song Of The Pearl & Rites Of Uncovering?
I do not. I'm pretty familiar with both of the albums but I've been looking to purchase both on vinyl. Overall, I know that I enjoy the Gathering more but look forward to getting my hands on the LPs. I think I prefer the more focused, drony, stoner/psych sound of the Gathering. What do you think about those two?
Just sent you an email :)
Quote from: Ruckus on Dec 21, 2011, 08:31 AM
Quote from: dragonboy on Dec 21, 2011, 04:36 AM
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Arbouretum - The Gathering
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Nils Frahm - Felt
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die...
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Other mentions - Bill Callahan, War On Drugs, J Mascis, Ryan Adams, Adele, Zomby, Antlers, Wilco, Johnathan Wilson, Low Anthem. Only got the the new Bonnie "Prince" a few days ago, don't have the new Black Keys or Roots yet...
I thank you DB for turning me towards Arbouretum. I love that album. I miss talking hip hop with you and I'll go ahead and say that Undun might have jumped into 4th place on my Roots album list and in time may replace one or more of the big 3. It's that good.
ruckus then turned me on to Arbouretum!...
side note--(also Mastodon!!)...Curl of the Burl kicks ass man, no idea why you don't like it.. the combination of Season 3 of The Wire and Mastodon is just making me wanna take bodies out and rip sh*t up...how dare you cap Omar's old Grandlady on a Sunday Morning! that broke all the rules...
Quote from: Penny Lane on Dec 21, 2011, 01:50 PM
Quote from: Ruckus on Dec 21, 2011, 08:31 AM
Quote from: dragonboy on Dec 21, 2011, 04:36 AM
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Arbouretum - The Gathering
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Nils Frahm - Felt
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die...
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
Other mentions - Bill Callahan, War On Drugs, J Mascis, Ryan Adams, Adele, Zomby, Antlers, Wilco, Johnathan Wilson, Low Anthem. Only got the the new Bonnie "Prince" a few days ago, don't have the new Black Keys or Roots yet...
I thank you DB for turning me towards Arbouretum. I love that album. I miss talking hip hop with you and I'll go ahead and say that Undun might have jumped into 4th place on my Roots album list and in time may replace one or more of the big 3. It's that good.
ruckus then turned me on to Arbouretum!...
side note--(also Mastodon!!)...Curl of the Burl kicks ass man, no idea why you don't like it.. the combination of Season 3 of The Wire and Mastodon is just making me wanna take bodies out and rip sh*t up...how dare you cap Omar's old Grandlady on a Sunday Morning! that broke all the rules...
:o Oh hell, Christine is thuggin & buggin.
There's always an album or 2 I'm late to the party on that would've made my top ten. This year it's White Denim - D. Probably would bump out Middle Brother and keep 1,2,3 in my top ten.
That WU LYF album is badass.
I am late to the party or spent time revisiting albums. Decemberists was on several friends list and after giving a much deserved second chance i would put in my top ten, bumping out Okkervil River.
Undun is terrific. It's definitely in the mix as their 4th best album, along with How I Got Over and Game Theory.
1. Arbouretum - The Gathering
2. Roots - Undun
3. Astrounautalis - This is Our Science
4. Country Mice - Twister
5. Middle Brother - S/T
6. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Scandalous
7. Scale the Summit - The Collective
8. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
9. Rival Sons - Pressure and Time
10.Badbadnotgood - BBNG
Honorable Mention:
White Denim, Frank Turner, Megadeth, Dawes, Shabazz Palaces
I've been meaning to do this for a while and hell it's Feb 6, if I don't do it soon what's the point. So, here goes:
Top 11 albums of the year:
1 Head and the Heart Head and the Heart
2 Brown Bird Salt for Salt
3 Dawes Nothing is Wrong
4 MMJ Circuital
5 Wilco The Whole Lover
6 White Denim D
7 Decemberists The King Is Dead
8 Civil Wars Barton Hollow
9 War on Drugs Slave Ambient
10 Felice Brothers Celebration FL
11 Bright Eyes People's Key
honorable mention (like some songs but album is flawed): Deer Tick, Portugal the Man, Blitzen Trapper, Radiohead
albums that have a chance to crack the top 11 someday but I haven't had long enough: Yuck, Glossary, Other Lives, Country Mice
Albums I've had long enough to know they won't crack the top 11*: Stephen Malkmus, Eddie Vedder, Drive By Truckers, Death Cab for Cutie, Daniel Martin Moore, Coldplay, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Aunt Marsha, Airborne Toxic Event, Adele.
* When I see other people's top lists I always wonder "why isn't __ on there? didn't they like it or didn't they know it?". Or, did they listen to 400 albums that year or 12? (if the latter, the top 10 list might contain some bad albums). Also, I only included albums I heard many many times and know very well. This list might generate some potshots at my musical tastes. So I guess in total that's 29 albums I spent a lot of time with in 2011... probably a low number than many of you but a manageable amount to digest for me.
I thought I posted my top albums in this thread, but I guess not.
1. The Antlers, "Burst Apart"
2. The War on Drugs, "Slave Ambient"
3. White Denim, "D"
4. Thee Oh Sees, "Carrion Crawler/The Dream"
5. PJ Harvey, "Let England Shake"
6. Bon Iver, "Bon Iver"
7. Wilco, "The Whole Love"
8. M83, "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming"
9. The Black Keys, "El Camino"
10. Cut Copy, "Zonoscope"
I guess I never posted mine either? Huh.
1. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter Marble Son
2. Zola Jesus Conatus
3. Disappears Guider
4. Charles Bradley No Time For Dreaming
5. Destroyer Kaputt
6. Dum Dum Girls Only In Dreams
7. Okkervil River I Am Very Far
8. Kanye West and Jay-Z Watch the Throne
9. Peaking Lights 936
10. Belong Common Era
Good call on Zola Jesus. I probably would have her in my top 10 as well, but I forgot.
Couldn't stop playing that one for months.