Monday, December 26, 2011

Top 50 Albums of 2011

50) R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now (Warner Bros)
49) Kaki King - Junior (Rounder)
48) Buffalo Tom - Skins (Scrawny)
47) Battles - Gloss Drop (Warp)
46) Obits - Moody, Standard and Poor (Sub Pop)
45) Rubblebucket - Omega La La (Megaforce)
44) Lex Land - Were My Sweetheart To Go... (Intelligent Noise)
43) Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts (Matador)
42) UME - Phantoms (Modern Outsider)
41) Jeff The Brotherhood - We Are The Champions (Infinity Cat)
40) The Feelies - Here Before (Bar None)
39) Old 97's - The Grand Theater Vol. 2 (New West)
38) My Morning Jacket - Circuital (ATO)
37) Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing (Sub Pop)
36) Various Artists - SPIN Presents Newermind: A Tribute (SPIN)
35) Noah's Ark Was A Spaceship - Hanga-Fang (Slumber Party)
34) The Ettes - Wicked Will (Krian)
33) Jolie Holland - Pint of Blood (Anti)
32) Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip (Sonic Unyon)
31) Wild Flag - Wild Flag (Merge)
30) Low - C'mon (Sub Pop)
29) Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours (Geffen)
28) Radiohead - The King of Limbs (ATO)
27) TV On The Radio - Nine Types of Light (Interscope)
26) J Mascis - Several Shades of Why (Sub Pop)
25) Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire (Capitol)
24) Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys (Atlantic)
23) Bright Eyes - The People's Key (Saddle Creek)
22) Boston Spaceships - Let It Beard (GBV)
21) Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (Jagjaguwar)
20) Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud (Atlantic)
19) Various Artists - Rave On Buddy Holly (Fantasy)
18) The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (Capitol)
17) Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines (Merge)
16) Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic (Matador)
15) Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose (Oh Wow Dang)
14) Girl In A Coma - Exits and All the Rest (Blackheart)
13) The Kills - Blood Pressures (Domino)
12) YACHT - Shangri-La (DFA)
11) Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Scandalous (Lost Highway)
10) Male Bonding - Endless Now (Sub Pop)
09) Maritime - Human Hearts (Dangerbird)
08) The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar (Canvasback)
07) Tommy Stinson - One Man Mutiny (Done To Death)
06) Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See (Domino)
05) Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (Sub Pop)
04) Middle Brother - Middle Brother (Partisan)
03) Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti)
02) Deer Tick - Divine Providence (Partisan)
01) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)

Monday, December 05, 2011

Playlist 12.04.2011

Lex Land - "Havana" from Were My Sweetheart To Go...; Intelligent Noise
Kaki King - "Falling Day" from Junior; Rounder
The Ettes - "Don't Bring Me Down" from Wicked Will; Krian
My Morning Jacket - "Holdin On To Black Metal" from Curcuital; ATO
Boston Spaceships - "Make a Record For Lo-life" from Let It Beard; GBV
Death Cab For Cutie - "You Are A Tourist" from Codes and Keys; Atlantic
Okkervil River - "Your Past Life As a Blast" from I Am Very Far; Jagjaguwar
Cold War Kids - "Louder Than Ever" from Mine Is Yours; Geffen
Hurricane Bells - "I've Got a Second Chance" from Tides and Tales; Invisible Brigades
Radiohead - "Lotus Flower" from The King of Limbs; TBD
Boots Electric - "Trippy Blob" from Honkey Kong; Dangerbird
Ringo Deathstarr - "Chloe" from Colour Trip; Sonic Unyon
CSS - "Hits Me Like A Rock" from La Liberacion; V2
Blitzen Trapper - "Street Fighting Sun" from American Goldwing; Sub Pop
The Joy Formidable - "A Heavy Abacus" from The Big Roar; Canvasback
Peter Wolf Crier - "Settling It Off" from Garden of Arms; Jagjaguwar
Male Bonding - "What's That Scene" from Endless Now; Sub Pop
The Strokes - "Metabolism" from Angles; RCA
Buffalo Tom - "Guilty Girls" from Skins; Scrawny
TV On The Radio - "Will Do" from Nine Types of Light; Interscope
Bright Eyes - "Beginner's Mind" from The People's Key; Saddle Creek
The Rapture - "Sail Away" from In the Grace of Love; DFA
Those Darlins - "Waste Away" from Screws Get Loose; Oh Wow Dang
Cults - "Walk At Night" from Cults; Sony
Mates of State - "At Least I Have You" from Mountaintops; Barsuk
Telekinesis - "Gotta Get It Right Now" from 12 Desperate Straight Lines; Merge
Gringo Star - "Come Alive" from Count Yer Lucky Stars; Gigantic
Battles - "Africastle" from Gloss Drop; Warp
The Jayhawks - "Stand Out In the Rain" from Mockingbird Time; Rounder
Old 97's - "No Simple Machine" from The Grand Theatre Vol. 2; New West
Butch Walker and The Black Widows - "In Bloom" from SPIN Presents Newermind: A Tribute Album; SPIN
Thurston Moore - "Circulation" from Demolished Thoughts; Matador

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