Quick silly poll - Has 2011 been a good year for music?

probably going to rate this year as pretty good, cos although i haven't found anything that i was into as much as the emeralds and oneohtrix albums from last year, there have been too many excellent things around for me to remember even half of them - pinch & shackleton, julianna barwick, patten, nils frahm, roman flugel, andy stott...

one psych rock record that not enough people have been repping for: skull defekts with daniel higgs

otm, that Skull Defekts is great!

indie-rock-wise, wild beasts is probably my favourite thing

I haven't found that much to like from this year, but I've been happy to enjoy some music from unexpected directions: Boy Better Know, some Ill Blu (though I still haven't found a full mix that doesn't have too much annoying chatter on it), some other UK funky in general. I like Emeli Sande and look forward to her album next year. All kinds of current Latin music genres that interest me have been disappointing, to the extent that I've heard them.

There is maybe more fringe sort of stuff around right now that I am okay with than usual, but I'm not getting past just being okay with it. Something like Oneohtrix Point Never, which sounds like a continuation of several strands of music I listened to a lot in the 80s, is a good example.

Which genre has had the best year? Not really seen anyone saying its been a classic year for 'insert genre here' anywhere.

pretty good year for psychedelic doom and this tops the lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfNHX5k9N-A

Although I doubt the lex will like it

Which genre has had the best year?

GOP debates.

^ this

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

if i saw this, i would have given the third-vote to "above average year."

I'm on my phone: did you embed an Uncle Acid vid Jimmy R?

Bcz Windhand > Uncle Acid

i did

now do 1997 for comparison obv

oh! i missed the poll?

yes

Why I think 2011 was a good year for music

“In the early '70s there were at least ten albums released every week that were fantastic. Now you're lucky to find ten albums a year of that quality. And there are more albums released each week now than there were then.” - Elton John, 2007

elton nailed it, end of the story

pity elton didnt name some of these weeks and list the albums out those weeks to back up his 'theory'

to be fair, Drake wasn't around in the 70s

elton otm but i think he meant 1997 not 'the 70's'

The variation of music that young people are listening to now… it's just the same beat with a different melody on top...I think it's getting a bit samey-samey… it needs a bit of a change-up again.” – Geir Hongro (ILM), 2011

i remember when rock was young

^^^hah!

darraghmac otm