Magazine/website/record store BEST OF 2011 end-of-year list pile-up

that's a great list

I know that it's the bottom of the list but most of these Fact tracks sound like half-finished tunes on someone's hard drive, both bloodless and amateurish. Wish I could be convinced it wasn't just writers repping their mates in one or two cases.

Really like that Mr Beatnik tune though, not heard that before. It's loads better than I Know All The Bitches.

The Men's Leave Home is a great album. It's not often I can get into something doing that Spacemen 3, Mudhoney, Stooges kind of thing given the amount I've listened to over the last 25 years but this is a great CD.

AV Club's list, pretty boring but Wye Oak is no. 1
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-2011,66004/

feeling nabs' list

― v-shasty, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:17 (6 hours ago) Permalink

have you heard the iceage album j0radn? if so do you like it? curious

AV Club's list, pretty boring but because Wye Oak is no. 1

Sorry, just do not get the love for this band at all. Based on how people describe them, I should really enjoy this but I find the new album to be boring as hell.

i didn't get into the new album as much as the last one but i think they're a great band, really like their songwriting and her singing.

Maybe I need to check out the last one, sounds like that one might be closer to how the band has been described to me.

I haven't heard Wye Oak at all, but #1 on AV Club is kind of a not-boring move.

Anyway, Paul Krugman digs them. Or at least their live videos on YouTube.

yeah. i think wye oak is kind of generic.

Anyway, Paul Krugman digs them. Or at least their live videos on YouTube.

lol

That interview was pretty funny.

low blow, jmc

NME Albums of 2011

01 PJ HARVEY - LET ENGLAND SHAKE
02 METRONOMY - THE ENGLISH RIVIERA
03 THE HORRORS - SKYING
04 WILD BEASTS - SMOTHER
05 KURT VILE - SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO
06 ARCTIC MONKEYS - SUCK IT AND SEE
07 ST VINCENT - STRANGE MERCY
08 KATY B - ON A MISSION
09 TUNE-YARDS - WHOKILL
10 WU LYF - GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN

11 ANNA CALVI - ANNA CLAVI
12 SCUM - AGAIN INTO EYES
13 SUUNS - ZEROES QC
14 THE VACCINES - WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES?
15 WILD FLAG - WILD FLAG
16 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - A DIFFERENT KKIND OF FIX
17 BATTLES - GLOSS DROP
18 CAT'S EYES - CAT'S EYES
19 LAURA MARLING - A CREATURE I DON´T KNOW
20 RADIOHEAD - THE KING OF LIMBS

21 KASABIAN - VELOCIRAPTOR!
22 NOAH & THE WHALE - LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
23 YUCK - YUCK
24 BIG TALK - BIG TALK
25 PLANNINGTOROCK - W
26 GIRLS - FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST
27 BLACK LIPS - ARABIA MOUNTAIN
28 THE FIELD - LOOPING STATE OF MIND
29 SMITH WESTERNS - DYE IT BLONDE
30 FRIENDLY FIRES - PALA

31 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - CEREMONIALS
32 ALEX TURNER - SUBMARINE OST
33 JUSTICE - AUDIO,VIDEO,DISCO
34 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
35 TV ON THE RADIO - NINE TYPES OF LIGHT
36 ICEAGE - NEW BRIGADE
37 WHITE DENIM - D
38 BJÖRK - BIOPHILIA -
39 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - s/t
40 COLD CAVE - CHERISH THE LIGHT YEARS

41 DEATH GRIPS - EX-MILITARY
42 PATRICK WOLF - LUPERCALIA
43 FOO FIGHTERS - WASTING LIGHT
44 DESTROYER - KAPUTT
45 AUSTRA - FEEL IT BREAK
46 BON IVER - BON IVER
47 REAL ESTATE - DAYS
48 SLOW CLUB - PARADISE
49 SBTRKT - SBTRKT
50 JAY Z & KANYE WEST - WATCH THE THRONE

(NOT MY ALL CAPS BTW)

they really like to cram their shit down your throat huh?

You know, that's not a TERRIBLE list, to be fair.

I'm really the only one that finds that PJ Harvey patchy as hell, huh?

it's not my thing... i even caught her live this year and it did nothing for me.

I don't think it's worthy of a number one slot, but I was pleasantly surprised by it.

And yeah, that NME list is not... the worst thing ever, anyway.

I thought the Suuns album was 2010?

Apparently 2010 in US, 2011 release in the UK.

DODGY

(that wasn't me using the secret bat signal for Geir btw)

so my takeaway here is that I should be paying attention to funky?

dan your takeaway here is to pay attention to threads I start.

I think I might be the only person favourably inclined towards funky who doesn't love Sensitivity. Or more to the point, I like it more as a vehicle for riotous MCs to jump all over than I do as a song in its own right.

Feel you on this matt but I think this is true of 99.9% of funky, it's a legacy of the particular way that it fuses impulses from house, grime and dancehall that even the best songs can feel incomplete on their own - even when it doesn't seem like the tune was designed with MCs and DJ mixing in mind the very structure of the music seems to demand that interplay.

I would say this is even true of say, "Do You Mind", though not true of "It's What You Do" or Ill Blu's Roll Deep mixes.

Dancehall in particular is the same for me: it's rare for a tune to sound better on its own than in the context of a mix of several tracks on the one riddim.

NME tracks list 2011

1 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES
2 TYLER, THE CREATOR - YONKERS
3 THE HORRORS - STILL LIFE
4 PJ HARVEY - THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER
5 WILD BEASTS - BED OF NAILS
6 BATTLES - ICE CREAM
7 METRONOMY - THE BAY
8 TUNE - BIZNESS
9 HOWLER - I TOLD YOU ONCE
10 M83 - MIDNIGHT CITY

11 METRONOMY - THE LOOK
12 KURT VILE - BABY'S ARMS
13 NIKI 6 THE DOVE - THE FOX
14 THE VACCINES - IF YOU WANNA
15 SPECTOR - NEVER FADE AWAY
16 SUMMER CAMP - I WANT YOU
17 KATY B - BROKEN RECORD
18 AZEALIA BANKS - 212
19 ANNA CALVI - BLACKOUT
20 MILK MUSIC - BEYOND LIVING

21 FOSTER THE PEOPLE - PUMPED UP KICKS
22 ARCTIC MONKEYS - THE HELLCAT SPANGLED SHALALALA
23 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - SHAKE IT OUT
24 GLASVEGAS - THE WORLD IS YOURS
25 THE STROKES - UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
26 RIHANNA - WE FOUND LOVE
27 LITTLE DRAGON - RITUAL UNION
28 THE VACCINES - POST BREAK UP SEX
29 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - SHUFFLE
30 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP ( JAMIE XX SHUFFLE )

31 THE DRUMS - MONEY
32 GHOSTPOET - LIIINES
33 ALEX TURNER - PILEDRIVER WALTZ
34 AUSTRA - BEAT AND THE PULSE
35 SBTRKT FEAT. LITTLE DRAGON - WILDFIRE
36 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - MY HOUSE
37 MARINA & THE DIAMONDS - RADIOACTIVE
38 BEYONCE - RUN THE WORLD
39 FRIENDS - I'M HIS GIRL
40 JUSTICE - CIVILIZATION

41 METRONOMY - SHE WANTS
42 FACTORY FLOOR - REAL LOVE
43 AZARI & III - RECKLESS WITH YOUR LOVE
44 JOE GODDARD FEAT. VALENTINA - GABRIEL
45 ICEAGE - BROKEN BONE
46 AUSTRA - LOSE IT
47 DANANANANAYKROYD - MUSCLE MEMORY
48 COLD CAVE - THE GREAT PAN IS DEAD
49 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - IF I HAD A GUN
50 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - AKA...WHAT A LIFE!

lol

Noel's double placement right at the end is odd

i thought it was a joke!

49 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - IF I HAD A GUN
50 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - AKA...THE STEENDRIVER!

Little White Earbuds EPs of the year

01 Sepalcure - Fleur
02 Levon Vincent - Impression of a Rainstorm
03 Conforce - Dystopian Elements
04 Ital - Ital’s Theme
05 Kassem Mosse - Workshop 12

lol dog latin

Pretty good metal list - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/151868-the-best-metal-of-2011/

LOL av club listing that saigon album

kinda weird that they list the points/albums w/ so little people? "coming in at number four, with a whole FOUR votes..."

Look, Nathan Rabin had been waiting a damn long time for that album and he was damned if he wasn't going to enjoy it

kinda weird that they list the points/albums w/ so little people? "coming in at number four, with a whole FOUR votes..."

haha all i cld think was 'why did the av club change their eoy list format to match an ilx ballot poll?'. i was disappointed they didnt list the no. of #1 voters as well

i have been a Wye Oak superfan since before they were Wye Oak and was at one of their very first shows and love any success they get, but the latest album was really not their best work, the EP from last year slays it

43 AZARI & III - RECKLESS WITH YOUR LOVE

I thought that was 2009 ? Cause if we're allowed to vote for it again because the album came out in 2011 I will !

i wouldn't base anything you do on an NME editorial decision

That NME albums list isn't that bad actually, although I may be influenced by Let England Shake at #1 and Katy B in the top 10. Singles list is a bore though.

That said there's something a bit scraping-the-barrel about the NME albums list, like they were really running out of ideas by #45 or so and couldn't have put together a top 60 if they tried.

not enough shit uk indie acts. had to start using their brains.

FACT mag #30-#21
http://www.factmag.com/2011/12/05/50-best-tracks-of-2011-50-41/3/

30: PEARSON SOUND ‘DEEP INSIDE’ (NIGHT SLUGS WHITE LABEL)
29: WASHED OUT ‘AMOR FATI’ (WEIRD WORLD / SUB POP)
28: GROUPER ‘ALIEN OBSERVER’ (from A I A, YELLOW ELECTRIC)
27: LOOPS HAUNT ‘ARK’ (BLACK ACRE)
26: SBTRKT feat. ROSES GABOR ‘PHARAOHS’ (from SBTRKT, YOUNG TURKS)
25: HUXLEY ‘SHOWER SCENE’ (ACT NATURAL)
24: KAHN ‘LIKE WE USED TO’ (PUNCH DRUNK)
23: NEW YORK TRANSIT AUTHORITY ‘OFF THE TRAXX’ (LOBSTER BOY)
22: KREAYSHAWN ‘GUCCI GUCCI’ (SONY)
21: DYLAN ETTINGER ‘LION OF JUDAH’ (NOT NOT FUN)

LAMP mag

The Loops Haunt track is apparently "the biggest, baddest record you’ll hear anywhere this year with a guitar solo".

(it's IDM-ish post-dubstep btw)

YES to "deep inside" and "pharaohs"

That said there's something a bit scraping-the-barrel about the NME albums list, like they were really running out of ideas by #45 or so and couldn't have put together a top 60 if they tried.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 5:37 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

i think they ran out of ideas by #6 when they continued repping for Arctic Monkeys

Not to play cap'n save the NME here, but this year's Arctic Monkeys album is actually better than their last couple. Still nowhere near top-ten worthy though.

They put Alex Turner's Submarine soundtrack on there as well though. Which was actually quite pleasant in the film but having it as an album of the year is indicative of a dearth of ideas.