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

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.

i guess they're still actually popular in the uk, it'd just been like 3 years since i'd even been reminded they exist

Oh I'm not arguing that the NME doesn't have a dearth of ideas, just saying that the Arctic Monkeys album appearance probably isn't the worst offense on the list. Actually I'm kind of surprised they didn't toss in the other Gallagher bro's album too.

(xpost)

Surprised because lol NME, not because it is any good or anything.

yeah I quite like the Monkeys record.

I thought those Alex Turner songs had the effect of killing the emotional moments in Submarine stone dead actually.

from a personal aversion to Turner? his voice?

Nah while I'm not particularly into him I don't have much of a problem with Turner or his voice either. It's just that it was an emotional enough movie anyway, and it really didn't need sensitive acoustic busker ballads indicating when the viewer should feel sad.

Yeah, it was a good movie, but when he started singing it suddenly killed it because y'know, "oh, it's the Arctic Monkeys guy singing". So many US indie films have been guilty of doing this - crowbarring music from some indie act and it feels like you're being force-fed these acts in a kind of "Of course you like Moldy Peaches, don't you?" kind of way. I felt similar about Submarine, so I hope it's not a trend the UKers will continue.

Wire put Lulu at #9

James Ferraro at #1 apparently.

Is it out today?

I have to say that, despite FACT's best attempts to make it seem horrible, that Loops Haunt track is outstanding

Looks like it, Sean xp

Yeah i got my digital edition today. Will try to type some of it out when I can.

Oh damn, we don't have a Wire thread on the sandbox, do we? I'm excited as they should be using my photos for the CooS review.

even with Kreayshawn, this section of the FACT list is so so sooooooo much better than what they posted yesterday

I'm excited as they should be using my photos for the CooS review

Aw, congrats on that!

Hmm...I thought that all print subscribers could now access the digital edition but I can't see how to make it work (I don't have an exact editions account). I guess I'll have to wait and see if it has been delivered at home.

Complete lack of love for the DJ Quik album in these lists. Should we be surprised?

No. With the exception of Jeff Weiss, the only people who've loved that record post here.

was there much love for blaqkout in that year's non-ILM lists?

this applies to like...at least 3/4 of all my favourite albums this year. i don't know whether people didn't like them or just didn't bother hearing them despite all my repping.

Wire
1. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
2. Rustie - Glass Swords
3. Eliane Radigue - Transamorem - Transmortem
4. Hype Williams - One Motion
5. The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions
6. Michael Chapman - The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock
7. DJ Rashad - Just A Taste
8. Laurel Halo - Hour Logic
9. Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
10. John Wall & Alex Rogers - Work 2006-2011
11. Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi - In a Flash Everything Comes Together As One There Is No Need For A Subject
12. Sun Araw - Ancient Romans
13. Bill Orcutt - How TheThing Sings
14. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
15. Peaking Lights - 936
16. Corrupted - Garten Der Unberwusstheit
17. Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
18. Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Re: ECM
19. Anti G - Presents 'Kentje'sz Beatsz'
20. Thomas Ankersmit & Valerio Tricoli - Forma II
21. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
22. Cornelius Cardew - The Great Learning
23. Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse
24. Hecker - Speculative Solution
25. Andy Stott - We Stay Together
26. Rinse 16: Mixed By Ben UFO
27. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
28. Margaret Dygas - Margaret Dygas
29. Jim O'Rourke - Old News #5
30. Bangs And Works Vol 2: The Best of Chicago Footwork
31. Ekoplekz - Intrusive Incidentalz Vol 1
32. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
33. The Advisory Circle - As The Crow Flies
34. Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol 1
35. Alexander Tucker - Dorwytch
36. Helm - Cryptography
37. John Chantler - The Luminous Ground
38. Ectoplasm Girls - TxN
39. Cindytalk - Hold Everything Dear
40. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
41. Kuedo - Severant
42. Structure - Toad Blinker
43. The Fall - Ersatz GB
44. Leyland Kirby - Intrigue & Stuff Vol 1
45. Patrice & Friends - Cashmere Sheets
46. Zomby - Dedication
47. Music For Merce (1952-2009)
48. Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts
49. Rrose x Bob Ostertag - Motormouth Variations
50. Michael Chapman - Trainsongs: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010

nice to see corrupted make it

Yeah, really happy to see them rate that Corrupted album, its great.

is that rustie album good

yeah i'm pleased to see the rustie album getting lots of EOY love, though it's sliiiightly worn off for me (like from "dead cert top 10" to "dead cert top 20"

Here's the best track. You decide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUEU8nMy5mA