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

if it wasn't clear already then it is now

yes

hi!

(when is the terrorizer issue with the top albums out?)

note to self: never pay attention to FACT ever again

xp start of Jan I guess?

ok cool.

this Guardian contributors list is very different to all the others

Dom Lawson

Albums

1. Machine Head – Unto The Locust
2. MOONWAGON – Night Dust
3. WOLFSBANE – Wolfsbane Save The World
4. OPETH – Heritage
5. NECROPHAGIA – Deathtrip 69
6. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – A Grounding In Numbers
7. STEVEN WILSON – Grace For Drowning
8. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – 17th Street
9. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Deconstruction
10. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Ghost

Tracks

1. MACHINE HEAD – Darkness Within
2. WOLFSBANE – Live Before I Die
3. OPETH – The Devil's Orchard
4. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Highly Strung
5. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – The Grain
6. KORN feat. Skrillex – Get Up
7. MACHINE HEAD – Locust
8. NECROPHAGIA – Naturan Demonto
9. RIVAL SONS – All Over The Road
10. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Juular

lol @ #3 album

He also seems to have picked most of his fave tracks from the albums he chose

CAPITAL LETTERS FTW!

Skrillex presumably doesn't get caps due to FALSE METAL.

I guess I just feel like there's a lot of this kneejerk "ugh harmonies and beards and folk" dismissal of them.

i love harmonies, but more the journey-type. if fleet foxes dump the pretense of seriousness and become a 70s yacht-rock act (but a self-aware 70s yacht-rock act), i think i'll love them.

what's wrong with seriousness

I would argue that "seriousness" is the least of Fleet Foxes' problems

unfortunately the argument would end there because everything about them short-circuits my ability to form coherent arguments and takes me straight to "thank god I live in a world where I never, ever, ever, ever, EVER have to hear these guys, even by accident"

Also I am happy that Dan is loving the 2011 techno bobbins but dude don't miss out on the Oliver $, it is a thing of glory.

O_O

HOLY SHIT re: OLIVER $

YES MOTHERFUCKER I AM HAVING A GOOD TIME

You would not believe how well that goes off on dancefloors. Actually you would, it's obvious, but still...

Loving Chunklet's "analysis" of Greg Kot's top 20 of 2011 list: http://www.chunklet.com/index.cfm?section=blogs&id=709

Mmm, seems terribly unfunny to me tbh

That is really laboured and not funny in the slightest.

that's Chunklet for you

you can't do "snarky know-it-all" and then go "I don't know who Raphael Saadiq is"

idk i get some p good lols out of imagining what that dudes band sounds like

i bet theyre really good and wear plaid shirts when they play shows

ayo dan thank you for compiling the ra list into a spotify thing

really enjoying this

ra list is amazing, but still kinda baffled that the consensus tiger & woods track on these EOY lists was originally released in 2010 and is probably my least favorite thing on the album (tho the fact that it got on the p4k list is still kinda cool, idk)

god damn i am loving this morhposis record

NPR Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums of 2011:

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. Adele - 21
4. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
5. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
6. The Black Keys - El Camino
7. Wilco - Whole Love
8. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
9. Beirut - The Rip Tide
11. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
12. Feist - Metals
13. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
14. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
15. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
16. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
17. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
18. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
19. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
20. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
21. Jay-Z/Kanye West - Watch the Throne
22. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
23. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
24. Cults - Cults
25. James Blake - James Blake

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143717007/listeners-pick-their-favorite-albums-of-2011

lol @ npr voters getting that black keys album in there literally A WEEK after it's out. "we're on it, top ten, no hesitation."

only a joke organization would vote bon iver #1

i would love it actually if the republican caucus entered a bill to cease NPR's funding due to its listeners not voting the fleet foxes album as the best of 2011

BIFFA top three there, alright

only a joke organization would vote bon iver #1

like p4k?

42. Miguel Campbell - Something Special
29. Oliver $ - Doin' Ya Thang
28. Maceo Plex - Can't Leave You
27. Danny Daze feat. Louisahhh - Your Everything
24. Osunlade - Envision (Ame Remix)
19. Scuba - Adrenalin
12. Benoit & Sergio - Walk & Talk
11. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomon Vox Mix)
06. Steffi feat. Virginia - Yours
05. Todd Terje - Ragysh
04. Todd Terje - Snooze 4 Love
02. Omar-S - Here's Your Trance, Now Dance!!

i fw all of these from the RA list. surprised not to see jamie jone's remix of 'hungry for the power' on there. and yeah again, i wish RA would not cover post-dubstep etc. feel like they have diluted their brand a bit.

Are we all in agreement to ban BIFFA from the ILx list this year?

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lol @ npr voters getting that black keys album in there literally A WEEK after it's out. "we're on it, top ten, no hesitation."

― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:09 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Lol at using the official release date as the criteria for this.

did it leak ages ago?

Top Jazz Albums of 2011

Shaun Brady

1. BB&C The Veil (Cryptogramophone) This sprawling, fangs-bared live set reunites three longtime compatriots — saxophonist Tim Berne, guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Jim Black — for a ferocious trio date. Berne's scything alto, Cline's extraterrestrial eruptions and Black's scrapyard barrage meld into an intensely inventive whole.

2. Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue) A quantum leap beyond so much trite jazz-classical fusion, Swiss trombonist Blaser, ably abetted by undersung keyboard wizard Russ Lossing, bassist Thomas Morgan and late drum legend Paul Motian, vividly transforms the music of Monteverdi and other Italian composers of the Baroque and Renaissance into airy, cerebral beauty.

3. Craig Taborn Avenging Angel (ECM) Always an intriguing collaborative presence, Taborn's solo piano debut is a work of unusual mystery, provocative depth and intellectual clarity.

4. Matthew Shipp Art of the Improviser (Thirsty Ear) To celebrate his 50th birthday, Shipp offers a monumental two-disc survey of his iconoclastic artistry, one solo, the second with his latest trio.

5. Steve Coleman & Five Elements The Mancy of Sound (Pi) Coleman's acolytes have overtaken the jazz world of late, but the saxophonist/composer proves again that he continues to evolve. His latest forefronts Jen Shyu's abstract vocalese as an integral element of Coleman's singular pieces.

6. David S. Ware Organica (Solo Saxophones, Volume 2) (Aum Fidelity) The second in a series of solo releases documenting the sax titan's return to public performance following a kidney transplant, Organica consists of two stunning concerts featuring his ever-muscular tenor and the debut of a sinuous sopranino. Proof positive of not only Ware's vitality but the irrepressible force of his creative mind.

7. Wadada Leo Smith's Organic Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform) The great AACM trumpeter/composer revisits and reconceives Miles Davis' '70s electric period on a double-disc set, backed by an ensemble of young all-stars who offer a fresh and combustible take on funk-rock-jazz fusion.

8. Darius Jones Trio Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) (Aum Fidelity) Unlike so many of his hyper-intellectualized peers, young saxophonist Jones draws from the gut rather than the head, unleashing torrents of brawny sound from his alto. That's not to suggest he's any less forward-thinking, however, as this envelope-shoving second volume in his musical autobiography, centered on his rural Virginia upbringing, shows.

9. Rez Abbasi's Invocation Suno Suno (Enja) The Pakistani-born guitarist delves into his heritage with a suite of compositions inspired by Qawwali music that never feels like a forced hybrid. It doesn't hurt that Rudresh Mahanthappa and pianist Vijay Iyer, both of whom know something about interweaving cross-cultural influences, are also on hand.

1. Curtis Macdonald Community Immunity (Greenleaf) The young Canadian saxophonist's debut is a showcase for his angular, tension-filled compositions. A sharp first step, full of surprises and, especially, promise.

http://www.citypaper.net/music/2011-12-15-top-jazz-albums-of-2011.html

This thread makes me so glad I shut down all websites so you guys can't relentlessly mock my preferences. Also, I kind of want to make a top 100 list so everyone can relentlessly mock my preferences, because my taste is best yada yada so on etc.

Hmmmmm

CIBULOID LIST YOUR TOP 100 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Please do, Cibuloid. I actually did a search for a list from you, assuming you are who I'm sure you are.

No promises I won't take any pot-shots though.

Thank u for shutting down all websites

More draconian than SOPA.

CIBA

Okay, who is Cibuloid?

^^^

m@tt clbula aka haikunym im guessing