Kalle Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Poptodd's thread is for the short and sweet so this one can be for the long and gross lol. There's just no way Solace can keep his list to anything under 50 and I feel like I'm doing an injustice to a lot of the records I've really loved by only posting a top 5, so here's my in progress top 40. Post yours! 1. Wilco - The Whole Love2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver3. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know4. Tom Waits - Bad As Me5. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues6. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest7. Feist - Metals8. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy9. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake10. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire11. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse 12. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo13. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient14. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs15. Megafaun - Megafaun16. Daniel Romano - Sleep Beneath The Willow17. Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic18. One Hundred Dollars - Songs Of Man19. Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On20. Cass McCombs - Wit's End/Humor Risk 21. Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong22. Destroyer - Kaputt23. The Luyas - Too Beautiful To Work24. The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy25. Wild Beasts - Smother26. The Antlers - Burst Apart 27. White Denim - D28. Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit29. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost30. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town 31. Hiss Golden Messenger - Poor Moon32. Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What 33. Wye Oak - Civilian34. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'35. Grouper - AIA36. Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming37. Matthew Barber - True Believer38. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys! 39. Josh T. Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentleman40. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I just haven't heard enough 2011 releases to do an extended list. So, have at it!!! And I will use these to find some new stuff to check out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 1. Wilco - The Whole Love9. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake11. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse12. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo13. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient17. Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic22. Destroyer - Kaputt30. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town33. Wye Oak - Civilian35. Grouper - AIA of the above ones i've heard, i would put Wilco, Vile, Malkmus, Grouper and Wye Oak on my list. The Callahan was solid, but not nearly as good as the last record. i need to hear the BPB more...one listen doesn't cut it. top 15 list as of now...i still need to listen to new records from Boston Spaceships, The Bevis Frond and Glenn Jones more. Grails - Deep Politics Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You WillKurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My HaloSlug Guts - Howlin' GangVarious - Not The Spaces You Know But Between ThemLifeguards - Waving At the AstronautsWild Flag - Wild FlagStephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Mirror TrafficLocrian - The Crystal WorldWilco - The Whole LovePremonition 13 - Premonition 13Grouper - AIA:Alien Observer / AIA:Dream LossWeird Era - Side A/ Side BBlood Ceremony - Living With The AncientsWye Oak - Civilian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Bodnia Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 These are the artists whose 2011 record I bought: 1. R.E.M.2. Radiohead3. Decemberists,4. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins,5. Head and the Heart,6. Blind Pilot,7. Wilco8. Wilderness of Manitoba,9. Dan Mangan,10. Rural Alberta Advantage11. Low Anthem12. Sarabeth Tucek Of all these, I am satisfied with purchases #8, #9, and #10. I am moderately satisfied with purchases #3, #4, #5, #7, #11 and #12. I am Not satisfied with purchases #1, #2, #6. Of all twelve, the 2011 record that I most liked is #8, Wilderness of Manitoba. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 roughly this order: Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills - all of your raw materialsFucked Up - David Comes to LifeChristine Fellows - Femmes des Chez NousDeloro - S/TOne Hundred Dollars - Songs of ManSinging Adams - Everybody Friends NowCrooked Fingers - Breaks in the ArmorGeoff Berner - Victory PartyCharles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming - 2011? - not that it mattersJennifer Castle - CastlemusicDan Mangan - Oh FortuneWooden Wand - BriarwoodOx - TucoRichard Buckner - Our BloodFred Squire - TeakleMaggie Bjorklund - Coming HomeDaniel Romano - Sleep Beneath the Waves Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Daniel Romano - Sleep Beneath the Waves I think you meant Sleep Beneath the Willows. But that's an even cooler title in my opinion! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I think you meant Sleep Beneath the Willows. But that's an even cooler title in my opinion! yeah - you're right! He's from a lakeside town and I think I got the image stuck. It has been an incredible year for You've Changed records. Romano, Laviolette and the Weather Station are all excellent records. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I haven't even begun to rank these yet, but here are my favorites of the year so far: The Antlers - Burst ApartBon Iver - Bon IverCults - CultsThe Decemberists - The King is DeadDestroyer - Kaputt Dolorean - The UnfazedThe Donkeys - Born With StripesDum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High EP (haven't heard their new album yet)EMA - Past Life Martyred SaintsFeist - Metals Florence + the Machine - CeremonialsForest Fire - Staring at the XGirls - Father, Son, Holy GhostHandsome Furs - Sound KapitalI Break Horses - Hearts James Blake - James BlakeJEFF the Brotherhood - We Are the ChampionsThe Kills - Blood PressuresLow - C'monLykke Li - Wounded Rhymes Man Man - Life FantasticRadiohead - The King of LimbsThe Rural Alberta Advantage - DepartingSt. Vincent - Strange MercySmith Westerns - Dye it Blonde Starfucker - ReptiliansTV on the Radio - Nine Types of LightWilco - The Whole LoveWild Flag - Wild FlagWye Oak - Civilian YACHT - Shangri-LaYellowbirds - The ColorYouth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 too early, i will wait until december Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 a lot of people have been listing that Girls record...i saw 'em twice last year and was thoroughly non-plussed...am i missing out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 a lot of people have been listing that Girls record...i saw 'em twice last year and was thoroughly non-plussed...am i missing out? I've never seen them live, but I love both of their albums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 a lot of people have been listing that Girls record...i saw 'em twice last year and was thoroughly non-plussed...am i missing out? If you've seen them twice, how could you be missing out? I feel the same way about Kurt Vile's album - much loved here, but does nothing for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I feel the same way about Kurt Vile's album - much loved here, but does nothing for me. You're not listening to it correctly. But apparently I don't listen to that Dawes record correctly either, so it's all good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 You're not listening to it correctly. But apparently I don't listen to that Dawes record correctly either, so it's all good. I don't listen to the Dawes or Kurt Vile album correctly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I don't listen to the Dawes or Kurt Vile album correctly. It's interesting that it took a long time for me to understand Smoke Ring or really to understand Kurts music/style as a whole. I heard it once, hated it.. Then listened to it again on a long drive at night.. And I just got it... Been a huge fan ever since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 If you've seen them twice, how could you be missing out? I feel the same way about Kurt Vile's album - much loved here, but does nothing for me. well i saw them before that last LP came out...maybe they got super-amazing in the meantime. if someone is a 'ditch trilogy' fan, then i can't see them not like Kurt Vile's stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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