Best albums of 2011


i think maybe i said wilco was dad rock and nick lowe was granddad rock. neither was meant as an insult. i ended up enjoying both of their albums.

sweetcell wrote:
James wrote:
My list, subject to revision:


1. Raphael Saadiq
2. Wilco
3. Lucinda Williams
4. Drive By Truckers
5. Gillian Welch
6. Destroyer
7. Jason Isbell
8. Fleet Foxes
9. Laura Marling
10. Tom Waits
11. Fountains of Wayne
12. Rebirth Brass Band
13. Mayer Hawthorne
14. My Morning Jacket
15. TV on the Radio
16. The Roots
17. Little Dragon
18. Nick Lowe
19. Trombone Shorty
20. Fatoumata Diawara

i'm surprised that you included wilco on your list.  didn't you disparage that album as "dad-rock"?  maybe it was a grower?
Close, but it's missing something…

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
this is the Gayest List Ever.

Staralfur25 wrote:
Favorite Albums
1. M83
2. Cut Copy
3. Florence and the machine
4. Hercules and love affair   :-*
5. Pj Harvey
6. Ladytron
7. Mates of State
8. Twin Sister
9. Ellie Goulding
10.  Justice

Here are my top 10 in no parcticular order:


Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
Eleanor Friedberger- Last Summer
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
Radiohead-The King of Limbs-
John Cale- Extra Playful EP
Danger Mouse- Rome
My Brightest Diamond- All Things Will Unwind
St. Vincent- Strange Mercy
My Morning Jacket- Circuital
The Kills- Blood Pressures
Plan B - the defamation of strickland banks (easily the best (most complete) album i listened to on repeat)

Others:
Nico's Gun
White Lies
Beirut
the raveonettes
and for all you haters Foster the People (which is the most catchiest/fun album that i can listen to on the subway all the time and tune out the other people)
no order here either…

Live Music - Strange Boys
D - White Denim -
Slave Ambient - The War on Drugs
Smoke Ring for my Halo - Kurt Vile
Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
Arabia Mountain - Black Lips
Divine Providence - Deer Tick
In Light ? Givers
Believers ? A.A. Bondy
Moonlight Butterfly ? The Sea and Cake
Mirror Traffic  -Malkmus and the Jicks
In the Mountain in the Cloud ? Portugal, The Man
Wit?s End ? Cass Macombs
The Whole Love ? Wilco
Tarantula!/Blue Blood ? Limes
Days ? Real Estate
El Camino ? Black Keys
Most of my faces are already here. 'Cept Dum Dum Girls.
Oops, faves that is. F'g spellcheck.
In no particular order, my top 30 for 2011.  Most are either witch house (with quite a few Phantasma Disques releases) or Baltimore bands (plus a little hip hop).
Dog Leather - Greezy Man and Stinky Man Meets Smutty Ranks On Tarantula Hill
BL▲CK ? CEILING ? II
Holy Ghost Party - Holy Ghost Party LP
Blissed Out - I
Astronautalis - This is our Science
Juicy J & Lex Luger - Rubba Band Business 2
Celebration - Electric Tarot: Hello Paradise
Slow Head - Veins
Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire - Ultimate Songs From the Pit
Sortahuman - Lysergic Bliss
White Ring - Chaind Vol. 1
powwoww - CDR
High Park - All Day
Future Islands - On The Water
Force Publique - Force Publique
White Life - White Life
Prince Rama - Trust Now
Screen Vinyl Image - Strange Behavior
Low - C'Mon
Moss of Aura - Wading
Teehn Bwitches - Album CDR
Grimes - Visions
Roomrunner - Roomrunner
Should - Like A Fire Without Sound
the Skull Defekts - Peer Amid
GuMMyBeAR - Oakland
Adventure - the Lesser Known
Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II
Dope Body - Nupping
GL▲SS ?33?H - CDR
1.) Nicole Atkins - Mondo Amore


2.) Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche


3.) The Strokes - Angles


4.) Feist - Metals


5.) Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs


6.) The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow


7.) Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo


8.) Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi


9.) Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde


10.) TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light



11.) Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
12.) Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
13.) Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours
14.) Primus - Green Naughahyde
15.) Kasabian - Velociraptor!
16.) Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
17.) The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
18.) Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
19.) Radiohead - The King of Limbs
20.) Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
21.) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
22.) Dex Romweber Duo - Is That You in the Blue?
23.) Ellie Goulding - Lights
24.) Will Haven - Voir Dire
25.) Wye Oak - Civilian
26.) Screen Vinyl Image - Strange Behavior
27.) Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
28.) She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
29.) Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
30.) Wild Flag - Wild Flag
31.) The Black Keys - El Camino
32.) Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
33.) Kaiser Chiefs - The Future Is Medieval
34.) J Mascis - Several Shades of Why
35.) Adele - 21
36.) Yuck - Yuck
37.) Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
38.) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
39.) Beady Eye - Different Gear Still Speeding
40.) Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
41.) U.S. Royalty - MIRRORS
42.) Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
43.) The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
44.) Lady Gaga - Born This Way
45.) Childish Gambino - Camp
46.) James Blake - James Blake
47.) Boots Electric - Honkey Kong
48.) Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear
49.) Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do
50.) Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO
brennser wrote:


Most overrated:

Lydia Loveless - sounds like Neko Case outtakes




wow.. I love this record…. Neko Case is so boring though although I do like that one song with that band… plus Lydia's got a better voice.. and I think she was like 19 or 20 when this record was cut so she's only going to get better.

Indestructible Machine reminds me of the great alternative country records of the 1990s before the artists "matured" (ie., got old and boring and began to write mainly heavy ballads… )….its got some edge/grit to it

I notice she played Hill Country BBQ in June… I won't miss her the next time she's around..
my comments on most threads . . . never change
hutch wrote:
brennser wrote:


Most overrated:

Lydia Loveless - sounds like Neko Case outtakes




wow.. I love this record…. Neko Case is so boring though although I do like that one song with that band… plus Lydia's got a better voice.. and I think she was like 19 or 20 when this record was cut so she's only going to get better.

Indestructible Machine reminds me of the great alternative country records of the 1990s before the artists "matured" (ie., got old and boring and began to write mainly heavy ballads… )….its got some edge/grit to it

I notice she played Hill Country BBQ in June… I won't miss her the next time she's around..


Did you remember someone mad that post? What made you go back to a post from nearly two years ago?
sometimes i get bored with the main two pages . . . and love to read old threads.  you can find some real gems in there, and hutch demands only the finest in computer talk.
boom

that ones for you, hutch
a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf.  but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.

this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out….i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..

i was bummed
stevewizzle wrote:
a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf.  but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.

this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
Do you mean on here, or in general?  I have been working on mine for a few weeks already… It is looking like a top 40 or 50 type of year.

As for 2011 being mediocre… maybe for you, but I thought it was extremely strong, at least upon looking at what I listed for my best of on here. I guess it depends on what kinds of music you like.
stevewizzle is mostly into girl groups and experimental jazz… so 2011 was understandably pretty weak for him.
sweetcell wrote:
stevewizzle is mostly into girl groups and experimental jazz… so 2011 was understandably pretty weak for him.


why would you watch a bunch of DUDES on stage when it could be a bunch of CHICKS?

killsaly wrote:
stevewizzle wrote:
a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf.  but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.

this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
Do you mean on here, or in general?  I have been working on mine for a few weeks already… It is looking like a top 40 or 50 type of year.

As for 2011 being mediocre… maybe for you, but I thought it was extremely strong, at least upon looking at what I listed for my best of on here. I guess it depends on what kinds of music you like.


i looked at your list and listened to only a handful, so that makes sense. 
stevewizzle wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
stevewizzle is mostly into girl groups and experimental jazz… so 2011 was understandably pretty weak for him.


why would you watch a bunch of DUDES on stage when it could be a bunch of CHICKS?


stevewizzle = RustyOrgan?