2011 In Review: Favorites
Here is a brief list of music I’ve enjoyed from the past year. See also: 2010.
Thanks to the Internet, you can now listen to this list — minus the Male Bonding, Sean McCann, Bill Callahan, The Caretaker records as well as that awesome Protect-U 12” (boo that!). You should find and listen to them.
Albums:
25. Yuck Yuck [Fat Possum]
24. The War On Drugs Slave Ambient [Secretly Canadian]
23. Eleanor Friedberger Last Summer [Merge]
22. Cass McCombs WIT’S END / Humor Risk [Domino]
21. King Krule King Krule EP [True Panther]
20. Fucked Up David Comes To Life [Matador]
19. M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming [Mute]
18. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine [Domino]
17. Thee Oh Sees Castlemania / Carrion Crawler/The Dream [In The Red]
16. Male Bonding Endless Now [Sub Pop]
15. Withered Hand Good News [Absolutely Kosher]
14. PUJOL Nasty, Brutish and Short EP [Saddle Creek]
13. Sean McCann The Capital [Aguirre]
12. St. Vincent Strange Mercy [4AD]
11. Thursday No Devolucion [Epitaph]
10. Future Islands On The Water [Thrill Jockey]
09. Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo [Matador]
08. Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges [Constellation]
07. Joyce Manor Joyce Manor [6131]
06. Shabazz Palaces Black Up [Sub Pop]
05. Destroyer Kaputt [Merge]
04. Bill Callahan Apocalypse [Drag City]
03. tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l [4AD]
02. Bomb the Music Industry! Vacation [Ernest Jenning]
01. EMA Past Life Martyred Saints [Souterrain Transmissions]
Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):
Sloan The Double Cross [Yep Roc]
Into It. Over It. Proper [No Sleep]
James Blake James Blake [A&M]
Patrick Stump Soul Punk [Island]
Katy B On A Mission [Columbia]
Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 [Kranky]
Beyonce 4 [Columbia]
Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact [4AD]
The Caretaker An Empty Bliss Beyond This World [History Always Favours The Winners]
Real Estate Days [Domino]
PJ Harvey Let England Shake [Vagrant]
Los Campesinos! Hello Sadness [Wichita]
Protect-U “World Music” b/w “U-Uno” 12” [Future Times]
Kids On A Crime Spree We Love You So Bad [Slumberland]
Wye Oak Civilian [Merge]
