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daveoto	best of 2011	Lead	[-]
Glow Worm Posts: 57 (12/22/2011 05:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Remove this ad BesT ALBuMs Of 2011: (no re-issues or compilations). STEVE KILBEY & RICKY MAYMI : "David Neil: The Wilderness Years". THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION: "Buffalo" THE DEARS: "Degenaration Street" J.MASCIS: "Several Shades Of Why" MY MORNING JACKET: "Circuital" STEVE KILBEY & MARTIN KENNEDY: "White Magic" P J HARVEY: "Let England Shake" STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE LICKS : "Mirror Traffic" MAGAZINE: "No Thyself" TV SMITH: "Coming In To Land" dEUS: "Keep You Close" WIRE: "Red Barked Tree" KURT VILE: "Smoke Ring For My Halo" KASABIEN: "Velicoraptor" NOEL GALLAGHERS HIGH FLYING BIRDS. THE STROKES: "Angles" BRETT ANDERSON: "Black Rainbows" THE BLACK KEYS: "El Camino" GRUFF RHYS: "Hotel Shampoo" HOWLING BELLS: "The Loudest Engine" FLEET FOXES: "Helplessness Blues" TOM WAITS: "Bad As Me" BEADY EYE: "Different Gear Still Speeding" BAXTER DURY: "Happy Soup" REM: "Collapse Into Now" THE DECEMBERISTS: "The King Is Dead" THE WILD SWANS: "The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years" Last Edited By: daveoto 12/23/2011 04:02. Edited 1 time.
chrome3D		#1	[-]
Posts: 5335 (12/22/2011 11:07) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for starting this. Glad to see MMJ, Bells, Rhys and REM there. 1. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi song: Blackout I got the CD, saw a club gig, got a signed LP, collected all b-sides. Yeah, I'm a fan! 2. Steve Kilbey & Ricky Maymi - David Neil "The Wilderness Years" song: Hollywood Ending 3. Howling Bells - The Loudest Engine song: Secrets I always had faith in them and I still do. 4. My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind song: High Low Middle 5. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now song: It Happened Today This was a good enjoyable goodbye-album if I didn't think about it too much. 6. Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence song: Perfectly Crystal 7. The Mummers - Mink Hollow Road song: Call Me A Rainbow 8. Tindersticks - 35 Rhums Soundtrack 2008 soundtrack from 5cd Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009 boxset 9. Wild Beasts - Smother song: End Come Too Soon Almost too smooth but the same flame was still inside. 10. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow song: Wild Man This album will take some time to sink. Months and years. She has probably gone too far to boring piano ballad territory with this one but there is something here. Hidden under the ice. A real winter album for sure. 11. Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - White Magic song: Mountain 12. Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo song: Sensations In the Dark I never cared about his previous stuff. This was a pleasant surprise! 13. The Smithereens - Smithereens 2011 song: One Look At You Their previous good album was in 1991. Better late than never to come back. 14. My Morning Jacket - Circuital song: Circuital This was okay but I wanted more from the songs. 15: The Horrors - Skying song: Moving Further Away Last Edited By: chrome3D 12/25/2011 10:08. Edited 3 times.
timetunnel	2011 was a good year	#2	[-]
Snowfaller Posts: 447 (12/24/2011 04:47) Glow Worm Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Items in each list appear in no particular order Top notch albums Steve Kilbey & Ricky Maymi: David Neil - The Wilderness Years Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi Wye Oak - Civilian Other Lives - Tamer Animals Lanterns On The Lake - Gracious Tide, Take Me Home Susanne Sundfør - The Brothel All India Radio - The Silent Surf PJ Harvey - Let England Shake The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo Very good albums The See See - Late Morning Night Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow (this is on the verge of entering the top category) Widowspeak - Widowspeak Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - White Magic Hammock - Asleep In The Downlights Real Estate - Days Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know Boy - Mutual Friends (Boy is two girls from Germany and Switzerland who did a surprisingly fresh and enjoyable album) Daughter - The Wild Youth EP Howling Bells - The Loudest Engine (this entered "very good" category only because I saw them live and some of the album's songs made a lot more sense after that) Good albums Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Rue Royale - Guide To An Escape Gemma Hayes - Let It Break Pugwash - The Olympus Sound Bright Eyes - The People's Key The Lucy Show - Remembrances (actually it contains only rare and never before released songs from the 80s and 90s) Jesca Hoop - Snowglobe Candidates for "good album" (haven't heard them often enough yet to decide, but they seem to be good) Wire - Red Barked Tree Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Cloud Control - Bliss Release Dear Reader - Idealistic Animals Feist - Metals Lisa Hannigan - Passenger Top notch concerts Warpaint Anna Calvi Other Lives Very good concerts Howling Bells PJ Harvey Mogwai Evening Hymns Lanterns On The Lake Candidates for 2012 These will be considered for the 2012 list next year, though they are available already: Isidore - Life Somehwere Else Noctorum - Honey Mink Forever The Timetunnel Files » photos » myspace » last.fm Last Edited By: timetunnel 01/01/2012 13:26. Edited 3 times.
timetunnel		#3	[-]
Snowfaller Posts: 447 (12/24/2011 04:50) Glow Worm Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	@Chrome: please give us the local scandinavian wonders as well! I think the scandinavian music scene has lots of great artists and I'm always eager to get to know more. The Timetunnel Files » photos » myspace » last.fm
chrome3D		#4	[-]
Posts: 5335 (12/25/2011 10:14) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	^Naah, they are local for a reason. Forget them. I'm going to save Isidore and Noctorum until next year. ...Howling Bells...mm, I loved it. That's all I want to say. Last Edited By: chrome3D 12/25/2011 10:27. Edited 1 times.
fandorin		#5	[-]
Posts: 5900 (01/02/2012 22:31) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hmmm...a few years ago, Mr Chrome sent me some music by a band called (wonderfully) Scandinavian Music Group. That was amazing!! ...because strange is what we need The Fandorin Foto Files
Rup		#6	[-]
Pantechnicon Posts: 159 (01/11/2012 06:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Hello, here are my Nominations for the Best Albums of 2011...* *It was a bumper year, so the selection was pretty difficult and it was kinda hard to keep the quantity down.* As last year, i'm offering a selection of great LPs some of which may have passed under the radar. For those bands that you might not know i've given a very brief, rough comparison, which may (or may not!) help... *Hope you find something of interest!* *rup* *TOP FIFTEEN ALBUMS IN APPROXIMATE ORDER OF GREATNESS* 1 THE WAR ON DRUGS - SLAVE AMBIENT - Surely a contender for (non-church) Album of the Century... a bit like BOB DYLAN / ARCADE FIRE / SPIRITUALIZED / KURT VILE / REM / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN / TOM PETTY / and a touch of the ambience of MY BLOODY VALENTINE! 2 VINYL WILLIAMS - LEMNISCATE a bit like HELIO SEQUENCE / ANIMAL COLLECTIVE / MY BLOODY VALENTINE / CHAPTERHOUSE 3 I BREAK HORSES – HEARTS a bit like SLOWDIVE / M83 / SIGUR ROS / FILM SCHOOL 4 GAF – GAF Y LA ESTRELLA DE LA MUERTE a bit like CAN / dEUS / KRAFTWERK / STEREOLAB 5 LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - GRACIOUS TIDE, TAKE ME HOME a bit like ARCADE FIRE / BEACH HOUSE / MAZZY STAR- GALAXIE 500 6 TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT – TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT a bit like MGMT / MEW / BEACH BOYS / DOVES 7 TROPICS – PARODIA FLARE a bit like RADIOHEAD / BARK PSYCHOSIS / M83 / DEERHUNTER 8 MOTHERCOAT – EGOBAG a bit like DEUS / PIXIES / SONIC YOUTH / BLONDE REDHEAD 9 BRAIDS – NATIVE SPEAKER a bit like GLASSER / ANIMAL COLLECTIVE / BJORK 10 GIVERS – IN LIGHT a bit like VAMPIRE WEEKEND / FLEET FOXES / REAL ESTATE 11 OTHER LIVES - TAMER ANIMALS a bit like MIDLAKE / RADIOHEAD / TV ON THE RADIO / GRIZZLY BEAR / ANTLERS 12 WALLS - CORACLE a bit like THE FIELD / SEEFEEL / PLAID / UNDERWORLD 13 FOSTER THE PEOPLE – TORCHES a bit like MGMT / VAMPIRE WEEKEND / TALKING HEADS 14 YOUTH LAGOON - THE YEAR OF HIBERNATION a bit like DEVENDRA BANHART/ BEACH HOUSE / NEIL YOUNG 15 PAPERCUTS - FADING PARADE a bit like BEACH BOYS / ROGUE WAVE / MADDER ROSE / BEACH HOUSE / SURROUNDED
Rup		#7	[-]
Pantechnicon Posts: 159 (01/11/2012 06:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*TEN MORE ALBUMS THAT NEARLY MADE THE TOP FIFTEEN* 16 ACTIVE CHILD - YOU ARE ALL I SEE a bit like GAYNGS / HERE WE GO MAGIC / M83 / 10CC / BON IVER / BLUE NILE 17 DESTROYER - KAPUTT a bit like ROXY MUSIC / GIRLS / STEELY DAN / BLUE NILE 18 WASHED OUT - WITHIN AND WITHOUT a bit like SLOWDIVE / BENT / ULRICH SCHNAUSS 19 ATLAS SOUND – PARALLAX a bit like DEERHUNTER / ANIMAL COLLECTIVE / BROADCAST / BEAR IN HEAVEN 20 VETIVER - THE ERRANT CHARM a bit like MIDLAKE / THE ACORN / FLEETWOOD MAC 21 WOODS - SUN AND SHADE a bit like NEIL YOUNG / REAL ESTATE / MY MORNING JACKET 22 PANDA BEAR - TOMBOY a bit like GRIZZLY BEAR / GANG GANG DANCE / RUBY SUNS 23 GOLD LEAVES - THE ORNAMENT a bit like FLEET FOXES / AVI BUFFALO / MY MORNING JACKET 24 PLANNINGTOROCK - W a bit like BJORK / D/R/U/G/S / JOHN MAUS / GRACE JONES! 25 WATER BORDERS - HARBORED MANTRAS (this one's not for the faint-hearted!) a bit like BURIAL / MASSIVE ATTACK / TV ON THE RADIO Last Edited By: Rup 01/11/2012 06:16. Edited 2 times.
Rup		#8	[-]
Pantechnicon Posts: 159 (01/11/2012 06:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*TOP 15 ALBUMS BY BETTER KNOWN BANDS* 1 THE ANTLERS - BURST APART 2 MOGWAI – HARDCORE WILL NEVER DIE, BUT YOU WILL 3 THURSTON MOORE - DEMOLISHED THOUGHTS 4 SIGUR ROS - INNI 5 PETER GABRIEL - NEW BLOOD 6 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIX 7 THE GO TEAM - ROLLING BLACKOUTS 8 TV ON THE RADIO - NINE TYPES OF LIGHT 9 BATTLES - LIP GLOSS 10 JAKSZYK, FRIPP & COLLINS – A SCARCITY OF MIRACLES 11 dEUS - KEEP YOU CLOSE 12 KURT VILE - SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO 13 P J HARVEY - LET ENGLAND SHAKE 14 FLEET FOXES - HELPLESSNESS BLUES 15 THE DEARS - DEGENERATION STREET Last Edited By: Rup 01/12/2012 02:30. Edited 2 times.
fandorin		#9	[-]
Posts: 5900 (01/13/2012 02:26) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Remove this ad thank you all n esp. RUP whose playlist doubled the quantity of good records in 2010... ...because strange is what we need The Fandorin Foto Files
chrome3D		#10	[-]
Posts: 5335 (01/13/2012 11:57) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's a load of stuff, Rup. 40 albums. Are you sure you got enough new albums? I've tried some, like Washed Out and I Break Horses, but there might be few more good ones to check. Brick red and magenta text on violet background...I'm going to use that in some strange design. Clients will probably like it!
Rup		#11	[-]
Pantechnicon Posts: 159 (01/16/2012 03:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"That's a load of stuff, Rup. 40 albums. Are you sure you got enough new albums?" Ha! No, never enough! Unfortunately (for my bank balance) i have an insatiable appetite for new music... "Brick red, magenta, violet..." That's nothing you should see the contents of my wardrobe!
pangaea		#12	[-]
Transient Posts: 6 (01/17/2012 12:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great stuff, Rup. Some of them unknown to me, and real gems!
chrome3D		#13	[-]
Posts: 5335 (01/24/2012 23:42) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm going to listen some of these albums mentioned here. First The Phoenix Foundation: Buffalo. Quite smooth, spacy and mellow indie dream pop from New Zealand. Instant fave songs from this album: poppy "Bitte Bitte" and the lovely closer "Golden Ship". Last Edited By: chrome3D 01/25/2012 22:51. Edited 1 times.
Rup		#14	[-]
Pantechnicon Posts: 159 (01/25/2012 05:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hm, i seem to remember putting Buffalo by The Phoenix Foundation down as my Number Two album of 2010! (maybe it was released a little earlier in the UK?) Either way, it's a superb album, and they're a very very good band to see live - if you ever get the chance.
chrome3D		#15	[-]
Posts: 5335 (01/25/2012 23:47) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kurt Vile and War On Drugs. Two albums which are always mentioned together because there is same guys behind the band and Kurt's solo effort. Drowsy and druggy slacker rockfolk with 70's Springsteen/Dylan /americana esthetics. Sometimes I'm thinking that WOD sounds like Wilco (I Was There). I don't really care about Wilco and midtempo americana or at least it has to be really well done in some crossover way to give me some thrills. Come To The City was probably my fave from WOD-album. Kurt and WOD seem to be competing for the prize who does a song that sounds more like it was completely formed out of weed smoke. Slacker lyrics like these says it all: I don't want to change but I don't want to stay the same I don't want to go but I'm running I don't want to work but I don't want to sit around all day frowning I don't want to give up but I kinda want to lie down But not sleep just rest Give me a break how much does it really take? Get my head outta here Not exactly my kinda stuff. Okay for a while. I want my drug music with more spectacle and different style. Sorry, Rup and daveoto! Last Edited By: chrome3D 01/26/2012 04:34. Edited 2 times.
Rup		#16	[-]
Pantechnicon Posts: 159 (01/26/2012 05:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ha! That's ok! I really like both artists, but the War On Drugs LP really stands out for me. I think it's something about the feeling and subtle ambience in the songs that lifts the album way above other similar efforts by other bands. I've really liked all their past LPs and EPs, but this one is a work of art, i reckon. And yes, the lyrics do lean towards a slacker kinda thing, but that doesn't detract from the overall feel at all, (for me, at least!) Also, the album improves with multiple listens (much like LPs by the crunch!). So, who knows, maybe you'll grow to love it eventually! rup
chrome3D		#17	[-]
Posts: 5335 (01/28/2012 10:29) Faith Healer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Remove this ad Treefight For Sunlight: Treefight For Sunlight Now this is more like it. Sunshine pop from Denmark. Yes indeed, there is a genre called sunshine pop. I think your description was really good, Rup. MGMT, Mew and Doves have done some good stuff lately. Especially Doves is easily in my top5 of all time artists and there is a lot of twinkly parts that sound like them. There is a lot of playful MGMT Gongratulations psych pop and the bonkers Mew sound constructions show here and there. Beach Boys is obvious when there is lot of harmonies but that is the least interesting comparison to me, as BB is not something I would listen. I think I have sampled some songs of this during the year but maybe I dismissed it too easily. I think this will stay in my rotation for a while. This definitely makes me happy. Most of the songs are quite samey but this is not that long album, so it's not that big problem. Towards the end there is more variation and the closer Time Stretcher manages to sound even slightly menacing. Last Edited By: chrome3D 01/28/2012 10:45. Edited 1 times.

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