Albums of 2011
Submitted by Menindrag on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 05:24
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- Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Re:ECM
- Outstanding.
- Andy Stott - Passed Me By
- Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
- Thom is finally free from his white walled, electronic prison and into the free, open, cavernous nature. The mind expanding fusion of genres of Kid A/Amensiac, filtered through the warmth and humbleness of In Rainbows. A new style for Radiohead. The first 4 tracks are based on loops and rhythmns, four tet flying lotus burial actress shackleton etcetcetc. But still with Radiohead's signature sound. Thom invites us to open our mouth wide. This is the universal sigh, no more bellyaches. Where the wings take root. Instead of crashing into it, Thom is jumping into the lake, dragonflies around. This is mature Radiohead. Feral sounds like a dance in the woods at night, Give Up The Ghost. Don't haunt me, don't hurt me, don't hau. There's been alot of discussion about this album. It's only 8 tracks. The songs aren't as good as In Rainbows, Hail to the, OK c. But this is a new stage of Radiohead, a new open fantastic sound. It's the sound of a band confident within itself that it can make good music. It's an album that points to the future of Radiohead, because it learns from the past. If you think this is over then you're wrong.
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
- After the first few listens, it seems like they've stepped up to a whole new level. More thoughts will prob come later. I suspect this will be viewed by the critics as worse than their debut album, I promise you it's not.
- Panda Bear - Tomboy
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
- Lucy - Wordplay for Working Bees
- Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious
- The Weeknd - House of Balloons
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- Wild Beasts - Smother
- Toro y Moi - Underneath The Pine
- Battles - Gloss Drop
- The Antlers - Burst Apart
- Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
- Ducktails - Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics
- Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs Evil
- James Blake - James Blake
- Hype Williams - One Nation
- Desolate - The Invisible Insurrection
- Lil B - Angels Exodus
- Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
- disposable/destructable
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
- Destroyer - Kaputt
- Dominik Eulberg - Diorama
- Tennis - Cape Dory
- Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Songs
- Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
- JAMIE XX & GIL SCOTT-HERON - WE’RE NEW HERE
- The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting
- Low: C'Mon
- Tyler, the Creator: Goblin
- Bill Callahan: Apocalypse
- Sandwell District - Feed-Forward
- reading/waiting/willing to listen to
- Cold Cave: Cherish the Light Years
- Bob Dylan: In Concert: Brandeis University 1963
- Autechre: EPs 1991-2002
- TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light
- Vivian Girls: Share the Joy
- Dr. Dre: Detox
- Kode9 and the Spaceape: Black Sun
- Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
- Times New Viking: Dancer Equired
- *AR: Wolf Notes
- Jesu: Ascension
- Mark McGuire: A Young Person's Guide to Mark McGuire
- 13 & God: Own Your Ghost
- Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts
- Melvins: Sugar Daddy Live
- Death Cab for Cutie: Codes and Keys
- The Appleseed Cast: Middle States
- Jackie O Motherfucker: Earth Sound System
- Fucked Up: David Comes to Life
- Bjork: TBA
I can't stres how good this is. Definatly the track of the year so far. Just utterly hypnotic.
I genuinely thought as a joke that the link would be for Rebecca Black - Friday. The track does indeed sound good. Good to see you liked King of Limbs; bit less that you didn't like Let England Shake. Any opinions on older PJ Harvey stuff?
Great shout on Andy Stott, but this list is incomplete without Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love.