2011 Music

[TEA_DEMON]

tentative top 10 in no order:

kauan - kuu...
khuda - iecava
mastodon - the hunter
stream of passion - darker days
ulcerate - the destroyers of all
vektor - outer isolation
sleepy.ab - mother goose
tesseract - one
panopticon - social disservices
radiohead - the king of limbs

it'll probably change a touch.

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

a bunch of good listens from this year; top nothing in particular

youth circles - jungle habits

xxyyxx - still sound

work drugs - aurora lies

wugazi - 13 chambers

wu lyf - go tell fire to the mountain

veronica falls self-entitled

tune-yards - whokill

touche amore - parting the sea between brightness and me

toro y moi - underneath the pine

*shels - plains of the purple buffalo

shabazz palaces - black up

ringo deathstarr - colour trip

random axe self-entitled

R E A L M A G I C self-entitled

the psychic paramount - II

point blank - drafts

mr. muthafuckin' exquire - lost in translation

K-Nine - best kept secret

kendrick lamar - section.80

julianna barwick - the magic place

iceage - new brigade

hooray for earth - true loves

handsome furs - sound kapital

grimes - darkbloom

gang gang dance - eye contact

civil civic - rules

cities aviv - digital lows

chris porter - coffee & reefer

burial - street halo

blazo - jazz format mixtape vol.1

birkwin jersey - time doesn't exist, clocks do

big business - quadruple single

battles - gloss drop

algernon cadwallader - parrot flies

active child - you are all i see
a strong ep

 

[6A9 Ace Matador]

agreeing this year was unimpressive
my only standout albums are:
The Strokes - Angles

unimpressive is right

top albums:
1. Ceremonials - Florence + the machine
2. Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
3. J cole - Cole World
4. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
5. The Black Keys - El Camino

i think i can only manage 5

 

[Thorns]

fucken poppy man, i delibrately left active child out cause i wanted him to write about it but NO

 

[doomvendingmachine]

Klātu - Mutual

Listening / free download link: http://klatu.bandcamp.com/album/mutual

Felt like I needed to make a separate post about this because this hasn't been getting enough attention (I'm the only person to have this album rated on RYM as of typing this). This album came out back in June but I'm just hearing about it now. It's an electronic album, but since I'm not exactly well versed in electronic sub genres, I'll try to explain how it makes me feel instead of trying to put a genre tag on it. Mutual reminds me strongly of Burial, and though it isn't dubstep (though I did feel a bit of dubstep influence on a few tracks) I get the same kind of feeling from it as when I listen to Burial; I feel like I'm walking through the streets of a big city at midnight. Perhaps a tad less ethereal than Burial, but no less haunting.

Choice Track: Dirt vs Wind

 

[xenu]

three notable albums from this year:

Gardens & Villa - Gardens & Villa

this is their debut album, good stuff. if you've ever been with me on outloud or mumuplayer you'd know this album, i've spammed a lot of tracks from it.

sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcNUFOlynPI

WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

WU LYF's first full length album. noise rock with post-rock elements over discordant vocals. "heavy pop" as the band calls it. not to everyone's taste, but give it a listen anyway

sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ZEEqG9n5w

Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream

actually 2 EPs rolled into one studio album. noisy garage rock/post-punk. worth a listen

sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZqGxkYOFY

 

[Xia]

ASAP Rocky is one of the more unique rappers to come out this year. I've been feeling Peso, Purple Swag, and Get Lit. Got a laid back style like Wiz but just seems less fake.

 

[Wikey]

My wife got me Streetlight Lullabies by Toh Kay for Christmas. Y'all should check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyUOBvD9NZo&feature=BFa&list=PL184B5196829E4E60&lf=results_main

 

[Zoro]

Streetlight Manifesto should release some original material, damn it!

Their debut is still onme of my favourite albums ever.

 

[Temperantia]

unimpressive is right

top albums:
1. Ceremonials - Florence + the machine
2. Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
3. J cole - Cole World
4. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
5. The Black Keys - El Camino

i think i can only manage 5

Agreeing completely with this list. Especially since Ceremonials is probably the best thing even close to being considered "Pop" in a long, long time.

 

[Glen]

didn't really vibe with new thee oh sees when i first heard it, now it's beginning to charm me

 

[Arch]

Baus

 

[doomvendingmachine]

So then. The Weeknd's newest mixtape, Echoes of Silence, is not only his best yet, but also one of the best albums of the year. Highlights include the ballsy choice to open the album with a Michael Jackson cover, and his version of "Dirty Diana" (here retitled to "D.D.") is tastefully done in The Weeknd's unique style, as well as "Initiation", which I'm going to wager is the best song about running a train ever written.