Sunday, January 1, 2012

On Repeat's Favorites of 2011

In my humble opinion, 2011 hase been an incredible year for music. Honestly, I believe I could make a list of 100 albums from this year, all of which I loved, but for our sanity, I decided to cut that in half. Here are my 50 favorite full-lengths from the year that was, along with their respective genres, so anyone who plans on checking these out knows what they are getting themselves into. 2010 gave us some incredible releases, but 2011 definitely has a more innovative feel.

Without further a due,


Top 50 Albums of 2011

1. Colin StetsonNew History Warfare Pt. II, Judges

>Avant-jazz

2. BjorkBiophilia

>Bjork being Bjork

3. Nicholas JarrSpace is Only Noise

>Minimal techno

4. Tim HeckerRavedeath, 1972

>Ambient

5. Ice AgeNew Birgade

>Noise Punk/Hardcore

6. Natural Yogurt BandTuck in With the Natural Yogurt Band

>Jazz

7. James BlakeJames Blake

>"Post"-dubstep

8. RadioheadKing of Limbs

>You know.

9. A Winged Victory for the SullenA Winged Victory for the Sullen

>Orchestral Ambient. It’s beautiful.

10. HaushkaSolon De Amuers

>Neo-Classical

11. Ela OrlansNEO PI-R

>Weird/Outside/Cult

12. Co LaDial Tone Earth

>Loop based dub

13. Death GripsExmilitary

>Abrasive Rap produced by Zach Hill of Hella

14. WoodsSun and Shade

>Freak folk with Krautrock influences.

15. Shabazz PalacesBlack Up

>Hip hop

16. GirlsFather, Son, Holy Ghost

>Post-punk

17. Chelsea Wolf"Ἀποκάλυψις"

>Black Metal

18. Giles Corey Giles Corey

>Genre-bending shoe gaze

19. GrouperA|A

>Ambient

20. Jamie xx & Gil Scott Heron- We’re New Here

>Hip hop

21. tUnE-yArDsW H O K I L L

>Merill Garbus being delightfully weird.

22. The Kilimanjaro Dark Jazz EnsembleFrom the Stairwell

>Jazz Noire

23. Jim O’RourkeOld News #6

>Ambient/Musique concrète

24. Liturgy -Aestethica

>Black Metal

25. James FerraroFar Side Virtual

>Futuristic Ambient, concept album

26. Tom WaitsBad As Me

>Tom Waits being a bad ass.

27. Fergus & GeronimoUnlearn

>Fun as hell garage rock

28. The Men Leave Home

>Noise-rock/Punk

29. John MausWe Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

>Avant Pop

30. Roll the DiceIn the Dust…

>Ambient. The soundtrack to the movies that play in your dreams.

31. Naked CityGrand Gruingol

>Avant-Jazz/Expiremental

32. MogwaiHardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

>Post-Rock

33. HellaTripper

>Experimental Math Rock

34. CaveNeverendless

>Chicago Krautrock

35. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

>Indie Rock or ”Heavy Pop” as they call it.

36. Wooden Shjips - West

>Psych-rock

37. Total ControlHenge Beat

>Post Punk/New Wave

38. Yann TiersenSkyline

>Jeff Mangum loves this guy, and so do I.

39. LaDisputeWildlife

>Post-Hardcore

40. EarthAngels of Darkness, Demons of Light

>Doom Metal

41. Born GoldBodysongs

>Catchy-as-fuck Glitch Pop

42. Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues

>Folk

43. BraidsNative Speaker

>Kinda like AnCo but with girls.

44. Nujabes - Spiritual State

>Hip Hop

45. BurzumFallen

>Black Metal

46. Mind SpidersMind Spiders

>Garage-Rock

47. ThundercatThe Golden Age of Apocolypse

>Instrumental Hip Hop

48. UV RaceHomo

>Garage Rock

49. Ash Borer - Ash Borer

>Black Metal

50. Panda BearTomboy

>Yup.

Honorable Mentions:

Tape Inbetweening, Dumbo Gets Mad, The Fall, Peaking Lights, Red Horse, Davilla 666, Ty Segall, Vladislav Delay Quartet, Sleeping Bag, Altar of Plagues, The Fied, Big K.R.I.T., Boris, Jóhann Jóhannsson, John Vanderslice, Jonwayne, Vektor, Matana Roberts, The Log.OS, O'Death, Swarms, To Destroy A CIty, Sun Araw, and Rustie.


Top 5 EPs of 2011

1. Darkside - Darkside

2. Audacity - Audacity

3. Heavy Ghost - Ten Thousand Years

4. Burial - Street Halo

5. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Witchhunt Suite for WWIII

Honorable mentions: Eddy Current Suppression Ring: Walking in Unison.


CATCHIEST, TOE-TAPINEST, ROOTIN TOOTINEST INDIE RAWKERZ THIS SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI:

1. Sleeping Bag - "Slime"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzqOKdE5tfw

2. Audacity - "Ears and Eyes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jReKjPIr8IM

3. Fergus and Geronimo - "Girls with English Accents"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSPv5Vq8g2Q

4. Natural Child - "Dog Bite"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd0wFhOYryQ&feature=related

5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "FFunny FFrends"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-36lCKovBg


Reissues!

1. Beach Boys - SMiLE Sessions

2. Can - Tago Mago

3. Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

4. The Retards - Teenage Hate

5. ESG - Dance to the Beat of ESG

Honorable Mention: Harald Grosskopf and Mercury Rev.


Best sets of 2011:

- Flaming Lips at Aragon

- Titus Andronicus at Congress

- Woods at Subteranean

- Arcade Fire at Bonnaroo

- Billy Crystal Meth Jr. at Mortville

- Black Lips at Logan Square Auditorium

- tUnE-yArDs at Rhino's

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