ALL HE WANNA DO IS JUST P-POUND ON MY MUFFIN

BEST OF 2011: THE ONES I MISSED

 I either forgot to put them on my best 50 list, or I slept on it until I saw the album on other best-of lists from those I trust.




A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP



Danny Brown - XXX



Yuck - S/T



Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica



Julia Holter - Tragedy

 

 Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man

Wye Oak - Civilian



HARD TIMES FOR THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

The Manly Deeds - Hard Times for the Animal Kingdom - 2011

I'm so excited for this release.  Amazing folk from The Manly Deeds, featuring our friend Jason Aud (Jason the Swamp, Hugging).

CANYON CANDY HAS ARRIVED!!!

NEW TIGER WAVES SINGLE: WEEK 2



Tiger Waves - Quebec

"Tiger Waves know the tyranny of distance, and they seemed to have tamed it for their purposes. In the spring of 2011, the foundation was laid online between two songwriters—James Marshall in Austin, Reid Comstock in Chicago. 


Tiger Waves is a band born of dropboxes, email attachments and CD-Rs and while the two principal songwriters living 1,000 miles apart, it isn’t surprising that the music took on the expanses of the information highway during it’s travels back and forth between the city of Big Shoulders and the Live Music Capital of the World. The tunes have no blank spots or rests but instead expand and contract in a thrilling, enchanting pulse with Reid Comstock’s whispers and strained notes cutting through the mix like a depressed, Beach Boys cast-off in the middle of a hyperactive beach party.

The music, however, isn’t necessarily the cold, detached product of two kids with MacBooks. It sounds more like a bit of cosmic sunshine-pop-flavored zeitgeist made by two music fans with some digital constraints and liberties. And one of them is a philosopher, sometimes you can totally tell.

After Reid relocated to Austin, the duo expanded into a quintet—adding the guitar virtuosity and songwriting prowess of a young Tyler Wharen, the steady bass of Bowie-lookalike Kevin Brown, and the multi-instrumental skills of PJ Theberge."
-TW

NEW TIGER WAVES SINGLE!

Our friends Tiger Waves are releasing a song each week in December from their upcoming album and you can check out the first track 'I Hope You'll Feel Alright' on their Bandcamp page.

I got a personal concert from Tiger Waves and you never will

"...HEY MAN, IT'S NOT THAT COOL UNLESS THEY PAY YOU"

Sat. Nite Duets just released Way Behind My Age Group, the first single from their upcoming album 'Summer of Punishment'.  This is more pure genius from the minds that brought you Throwback Man and I'm totally wet with anticipation to hear the rest of the album. 

Sat. Nite Duets - Way Behind My Age Group (single) - 2012

Note:
-Sat. Nite Duets has been on CNN (radio).

Also Noted:
-Sat. Nite Duets is an anagram for United States

Further Noted:

Summer of Punishment will be released in February [via Uninhabitable Mansions]

BEST OF 2011: SOME EP'S



Teams Vs. Star Slinger - Teams Vs. Star Slinger



Javelin - Canyon Candy



Clams Casino - Rainforest EP

Holy Other - With U



Earth Girl Helen Brown - Story of an Earth Girl
(Sonny and the Sunsets & The Sandwitches)



Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross - Blow



Sat. Nite Duets - One Nite Only
(late 2010 but you wouldn't know unless I told you)



Here We Go Magic - The January EP



Keep Shelly in Athens - Our Own Dream

 

TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2011: 1-10

10.

White Denim - D
(link)



9.

Active Child - You Are All I See
(link)

8.

Starfucker - Reptilians
(link)

7. 

Jeff the Brotherhood - We Are The Champions
(link)



6.

Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
(link)

5.

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
(no link, but here's a starting point)

4. 

Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk

(link)

3.

Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
(link)

2.

Future Islands - On the Water
(link)

1.

Night Moves - Colored Emotions
(link)
previous coverage

These are more or less ranked on the number of plays the albums got.  I don't know any other way to rank what you think is good.



quick reference:

11. WASHED OUT : WITHIN AND WITHOUT
12. MIKAL CRONIN : S/T
13. PEAKING LIGHTS : 963
14. TIGER WAVES : ONLY GOOD BANDS HAVE ANIMAL NAMES
15. TORO Y MOI : UNDERNEATH THE PINE
16. CONNAN MOCKASIN : FOREVER DOLPHIN LOVE
17. MEMORY TAPES : PLAYER PIANO
18. GAUNTLET HAIR : S/T
19. BON IVER : S/T
20. CULTS : S/T
21. REAL ESTATE : DAYS
22. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA : S/T
23. TY SEGALL : GOODBYE BREAD
24. AMEN DUNES : THROUGH DONKEY JAW
25. BALAM ACAB : WANDER/WONDER
26. WU LYF : GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN
27. GIRLS NAMES : DEAD TO ME
28. STRANGE BOYS : LIVE MUSIC
29. FRUIT BATS : TRIPPER
30. THE FATTY ACIDS : LEFTOVER MONSTERFACE
31. DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. : IT'S A CORPORATE WORLD
32. GENERATIONALS : ACTOR-CASTER
33. RYAN GARBES : SWEET HASSLE
34. LEE NOBLE : HORRORISM
35. WOODS : SUN AND SHADE
36. PANDA BEAR : TOMBOY
37. GANGLIANS : STILL LIVING
38. DAS RACIST : RELAX
39. THEE OH SEES : CARRION CRAWLER/THE DREAM
40. ATLAS SOUND : PARALLAX
41. THE PEOPLE'S TEMPLE : SONS OF STONE
42. BABY MONSTER : S/T
43. NACHO PICASSO : FOR THE GLORY
44. VINYL WILLIAMS : LEMNISCATE
45. FUNGI GIRLS : SOME EASY MAGIC
46. THAT GHOST : YOUNG FRIDAYS
47. MOONFACE : ORGAN MUSIC NOT VIBRAPHONE LIKE I'D HOPED
48. TALKDEMONIC : RUINS
49. MISTER HEAVENLY : OUT OF LOVE
50. THE YOU ARE MINEZ :
HAVING YOUR HEART BROKEN MEANS ONCE HAVING HAD SOMEBODY TO LOVE

TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2011: 11-20

20.

Cults - S/T
(link)



19.

Bon Iver - S/T
(link)



18.

Gauntlet Hair - S/T
(link)



17.

Memory Tapes - Player Piano
(link)



16.

Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
(link)



15.

Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine
(link)

14. 

Tiger Waves - Only Good Bands Have Animal Names
(link)



13. 

Peaking Lights - 936
(link)



12.

Mikal Cronin - S/T
(link)



11. 

Washed Out - Within and Without
(link)

 top 10 tomorrow

TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2011: 21-30

30.

The Fatty Acids - Leftover Monsterface
(link)



29.

Fruit Bats - Tripper
(link)





28.

Strange Boys - Live Music
(link)



27.

Girls Names - Dead to Me
(link)



26.

Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
(link)



25.

Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
(link)



24.

Amen Dunes - Through Donkey Jaw
(link)



23.

Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread
(link)



22.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - S/T
(link)



21. 

Real Estate - Days
(link)