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2011: In review

Well, it’s December (officially), and I figured since everyone else on the face of the earth is posting their 2011 lists, I might as well too.  It’s a little early, but whatever. 

FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2011 (In no particular order): 

  • By Surprise- Mountain Smashers (Topshelf)
  • Explosions In The Sky- Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
  • Fucked Up- David Comes To Life (Matador)
  • Beirut- The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
  • Maritime- Human Hearts (Dangerbird)
  • Into It. Over It.- Proper (No Sleep)
  • Owen- Ghost Town (Polyvinyl)
  • Restorations- S/T (Tiny Engines)
  • Pearl and The Beard- Killing The Darlings (Family Records)
  • Into It. Over It.- Twelve Towns (Topshelf)
  • Archers of Loaf- Icky Mettle (Reissue) (Merge)
  • Superchunk- Foolish (Reissue) (Merge)

BEST EP/7”/SPLITS:

  • Superchunk/Coliseum Misfits cover 7” (RSD Exclusive, Merge)
  • Owen- Oh, Evenlyn (Polyvinyl)
  • Aspiga- How I’m Not Feeling (Kat Kat)
  • Braid- Closer To Closed  (Polyvinyl)
  • empire! empire! (i was a lonely estate)- Home After Three Months Away (Count Your Lucky Stars)
  • Catnaps- S/T 
  • This Town Needs Guns- Adventure, Stamina, & Anger (Sargent House)

RUNNER UPS:

  • Fireworks- Gospel (Triple Crown)
  • Bon Iver- S/T (Jagjaguwar)
  • Wye Oak- Civilian (Merge)
  • Joan of Arc- Life Like (Polyvinyl)
  • Rural Alberta Advantage- Departed (Saddle Creek)
  • Saves The Day- Daybreak (Razor and Tie)
  • Algernon Cadwallader- Parrot Flies (Slow Growth)
  • Former Thieves- The Language We Speak (No Sleep)
  • The Pains of Being Pure At Heart- Belong (Slumberland)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Young Statues- S/T (Run For Cover)
  • Twincities- S/T (Future Recordings)
  • The Joy Formidable- The Big Roar (Canvasback)
  • Arches- Wide Awake
  • Yuck- S/T (Fat Possum)
  • Wavelets- Athaletics (Tiny Engines)
  • La Dispute- Wildlife (No Sleep)
  • Touché Amoreé- Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (Deathwish)

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS:

  • Lemuira- Pebble (Bridge 9)
  • Bright Eyes- The People’s Key (Saddle Creek)
  • The Get Up Kids- These Are Rules 
  • Grown Ups- Handholder (Doghouse)
  • Hightide Hotel- Nothing Was Missing Except Me
  • Raphael Saadiq- Stone Rollin’ (Columbia)
  • Iron & Wine- Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros)
  • Manchester Orchestra- Simple Math (Favorite Gentlemen)
  • The Antlers- Burst Apart  (French Kiss)
  • Look Mexico- Real American Spear It
  • Mister Heavenly- S/T (Sub Pop)


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