Year End Staff Picks – 2011
MUSIC TRADER’S ULTIMATE TOP 10 OF 2011
1. TUNE-YARDS – WHOKILL (4AD)
2. DESTROYER – KAPUTT (MERGE)
3. RAPHAEL SAADIQ – STONE ROLLIN’ (COLUMBIA)
4. M83 – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING (MUTE)
5. TIE! FLEET FOXES – HELPLESSNESS BLUES (SUB POP) / THE ANTLERS – BURST APART (FRENCHKISS)
7. CULTS – CULTS (IN THE NAME OF)
8. CANON BROS. – FIRECRACKER/CLOUDGLOW (DISINTEGRATION)
9. PJ HARVEY – LET ENGLAND SHAKE (ISLAND)
10. WILCO – THE WHOLE LOVE (ANTI)
JAY’S NOT-EVEN-BARELY-SATANIC PICKS OF 2011
CANON BROS. – FIRECRACKER/CLOUDGLOW (DISINTEGRATION)
MACHINEDRUM – ROOM(S) (PLANET MU)
DESTROYER – KAPUTT (MERGE)
M83 – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING (MUTE)
WOLF & LAMB VS. SOUL CLAP – DJ KICKS (!K7)
NIGHTMARES ON WAX – PRESENTS WAX DA BEACH (MINISTRY OF SOUND)
ICEAGE – NEW BRIGADE (WHAT’S YOUR RUPTURE?)
YUCK – YUCK (DELUXE 2CD) (FAT POSSUM)
JAMES BLAKE – JAMES BLAKE (UNIVERSAL)
OFF! – FIRST FOUR EPS (VICE)
EAST RIVER PIPE – WE LIVE IN RENTED ROOMS (MERGE)
BIBIO – MIND BOKEH (WARP)
TUNE-YARDS – WHOKILL (4AD)
CULTS – CULTS (IN THE NAME OF)
ANTLERS – BURST APART (FRENCHKISS)
GHOST – OPUS EPONYMOUS (RISE ABOVE)
AWESOMENESS DISCOVERED IN 2011: RYAN DAHLE – IRRATIONAL ANTHEMS (UNIVERSAL 2009), IMMORTAL – PURE HOLOCAUST (OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS 1993), MR. SCRUFF – TROUSER JAZZ (NINJA TUNE 2002), 1349 – HELLFIRE (CANDLELIGHT 2005)
YO, IT’S MILLI’S YEAR END LIST
1. RAPHAEL SAADIQ – STONE ROLLIN’ (COLUMBIA)
2. PJ HARVEY – LET ENGLAND SHAKE (ISLAND)
3. WILCO – THE WHOLE LOVE (ANTI)
4. DEEP DARK WOODS – THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND (SIX SHOOTER)
5. CHARLES BRADLEY – NO TIME FOR DREAMING (DAPTONE)
6. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS – SOUL TIME! (DAPTONE)
7. CULTS – CULTS (IN THE NAME OF)
8. DEERHOOF – DEERHOOF VS. EVIL (POLYVINYL)
AND REISSUES:
NICK LOWE – LABOUR OF LUST (YEP ROC)
JIM FORD – HARLAN COUNTY (LIGHT IN THE ATTIC)
AGENT A’S 2011 FAVORITES:
MEGAFORCE [1982] SOUNDTRACK (JERROLD IMMEL) RE-ISSUE [BSX]
GO-GO-GONE AND GARAGE-ROCK-ROAR!:
DEAD MOON LP RE-ISSUES [MISSISSIPPI]
FORBIDDEN DIMENSION – THE GOLDEN AGE OF LASERS [SAVED BY VINYL]
NEIGHBR’HOOD CHILDR’N –S/T [1967] – RE-ISSUE [SUNDAZED]
EPICS OF THE YEAR:
BRYAN TYLER – BATTLE: LOS ANGELES SOUNDTRACK SCORE [VARESE SARABANDE]
AMEBIX – SONIC MASS [AMEBIX]
FULL-TILT:
MAKING A SCENE – NEW YORK HARDCORE 1986-1988 BOOK (BRI HURLEY) [BUTTER GOOSE PRESS]
TAKE OFFENSE – TABLES WILL TURN [REAPER]
NEW BREED TAPE COMPILATION – NEW YORK 1989 HARDCORE 2 X LP RE-ISSUE [WARDANCE]
BURN – BURN EP RE-ISSUE [REVELATION]
VOID – SESSIONS 1981-1983 [DISCHORD]
MOTORHEAD – THE WORLD IS YOURS [UDR]
NIGHT BIRDS – MIDNIGHT MOVIES EP [NO WAY]
NIGHT BIRDS – OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS [GRAVE MISTAKE]
KRAKDOWN 1989 EP + 2 RE-ISSUE [STATE OF MIND]
DEADBEATS – COMPLETE 1979 DANGERHOUSE RECORDINGS [ARTIFIX]
TIFF’S STUPID TOP WHATEVER
1. TIM HOOVER – MORE NAPKINS (WOVEN RECORDS)
1. THE RIPPERZ – YOU ARE THE MOON (NEWFORM)
1. CHARLES BRADLEY – NO TIME FOR DREAMING (DAPTONE)
1. RAPHAEL SAADIQ – STONE ROLLIN’ (COLUMBIA)
1. THE ROOTS – UNDUN (DEF JAM)
1. TUNE-YARDS – WHOKILL (4AD)
1. FLEET FOXES – HELPLESSNESS BLUES (SUB POP)
1. BIG K.R.I.T. – RETURN OF 4EVA (INDEPENDENT)
ADAM’S PICKS
ABRUPTOM – POTESTATES APOCALYPSIS [BLOODDAWN PRODUCTIONS]
SONNE ADAM – TRANSFORMATION [IMPERIUM PRODUCTIONS/CENTURY MEDIA]
SWAMP WITCH – GNOSIS [GAY SCIENTIST RECORDINGS]
WORMROT – NOISE [SCION A/V]
AMEBIX – SONIC MASS [INDEPENDENT/SELF-RELEASED]
CROWS – SEVERENCE [INDEPENDENT/SELF-RELEASED]
GRAAD – GRAAD [NOJOY]
ASH BORER – ASH BORER [PSYCHIC VIOLENCE/PESANTA UROLK]
HEBOSAGIL – URA [VERDURA]
WEEKEND NACHOS – WORTHLESS [RELAPSE]
WEIRDING – EACH BIRTH IS A NEW DISASTER [SECRET FLOOD]
GIGAN – QUASI-HALLUCINOGENIC SONIC LANDSCAPES [WILLOWTIP]
MEDO – MATERIA NEGRA [WAR PRODUCTIONS]
METH DRINKER – METH DRINKER [ALWAYS NEVER FUN]
ACEPHALIX – INTERMINABLE NIGHT [SOUTHERN LORD]
BRAZEN HELL – TORMENT [INDEPENDENT/SELF-RELEASED]
AROCH’S TOP 2011
1) THE WAR ON DRUGS – SLAVE AMBIENT (SECRETLY CANADIAN)
2) FLEET FOXES – HELPLESSNESS BLUES (SUB POP)
3) EAST RIVER PIPE – WE LIVE IN RENTED ROOMS (MERGE)
TINY O’S TINY PICKS
REATARDS – TEENAGE HATE (GONER)
TY SEGALL – SINGLES 2007 – 2010 (GONER)
ICEAGE – NEW BRIGADE (WHAT’S YOUR RUPTURE?)
CEREMONY – ROHNERT PARK (BRIDGE NINE)
OFF! – FIRST FOUR EPS (VICE)
CULTS – CULTS (IN THE NAME OF)
THIS HISSES – SURF NOIR (TRANSISTOR 66)
LONELY VULCANS – VULCAN CESSPOOL (TRANSISTOR 66)
TY SEGALL – GOODBYE BREAD (DRAG CITY)
DEAD MOON – IN THE GRAVEYARD (REISSUE) (MISSISSIPPI RECORDS)
DEAD MOON – UNKNOWN PASSAGE (REISSUE) (MISSISSIPPI RECORDS)
DEAD MOON – DEFIANCE (REISSUE) (MISSISSIPPI RECORDS)
PHHHHHTTTT… IT’S MAT
1. DESTROYER – KAPUTT (MERGE)
2. BON IVER – BON IVER (JAGJAGUWAR)
3. FUCKED UP – DAVID COMES TO LIFE (MATADOR)
4. TUNE-YARDS – WHOKILL (4AD)
5. FUTURE ISLANDS – ON THE WATER (THRILL JOCKEY)
6. M83 – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING (MUTE)
7. JEFFREY LEWIS – A TURN IN THE DREAM-SONGS (ROUGH TRADE)
8. THE ANTLERS – BURST APART (FRENCHKISS)
9. CANNON BROS. – FIRECRACKER/CLOUDGLOW (DISINTEGRATION)
10. FLEET FOXES – HELPLESSNESS BLUES (SUB POP)
CRABSKULL’S 2011 CHOICE SELECTION!
1. TITY BOI AKA 2 CHAINZ – CODEINE COWBOY MIXTAPE (STREET EXECUTIVES)
2. FUTURE – DIRTY SPRITE MIXTAPE (A-1 RECORDINGS)
3. YG HOOTIE – FONK LOVE : FLIGHT TO THE MOTHERLAND MIXTAPE (TRAP-A-HOLICS)
4. RAPHAEL SAADIQ – STONE ROLLIN’ (COLUMBIA)
5. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS – SOUL TIME! (DAPTONE)
SUPER REISSUE:
BURNING WITCH BOX SET (4LP+DVD+BOOK)! (SOUTHERN LORD)
KK’S SHORT LIST
1. PJ HARVEY – LET ENGLAND SHAKE (ISLAND)
2. M83 – HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING (MUTE)
3. WILCO – THE WHOLE LOVE (ANTI)
4. TUNE-YARDS – WHOKILL (4AD)
5. DESTROYER – KAPUTT (MERGE)
6. DEERHOOF – DEERHOOF VS. EVIL (POLYVINYL)
T-BAG TWENTY ELEVEN
1. PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS - DEAD MEAT VS. JOANIE 7″ (TOTAL PUNK)
2. VOIVOD – TO THE DEATH ’84 (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES)
3. TAKE OFFENSE – TABLES WILL TURN (REAPER RECORDS)
3. THE SPITS – 5TH ALBUM (IN THE RED)
4. THE QUICK- ON HOLIDAY WITH EARLE MANKEY 7″ (BURGER RECORDS)
5. INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND – RADIO CAROLINE/WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT 7″ REISSUE (LAST LAUGH RECORDS)
6. INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND – EVERYBODY KNOWS/NO NERVE 7″ REISSUE (LAST LAUGH RECORDS)
