Top Albums of 2011 unofficial side-discussion thread

don't forget about that shabazz palaces album, that's a killer album

I thought we already had this thread but uh

Crazy Clown Time - I think me & Max might be the only people on WATMM that like this

Ladytron - haven't really seen much talk about this one. Probably too hipster

FaltyDL - just found this guy a little while back. Makes just the kind of analog synthwank dance music I dig

Tom Waits - fuckin Tom Waits man

http://rokjoma.bandcamp.com/album/we-got-it SOLID

http://transmuteo.bandcamp.com/ ALSO SOLID

http://coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com/album/pawleys-island SOLID BUT ONLY LISTENED 1 TIME CUZ I'M HOLDING OUT FOR CD

That Snares EP

Also I finally made the kind of album I wanted to hear when I was 7 but I can't include that without sounding like a wanker so Imma just make a vague reference to it in tiny text

crazy clown time is a runner up on my list because i gave it a 9 because conceptually its totally awesome and i loved figuring out the meaning of what it truly is the same way as watching 1 of his movies but still as a musical peice i just dont think it belongs on the MEGA list of this year however it is a great album.

  On 12/14/2011 at 1:05 AM, GORDO said:

I guess King of Limbs even if i'm not crazy about it

I actually can't decide if Pablo Honey is better.

This one the other hand... EP makes 2011, but full album in early 2012. Yeyuh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhbmpCFXr1g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWnydgvoE4&feature=related

the field

panda bear

puscifer

radiohead

http://seannicholassavage.bandcamp.com/

Just heard this for the first time the other day but I'm really enjoying it

james ferraro, beastie boys, instra:mental, wagon christ, plaid, hype williams, ssaliva, matthewdavid

those were my most memorable albums from this year

Whaaat? No mention of Alva Noto? Come on people, Univrs was fucking fantastic.

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SubtractiveLAD - Kind

Magical, Beautiful - Here Come The Wild Waves

Randomform - Enfeld

Datashock - Pyramiden Vin Gieben

The Field - Looping State Of Mind

Cloudland Ballroom - Infinite Mind

BVdub - Tribes At The Temple Of Silence

Kogumaza - Kogumaza

Neon Pulse - Field Recordings From The Heart Station

I`m doing it again

SubtractiveLAD - Kindred

Magical, Beautiful - Here Come The Wild Waves

Randomform - Enfeld

Datashock - Pyramiden Von Gieben

The Field - Looping State Of Mind

Cloudland Ballroom - Infinite Mind

BVdub - Tribes At The Temple Of Silence

Kogumaza - Kogumaza

Neon Pulse - Field Recordings From The Heart Station

Deadbeat - Drawn and Quartered

Tay0 - There Is A Shining Point Where All Lines Intersect

DJ Future Sphere - Teenage Ignoreland

Stag Hare - Spirit Canoes

Nheap - Clouds Under The Table

Wzrdry Recordings - Magnetic Haze

Here's my list

Top Albums:

Machinedrum - Room(s)

Battles - Gloss Drop

Rustie - Glass Swords

Space Dimension Controller - The Pathway To Tiraquon 6

Top EPs:

Venetian Snares - Cubist Reggae EP

Luke Vibert - Kerrier District 3 EP

Lone - Echolocations EP

  On 12/10/2011 at 7:23 PM, SPD² said:

I don't know about album of the year but single of the year had got to go to Freescha - Babies In Your Body.

+1000. Certainly release of the year for me, not been able to get it out of my head. Amazing record.

Rustie - Glass Swords (Warp) <- winnar

Dot Rotten - Above the Waves ep (download)

Wire - Red Barked Tree (Pink Flag)

Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop)

Buraka Som Sistema - Komba (Enchufada)

Clams Casino - Instrumentals (mixtape)

Kingdom - Dreama EP (Night Slugs)

Nguzunguzu - Timesup EP (Fade to Mind)

Starkey - Open The Pod Bay Doors EP (Ninja Tune)

Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles (Warp)

Plaid - Scintilli (Warp)

Fairey (Geneva) Band - Acid Brass 2: In Yr Face (self released)

VA - Hard Ass Sessions vols I-VI (Enchufada)

West and Hayes - Sharkey: The Final Case OST (download)

Kano - Not 4 the A List (download)

VA - Ghettoteknitianz EP (Planet Mu)

Mark Archer (Altern-8) - Frequency Mixes (Balkan Vinyl)

Wiley - 100% Publishing (Ninja Tune)

The Very Best - Super Mom (Mixtape)

wow, I think I better pick up Glass Swords.

All this praise can't be a bad thing.

Edit: I made a top 10 instead. I haven't looked through Bleep's "best of" lists yet, so maybe I'll find some more good albums. Overall, I didn't care for the electronic scene, but James Kirby and The Fiery Furnaces siblings made some excellent albums. 2010 was way more eventful for me.

1. Matthew Friedberger - Old Regimes

2. Leyland Kirby - Eager to tear apart the stars

3. Eleanore Friedberger - Last Summer

4. Matthew Friedberger - Napoleonette

5. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond this World

6. Leyland Kirby - Intrigue and Stuff (Vol. 1)

7. Locust Toybox - Noon

8. Battles - Gloss Drop (Ice cream is my favorite single of the year)

9. Clint Mansell - Black Swan Soundtrack

10. Matthew Friedberger - Meet me in Miramas

EP. Gonjasufi - The Ninth Inning

The year isn't over though, I know Matthew Friedberger and James Leyland Kirby still have more albums planned, although they may be released next year.

haven't got a top 2011 list but my 2010 list is coming together (lol?)

- luke abbott - holkham drones

- foals - total life forever

i'll do my 2011 list next year

only 2 albums jeez benedict cumberbatch

  On 12/19/2011 at 9:05 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

haven't got a top 2011 list but my 2010 list is coming together (lol?)

 

- luke abbott - holkham drones

- foals - total life forever

 

 

 

i'll do my 2011 list next year

love that foals album

Never really saw what was so great about Glass Swords. Too high-pitched and annoying

  On 12/20/2011 at 5:29 AM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Never really saw what was so great about Glass Swords. Too high-pitched and annoying

+1

but warp marketed it so well

gang gang dances 'eye contact' was pretty amazing.

particularly great track-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJ8IPDQk6Q

the live stuff im hearing is even better than the album tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_A6A4hrKIc

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We're New Here

Good music happenings in 2011 were,

Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Clams Casino - Instrumentals ( and the translucent blue vinyl was lush too)

Battles - Gloss Drop

All things Radiohead

Caving into Rustie

Burial/Massive Attack 12"

The Watmm Download Bay

Seeing Fucked Up and Elbow live at Reading festival

Leaving Reading festival before Muse played (whining rat!)

Andy Stott - Double eps

Discovering Byetone

The Fear Ratio remixed by Plaid 12"

Lego Feet

Worst thing?

Flying Lotus at the Roundhouse. It was so bad I don't think I will be playing his stuff for a long time, I can't face it.

A pretty substantial amount of the new electronic music I heard this year (particularly non-album tracks) came from EKT & Soundcloud. Sometimes it was just okay, sometimes it was pretty bad, but for the most part I'd say I found a lot of good stuff, with an occasional "wow this guy should be getting paid to do music for pants commercials" find.