Favourite Music of 2011

Top 5 of 2011:
1. Bruce Peninsula “Open Flames” — http://brucepeninsula.bandcamp.com/
2. Snailhouse “Sentimental Gentleman” — http://snailhouse.bandcamp.com/
3. Handsome Dan And His Gallimaufry “Best There Was” — http://hdahg.bandcamp.com/
4. Neon Indian “Era Extrana”
5. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart “Belong”

 

Top 5 Underrated Albums of 2011:
1. The Donkeys “Born With Stripes” — http://deadoceans.com/onesheet.php?cat=DOC047
2. Figurines “Figurines” — http://figurines.bandcamp.com/album/figurines
3. Adam & The Amethysts “Flickering Flashlight”
4. Miracle Fortress “Was I The Wave?”
5. The War On Drugs “Slave Ambient”

 

Also Highly Listenable:
- Battles “Gloss Drop”
- Big Sean “Finally Famous: The Album”
- Bry Webb “Provider”
- Deep Dark Woods “The Place I Left Behind”
- Eleanor Friedberger “Last Summer”
- Elaquent “Midnight After”
- Gold Panda “Companion”
- Hey Rosetta! “Seeds”
- JEFF The Brotherhood “We Are The Champions”
- Jon McKiel “Confidence Lodge”
- Kurt Vile “Smoke Ring For My Halo” & “So Outta Reach”
- Matthew Good “Lights Of Endangered Species”
- Mathemagic “Mathemagic II” — http://mathemagic.bandcamp.com/
- One Hundred Dollars “Songs Of Man”
- Richard Buckner “Our Blood”
- Timber Timbre “Creep On Creepin’ On”
- The Vaccines “What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?”
- Vetiver “Errant Charm”
- Washed Out “Within And Without”
- The Weather Station “All Of It Was Mine”

 

Great Expectations Led to Mild Disappointments:

1. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears “Scandalous”

2. Mayer Hawthorne “How Do You Do?”

3. Ganglians “Still Living”

4. High Places “Original Colors”

5. Future Islands “On The Water”

 

Other Disappointments:
- Bibio “Mind Bokeh”
- Casiokids “Aabenbaringen over aaskammen”
- D-Sisive “Run With The Creeps”
- Duchess Days “In A Fung Day T!”
- Javelin “Canyon Candy”
- Low “C’mon”
- Malachai “Return To The Ugly Side”
- Murs “Love And Rockets Vol. 1″
- Ponytail “Do Whatever You Want All The Time”
- Raphael Saadiq “Stone Rollin’”
- Shlohmo “Bad Vibes”
- Those Darlins “Screws Get Loose”
- Thundercat “Golden Age Of The Apocalypse”