Here are the playlists for my Favorite Tracks of 2011. This was an attempt at concisely summing up the year and believe me I could have filled at least another disc. Happy listening and your comments are welcome.
CD 1:
1. Real Estate – It’s Real
2. Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever
3. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Our Hearts Are Wrong
4. Telekinesis! – Please Ask for Help
5. PJ Harvey – The Last Living Rose
6. J Mascis – Several Shades of Why
7. Girls – My Ma
8. Wild Flag – Something Came Over Me
9. Destroyer – Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
10. Ducktails – Killin The Vibe
11. Wye Oak – Civilian
12. Smith Westerns – Weekend
13. Gruff Rhys – Honey All Over
14. The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
15. Toro Y Moi – New Beat
16. The War On Drugs – Baby Missiles
17. Neon Indian – Polish Girl
18. The Decemberists – Rox In The Box
19. Lykke Li – Sadness Is A Blessing
20. M83 – Midnight City
CD 2:
1. Wilco – I Might
2. Radiohead – Staircase
3. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
4. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Dream On
5. Okkervil River – Rider
6. Peter Bjorn & John – Second Chance
7. Woods – Pushing Onlys
8. Peter Wolf Crier – Beach
9. Atlas Sound – Mona Lisa
10. Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes
11. Iron & Wine – Tree By The River
12. Handsome Furs – What About Us?
13. The Feelies – Should Be Gone
14. The Donkeys – I Like The Way You Walk
15. CANT – The Edge
16. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Senator
17. Yuck – Sunday
18. TV On The Radio – Caffeinated Consciousness
19. Fleet Foxes – Grown Ocean
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Album of the Year:
Destroyer – Kaputt
Runners-up:
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Real Estate – Days
Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo & (the excellent) So Outta Reach EP (available together in the Deluxe Smoke Ring CD)
M83 – Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
Album I expect to delve deeper into in 2012:
The Horrors – Skying
2 albums that didn’t age well for me:
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Early 2012 album I’m most looking forward to:
The Magnetic Fields – Love At The Bottom Of The Sea
Most Anticipated 2012 Live Act:
The Stone Roses
