2011 & 1/2

2011 is now more than half over, and summer's finally arrived (although if you are in San Francisco you wouldn't know it from the rain).  Any excuse to make a list of albums is a good excuse, but "2011 so far" is an extra good excuse.  Here's lists from me (aw), destroythescene and R.A.Williams; MRT will be posting his list tomorrow.


These are the albums I've been digging the most so far this year- I took a few albums off the list at the last second (ducktails, tim cohen, a few others) because I wasn't sure if I liked them THAT much.  The ones I like best are in bold.

battles - gloss drop (warp)

   Battles - Inchworm by daftdreamy

black devil disco club - circus (lo)

   Black Devil Disco Club - Distrust by FBi Radio

burzum - fallen (back on black)

   Burzum - Jeg Faller (Fallen) by metalassault

clams casino - b-sides instrumental & remixes (self-released)

lumerians - transmalinnia (partisan)
   Atlanta Brook by Lumerians

moon duo - mazes (sacred bones)

   Moon Duo- Mazes by sacredbones

peaking lights - 936 (not not fun)

   Peaking Lights - Tiger Eyes (Laid-Back) by tacking

vetiver - the errant charm (sub pop)

   Vetiver - Worse For Wear by wattesnl

DestroytheScene:

These are in order from best to last

Psychedelic Horseshit - Laced (Fat Cat)

Psychedelic Horseshit - French Countryside by TheDiscoverialist

Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time (We Are Free)

Ponytail - Honey Touches by FBi Radio

Death Grips - Exmilitary (Self-released)

Death Grips - Exmilitary - 3 - Spread Eagle Cross the Block by deathgrips

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma by gypsysphere

Tuneyards - Whokill (4AD)

Tune-Yards - Bizness by snipelondon

Akron Family - S/T II The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT (Dead Oceans)

Akron Family - Silly Bears by Pretty Much Amazing

Panda Bear - Tomboy (Paw Tracks)

Panda Bear - Last Night At The Jetty by bigasslens

Rabbits - Lower Forms (Relapse)

Rabbits - A Tale Of Tales (Lower Forms) by metalassault

Liturgy - Aesthethica (Thrill Jockey)

Liturgy - High Gold by deadcomedian

R.A.Williams:

tim hecker - ravedeath 1972 (kranky)

   tim hecker 'hatred of music I' by kranky

egyptrixx - bible eyes (night slugs)

   Egyptrixx - Bible Eyes - Chrysalis Records feat Trust (Night Slugs) by pdis_inpartmaint

clams casino - instrumental mixtape (self-released)

   Motivation by clammyclams

asc - stutter/leviathan 12" (exit records)

    ASC - Stutter - EXIT 029 - A by Exit Records UK

bok bok - southside ep (night slugs)

   Bok Bok - Reminder by EC-Promo