Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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)
black devil disco club - circus (lo)
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)
peaking lights - 936 (not not fun)

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)

egyptrixx - bible eyes (night slugs)

clams casino - instrumental mixtape (self-released)

asc - stutter/leviathan 12" (exit records)

bok bok - southside ep (night slugs)
Posted by alexandwich at 9:46 AM
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7 comments:

  1. destroy the sceneJune 29, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    very nice, i defintely have a few things to check out

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  2. alexandwichJune 29, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    dang sean you weren't kidding about the new psychedelic horseshit!! definitely worthy of being called the best so far this year.... sounds like iran x excepter

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  3. R.A.WilliamsJune 30, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    that Black Devil Disco Club was pretty interesting. liked that one quite a bit. also, that Tune-Yards was really good too. they're probably about to blow up big time having just got mentioned high up on the hype chart in Rolling Stone.

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  4. alexandwichJune 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Ugh jesus I just wrote the longest comment about black devil disco club on my phone only to have is vanish into the ether when I hit post. Anyway rob check out the first album he did (black devil - disco) in the 70s, its so good that when rephlex reissued it people suspected it was actually RDJ recording under a pseudonym (of course, people think that about everything rephlex puts out...)

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  5. alexandwichJune 30, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    Also rolling stone is completely irrelevant these days so I doubt tuneyards hype will be affected by that

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  6. destroy the sceneJune 30, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    yeah that psychedelic horseshit album is ridiculous, it also reminds me of what would happen if black dice and ween jammed on a budget, also if you like his vocals you should really check out the frogs' first two albums, and the shit also has a definite touch of sun city girls.

    alex as for your list i am really digging the black devil disco club, and clams casino

    rob-lovin the egyptrixx and clams casino as well

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  7. destroy the sceneJune 30, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    another one i didnt put on this list but deserves it is the new shabazz palaces album, shit is pretty fuckin good

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