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Jan. 3rd, 2012
Inevitably.
It seems like every year, my Top 20 list is dominated more by familiar faces than new discoveries, with the familiar faces often with at least 20+ years of experience under their belts. This year is no exception, though it's interesting to note that this year’s Top 10 features two debuts, one of them taking the top slot. And the #2 slot is by someone who’s been around for decades but I’d never heard of him until this year.
What does this mean? Probably just that I’m at that age where it’s harder for new acts to impress me, but it’s also good that there’s always new music to discover, even if “new” means bands that have flown under my radar (or out of range) for ages.
Anyway, if nothing else this year’s Top 20 is a relatively strong one. And as usual, I’ll break it down into three parts for yr convenience.
DISCLAIMER: Based on music I actually bought between December 2010 and November 2011, and therefore a useless metric for everyone else.
TOP 20 DEF LPs/EPs/DOWNLOADS OF 2011 (#11-20)
11. The Cambodian Space Project, 2011: A Space Odyssey (Metal Postcard)
12. The Bellrays, Black Lightning (Fargo)
13. Shonen Knife, Osaka Ramones (Damnably Records)
14. They Might Be Giants, Join Us (Idlewild/Rounder)
15. The Duke Spirit, Bruiser (Fiction)
16. Parts And Labor, Constant Future (Jagjaguwar)
17. The Kills, Blood Pressures (Domino/Red Meat Heart)
18. The Pancakes, Brain Remnant Travel Notes (腦殘遊記) (Rewind Records)
19. Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds, Gorilla Rose (In The Red)
20. Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur, Cornershop & The Double 'O' Groove Of (Ampla)
( EXTENDED PLAY! )
Up next: the technical awards!
Ain’t it a groove,
This is dF
It seems like every year, my Top 20 list is dominated more by familiar faces than new discoveries, with the familiar faces often with at least 20+ years of experience under their belts. This year is no exception, though it's interesting to note that this year’s Top 10 features two debuts, one of them taking the top slot. And the #2 slot is by someone who’s been around for decades but I’d never heard of him until this year.
What does this mean? Probably just that I’m at that age where it’s harder for new acts to impress me, but it’s also good that there’s always new music to discover, even if “new” means bands that have flown under my radar (or out of range) for ages.
Anyway, if nothing else this year’s Top 20 is a relatively strong one. And as usual, I’ll break it down into three parts for yr convenience.
DISCLAIMER: Based on music I actually bought between December 2010 and November 2011, and therefore a useless metric for everyone else.
TOP 20 DEF LPs/EPs/DOWNLOADS OF 2011 (#11-20)
11. The Cambodian Space Project, 2011: A Space Odyssey (Metal Postcard)
12. The Bellrays, Black Lightning (Fargo)
13. Shonen Knife, Osaka Ramones (Damnably Records)
14. They Might Be Giants, Join Us (Idlewild/Rounder)
15. The Duke Spirit, Bruiser (Fiction)
16. Parts And Labor, Constant Future (Jagjaguwar)
17. The Kills, Blood Pressures (Domino/Red Meat Heart)
18. The Pancakes, Brain Remnant Travel Notes (腦殘遊記) (Rewind Records)
19. Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds, Gorilla Rose (In The Red)
20. Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur, Cornershop & The Double 'O' Groove Of (Ampla)
( EXTENDED PLAY! )
Up next: the technical awards!
Ain’t it a groove,
This is dF
