favorite music // 2011

favorite songs
favorite 20 albums
top 5 albums
top 10 eps

favorite official videos
favorite live videos
favorite concerts

songs

[21] Dominant Legs // Hoop of Love :

[20] Cass McCombs // County Line :

[19] Neon Indian // Arcade Blues :

[18] Girls // Alex :

[17] Atlas Sound // Te Amo :
[audio http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Atlas_Sound_-_Te_Amo.mp3]

[16] Thurston Moore // Circulation :

[15] Fleet Foxes // The Shrine/An Argument :

[14] Active Child // Ancient Eye :

[13] St. Vincent // Cruel :

[12] The Horrors // Moving Further Away :
[audio http://promo.xlrecordings.com/thehorrors/movingfurtheraway.mp3]

[11] Bon Iver // Beth/Rest :

[10] Karl Blau // Celebrate by Singing :
[audio http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/mp3/Karl%20Blau%20-%20Celebrate%20By%20Singing.mp3]

[09] When Saints Go Machine // Kelly :
[audio http://www.divshare.com/direct/16175889-938.mp3]

[08] Geoffrey O’Connor // Proud :

[07] Carter Tanton // Fake Pretend :
[audio http://www.spin.com/audio/download/94785/02_Fake_Pretend_feat._Marissa_Nadler.mp3]

[06] John Maus // Believer :

[05] Inc // Millionairess :
[audio http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/mp3/Inc.%20-%20Millionairess.mp3]

[04] Twin Sister // Stop :

[03] M83 // Claudia Lewis :
[audio http://dl.soundowl.com/1lm5.mp3]

[02] War on Drugs // Come to the City :
[audio http://mp3.rollingstone.com/download/06ComeToTheCity.mp3]

[01] Destroyer // Savage Night at the Opera :


albums

//////////// honorable mention
The Babies : “The Babies”
Crystal Stilts : “In Love With Oblivion
Cults : “Cults
Ford & Lopatin : “Channel Pressure
Fruit Bats : “Tripper

//////////// top 20

[20]  Craft Spells : “Idle Labor
[19]   Cass McCombs : “Humor Risk
[18]  Toro y Moi : “Underneath the Pine
[17]  Active Child : “You Are All I See
[16]  Dominant Legs : “Invitation
[15]   St VincentStrange Mercy
[14]   Kurt Vile : “Smoke Ring For My Halo
[13]   Neon Indian : “Era Extraña
[12]   Fleet Foxes : “Helplessness Blues
[11]   Girls : “Father, Son and Holy Ghost
[10]   Bon Iver : “Bon Iver”
[09]   Thurston Moore : “Demolished Thoughts
[08]   Atlas Sound : “Parallax
[07]   Carter Tanton : “Freecloud
[06]   Twin Sister : “In Heaven

//////////// top 5 albums
[05]   The HorrorsSkying

[04]   John MausWe Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

[03]   The War on DrugsSlave Ambient

[02]   M83Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

[01]   DestroyerKaputt

 

//////////// top 10 eps

[10]  Teen Daze “A Silent Planet

[09]   Dum Dum Girls “He Gets Me High

[08]  Crystal Stilts “Radiant Door

[07]  When Saints Go MachineFail Forever

[06]  King Krule “King Krule

[05]  Here We Go Magic “The January EP

[05]  Toro y Moi “Freaking Out

[03]  Niki & The Dove “The Drummer

[02]  Inc. “3

[01]  Gross Magic “Teen Jamz

 

videos

//////////// top 10 official videos 

[10] Battles // My Machine [ft. Gary Numan] :

[09] Fleet Foxes // The Shrine / An Argument :

[08] Wu Lyf // We Bros :

[07] Friends // I’m His Girl :

[06] Destroyer // Savage Night at the Opera :

[05] Young Dreams // Young Dreams :

[04] M83 // Midnight City :

[03] Best Coast // Our Deal :

[02] Shabazz Palaces // “Black Up” [album] :

[01] Blouse // Into Black :

 

//////////// top 10 live videos 

[10] John Maus // Believer : live for Pitchfork‘s +1 :

[09] Toro Y Moi // Light Black : live for Pitchfork‘s Special Presentation :

[08] Caveman // Great Life : live for Yours Truly :

[07] Washed Out // Far Away : live for Yours Truly :

[06] Colin Stetson // The Stars in His Head [Dark Lights remix] : live for Constellation Records :

[05] Battles // Wall Street : live for La Blogotheque :

[04] Beach Fossils // Twelve Roses : live for Ian Perlman :

[03] Twin Sister // Stop : live for Yours Truly :

[02] Gardens & Villa // Orange Blossom : live for Yours Truly :

[01] Ponytail // Easy Peesy : live for Ray Concepcion :

 

favorite concerts

[05] Doe Bay and Huichica music festivals // 2011 :

[04] Kelli Schaefer // Tacoma : The Space : 7/22 :

[03] Cass McCombs // Seattle : The Tractor Tavern : 12/7 :

[02] Bon Iver // Seattle : The Paramount : 9/26 :

[01] War on Drugs // Seattle : The Tractor Tavern : 10/26 :


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