Saturday, December 31, 2011

P. Michael's 2011 List


Favorite Albums (with favorite song from each)

With the exception of the top three, this list changes by the day. Here is today's version.

1.  Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Holocene/Calgary (tie))
2.  Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong (The Body)
3.  Panda Bear - Tomboy (Slow Motion)
4.  Cults - Cults (Abducted)
5.  Destroyer - Kaputt (Chinatown)
6.  Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sim Sala Bim)
7.  Radiohead - King of Limbs (Lotus Flower)
8.  Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Vomit)
9.  PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (In the Dark Places)
10. Wilco - The Whole Love (One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend))

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Vinay Kini 2011 List


ALBUMS (no particular order)
 
nicolas jaar - space is only noise
shabazz palaces - black up
big k.r.i.t. - return of 4eva
real estate - days
the war on drugs - slave ambient
lil b - i'm gay (i'm happy)
james blake - james blake
blue sky black death - noir
nguzunguzu - the perfect lullaby
youth lagoon - the year of hibernation
the antlers - burst apart
 
SONGS
 
the weeknd - high for this
james blake - limit to your love
asap rocky - purple swag chapter 2
frank ocean - swim good
big k.r.i.t. - time machine
shabazz palaces - recollections of the wraith
gil scott-heron and jamie xx - ny is killing me
burial - street halo
the antlers - i don't want love
youth lagoon - cannons
real estate - younger than yesterday
cults - abducted
bass drum of death - nerve jamming
mikal cronin - green and blue
clams casino - waterfalls
drake - we'll be fine
the weeknd - house of balloons / glass table girls
cities aviv - fuckeverybodyhere
danny brown - monopoly
sepalcure - pencil pimp
chancha via circuito - quimey neuquen remix

Monday, December 19, 2011

Amber Friesen 2011 List

i've just listed songs this year - not albums. the album choices are
basically implicit in the song list. 

(1)  Holocene - Bon Iver
(2)  Cannons - Youth Lagoon
(3)  Amor Fati - Washed Out
(4)  I Don't Want Love - The Antlers
(5)  Punching In A Dream - The Naked & The Famous
(6)  Fracture - Bombay Bicycle Club
(7)  The Rip Tide - Beirut
(8)  Heart In Your Heartbreak - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
(9)  Parix - When Saints Go Machine
(10) All In White - The Vaccines

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Matt, Laura & Henry's 2011 List

ALBUM
Days – Real Estate
Smoke Ring For My Halo – Kurt Vile
Believers – A.A. Bondy
Civilian – Wye Oak
nostalgia,ULTRA. – Frank Ocean
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Yuck – Yuck
Strange Mercy – St. Vincent
Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes

HONORABLE MENTION
Mikal Cronin – Mikal Cronin
Carrion Crawler / The Dream – Thee Oh Sees
Gentle Stream – The Amazing

KIDS' ALBUM
Tumble Bee – Laura Veirs

OLD FIND

Old Joy OST – Yo La Tengo (2006)
We Were Born In A Flame – Sam Roberts (2003)
I Break Chairs – Damien Jurado (2002)



– See Dropbox for my Top 20 Singles... And if anyone is interested in any of these albums I can up them too.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

D. Lucas Landis' 2011 Year End Lists

Top 10 Albums


1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Hooray for Earth - True Loves
3. James Blake - James Blake
4. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
6. The Antlers - Burst Apart
7. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
8. Com Truise - Cyanide Sisters EP 
9. Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy
10. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation


Best Songs (In No Particular Order and not featured in any of the above albums)


"Still Sound" - Toro Y Moi
"Body Mod" - Pictureplane
"Some Children" - Holy Ghost (Feat. Michael Macdonald.  nuff said)
"Assassinations" - Stateless
"Do You Need Someone" - Beth Ditto
"Car Crash" - Telekinesis
"Need You Now" - Cut Copy
"Lazy Poltergeist" - The Go! Team
"So Tired In The Morning" - Erland and the Carnival
"Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People
"On'n On" - Justice
"I Follow Rivers" - Lykke Li
"Keep Me There" - Nicolas Jaar
"Make Some Noise" - Beastie Boys
"The Lonely Doll" - Cass McCombs
"Never Come Around" - La Sera
"Piledriver Waltz" - Alex Turner
"Do What You Will" - Papercuts
"High For This" - The Weeknd
"Fall Creek Boys Choir" - James Blake & Bon Iver
"Blue Skies Again" - Jessica Lea Mayfield
"A Baptist Church in Georgia" - The Flashbulb
"The Look" - Metronomy
"Paradise" - Coldplay
"End of the Night" - Smith Westerns
"Give It All Back" - Noah and the Whale
"Ffunny Ffriends" - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
"Lose It" - Austra
"Snowflake" - Kate Bush
"All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" - MGMT
"We Can Make the World Stop" - The Glitch Mob
"Don't Move" - Phantogram
"Berlin" - Modeselektor
"Otis" - Kanye West & Jay-Z
"Apathy" - Mikal Cronin
"Art of Almost" - Wilco
"Best Night" - The War on Drugs
"Die Young" - Cities Aviv
"Hold On" - SBTRKT
"Waterfalls" - Clams Casino
"Constellation Dirt Bike Head" - Tobacco
"Love in Motion" - Sebastian
"Sleeping Children Are Still Flying" - Blue Sky Black Death
"Go Outside" - Cults
"Illuminine" - Thurston Moore
"Santa Clause Ain't Comin'" - Lavalier
"Jack Sparrow" - The Lonely Island
"Dear Friends" - Elbow
"Naked Cities" - Buke and Gass










Monday, January 10, 2011

P. Michael Freed's 2010 List

5 Favorite Albums
1. The National - High Violet
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
4. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
5. Beach House - Teen Dream

Others I Liked (in no particular order)
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Jonsi - Go
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
Spoon - Transference

Sunday, January 09, 2011

Amber Friesen's 2010 List

MY TOP 10 ALBUMS, 2010
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1- The National - High Violet
2- Robyn - Body Talk
3- Beach House - Teen Dream
4- Yeasayer - Odd Blood
5- Vampire Weekend - Contra
6- Hot Chip - One Life Stand
7- Jonsi - Go
8- Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
9- Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
10- Broken Bells - Broken Bells

MY TOP 10 SONGS, 2010. In no particular order
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"Madder Red," Yeasayer
"Take Care," Beach House
"Sweet Disposition," The Temper Trap
"Alley Cats," Hot Chip
"Lemonworld," The National
"Bloodbuzz Ohio," The National
"Dancing On My Own," Robyn
"Do You Want It All," Two Door Cinema Club
"Run," Vampire Weekend
"Sans Soliel," Miike Snow