Added on January 25, 2012
Lucy
best of 2011 , Bjork , I Break Horses , Icona Pop , Lucy Cage , Lykke Li , Robyn , Sacred Harp , Scandipop , The Knife , Those Dancing Days
And it was mostly pop. Girls making pop. Very few of the bands I loved this year consisted of four white boys with guitars, although that template has been responsible for some fairly monumental things over the last four or five decades.
Added on January 3, 2012
Matt O'Neill
Africa HiTech , Ball Park Music , best of 2011 , Brisbane , Lawrence English , Matt O'Neill , Minuit , Mr Maps , Roots Manuva , Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 , sonicanimation , the death set , The Necks
At the risk of sounding overly hyperbolic, I think the best – or, at the very least, most interesting – records stand outside time.
Added on December 23, 2011
Everett True
All I Want For Christmas , best of 2011 , Everett True , Mariah Carey
Mariah wants YOU for Christmas, and BY THUNDER she’s going to get you.
Added on December 21, 2011
VictoriaBirch
Adalita , Adult , Alexander Tucker , best of 2011 , Bjork , Caitlin Moran , Cults , Fleet Foxes , Florence And The Machine , Grimes , Haunted House , Kate Bush , Victoria Birch
Maybe I’ll save the angst and tell her we started here all along
Added on December 19, 2011
alexg
Alex Gillies , Battle Of Mice , best of 2011 , Boris , Built To Spill , burst city , Earth , Future Of The Left , Harmony , High On Fire , Julie Christmas , Kylesa , Last Chaos , Made Out Of Babies , No Anchor , PJ Harvey , Propagandhi , R.E.M. , Teargas , The Bronx , Tom Waits , Tommy Guerrero
Maybe, just maybe, I’m not the only one in this world with these fears and desires … and that’s what makes music so special.
Added on December 18, 2011
Brigette
212 , AlunaGeorge , Azealia Banks , best of 2011 , Brigette Adair Herron , Bruise Cruise , Decay , Ersatz GB , Gary Numan , jayne county , Jeff Mangum , Lazy Jay , Occupy Wall St , OWS , Patric , Planningtorock , Rebirth , Tearist , The Fall , W , Wayne County
The end of the year is upon us. On this side of the world, everything is dying.
Added on December 17, 2011
collapseboard
best of 2011 , Conan Neutron , Helms Alee , Hurry Up Shotgun , Lou Reed , Marnie Stern , Metallica , Obits , Poison Control Center , Police Teeth , The Blind Shake , The Mountain Goats , Tom Waits , Virgin Islands , Wild Flag
Music is far too important to be relegated to the background.
Added on December 16, 2011
Wallace Wylie
alex ross , Austra , Barbara Panther , best of 2011 , Bjork , Dave Tompkins , Destroyer , Emika , james blake , Lana Del Rey , Lykke Li , Phil Ochs , Radiohead , Richard Youngs , The Drums , The Fall , The Mountain Goats , Tunabunny , Wallace Wylie , Yelle
Don’t pull your pants. Buy this album instead.
