Pretty New Songs
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Yes, 50! This was a great year for new music. I was fortunate that I got to see a handful of my top 10 live this year as well (and the live shows definitely affected how much I loved the records… Wild Flag is a good example).
This was also a great year for new ways to discover and share music. While I retired my record label last year, I started a podcast with my good friend Jenn, and enjoyed a new means of sharing music that I love. I also enjoyed new technologies such as Rdio and the short-lived obsession (at least for me) Turntable.FM. I read fewer blogs, but listened to more podcasts, and got turned on to lots of new bands such as Pepper Rabbit, Dillon, Cults, and Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, among countless others.
All in all, I enjoyed being a little more of a music fan and a little less of a participant. So without further adieu, my favorite releases of 2011!
50. The Lingering Doubts – S/T
49. Sophie Madeleine – The Rhythm You Started
48. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation
47. The Wooden Birds – Two Matchsticks
46. Various Artists – Luz De Vida
45. Grouplove – Never Trust a Happy Song
44. Washed Out – Within and Without
43. Vetiver – The Errant Charm
42. Jens Lekman – An Argument With Myself
41. Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations – S/T
40. Wilco – The Whole Love
39. Matt Pond PA – Spring Fools
38. Big Fox – S/T
37. Vanessa Carlton – Rabbits on the Run
36. Tyler Ramsey – The Valley Wind
35. Release the Sunbird – Come Back to Us
34. Kimya Dawson – Thunder Thighs
33. Mike Doughty – Yes and Also Yes
32. Hotel Lights – Girl Graffiti
31. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
30. J Mascis – Several Shades of Why
29. Matt Pond & Chris Hansen – Lebanon PA soundtrack
28. Phantogram – Nightlife
27. Low – C’Mon
26. Daneverly – S/T
25. Boy & Bear – Moonfire
24. Atlas Sound – Parallax
23. East River Pipe – We Live in Rented Rooms
22. Crooked Fingers – Breaks in the Armor
21. Desertshore – Drawing of Threes
20. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
19. Yuck – S/T
18. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
17. Feist – Metals
16. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
15. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
14. Tune Yards – Who Kill
13. Mates of State – Mountaintops
12. Laura Veirs – Tumble Bee
11. Cults – S/T
10. Wild Flag – S/T
9. Pepper Rabbit – Red Velvet Snow Ball
8. Bon Iver – S/T
7. Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside – Dirty Radio
6. Real Estate – Days
5. Wye Oak – Civilian
4. Mount Moriah – S/T
3. Big Talk – S/T
2. Dillon – This Silence Kills
1. The Rosebuds – Loud Planes Fly Low
If you’re so inclined, and you’re on Rdio (if you’re not I’d love to tell you about it. I feel as if I should get commission from them, but I really do love it), you can listen to a track from each of these releases on my Best of 2011 playlist.
