(Now with brief reviews!)
JANUARY 001. Mogwai || Hardcore Will Never Die, But You WIll (I keep buying Mogwai records, and while on paper I should worship this band, I am always left with that 'Meh' type feeling.) 002. Earth || Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: 1 (A good instrumental based record should make you not miss the vocals. I am a vocals fan for the most part, but can see myself wanting to hear this again and again, unlike Mogwai; see above) 003. Social Distortion || Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes (Smiths vs. Cure = Cure. Social Distortion vs. Bad Religion = Bad Religion.) 004. Codes in the Clouds || As The Spirit Wanes (Boring post-rock) 005. Esben & the Witch || Violet Cries (I enjoyed the first few songs, then it started getting annoying and repetitive) 006. Waylon Thornton || Sixteen Dreams (good, but a little to lo-fi and raw for my liking) 007. Christian Bland & the Revelators || The Lost Album (King Khan / Mark Sultan type project - minus the 'Meth' and frantic energy. Not bad) 008. Chevelle || Any Last Words LIVE (Love this band! Love having a document of the recent tour) 009. Battlelore || Doombound (got about 5 songs in before I decided this was probably the only time I'd play this.) 010. Cage the Elephant || Thank You, Happy Birthday (1st record bored me. This one is thrilling me so far!) 011. The Murder & the Harlot || These Hands Wrote the Bastard in Me (metal-core. not bad. not really memorable either) 012. Times of Grace || Hymn of a Broken Man (I was never a KSE fan, but this is tremendous and a possible #1 contender!) 013. Wanda Jackson || Wanda Jackson (d/l'ed cause of the Jack White connection. Not my thing. Not bad, but not my thing) 014. Penquins Kill Polar Bears || Dawn (ep) (singer sounds like the guy from Soulcracker. blah.) 015. The Babies || The Babies (eh. for some reason, I was expecting a lot more....) 016. Black Pistol Fire || Black Pistol Fire (garage rock. it be alright, but doubt I'll get the urge to play it again. cool name.) 017. We Made God || It's Getting Colder (like Devil Sold His Soul in 2010, amazing classical meets black metal meets shoegaze)) 018. White Lies || Ritual (1988 Dov would worship this record. 2011 Dov is amused by it. A Keeper. A poppier Sisters of Mercy?) BEST RELEASES OF JANUARY: Times of Grace & We Made God
FEBRUARY 019. Twilight Singers || Dynamite Steps (Much better than Powder Burns although production still leaves lot to be desired. Love it) 020. Lifelovers || Sjukdom (on paper, I like this bad. In reality, not as much...) 021. Puro Instinct || Headbangers in Ecstasy (interesting, but a one time listen only) 022. Kid Icarus || Ghost Town Feelings (ehh. reminded me of a less gloomy Horrors.) 023. The Islands & the Sea || ...Are Dead (and so is their chance of being a top 20 contender. nah!) 024. Ghost || Opus Epynomous (Released in 2010, but US release was this year. grows on me with every listen. love it) 025. Architects UK || Here & Now (Love it. To 10 Material. Believe the hype) 026. Ascension || Consolamentum (It's alright. Music is good. Not liking the vocals.) 027. Destroy Rebuild Until God Saves || DRUGS (no.) 028. Grails || Deep Politics (not to pile on Mogwai, but this is memorable instrumental post rock. key word - memorable. Like this lots) 029. Jack the Giant Killer || Drowning King (no.) 030. Radiohead || The King of Limbs (underwhelmed after one listen. Codex is a pretty song though. Not liking the direction.) 031. Deafheaven || Roads to Judah (Top 5 easily for 2011! for fans of So Hideous My Love. heh heh) BEST RELEASES OF FEBRUARY: Grails, Architects UK, Twilight Singers, Deafheaven
MARCH 032. Rival Schools || Pedals (Like it more and more with each listen. a year end contender!) 033. The Human Abstract || Digital Veils (Musically great, but can't get into the death metal vocals) 034. Vivian Girls || Share the Joy (not bad, but not really memorable either.) 035. Long Distance Calling || Long Distance Calling (loved their first record. this one aint doing it for me) 036. TrustCompany || Dreaming in Black & White (Monster single off their 1st record. Crap ever since. Sorry.) 037. Fen || Epoch (wonderful!) 038. The Color Morale || My Devil in Your Eyes (nope.) 039. Witchcraft || Ash 040. Funeral for a Friend || Welcome Home Armegeddon (kind of liked them back in the day, but not anymore) 041. Those Dancing Days || Daydreams & NIghtmares (nope) 042. Billy Joel || Live @ Shea Stadium 2010 (fun fun fun) 043. And the Furies Say || And the Furies Say (and the dov says....nah) 044. Know Hope Collective || Know Hope Collective (boring radio rock) 045. Rise Against || Endgame 046. Whitesnake || Forevermore (tremendous. going back to their blues hard rock days of the early 80's) 047. The Kills || Blood Pressures 048. The Raveonettes || Raven in the Grave (was scared to play this after their last record was my #1 of 09. Different but great!) 049. This Will Destroy You || Tunnel Blanket (some great moments. vocals are too buried. eh...) BEST RELEASES OF MARCH: Fen, Rise Against, Whitesnake, Rival Schools
APRIL 050. Thursday || No Devolucion 051. David Bowie | Toy 052. Deftones - Covers 053. Jesse Sykes - The Sweet Hereafter (heard mied reviews as I got it...Gave it a chance, and love, LOVE IT!.) 054. Dredg || Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy 055. Ten After Two || Truth Is.... (truth is...i won't be playing this again anytime soon) 056. The Haunted || Unseen (hated among old school Haunted fans. i didn't like old school Haunted, but dig this lots) 057. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart || Belong 058. Weedeater || Jason the Dragon (great album title. wanted to like it, but not my thing) 059. Young Widows || In & Out of Youth & Lightness (not bad, but not my thing.) 060. Ulver || War of Roses (fan of some of their earlier stuff, but this is a bit of a mess.) 061. Foo Fighters || Wasting Light (Top 5 fer sure) 062. Beastie Boys || Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 063. Primordial || Redemption at the Puritans Hands (digging it.) 064. Red Fang || Murder the Mountains 065. The Black Angels || Another Nice Pair 066. We Are The Ocean || Go Now & Live 067. Wolf || Legion of Bastards 068. Alter of Plagues || Mammal 069. Snowman || Absence ( i want to like them. i don't like them though) 070. Sleeping Peonies || Ghosts & other Things 071. And So I Watch You From Afar || Gangs (nope.) 072. Blue Sky Black Death || Noir (nah) BEST RELEASES OF APRIL: Jesse Sykes, Foo Fighters, Dredg
MAY 073. Sixx AM || This is Gonna Hurt 074. 13 & God || Own Your Ghost (Wow. Their 1st record became a forgotten gem on my shelf. This record is good enough to make me revisit it) 075. Marissa Nadler || Marissa Nadler 076. Cave In || White Silence 077. Black Lips || Arabian Mountain 078. Atlantis || Mistress of Ghosts 079. Witch Mountain || South of Salem 080. Touche Amore || Parting the Sea Between Brightness & Me 081. Cults || Cults (Top 10 fer sure)
JUNE 082. Queensryche || Dedicated To Chaos (Wow, how the mighty have fallen. few nice moments here) 083. Seskamol || Gravitational Waves (epic piano post-rock. stunning!)
I'm out....I can't keep up with tracking every 2011 release I hear. Just too many... From now on, I will be simply listing the oens that I hear that I like and have potential end of the year Top 25 potential....
Shining || VII Black Veil Brides || Set The World on Fire Darkest Hour || The Human Romance Date Rape || The Summer Tape (ep) Sister || Hated Protest the Hero || Sacrilious Wolves Like Us || Late Love Ghost Brigade || Until Fear No Longer Defines Us WITTR || Celestial Lineage Mastodon || The Hunter An Autumn for Crippled Children || Everything The Horrible Crowes || Elsie Xerath || II USX - The Valley Path
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