The Rolling Best Albums of 2011 Thread

hey look · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:13 pm

you should give the nicolas jaar a try

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:14 pm

Yeah I probably will. What I heard sounded like I might dig it.

That Tim Hecker is primed to take my #1 spot.

shmoo · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:26 pm

If you want a quick preview of the Jaar, it's still streaming at http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/ (about halfway down the page at the time I'm writing this) along with a ton of other interesting stuff.

jsh · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:01 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Yeah I probably will. What I heard sounded like I might dig it.

That Tim Hecker is primed to take my #1 spot.

Sometimes I can get with the Jaar, sometimes not.

Surprisingly, I do like the Hecker quite a bit.

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:34 pm

Drinky Wrote:

That Tim Hecker is primed to take my #1 spot.

link around anywhere?

jsh · **Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:01 pm

discostu Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

That Tim Hecker is primed to take my #1 spot.

link around anywhere?

voici:

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/?pc96or1vnvr2n49

jsh · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:34 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place

Actually really enjoying this. It's got something that makes it a lot more palatable than Fursaxa, Grouper, Christina Carter, etc, as far as resonant female vocal droning goes.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:40 pm

I'm still not sure about it, to be honest. I wasn't crazy about her previous EP so maybe I should have just stayed away from this. I'm getting kind of a similar vibe from it, and while it's pretty and all, I don't feel particularly engaged by it.

k · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:42 pm

jsh Wrote:

Drinky Wrote:

Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place

Actually really enjoying this. It's got something that makes it a lot more palatable than Fursaxa, Grouper, Christina Carter, etc, as far as resonant female vocal droning goes.

I guess this is where our tastes differ. It's pretty and all, but to me it's a bit of a throwaway. I don't get any sort of tension from it that I get it with Grouper or Scorces.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:10 pm

Yeah, I think I enjoy Grouper more as well.

Is there going to be a new Grouper full-length soon?

k · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:24 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Yeah, I think I enjoy Grouper more as well.

Is there going to be a new Grouper full-length soon?

Have seen nothing a new full length but from Grouper site:

A TWO PART VINYL, SELF RELEASE, APRIL 2011. CONSISTS OF:
-DREAM LOSS, FULL LENGTH 12", GR-006A.
-ALIEN OBSERVER, FULL LENGTH 12", GR-006B.

Also, I think a couple of older splits are being rereleased this year; Inca Ore and something else I believe.

k · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:31 pm

Johann Johannsson - Virthulegu Forsetar

My favorite of the year so far, followed closely by that Hecker then Deaf Center.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:37 pm

Isn't that an older album - from 2004?

I thought the name looked familiar, and then I looked it up. I remember it being really good, though. I need to go back and re-listen to that guy's stuff again.

k · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:41 pm

Drinky Wrote:

Isn't that an older album - from 2004?

I thought the name looked familiar, and then I looked it up. I remember it being really good, though. I need to go back and re-listen to that guy's stuff again.

Might be a reissue as the piece was originally performed in '03 or '04, I have no idea. I just got my copy from Touch this week and have been loving it.

Edit: Yep, looks like it was a CD release in '04 and just got the vinyl treatment this year. Well damn, wish I would have known about this six or seven years ago. Missed the bus on this one I suppose. I guess that makes Hecker my favorite 2011 release.

hey look · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:44 pm

yeah i've had that album for at least 5 years

k · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:05 pm

contradiction Wrote:

yeah i've had that album for at least 5 years

That's at least five years in which you all could have let me know about this. Thanks for looking out guys. :wink:

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:29 pm

THE BEST...
1. Destroyer Kaputt
2. John Vanderslice White Wilderness
3. PJ Harvey Let England Shake
4. Akron/Family S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

THE REST...
5. Braids Native Speaker

Requires More Listens: The Cave Singers No Witch
On Order: Alexander Alexander

Cupcakes · **Joined:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am **Posts:** 3271

1. Deerhoof 7/10 (relative to their other shit)

TheTheory · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:54 pm

01. Danielson - The Best of Glouchester County
02. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

And that is the total sum of new albums I've heard from 2011. I have a hard time thinking that I will hear anything to top Danielson, though...

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:45 pm

OPA! Wrote:

THE BEST...
1. Destroyer Kaputt

Granted we're only 2 months into the year, but forthcoming 2011 albums will have a tough road to beat this out for my #1 spot.

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:41 am

What do you guys think of the new Devotchka?

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:44 am

i like it a good bit, on one listen

Roach · **Joined:** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:39 pm **Posts:** 955

Keepers
---- ---- ---- ----
Davilla 666 - Tan Bajo
The Psychic Paramount - II
The Pheromoans - It Still Rankles
Duchess Of Saigon - S/T
Lumerians - Transmalinnia
The Dirtbombs - Party Store
Der TPK - German Reggae
Earth - Angels Of Darkness
Sun City Girls - Gum Arabic

Need to spend more time with.
---- ---- ---- ----

Faust - Something Dirty
Left Lane Cruiser - Junkyard Speed ball
Horrid Red - Pink Flowers
Six Organs Of Admittance - Asleep On The Floodplain
Agitated Radio Pilot - The Ebb & Flow Of Distant Moonlit Grass
The Insomniacs - Just Enjoy It!
Shrinnirs - Early Singles
Folded Shirt - S/t
Richard Youngs - Atlas Of Heart
Dan Melchior - Assemblage Blues
Alvarius B - Baroque Primitiva

Cut: Deep Sleep, Smith Westerns, Cheveu, Sic Alps, Malibu Wands, Vivian Girls, Led Bib, Shapes Have Fangs, J Mascis.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:55 pm

Fairly minor update, but what the hell. I don't have any more 2011 releases, and I don't know what I'll be getting next. The next things I'm looking forward to come out in April (Times New Viking & Ponytail). Although I think there's a new Dodos album this month, and that might be good?

Albums
01. Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972: 8.5/10
02. Deerhoof – Deerhoof vs. Evil: 8/10
03. Destroyer – Kaputt: 7.5/10
04. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake: 7.5/10
05. Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT: 7.5/10
06. Braids – Native Speaker: 7.5/10
07. Radiohead – The King of Limbs: 7.5/10

08. Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise: 7/10
09. Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place: 7/10
10. James Blake – s/t: 6.5/10
11. Sic Alps – Napa Asylum: 6.5/10

EPs, Singles, Splits, etc
01. Echo Lake – Young Silence: 7.5/10
02. Women/Cold Pumas/Fair Ohs/Friendo – Split 7”: 7.5/10

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:48 pm

k Wrote:

Johann Johannsson - Virthulegu Forsetar

My favorite of the year so far, followed closely by that Hecker then Deaf Center.

just saw this. k, got a link?

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