Tuesday, December 13, 2011

[BEST OF 2011] favourite albums #20-1 !!!!

blog 2011/12/13 - [BEST OF 2011]  TOP 20 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!

This is it folks, the best of the best!
3 hours of MP3s covering my favourite albums that this year has offered up to me. 


Notes:
 - My list is of course rather Canadian heavy, but that is perfect for Canadians because you have probably have a chance to see many of these people on tour.  And great for everyone else because you will hear some magical sounds that you might not have been exposed to otherwise.
 - You can buy the Yamantaka // Sonic Titan album at http://yamantakasonictitan.bandcamp.com
 - And remember:  These albums make the perfect holiday gifts.
 - holiday music post, the final post of the year, coming soon!
 - TURN UP THE SPEAKERS, FLICK ON THE SUBWOOFER


CAITLYN'S FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2011

1)  Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
2)  Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
3)  Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L
4)  Beirut - The Rip Tide
5)  Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
6)  The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
7)  The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
8)  Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
9)  Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
10)  The Antlers - Burst Apart
11)  Tom Waits - Bad As Me
12)  Yuck - Yuck
13)  Action Bronson - Dr. Lecter
14)  Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
15)  Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
16)  M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
17)  Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
18)  Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - YT-ST
19)  Feist - Metals
20)  St. Vincent - Strange Mercy


21)  EMA - Past Life Martyed Saints
22)  Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune
23)  Big K.R.I.T. - ReturnOf4Eva
24)  Cults - Cults
25)  James Blake - James Blake
26)  Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
27)  OST - The Book Of Mormon
28)  Aurelio - Laru Beya
29)  Class Actress - Rapprocher
30)  Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia
31)  Nicholas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
32)  Sidi Toure - Sahel Folk
33)  The Horrors - Skying
34)  PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
35)  Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
36)  Bon Iver - Bon Iver
37)  Braids - Native Speaker
38)  Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation
39)  Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings
40)  The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts


#01-20: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20111213.zip
#21-40: http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20111212.zip
Best experimental/instrumental albums:  http://djcpi.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-experimentalinstrumental.html
2011, Year In Review:  http://djcpi.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-2011-in-review.html

And in case you want some more cream-of-the-crop albums as last-minute stocking-stuffers, a quick review of my top albums from prior years that you really should own by now...
2010:  The National - High Violet
2010:  Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2009:  Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
2009:  The Antlers - Hospice
2008:  Rae Spoon - SuperiorYouAreInferior
2008:  The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
2007:  El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
2007:  Beirut - The Flying Cup Club


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Action Bronson - Moonstruck
Action Bronson - Shiraz
Beirut - Goshen
Beirut - Santa Fe
Bill Callahan - One Fine Morning
Bill Callahan - Universal Applicant
Elbow - Dear Friends
Elbow - Lippy Kids
Elbow - Open Arms
Feist - Graveyard
Feist - How Come You Never Go There
Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar
Gang Gang Dance - MindKilla
Hey Rosetta! - New Sum (Nous Sommes)
Hey Rosetta! - Yer Spring
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Our Hearts Are Wrong
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Run Myself Into The Ground
Lykke Li - Get Some
Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing
M83 - Claudia Lewis
M83 - Intro (ft Zola Jesus)
Okkervil River - Hanging From A Hit
Okkervil River - Wake and Be Fine
St. Vincent - Neutered Fruit
St. Vincent - Surgeon
The Antlers - French Exit
The Antlers - Putting The Dog To Sleep
The Decemberists - Rise To Me
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
The Mountain Goats - Estate Sale Sign
The Mountain Goats - High Hawk Season
Tom Waits - Satisfied
Tom Waits - Talking at the Same Time
Tune-Yards - Bizness
Tune-Yards - My Country
Yamantaka __ Sonic Titan - Hoshi Neko (single version)
Young Galaxy - B.S.E.
Young Galaxy - Blown Minded
Young Galaxy - Cover Your Tracks
Yuck - Holing Out
Yuck - Sunday


EXUENTE!  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20111213.zip


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Enjoy!
~CPI

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