2011 in Music
Here’s what I enjoyed in music during 2011. No rankings; no commentary; just a list of things I enjoyed. There are links for you to listen to my favourite tracks.
Albums
Battles – Gloss Drop
James Blake – James Blake
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Foster The People – Torches
Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost!
King Krule – King Krule EP
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Tune-Yards – Whokill
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Washed Out – Within and Without
The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
WU LYF – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
Tracks
James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – FFunny FFrends
Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
King Krule – The Noose of Jah City
Guilty Pleasure
Coldplay – Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - This isn’t a great song, really; but that warbling guitar line makes me smile every time!
Honourable Mention - Two brilliant covers from Q Magazine’s tribute to U2′s 1991 album Achtung Baby.
Patti Smith – Until the End of the World
Jack White – Love Is Blindness
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So, whatcha vote for in the hottest 100? Or have you given up on that poll entirely
meredith
January 14, 2012 at 11:34
Hottest 100 is still a fun poll! But mostly because I usually have to add new songs to the list before I vote for them. There’s a certain perverse (not to say arrogant) pleasure in that. I voted before I’d really gotten to know some of the songs above; for example, I would’ve voted for Foster The People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ if I had my time again.
So, I voted for: James Blake, ‘The Wilhelm Scream’; Washed Out, ‘Soft’; Girls, ‘Vomit’; Tune-Yards, ‘Bizness’ (which is probably my favourite song of the year); The War On Drugs, ‘Brothers’; Unknown Mortal Orchestra, ‘Ffunny Ffrends’; M83, ‘Midnight City’; Battles, ‘Ice Cream’; Bon Iver, ‘Holocene’; Holy Ghost!, ‘Wait & See’.
Did you vote? What for?
richardrglover
January 14, 2012 at 17:46