The Poojer Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 a bit biased with kurt vile and war on drugs included..but nice to see panda bear and beastie boys getting some love among many others...great list.... halfrime report on best albums of 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Awww..even when I was hipster, the stuff I liked was never cool enough for Spin...seeing the dull Foo Fighters album at #1 made me skeptical...some good picks...but none of my faves can crack that list. I think I like Middle Brother, Dawes, Those Darlins and Caitlin Rose's new album more than anything there...though War on Drugs is pretty damn good...just got turned on to it about a week ago...kind of cosmic Dylan hodge-podge...good stuff. Pooj- I think it was you who started a thread about chick singers about a year ago? If you lean that way...check out the Caitlin Rose record "Own Side Now" She played in our store a couple weeks ago, and I was really impressed...young girl (mid-20's) but terrific songwriter...funny, her mother is Laura Rose, a kind of cookie-cutter Nashville songwriter who co-wrote about three or four of Taylor Swift's biggest hits...her own daughter has more talent in her finger nail than Taylor...she can write (good)songs, and can sing on key without an auto-tuner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Love the Foos at #1, but Social Distortion not making the list is not cool... so I'll make Machine Gun Blues / Alone & Forsaken co-songs of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 They left out the best album of the year so far: Nero - Welcome Reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Wow, I have not heard of all but two of those groups. Thre rest seem like hipster p---- bs. I really haven't found good music in a few years. 30STM was the last good album I found, although this mix of Korn and Skillrex (that dubstep crap) is pretty interesting. Give me some old country music over this stuff any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 this will probably get abused for being too mainstream and obvious but i think adele 21 is the best new album i've heard this year. just being popular doesn't make it pop. also like the t bone burnett produced secret sisters album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete This Account Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) this will probably get abused for being too mainstream and obvious but i think adele 21 is the best new album i've heard this year. just being popular doesn't make it pop. also like the t bone burnett produced secret sisters album. i was terribly disappointed by the secret sisters album. what i hoped to be an opportunity to put a new spin on and old style, turned out to be a karaoke fest through much of that album. hadn't checked the list, but i would certainly hope Raphael Saadiq's "Stone Rollin" is on there. jw ADD: finally got through the list after having initial difficulty. it's a lot of generally predictable stuff and sadly bereft of much relevance. how Saadiq didn't make it and Yuck did (i've got both albums) is strange. Edited August 29, 2011 by john wawrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 i was terribly disappointed by the secret sisters album. what i hoped to be an opportunity to put a new spin on and old style, turned out to be a karaoke fest through much of that album. hadn't checked the list, but i would certainly hope Raphael Saadiq's "Stone Rollin" is on there. jw i agree they're not the reincarnation of patsy cline but i think they have beautiful voices and they're just getting started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I came into this thread to post "Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues" as the #1 album released this year, IMO. Glad to see they are near the top of the list. The entire album is solid from start to finish. Give me some old country music over this stuff any day. If that is what you are looking for, you may really dig the FF albums. Not country, as much as it is folky. Has a very CSN&Y feel to it. Maybe more Simon & Garfunkel even... Opening track, give it a couple minutes of your time, its worth it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed and Amuzed Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I came into this thread to post "Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues" as the #1 album released this year, IMO. Glad to see they are near the top of the list. The entire album is solid from start to finish. If that is what you are looking for, you may really dig the FF albums. Not country, as much as it is folky. Has a very CSN&Y feel to it. Maybe more Simon & Garfunkel even... Opening track, give it a couple minutes of your time, its worth it: youtube.com/watch?v=cdN2bfov9JQ Really like this Doc, reminds me a lot of My Morning Jackets old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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