Thread: All Things: Your music-related best of 2011 end-of-year lists

Another year filled with so much awesome music. A little behind but after further review, top 20 of 2011:

1. Bry Webb-Provider


2. La Dispute-Wildlife


3. The Horrible Crowes-Elsie


4. Touche Amore-Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me


5. Joyce Manor-S/T


6. Red City Radio-The Dangers of Standing Still


7. The Holy Mess- S/T


8. White Wives-Happeners


9. Title Fight-Shed


10. Chuck Ragan- Covering Ground


11. Balance and Composure-Separation


12. Nothington-Borrowed Time


13. Banner Pilot- Heart Beats Pacific


14. Elway-Delusions


15. Tenement- Napalm Dream


16. Atlas Losing Grip-State of Unrest


17. Restorations-S/T


18. Seahaven-Winter Forever


19. Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room- Hurricane Season


20. Banquets-Top Button, Bottom Shelf

Wow, I think I've heard of maybe two of those bands.

Originally Posted by adgy-san

Wow, I think I've heard of maybe two of those bands.

coming from you that's kinda scary

Originally Posted by adgy-san

Wow, I think I've heard of maybe two of those bands.

his list is the closest to mine on here. i forgot to mention the horrible crows. gotta give it a listen since I like the singer's band, the gaslight anthem.

Originally Posted by lunchbox

h2o - s/t (15th anniversary repress)

My friends look out for me like family!

Originally Posted by lunchbox

my kid has a t-shirt that has the graphic and song lyric from this video on it. lol.

which leads me to

Originally Posted by adgy-san

Wow, I think I've heard of maybe two of those bands.

Ha, Bry Webb is the lead singer of the Constantines(who you may have heard of).

narrowed down lists of stuff that stuck out this year-

metal:
Loss - Despond
Ash Borer - s/t
Lycus - Demo
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Blood Lust

noise/drone
Grouper - A I A
Rene Hell - Terminal Symphony
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
Matt Carlson - Particle Language
Hive Mind - Elemental Disgrace

other:
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Peaking Lights - 936
Shoppers - Silver Year
The Antlers - Burst Apart

Originally Posted by sarf

narrowed down lists of stuff that stuck out this year-

metal:
Loss - Despond
Ash Borer - s/t
Lycus - Demo
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Blood Lust

noise/drone
Grouper - A I A
Rene Hell - Terminal Symphony
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
Matt Carlson - Particle Language
Hive Mind - Elemental Disgrace

other:
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Peaking Lights - 936
Shoppers - Silver Year
The Antlers - Burst Apart

I'm gonna look for just about everything in this post I don't already have, but tell me about this. I've seen it mentioned before and passed it over thinking it was just Psychedelic rock stuff. I didn't realize they were metal.