Top 66 Albums of 2011.

[gravy boat]

Nice to see Stuyvesant on the list. 

[Martin]

Wow, I only got 6 right.

5 more than me!

Rwake?

Of course.

(Kurt.)

[Omar]

Nice to see Stuyvesant on the list.

Fun album.  "Clyde" is one of my fave tracks of the year.  "We rocked out to 'Bulls on Parade'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Note to those who may not know this: B. Musikoff plays the bass in this group!

[free plax]

Not to nitpick, Omar, but the Apache Dropout LP came out on Family Vineyard.  Trouble in Mind put out their 7" though.

My picks....

Total Control/Thee Oh Sees split
Sharp Balloons 7"
Red Fang - Murder the Mountains
Apache Dropout - S/T
Mikal Cronin - S/T
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread & Ty Rex (Goners record store day thingee)
Wax Museums - Eye Times
This May Be My Last Time Singing - Gospel Comp from Tompkins Square
True Sons of Thunder - Spoonful of Seedy Dudes
Human Eye - They Came From the Sky
Video - Leather, Leather
OBN III's - The One and Only
Sex Church - Growing Over

[Omar]

Not to nitpick, Omar, but the Apache Dropout LP came out on Family Vineyard.  Trouble in Mind put out their 7" though.

Corrections are always welcome.  Fixed!

[buffcoat]

I'm somehow comforted by my near-complete musical irrelevance.  I liked All Eternals Deck a lot, everything else I haven't heard.

[KickTheBobo]

Eternal Tapestry - Beyond the 4th Door

Eternal Tapestry - Ancient Echoes

[fonpr]

Eternal Tapestry - Beyond the 4th Door

Eternal Tapestry - Ancient Echoes

Holy Moses, that's a nice piece of music.

[ChrisInLR]

My faves:
1. Real Estate -- DAYS
2. Roger Bryan & the Orphans -- 37
3. The War on Drugs -- SLAVE AMBIENT
4. Glossary -- LONG LIVE ALL OF US
5. Adam Faucett -- MORE LIKE A TEMPLE
6. Kurt Vile -- SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO
7. Centro-matic -- CANDIDATE WALTZ
8. Ganglians -- STILL LIVING
9. Fleet Foxes -- HELPLESSNESS BLUES
10. Vulture Whale -- LONG TIME LISTENER FIRST TIME CALLER

[dave from knoxville]

The guys over at HITS101.7 never play ANY of this stuff.

[dave from knoxville]

Sometimes I suspect you guys are just making up these titles.

[fonpr]

I also bought Todd Snider "Storyteller" a 2011 release and the Wholetones.

Wait the Wholetones is an ep.

Good though.
I was at this show: The QUARRY

[KickTheBobo]

Eternal Tapestry - Beyond the 4th Door

Eternal Tapestry - Ancient Echoes

Holy Moses, that's a nice piece of music.

Fredericks: please return to the air in 2012. You've been missed.

love,

ktb

[cutout]

Eternal Tapestry - Beyond the 4th Door

Eternal Tapestry - Ancient Echoes

Great song. And yet if I caught myself telling someone aloud I was listening to "Ancient Echoes, by Eternal Tapestry" I would expect to be taunted a lot.

[masterofsparks]

Not familiar with Eternal Tapestry, but I will be checking it out soon.

Some of my favorites:

1. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
2. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life/David's Town
3. Wooden Shjips - West
4. Wild Flag - s/t
5. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
6. Ettes - Wicked Will
7. Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
8. Dirtbombs - Party Store
9. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
10. Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
11. Wolves In the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
12. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Sect(s) & 777 - The Desanctification

Some comedy albums I enjoyed:

1. Eddie Pepitone - A Great Stillness
2. Marc Maron - This Has To Be Funny
3. Tig Notaro - Good One
4. Jen Kirkman - Hail To the Freaks
5. Sklar Brothers - Hendersons and Daughters


Some EPs that I enjoyed:
1. Brought Low - Coextinction #9
2. Young - Sweet b/w Swollen 7"
3. Howlin' Rain - The Good Life 12"

Favorite non-2011 LP that I discovered this year is the self-titled LP by The Liminanas.

Edit: Updated to include a couple of favorites I forgot the first time around.