End of year best albums list.

i was expecting mediafire links for each album, you lazy bastard


monumental post karlos

A few years ago I would of done that type of crazy shit. We get a slap on the wrist by the bald mods if we post links these days.

Nice shout on the Demos Mahoney. One of my best friends is pals with one of the members. He's a top guy and pretty much spent everything he owned to make the record. Plus he makes a great peppermint latte at starbucks. Saw them a couple weeks ago supporting 1,2,3. Some Japanese label might pick them up.

Agree on James Blake. I heard so many great things about him like he's like Jesus if Jesus was Elvis Presleys son. Then I heard him and continued to try to listen. Proper waste of fucking time

That's cool, I was surprised how good the production was soon as from what I could tell they had put it out themselves through bandcamp. Usually you'd expect it to be a bit rough round the edges but everything about it is done really well. Good luck to them.

You gonna buy the album and thus enhance the chances of a second album being made?

don't be daft. If they ever came to TCOTU I would pay to watch them though

Quality post. Props for including S.C.U.M.

it's been a pretty lean for me this year- i've listened to a lot less new music than usual and nothing's really stood out

on the flipside i discovered tindersticks, charles mingus, i am kloot and the olivia tremor control

if i tried to take on karl's list i would wilt in the power of his magnificence- so i'll keep it simple



18. radiohead - king of limbs
17. the strokes - angles
16. bon iver - bon iver (apart from the unforgiveable last track)
15. cults - cults
14. iron & wine - kiss eachother clean
13. cats eyes - cat's eyes
12. fleet foxes - helplessness blues
11. yuck - yuck
10. i break horses - hearts
9. atlas sound - parallax
8. gruff rhys - hotel shampoo
7. destroyer - kaputt
6. action bronson - dr lecter
5. wilco- the whole love
4. the horrors - skying
3. pj harvey - let england shake
2. mikal cronin- mikal cronin
1. jonathan wilson - gentle spirit

that really is the only 18 new albums i've heard this year that i have any time for- but then i've listened to so little which probably shows

i don't think there's a great record among them, but they're all decent

pretty much the top 11 could be interchangeable


next year very much looking forward to the new shins record (out in march, called port of morrow) and watching janelle monae take over the world

her's was by far my best gig of the year and her glastonbury performance was the best thing i saw on tv this year

she just seems to get better and better live

a recent performance (close your ears for the moral soul searching at the start)

action bronson at #6 on the new york times list

www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/arts/music/from-retro-yuck-to-foodie-rap.html?_r=2

Alright, mahoney, I'm downloading this josh t pearson person's album...it had better be better than 10 rubber souls or I will lose all faith in you.

Keep with it SRK. do that and it'll slowly pull you into its web of wonderfulness.

Glad you mention Jonathan Wilson, titch. I still don't know if he's gonna appear on my list but he was quite great opening for Wilco.

I love his album, it's one of about 5 that I've found myself going back to whatever my mood. Yeah, I thought he handled that support slot really well. I'm looking forward to catching him in a headline spot in a small venue now. I missed the borderline show but have tickets for scala in January.

Here's my top 10 favourite tunes of 2011. Will do top 30 favourite albums next week.

10 - Still corners - Submarine



9 - John Maus - Believer



8 - D/R/U/G/S - Love Lust



7 - The Underground Youth - Persona



6 - The pains of being pure at heart - Anne with an E



5 - Kurt Vile - Runners up



4 - The Horrors - Still life



3 - Lykke Li - Sadness is a blessing (Gold panda remix)



2 - Massive attack - Paradise circus (Burial 2011 mix)



1 - Dirty beaches - Lone runner

Lovely, Karl. Had fun reading all that, and nice one on making the effort to explain each selection. Will be checking out some of your choices fo sho, though we have picked a lot of the same records this year! WHAT WONDERFUL TASTE TBH

Deffo check out Lykke Li's debut album too. 'Tis fantastic

My own list is virtually in the can, and I'll hopefully pop the link up in a few days. Only just punted out the film one, which took me blinkin ages!

Looking forward to reading more lists and posts from y'all

man, karl, you beautiful creature, that is epic. loved reading every bit of it. thank you xxx

Awesome list Mahoney, I wouldn't have expected anything else.

Mines gunna drop next week, i'm in work on my own on Tuesday, with desrestricted internet access so it's the perfect time to fine tune my already monumental list whilst (why the fuck does that word look so wrong?) listening to the best of 2011. I HAVE A SOLID PARAGRAPH ABOUT EACH OF MY 50 ENTRIES!


Spoiler - One of Mahoney's 'Jankest Albums of the year' has made my top 50. Stay Tuned.

1. Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
2. The Drums Portamento
3. Repartee - Repartee
4. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
5. The Strokes - Angels
6. Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
7. The Babies - The Babies
8. Youth Lagoon
9. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
10. Washed Out