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Jan-March 2011 - 1st Quarter Favourite Releases/Gigs/Remixes/Mixtapes/etc

sean [Edit] [Delete] 62 replies 10:11 March 24th, 2011

Hallo!

So it is very nearly the end of March. The year is broken down into neat and tidy quarters. And whilst reducing music down to 'lists' is a little predictable for peoples like us (and hatred of lists, is probably more prevalent amongst those who love to read and create them) these threads are often very good at helping to find out what is utterly awesome, that others might not have caught onto or given a chance.

Feel free to format yours however you like with as much or as little explanation as you like. Here's mine:

Ambient sounds with their hovering textures have been pretty much the dominant sound pouring from my speakers/headphones. Something about the gentle clustering of pixelated sounds that helps me think, that and the fact the Tim Hecker and How to Dress Well albums have been so utterly gorgeous. Having said that, away from my desk my headphones haven't really stopped playing Kurt Vile on trains, Bright Eyes on fist-clenched walks and Cut Copy when I attempt to run. Then again, pulsating beats have never been too far away...

3 Songs I've been obsessed with:
1. Austra - Beat And the Pulse - pretty much what I'd imagine a Matthew Dear and Ladytron collab would sound like. http://soundcloud.com/austra_midi/beat-and-the-pulse
2. Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar - be stunned if 'Eye Contact' isn't in DiS' top 5 albums of the year http://www.ganggangdance.com/
3. The Veils - Bloom - can I have Finn Andrews re-sing every song I like? Such a voice http://soundcloud.com/drownedinsound/bloom-the-veils

Favourite DiScoveries
- http://soundcloud.com/christianaids - ebbs in that land between Blondes and The Field
- http://edinburghschoolforthedeaf.bandcamp.com - their Mary Chain-fi popped up in a thread about DiSser bands.
- http://soundcloud.com/foe-mania - really looking forward to seeing her again tomorrow. Brash 'tude of Uffie with a healthy Kills/Polly Harvey lust.
- http://soundcloud.com/halls - ambient-ish, has remixed Gold Panda, join the dots

Things I'm most looking forward to in next few months: M83's new lp, seeing Gang Gang Dance play this record live, the return of Jeniferever, debut album by memoryhouse and the DiS stages at Great Escape and Liverpool SoundCity. And maybe new records by The Stills and Justice, if they ever materialise...

...and all the stuff I'm going to remember seconds after posting this.

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p.s. made a playlist of some of this http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/3q18uzsyFKv3AzjyJYxGZd

sean | 24 Mar '11, 10:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Totally agree on Halls - he's the best new artist I've discovered this year

just ahead of Two Inch Punch and Mode Moderne.

Best albums: PJ Harvey, Josh T. Pearson, Braids and British Sea Power.

Best songs: Metronomy - The Look
tUnEyArDs- Bizness

So far this year I've been relying on Jon Hillcock to tell me what to listen to through his fantastic podcast (http://newnoise.tumblr.com/)

Jambo31 | 24 Mar '11, 10:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
a great start to 2011

Albums by:
How to Dress Well
Nicolas Jaar
Josh T Pearson
PJ Harvey
Radiohead

SONGS AND DISCOVERIES THIS YEAR
Tyler the Creator - Yonkers! the whole OFWGKTA thing has got my attention
The new One Nation LP form Hype Williams - The Throning is a great track
The Burial/FourTet/Thom Yorke collab was a great surprise
The new SBTRKT album should be great - Living like I do...nice!
Battles - Ice Cream!

Murphington_III | 24 Mar '11, 10:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
I usually end up spending the first few months of a new year

listening to releases from the previous year but:

Favourite albums (so far):Josh T Pearson, PJ Harvey, Braids, Action Beat, Tim Hecker, Radiohead and Earth

Looking forward listening to: The new Young Widows album, the Burial/Four Tet/Thom Yorke collaboration, The Fen album and EITS's forthcoming record.

wewerewerewolvesonce | 24 Mar '11, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh also
  
  Favourite gig so far this year: Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown at the Union Chapel earlier this year
  
  wewerewerewolvesonce @wewerewerewolvesonce | 24 Mar '11, 19:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
I enjoyed The People's Key

but srsly, Okkervil River's new one blows it out the water, in my humble opinion... COUGH (http://jazzmonroe.tumblr.com/post/3853712040). Kinda like Black Sheep Boy, but with the darker production of Goodbye Sweet Dreams off the Roky Erickson collaboration.

Only heard Gazelle Twin recently too... British Fever Ray crossed with These New Puritans, maybe. Her album's streaming in demo form online, good listening. (http://www.elizabethwalling.co.uk/listen.htm)

Then Kurt Vile, Radiohead, PJ Harvey, the usual... Good year so far.

whatisthewhat | 24 Mar '11, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I've been very much enjoying your blog
  
  re: Okkervil. Can't wait for the new album to drop.
  
  the-breacher @whatisthewhat | 24 Mar '11, 11:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :)
    
    Been writing and thinking about 10/10 recently, re Okkervil. Have never done that before. Still not sure if I’m overexcited or onto something... Cannot wait for Will’s St Pancras Church gig this Monday.
    
    whatisthewhat @the-breacher | 24 Mar '11, 12:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Strong words. I'm getting very excited.
      
      I can't go to his solo show i'm afraid, but am at the Heaven show for sure.
      
      the-breacher @whatisthewhat | 24 Mar '11, 12:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Albums so far...

Pavan – Holy Volt [Harmönia]
Konx-Om-Pax – Light In Extension [Display Copy]
Ekoplekz – Memowrekz [Mordant Music]
Peaking Lights – 936 [Not Not Fun]
Beatbully – Kosmisk Regn [Dødpop]
Esben & The Witch – Violet Cries [Matador]
Sun Araw & Mathewdavid – LIVEPHREAKXXX!!!! [Leaving Records]
Bee Mask – Canzoni Dal Laboratorio Del Silenzio Cosmico [Spectrum Spools]
Hype Williams – One Nation [Hippos In Tanks]
James Blake – James Blake [Atlas]

I might come back in a bit with my fave 12"s and mixes.

jimitheexploder | 24 Mar '11, 11:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mixes so far...
  
  Elijah & Skilliam 01012011 Mix for Blackdown
  http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/01/elijah-skilliam-01012011-mix.html
  
  T.Williams Mix #179 for Xlr8r
  http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/01/t-williams
  
  Untold Mix #80 for LuckyMe
  http://thisisluckyme.com/category/mixtapes/
  
  Airhead Mix #141 for Electronic Explorations
  http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/141-airhead/
  
  Steffi Mix #59 for Dummy Mag
  http://soundcloud.com/r_co/steffi-dummy-mix-january-2011
  
  2562 Mix #18 for Wax Treatment
  http://waxtreatment.de/podcast/018/
  
  Royal T Mix #65 for Sonic Router
  http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/01/interview-royal-t-butterz.html
  
  Flux Mentallo Mix #1 for Always Everything
  http://alwayseverything.tumblr.com/post/2826495409/always-everything-mix-001-flex-mentallo
  
  Walton Mix for Blackdown
  http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/02/meet-walton.html
  
  Hundson Mohawk’s Valentines Slow Jams Chapter IV for LuckyMe
  http://thisisluckyme.com/2011/02/hudson-mohawke-valentines/
  
  Dro Carey Mix # for Sonic Router
  http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2011/03/sr-mix-72-dro-carey-trilogy-tapeshum.html
  
  FaltyDL’s Hardbody Mixtape for Drums Of The South
  http://drumzofthesouth.com/2011/02/14/d-o-t-s-falty-dl-dq-hardbody-mixtape/
  
  Kowton’s ssgs Special for mmnml ssgs
  http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2011/02/kowton-tracklist.html
  
  LHF: Can’t See We Mix on their United Vibes show for Sub FM
  http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/02/lhf-cant-see-we.html
  
  Mickey Mara’s [nakedlunch] Mix for Futureproofing
  http://ftrprf.blogspot.com/2011/02/nakedlunch.html
  
  Levon Vincent Novel Sound Propaganda Vol.1 Mix
  http://soundcloud.com/r_co/levon-vincent-novel-sound/
  
  Oneman Mix #93 for LuckyMe
  http://thisisluckyme.com/2011/02/93-oneman-ninety-three-mixtape
  
  Martin Kemp’s Magic Tailfeather Mix for Turrbotax
  http://turrbotax.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/martin-kemp-exclusive-mix-martins-magic-tailfeathers/
  
  Ben UFO getting noisy on the Hessle Audio show Rinse FM 030311
  http://www.sendspace.com/file/hosk1b
  
  Dusk & Blackdown’s Eski/Funky experiments Rinse FM 240211
  http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/02/rinse-fm-feb-2011.html
  
  October’s Process Part #253 Mix for Modyfier
  http://modyfier.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/october-process-part-253/
  
  Sonic Router x Hivemind.fm: Xpldr Session - 27.2.2011
  My first show on Hivemind for Sonic Router.
  http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2011/02/radio-sonic-router-x-hivemindfm-xpldr.html
  
  Ekoplekz Electronic Explorations Mix #146
  http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/146-ekoplekz/
  
  Damu’s February Mix
  http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=185593
  
  Nguzunguzu’s The Perfect Lullaby mix for dis magazine
  http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/14817/nguzunguzu-the-perfect-lullaby
  
  Blawan Fact Mix #230
  http://www.factmag.com/2011/03/14/fact-mix-230-blawan/
  
  Ossie Sonic Router Mix #73
  http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2011/03/sr-mix-73-ossie-lightworks.html
  
  jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 24 Mar '11, 11:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 12"s
    
    Out now...
    Blawan - Bohla EP [R&S]
    Dro Carey - Venus Knock EP [The Trilogy Tapes]
    Omar-S – Here’s Your Trance Now Dance [FXHE]
    Ill Blu - Meltdown EP [Numbers]
    Kassem Mosse - Workshop 12 [Workshop]
    Boddika - Elektron/Underground [Swamp 81]
    Shackleton - Deadman/Fireworks [Honest Jon's]
    Pangaea - Inna Daze/Wont Hurt [Hessle Audio]
    Pearson Sound - Let Me See What U Working With/Deep Inside [Night Slugs White]
    Ossie – Terantular [Lightworks]
    
    Future business...
    Unknown - Sicko Cell [Swamp 81]
    Burial - Street Halo [Hyperdub]
    Ramadanman - Stiffle [Unknown]
    Logos - Kowloon [Unknown]
    Darq E Freaker - Cherry Aid [Oil Gang]
    Champion - Motherboard [Hardrive]
    
    Loads more in each of course, I could go on forever...
    
    jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 24 Mar '11, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Don't forget Addison Groove - Sexual/Work It :)
      
      dis-integration @jimitheexploder | 24 Mar '11, 13:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - yeah
        
        I didn't want to go on forevere lol
        
        Addison Groove has some insane stuff forthcoming, I've heard about Tectonic and 3024 in the works ooooof.
        
        jimitheexploder @dis-integration | 24 Mar '11, 13:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        one more for the forthcoming section...
        
        Teeth - Shawty [502]
        Teeth - Vibrate [Unknown]
        
        jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 24 Mar '11, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cronenberg this'd this
    - S-X - Woooo [Butterz]
      
      How could I forget haha
      
      Amazing!
      
      jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 24 Mar '11, 14:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Probably wrote too much, sorry.

Bands

Damages - hardcore punk from Michigan. Sounds a lot like Give Up The Ghost/Wes Eisold project. It absolutely kills though and the lyrics are suitably tormented as you'd expect. Pretty brutal.

http://www.myspace.com/damageshc

Robocop - grindcore noise stuff from 3 dudes obviously mucking around, but some actual songs in this mess of sound - somewhere. Free download as well.

http://www.grindcorekaraoke.com/album/robocop-ii

Snowing - I've mentioned these dudes before, do really love this album they've released (AND FOR FREE DOWNLOAD!) Decent 90s-style American emo that sounds proper sweaty and passionate. Ex-Street Smart Cyclist as well and they were totes good.

http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/i-could-do-whatever-i-wanted-if-i-wanted

The Black Spiders album, 'Sons of the North' is worth getting - it's pretty standard, but what they do rocks hard; got a southern-swagger to it as well.

Also worth checking out:

Such Gold (Set Your Goals speed punk)
Ken MODE (noise-rock hardcore)
The Royal Republic (sounds like the most fun band EVER)
The Joy Formidable (excellent voice)
Daytrader (Latterman-style punk)
Lemuria (just ace)
Amplifier (seriously heavy awesomeness)

Loving that new Battles song btw, tis ace-o.

Gigs

Hardly been to any - saw Dinosaur Pile-Up back in Feb and they were great, as were Japanese Voyeurs, who I don't really like on CD, but were proper grimey and heavy live.

Rob Zombie was pretty great as well.

shucks | 24 Mar '11, 11:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Yonkers has stood head and shoulders above everything for me

it's been the year of OFWGKTA thus far, and shit's only gonna get crazier when the albums start dropping

SCROTUM | 24 Mar '11, 11:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

Teepee_uk and noise_annoys this'd this
- other great traxs & records though:
  
  The Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
  The Go! Team - Back Like 8 Track
  XXXY - Ordinary Things
  The Strokes - 2/3rds of Angles
  Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
  Gil Scott-Heron vs Jamie xx - I'll Take Care Of U (probably second to Tyler atm)
  PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
  Toro Y Moi - New Beat
  second half of Radiohead's King Of Limbs
  Teeel's Amulet - a really nice surprise, lovely little album
  The Vaccines - All In White
  
  SCROTUM @SCROTUM | 24 Mar '11, 11:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - oh also
    
    Jamie xx's remix of Rolling In The Deep
    
    SCROTUM @SCROTUM | 25 Mar '11, 00:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Josh T Pearson

Radiohead and Tim Hecker have been on pretty solid rotation.
Gig wise Interpol were great last night and I had a fantastic night in some basement bar in Dalston watching Let's Wrestle (whose new record is FANTASTIC)

the-breacher | 24 Mar '11, 11:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Albums wise

Records by PJ Harvey, The Go! Team and The Young Knives have been really good so far.
The Radio Dept compilation was also aces.
Josh T Pearson and Cut Copy are on the must listen list to come

rleedham | 24 Mar '11, 12:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Best Songs

Women - Bullfight
The Strokes - Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
Radiohead - Little By Little
Metronomy - The Look

lastdino | 24 Mar '11, 12:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Good start to year

PJ Harvey album was good! (though I'm not sure I love it as much as a lot of people seem to)
REM album was good (though still not great)
Radiohead album was excellent
ELbow album is growing on me (and were awesome live)
James Blake album would be my pick though atm

For songs, Burial Fourt Tet - Ego is AMAZING
James Blake - Wilhelm Scream is on course for song of the year
Radiohead - Seperator blew me away.

Oddly though I haven't really heard lots of actually weird / obscure stuff yet this year. Been fairly mainstream for me so far.

Tiresias | 24 Mar '11, 12:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
...

Tom Williams & The Boat - Too Slow
Just Handshakes (We're British) - New Adventures In Pop EP
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
Half The Vaccines album

Singles:
Dry The River - New Ceremony
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
Elbow - neat little rows
That Naked & Famous song which sounds like Passion Pit/MGMT and is the perfect for the NME tent at Leeds Fest
Gil Scott-Heron vs Jamie xx - I'll Take Care Of U

djodell | 24 Mar '11, 12:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
So far...

a bloody great year of music. I've loved:
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die
Radiohead - King of Limbs
Vessels - Helioscope
Rival Schools - Pedals
How To Dress Well
Conquering Animal Sound - Kammerspiel

not many singles, though I did love this EP by Autorotation: http://autorotation.bandcamp.com/album/jesus-bolts

not new but new to me discoveries so far:
Sonino, worriedaboutsatan, Blondes, Lullatone, The Winchell Riots

liquidcalm | 24 Mar '11, 12:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
it's been a great year so far, but...

there are three albums that stand way above the rest:
Parts & Labor's 'Constant Future'
William Tyler's 'Behold the Spirit'
and The Mountain Goats 'All Eternals Deck'

Okay, maybe Tim Hecker and Nicolas Jaar. There's a few brilliant songs on the PJ Harvey album, and Josh T Pearson is still working on me.

greasysouvlaki | 24 Mar '11, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fav albums

Destroyer's Kaputt
PJ Harvey's Let England Shake
Kurt Vile's Smoke Rings

Fav pop songs:
Adele's Rolling in the Deep
Lykke Li's Youth Knows No Pain

Best unsolicited email:
Creeping Weeds http://creepingweeds.bandcamp.com/
...someone with more time want to pick this up for review? tis good

Best Japan tribute/donation record ...I'm hoping
The Morning Benders Japan Echo EP

Most looking forward to hearing:
The War on Drugs (great live the other night...really tight)

Most awesome "lost" record:
David Bowie's Toy

oceanRain | 24 Mar '11, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
So far so fairly good for me

Lots of 7/10 records but few better than that.

Rem, Twilight Singers, Esben and the witch, Cut copy, Gruff Rhys... all very decent but just lacking that something.

Three best records for me so far have been PJ Harvey, Mogwai and Wire. All very good, 8/10 albums I'll probably only grow to love more.

Really enjoyed The Shipments end of year mix tapes and the OFWGKTA compilation too.

If Gang of Four and James Blake were both as good as their highlights they'd be top records. Sadly they're both patchy records with huge highs and lows.

A few good gigs so far with Janelle Monae the highlight.

So far 2011 gets a 7.5 from me.

vamos | 25 Mar '11, 09:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Best songs?
  
  Probably the awesome 20 minute one on the second CD of Mogwais record in most normal years. However I just can't get over how immense that latest Fever Ray tune was. Very special indeed.
  
  vamos @vamos | 25 Mar '11, 09:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
My quarterly mix of newish stuff

is currently going to feature many of these...
Hunx & His Punx - Lover's Lane
Super Melody - I Want Your Blood
Chain Gang Of 1974 - Make My Body
Oblique - Without Making Noise
Anna Calvi - Suzanne And I
Mother Mother - The Stand
Fever Ray - The Wolf
Lykki Li - Sadness Is A Blessing
FNU Ronnies - Valley Of Wastoids
ANR- Don't Fear The Get Out
Pet Conspiracy - Beyond
Project Jenny, Project Jan - Nadine
Cold Cave - The Great Pan Is Dead
Lia Ices - Little Marriage
Zoey Van Goey - You Told The Drunks I Knew Karate
The KVB - It's Too Late
Telekinisis - Car Crash

Silentcommand | 25 Mar '11, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

FNUclone this'd this
2010 has been pretty unbelievable so far

All of these are brilliant

Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams
Grails - Deep Politics
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
Six Organs Of Admittance - Asleep On The Floodplain
Belong - Common Era
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel - Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious
Bee Mask - Canzoni Del Laboratorio...
Natural Snow Buildings - Waves Of The Random Sea

And LPs from Grouper, Evan Caminiti, Jon Porras, Alexander Tucker, Mountains, EITS all to look forward to in the next couple of months alone. I really can't remember a year like it...

only_shallow | 25 Mar '11, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Higuma's probably the best of those, though
  
  Super deep ambient/shoegaze textures
  
  http://rootstrata.com/release/RS73
  
  only_shallow @only_shallow | 25 Mar '11, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - agree on Belong - Common Era
    
    really loving that.
    
    kostenurky @only_shallow | 25 Mar '11, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Isolée, Tim Hecker, Sandwell District, Earth

douchebag | 25 Mar '11, 19:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Albums and Gigs

PJ Harvey stands out for me as a great one, but Rise Against and Endgame is growing on me. The single and video from that are really powerful.

As for gigs I was able to go to Canadian Music Week in Toronto...
The Canadian Music scene is brilliant much like the UK.
Some great bands played, but the stand out gig for me was by
Your Favorite Enemies in Cabin 5
Awesome stuff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GikLMqoOfY

singletouch | 26 Mar '11, 13:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- As it stands......Top 10... Strong year so far
  
  PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
  Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
  The Cave Singers – No Witch
  Radiohead – The King of Limbs
  The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
  Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
  Josh T. Pearson – Last of the Country Gentlemen
  Austin Peralta – Endless Planets
  Joan as Police Woman – The Deep Field
  John Vanderslice – White Wilderness
  
  Kurt Vile bubbling under.
  
  Gigs -
  The Decemberists
  Justin Townes Earle
  Ani Difranco
  Bright Eyes
  
  Pale-eyedBadger | 27 Mar '11, 18:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- an uncool person speaks
  
  The name of the act and the few examples of its work I’ve previously had the misfortune to encounter make me want to beat to death the nearest available trustafarian. Slowly. But ‘Paper Romance’ by Groove Armada is an absolute gem of a single and as good a refutation as any of the jaded fools who continue against all evidence to insist that they don’t make ’em like that any more. Best ignore the silly video with a girl writhing around in her pants. I’ve nothing against girls writhing around in their pants per se, but there’s a time and a place for everything.
  
  Despite the fact that the act has the worst name since Groove Armada, the fact that the title of its album makes me want to hide behind a cushion and the twin facts that the act’s music sounds like it was designed by a computer programmed to distil a checklist of thirty years of indie-cool reference points into thirteen bite-sized chunks and contains not one single original idea, I cannot stop playing Passive Me, Aggressive You by The Naked and Famous. To have so brazenly re-written ‘Time To Pretend’ this soon after the event takes some chutzpah. To have thrown bits of ‘Kids’ into the same song is very cheeky indeed, in the best possible way. But to have made all of the above work is nothing short of genius. I love this record unconditionally, without ruling out the possibility that I’ll have forgotten about it by October.
  
  No danger of that with Forward Russia, who haven’t released anything since 2008 and may well never do so again, thus not technically qualifying for a place in this thread. But I’m slow readers’ group all the way, which must be why it’s taken me until now to recognise that this is comfortably the greatest British guitar band of the last twenty years. Second (and better) album Life Processes available for 49p plus postage last I looked. You’d be a jaded fool not to.
  
  Chris_Trout | 28 Mar '11, 17:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- beady eye
  
  brandt | 28 Mar '11, 19:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My playlists
  
  I have put together monthly playlists this year.
  
  January:
  http://open.spotify.com/user/sartana/playlist/7LvTVVykIZ2Y8lbcuYJtyi
  
  February:
  http://open.spotify.com/user/sartana/playlist/2DFvV1erOxzlv83nEHnfWH
  
  March:
  http://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltenderness/playlist/65pZRQnYIZYtLMaGOFC8If
  
  sartana | 29 Mar '11, 08:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Let England Shake
  
  tops everything so far.
  But also enjoying Cut Copy, REM, Sister Crayon, Likke Li, Kurt Vile
  
  avl06 | 30 Mar '11, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - oh yeah
    
    Kaputt and King of Limbs
    
    avl06 @avl06 | 30 Mar '11, 14:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ok, not as cool as some so...
  
  Albums:
  The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
  Esben & The Witch - Violet Cries
  The Chapman Family - Burn This Town
  Mushy - Faded Heart
  Terror Bird - Human Culture
  Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
  
  Singles / EP:
  Austra - Beat and the Pulse
  Let's Buy Happiness - Fast Fast
  Terror Bird - Waiting For Nothing (bit of a cheat)
  Echo Lake - Young Silence
  Paper Crows - Fingertips
  Whirl - Distressor
  
  Discoveries:
  Austra - Would have been number one of my hopes for 2011 if I had heard Beat and the Pulse sooner.
  Psychologist - Only got this sent to me on Monday and have been listening to it constantly since.
  Birds of Passage - Stunning.
  PlanningtoRock - Fever Ray-esque mentalness.
  Phonic Riot - brilliant three track EP out now.
  Softspot - most wonderful music from across the pond.
  Just a Number blah blah - shit name, pointless mystery but two great tracks.
  
  Looking forward to:
  Austra LP
  Gazelle Twin - I Am Shell I Am Bone
  Cold Cave - Shows and official album release.
  I Break Horses - Bella Union wonderfulness.
  TGE / Primavera in May.
  Countless other stuff.
  
  Past treasures:
  Katie Stelmanis - Solo LP from the lady behind Austra is wonderful.
  David Bowie - Toy - It is rather wonderful - a proper release must be in the pipeline.
  The Soft Moon - not sure if this can count as 2011 release although think it was in the UK, if it can, add it to the best albums.
  No Joy - Ghost Blonde - ditto above.
  Tearist - Tearist - again could be a 2011 UK release.
  
  eggyrocks | 30 Mar '11, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i've added a poll over on our facebook page.
  
  vote for your album of the first quarter of 2011 here http://facebook.com/DrownedinSound
  
  sean | 1 Apr '11, 11:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- my favorites..
  
  are in this spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/pmeeuwsen/playlist/5xWj0PGxa6lwcRImMBE5Sn
  
  139 tracks, don't know which are the best.
  
  I guess things like EMA, Peaking Lights, Naked On The Vague, Moon Duo, A Grave With No Name, Factory Floor, Stranded Horse, Banjo Or Freakout, IceAge and Grimes
  
  pmeeuwsen | 1 Apr '11, 17:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Top 5 albums so far
  
  Bodi Bill - What?
  Electro Indie Kraut Rock - somewhere between the notwist and James Blake
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y0UNwjmPyE
  (cant prove it but i think fever ray features at 2min)
  
  Roommate - Guilty Rainbow
  Experimental electronic indie rock
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aazkaQOLl8w
  (yes this song is a little 'The Bends' like in places
  
  Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere
  modern classical
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vFDgZKty8
  so prurrrty
  
  Near the Parenthesis Japanese for beginners
  bubbly electronic /post rock / modern classical
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYnvK3k_RsM
  
  William Fitzsimmons - Gold in the Shadow
  Singer Songwriter - similar to Iron & Wine
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBddbE4ozMU
  
  Also enjoying bibio, iron & wine, Joh Vanderslice, Conquering Animal Sound, Alaska in winter (b-sides release) amongst other things
  
  Fav 5 Ep's from Chad Van Gaalen, Warm Ghosts, Ex Libras, Bronze & US English
  
  Favourite odd track - Purity Ring - Ungirthed
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyFtyKZ1Orc
  
  Most looking forward to albums from Son Lux - rising (April 26th) - enjoyed watching the 'make an album in a month blog', Fops - priests in them caves, 13 & God, Serengeti (produced by Why? and Casiotone FTPA), Lets Wrestle, M83, David Thomas Broughton and Felt Drawings
  
  the_silent_crash | 4 Apr '11, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- my best kept secrects
  
  best gig: Roddy Woomble (Idlewild) in Trelogan N.Wales
  
  best live venue: Telfords Warehouse, Chester
  
  best album: Stories from the Border, The Reads
  
  best single: do they still exist???????
  
  theGronant | 11 Apr '11, 12:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- kind of...
  
  1. The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts
  2. Teams vs. Star Slinger - S/T
  3. Delicate Steve - Wondervisions
  4. The High Llamas - Talahomi Way
  5. James Blake - James Blake
  
  politelydeclined | 17 Apr '11, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Smith Westerns, too
    
    politelydeclined @politelydeclined | 17 Apr '11, 11:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Eps+Singles, YTD
  
  Burial + Four Tet + Thom Yorke - Ego / Mirror
  FaltyDL - Hip Love 12''
  XXXY - You Always Start It / Ordinary Things
  Blawan - Bohla Ep
  Ill Blu - Meltdown
  Midland - Bring Joy
  Knowing Looks – Abandoned Skip / Last Kiss At The Plains Hotel
  Lowtec - Wonderkidd / Looser
  Beth Ditto - EP
  Sepalcure - Fleur EP
  Funkystepz - Fuller/Hurricane Riddim
  Inge Lemon - Starchild
  Burial - Street Halo EP
  Melé - Mugged EP
  2562 - Aquatic Family Affair / This Is Hardcore
  Koreless - 4D/MTI
  Gaetano and Schorr - Simple As It Is EP
  Pangaea - Inna Daze / Won't Hurt
  Shackleton - Deadman + Fireworks
  Isolee / Robag Wruhme -Taktell / Thora Vukk
  Martyn & Mike Slott - Collabs Series No. 1
  Jamie Grind - Footwork EP
  Matt O'Brien -Starting Over
  Max Bett - Different Foot EP
  Modeselektor - Monkey Flip
  Kenton Slash Demon - Daemon EP
  Various Artists - Werkschau EP 2
  Hyetal - Diamond Islands
  Microtrauma – Colorblind EP
  Peverelist - Dance Til The Police Come / Fundamentals
  Canard - Peasant Dance
  Kahn - Like We Used To / Helter Skelter
  The Oliverwho Factory - Galactic Transit
  Nero - Me & You EP
  Phaeleh - Falling
  Objekt - EP1
  Punks Jump Up - Blockhead EP
  Delano Smith - Direct Drive
  Marcellus - Perception (EP1)
  Foster The People - EP
  Kev Obrien - Sometimes I Wonder
  Mike Dehnert - Before Framework
  
  cronenberg | 23 Apr '11, 12:31 | X | ^ This | Reply