So far this year has been quite interesting when it comes to new music. While most of these albums are from bands that I was obsessed with in 2005 (Maritime, One AM Radio, Rival Schools) and bands that were obviously going to deliver impressive follow-up albums (Bon Iver, Destroyer, The Antlers), it was the surprise efforts of SNOWMINE, Other Lives, and Loch Lomond that is making 2011 a year to watch for music. Oh yeah and you can call him overrated or a flash-in-the-pan artist, James Blake is here to stay.
(We still have Björk, Wilco, Portugal. The Man, Beirut, M83, The Shins, etc…it’s going to be a good year)
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Destroyer – Chinatown from Kaputt (2011)
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Other Lives – For 12 from Tamer Animals (2011)
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Bon Iver – Calgary from Bon Iver (2011)
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The One AM Radio – Sunlight from Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread (2011)
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SNOWMINE – The Hill from LAMINATE PET ANIMAL (2011)
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Rival Schools – Wring It Out from Pedals (2011)
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Maritime – Paraphernalia from Human Hearts (2011)
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James Blake – Wilhelms Scream from James Blake (2011)
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The Antlers – Parentheses from Burst Apart (2011)
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Loch Lomond – Elephants & Little Girls from Little Me Will Start A Storm (2011)
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15 MORE (alphabetical):
Battles – Gloss Droplets
EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
Explosions In The Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Foxtails Brigade – The Bread and the Bait
Hail Mary Mallon – Are You Gonna Eat That?
Hooray for Earth – True Loves
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Marissa Nadler – Marissa Nadler
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Panda Bear – Tomboy
Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin’ On
Tennis – Cape Dory
Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine
Washed Out – Within and Without
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