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Saeglopur Resident Hipster from Various places in the UK Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Jun 30th 2011 at 9:07:10 AM

Well, it's June 30th, half way through 2011 - you know what that means...

Yes, it's obligatory list thread time.

So, what've you liked this year? I reckon it's been a belter. Here's my top 20 for January-June 2011. Ranking is not necessary, just a thing I like to do because I like to pretend I'm a real music reviewer.

  1. Battles - Gloss Drop
  2. Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
  3. Snowmine - Laminate Pet Animal
  4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
  5. Petrels - Haeligewielle
  6. And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
  7. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
  8. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
  9. Three Trapped Tigers - Route One Or Die
  10. Youngteam - Daydreamer
  11. Hymns From Nineveh - Hymns From Nineveh
  12. Blanck Mass - Blanck Mass
  13. The Antlers - Burst Apart
  14. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
  15. Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
  16. Dutch Uncles - Cadenza
  17. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
  18. Parts & Labor - Constant Future
  19. Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams
  20. Vessels - Helioscope

Plenty more I'd love to include, but I needed to put a stop to the list somewhere.

So yeah, what're your favourite albums of this year?

P.S. Might be cool if this were to be stickied/pinned. But we shall see.

edited 30th Jun '11 9:08:30 AM by Saeglopur

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AsTheAnointed Since: Jan, 2010
#2: Jun 30th 2011 at 9:19:43 AM

I'm not going to rank mine, though I do have a couple I consider the very finest (Born Of Osiris were winning, but Symphony X and Devin Townsend have pretty much usurped them).

Symphony X - Iconoclast
Born Of Osiris - The Discovery
Tesseract - One
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
Devin Townsend - Ghost (Deconstruction was cool, but I've always preferred Devin's pretty, atmospheric stuff to his raging, haphazard metal)

And from the sound of it, the new Dream Theater will top them all as expected.

MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#3: Jun 30th 2011 at 10:10:30 AM

I haven't heard much 2011 music. Let's see:

  • Korpiklaani: Ukon Wacka
  • Flogging Molly: Speed of Darkness
  • Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place

I still need to get the new Danielson, and the new A Hawk And A Hacksaw.

steampowered Phonomancer Since: Jun, 2010
Phonomancer
#4: Jun 30th 2011 at 10:27:53 AM

In no particular order:

  • Fucked Up- David Comes to Life
  • Tyler the Creator- Goblin
  • Panda Bear- Tomboy
  • Sebasti An- Total
  • Zomby- Dedication
  • Burial- Street Halo 12"

And I'm Gay by Lil B just came out last night, but damn is that album good. Probably making this list when all's said and done.

We must move forward, not backward. Upward, not forward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
sca_punk Not-Not-Not Your Academy from sca_punk's computer Since: Apr, 2010
Not-Not-Not Your Academy
#5: Jun 30th 2011 at 11:28:43 AM

  1. Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
  2. The Antlers - Burst Apart
  3. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
  4. Destroyer - Kaputt
  5. Panda Bear - Tomboy
  6. Yuck - Yuck
  7. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
  8. Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
  9. Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
  10. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
  11. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
  12. Death Grips - Exmilitary
  13. Raekwon - Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang
  14. Sonic Youth - SYR 9: Simon Werner a Disparu
  15. Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose

They're off the streets now, and back on the road on the riot trail. http://www.last.fm/user/sca_punk
Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Jun 30th 2011 at 12:44:13 PM

My top 15 of 2011...so far:

1. Wobbler: Rites at Dawn
2. Sanhedrin: Ever After
3. Beardfish: Mammoth
4. Accordo dei Contrari: Kublai
5. Planeta Imaginario: Optical Delusions
6. Gösta Berlings Saga: Glue Works
7. Van der Graaf Generator: A Grounding in Numbers
8. Höstsonaten: Summereve
9. Pandora: Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno
10. Ñu: Viejos himnos para nuevos guerreros
11. Mars Hollow: World in Front of Me
12. Magic Pie: The Suffering Joy
13. AKIN: The Way Things End
14. La théorie des cordes: Premières vibrations
15. Zombi: Escape Velocity

edited 30th Jun '11 12:51:12 PM by Bananaquit

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