Tis the season for lists so here are my music-related lists for 2011.
Top 15 Favourite Albums
1- Kaputt - Destroyer
2- Apocalypse - Bill Callahan
3- Peer Amid - Skull Defekts
4- Burst Apart - The Antlers
5- S/T - K-Holes
6- S/T - Apache Dropout
7- Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Girls
8- Through Donkey Jaw - Amen Dunes
9- Goodbye Bread - Ty Segall
10- C'Mon - Low
11- Underneath the Pines - Toro Y Moi
12- Strange Mercy - St. Vincent
13- S/T - Life Partners
14- No Witch - The Cave Singers
15- S/T - The Soft Moon
Top 10 Favourite Reissues/Remasters
1- 20 Jazz Funk Greats - The Throbbing Gristle
2- The SMiLE Sessions - The Beach Boys
3- 1982-89 - Tara Cross
4- Sessions 1981-83 - Void
5- Who's Gonna Save the World - Father's Children
6- Reflections - Chalk Circle
7- Looks Like Rain - Mickey Newbury
8- 1977-1983 - Kleenex/Liliput
9- Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
10- Meçhul - Erkin Koray
Top 10 Favourite Various Artist Compilations
1- Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love : Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973
2- The Hidden Tapes : A Compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World '79-85
3- Titan : It's All Pop! (originally released in 2008 but finally released on vinyl in 2011)
4- Local Customs : Lone Star Lowlands
5- Those Shocking Shaking Days : Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 70-78
6- Eccentric Soul: The Nickel and Penny Labels
7- Said I Had a Vision : Songs and Labels of David Lee
8- The Sound of Siam : Leftfield Luk thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975
9- Peruvian Funk
10- Tobacco A-Go-Go : North Carolina Rock and Roll in the 60s
Top 10 Favourite Songs
1- Video Games - Lana Del Rey
2- Music is Hard - Life Partners
3- Vomit - Girls
4- After the Moment - Craft Spells
5- Witches - Low
6- Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey
7- When You Cut - Moon Duo
8- Psychic Driving - Soft Metals
9- Surf & Turf/Math Tags - Mazes
10- On the Corner - Twilight Singers
Top 10 Favourite Record Labels
1- Numero Group
2- Captured Tracks
3- 4AD
4- Sacred Bones
5- Minimal Wave
6- Merge
7- Sub Pop
8- Vinyl On Demand
9- Mexican Summer
10- Siltbreeze
Top 10 Favourite Live Shows
None because I didn't see any live shows this year.
I normally see between 50 and 60 live shows a year but the music promoters in this city are scum-sucking, scene-killing assholes (yes I'm talking to you BSTB and others of your ilk) who book shows in horrible venues, with late start times and too many opening bands (3 openers on a week night when doors open at 10, fuck you) so I am choosing to no longer support live music in this city.
Top 15 Favourite Albums
1- Kaputt - Destroyer
2- Apocalypse - Bill Callahan
3- Peer Amid - Skull Defekts
4- Burst Apart - The Antlers
5- S/T - K-Holes
6- S/T - Apache Dropout
7- Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Girls
8- Through Donkey Jaw - Amen Dunes
9- Goodbye Bread - Ty Segall
10- C'Mon - Low
11- Underneath the Pines - Toro Y Moi
12- Strange Mercy - St. Vincent
13- S/T - Life Partners
14- No Witch - The Cave Singers
15- S/T - The Soft Moon
Top 10 Favourite Reissues/Remasters
1- 20 Jazz Funk Greats - The Throbbing Gristle
2- The SMiLE Sessions - The Beach Boys
3- 1982-89 - Tara Cross
4- Sessions 1981-83 - Void
5- Who's Gonna Save the World - Father's Children
6- Reflections - Chalk Circle
7- Looks Like Rain - Mickey Newbury
8- 1977-1983 - Kleenex/Liliput
9- Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
10- Meçhul - Erkin Koray
Top 10 Favourite Various Artist Compilations
1- Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love : Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973
2- The Hidden Tapes : A Compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World '79-85
3- Titan : It's All Pop! (originally released in 2008 but finally released on vinyl in 2011)
4- Local Customs : Lone Star Lowlands
5- Those Shocking Shaking Days : Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 70-78
6- Eccentric Soul: The Nickel and Penny Labels
7- Said I Had a Vision : Songs and Labels of David Lee
8- The Sound of Siam : Leftfield Luk thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975
9- Peruvian Funk
10- Tobacco A-Go-Go : North Carolina Rock and Roll in the 60s
Top 10 Favourite Songs
1- Video Games - Lana Del Rey
2- Music is Hard - Life Partners
3- Vomit - Girls
4- After the Moment - Craft Spells
5- Witches - Low
6- Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey
7- When You Cut - Moon Duo
8- Psychic Driving - Soft Metals
9- Surf & Turf/Math Tags - Mazes
10- On the Corner - Twilight Singers
Top 10 Favourite Record Labels
1- Numero Group
2- Captured Tracks
3- 4AD
4- Sacred Bones
5- Minimal Wave
6- Merge
7- Sub Pop
8- Vinyl On Demand
9- Mexican Summer
10- Siltbreeze
Top 10 Favourite Live Shows
None because I didn't see any live shows this year.
I normally see between 50 and 60 live shows a year but the music promoters in this city are scum-sucking, scene-killing assholes (yes I'm talking to you BSTB and others of your ilk) who book shows in horrible venues, with late start times and too many opening bands (3 openers on a week night when doors open at 10, fuck you) so I am choosing to no longer support live music in this city.
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JAN 03, 2012 03:15 PM
thanks ................. yeah¡¡ i love my cats 
JAN 03, 2012 05:06 PM
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JAN 05, 2012 09:34 PM
Maybe! Happy new years
JAN 07, 2012 09:16 AM
lol good luck with that 
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JAN 21, 2012 11:22 AM
Merci, c'est gentil
JAN 22, 2012 12:20 PM
Still a good and certain cliche.
Gladly for me it seems the unhealed parts only come back to me when drunk, which is not an often situation... and here i thought i was fully healed already!
Thanks for commenting
JAN 22, 2012 02:29 PM
i have learned to love the alone time, which is good but sometimes alone time kills it for me as well.
thanks for the words still
JAN 26, 2012 04:33 AM
Aw thank you for your sweet comment
I love that you make lists.
JAN 27, 2012 06:43 AM
It's a solid dream
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