Beste Alben des Jahres 2011

1 tv on the radio – nine types of light
2 bon iver – bon iver
3 callahan, bill – apocalypse
4 hercules & love affair – blue songs
5 iron & wine – kiss each other clean
6 feist – metals
7 fleet foxes – helplessness blues
8 noel gallagher’s high flying birds – s/t
9 pj harvey – let england shake
10 decemberists – the king is dead

1. THE BLACK KEYS – El Camino ****1/2
2. 22 PISTEPIRKKO – Lime Green Delorean
3. DAWES – Nothing Is Wrong
4. EILEN JEWELL – Queen Of The Minor Key
5. THE NEW LINES – All That We See And Seem
6. THE DUKE SPIRIT – Bruiser
7. THE APRICOT – A Forestful Of Threes
8. DUM DUM GIRLS – Only In Dreams
9. SOCIAL DISTORTION – Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes
10. MILES KANE – Colour Of The Trap
11. MIKE & THE RAVENS – From Pillar To Post
12. THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE – Sons Of Stone ****
13. NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Bird
14. THE ETTES – Wicked Will
15. R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
16. THE KILLS – Blood Pressures
17. CRYSTAL STILTS – In Love With Oblivion
18. ADELE – 21
19. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE – Sky Full Of Holes
20. BEADY EYE – Different Gear, Still Speeding
21. SARABETH TUCEK – Get Well Soon
22. YUCK – Yuck
23. THE DECEMBERISTS – The King Is Dead
24. PHIDEAUX – Snowtorch
25. VERONICA FALLS – Veronica Falls
26. WILCO – The Whole Love
27. SIVERT HOYEM – Long Slow Distance
28. THE BANGLES – Sweetheart Of The Sun
29. JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER – Marble Son
30. THE HORRORS – Skying
31. THE BEVIS FROND – The Leaving Of London
32. THE PEEJAYS – The Peejays
33. THE HIGHER STATE – Freakout At The Gallery
34. GANGLIANS – Still Living
35. FLEET FOXES – Helplessness Blues
36. TRISTEN – Charlatans At The Garden Gate
37. STILL CORNERS – Creatures Of An Hour
38. WILD FLAG – Wild Flag
39. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS – Soul Time!
40. EISLEY – The Valley
41. THE BROKEN VINYL CLUB – The Broken Vinyl Club
42. JEAVESTONE – 1+1=OK
43. THE CHURCH OF THE BLUE NUN – The Art Of Worshipping
44. SLIME THE BOOGIE – Echopark
45. THE STROKES – Angles ***1/2
46. HONEY B. & THE T-BONES – Walking Witness
47. MY MORNING JACKET – Circuital
48. LUKE WHITTEN – Comes And Goes
49. PJ HARVEY – Let England Shake
50. TREMBLING BELLS – The Constant Pageant
51. REDONDO BEAT – Meet Redondo Beat
52. NORB PAYR – Sunday Mornings
53. THE LOCKED WARD – Voyages Into The Inner Psych Of…
54. SKINT & DEMORALISED – Love, And Other Catastrophes
55. DENGUE FEVER – Cannibal Courtship
56. PAPERHEAD – The Paperhead Focus In On The Looking Glass
57. MIREL WAGNER – Mirel Wagner
58. THE GRIP WEEDS – Under The Influence Of Christmas
59. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – Belong
60. THE JIGSAW SEEN – Winterland

@ Mikko

Ehrlich gesagt irritiert mich die Abwesenheit von THOSE DARLINS. Nichts für Dich?

01. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
02. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
03. Destroyer – Kaputt
04. Fucked Up – David Comes to Life
05. Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams
06. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
07. Beirut – The Rip Tide
08. Gillian Welch – The Harrow and the Harvest
09. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
10. Wild Flag – Wild Flag

01-02: ****½
03-08: ****
09-10: ***½

01. Amy Lavere – Stranger Me
02. Veronica Falls – s/t
03. Dale Watson & The Texas Two – The Sun Sessions
04. Amos Lee – Mission Bell
05. Little Victor – Boogie All Night
06. Richmond Fontaine – The High Country
07. The Black Keys – El Camino
08. Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
09. The Excellos – s/t
10. Clairy Browne & the Bangin‘ Rackettes – Baby Caught The Bus

01 Eilen Jewell – Queen Of The Minor Key
02 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Smoking In Heaven
03 Warren Haynes – Man In Motion
04 The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
05 Social Distortion – Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes

06 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Don’t Explain
07 The Band Of Heathens – Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster’s Son
08 Gregg Allman – Low Country Blues
09 Status Quo – Quid Pro Quo
10 Seasick Steve – You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

11 Chickenfoot – III
12 Superheavy – Superheavy
13 Adele – 21
14 Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl
15 Baskery – New Friends

16 Black Country Communion – 2
17 Lenny Kravitz – Black And White America
18 Wilco – The Whole Love
19 Saxon – Call To Arms
20 3 Doors Down – Time Of My Life

21 Ben Harper – Give Till It’s Gone
22 Amos Lee – Mission Bell
23 Emmylou Harris – Hard Bargain
24 Black Stone Cherry – Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
25 Alison Krauss – Paper Airplane

01-03: ****
04-16: *** 1/2
17-25: ***

1. Matana Roberts – Coin, Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres ****1/2
2. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
3. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver ****
5. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow

6. Marilyn Crispell – Free Flight
7. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
8. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
9. Peter Evans – Ghosts
10. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo

1. EILEN JEWELL – The Queen Of The Minor Key ****1/2
2. NIKKI LANE – Walk Of Shame ****1/2
3. THOSE DARLINS – Screws Get Loose ****1/2
4. VERONICA FALLS – S/T ****
5. THE ETTES – Wicked Will ****
6. WIDOWSPEAK – S/T ****
7. BOBBY LONG – A Winter Tale ****
8. RAYOGRAPHS – S/T ****
9. THE BROKEN VINYL CLUB – S/T ****
10. BEADY EYE – Different Gear, Still Speeding ****