ILM's Top 77 ALBUMS of 2011

xpost but then it goes back to the verses and its terrible again

wait a few more seconds I bet the chorus will come back

i'm on the next song now and it too is terrible

haha

I can imagine a look of delight on his face, followed by a sourpuss, and then a return of delight...

i was the #1 vote for The Joy Formidable! crazy that they placed lower here than on P&J though, i guess we shore don't like them as much as morbz thought.

i listened to that whole album after hearing that song on the tracks poll-- super in to it. what else should i hear by them?

A Balloon Called Moaning was their 8-song miniLP from 2009 (4 songs reappeared on last year's album, all with (to my dismay) bigger production).

otm

ok the chorus on "Dizzy" is pretty awesome...

xpost but then it goes back to the verses and its terrible again

― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, January 30, 2012 5:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if it helps, i would like to downgrade my previous GREAT to good, or really good, or something in that vicinity

also, listened to austra and veronica falls, found them okayish

JF have some good songs that are on neither album, my favorite being "My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder Than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees"

austra just makes me want to listen to that jj album from 2009 and the young galaxy album from 2011

those are both so much better albums than the austra one tho

Is there anything here I'd probably like that I haven't heard? I've only heard Toro y Moi and the three rap albums.

even though i have always loved, and of course voted for, thora vukk it keeps growing on me more and more. "ende" is such a beautiful ending track; i'd be p surprised if this (and the title track) didn't convert those not into robag's production prowess on previous EPs. so much warmth

"My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder Than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees"

Yes! People really need to track down the bonus disc that came with certain versions of the album (not in the States though, I don't think), its called It's Just A World Apart. It has that song shipz is talking about plus "Chwyrlio" a version of "Whirring" in Welsh.

rev you should def check out when saints go machine

i put young galaxy way too low on my ballot-- did anyone else vote for it?

I cooled a lot on that Young Galaxy album.

I love the sounds made by that YG album, but none of the songs actually keep me coming back.

i can feel that

i, too, loved the production on the YG record but couldn't get over the arts & crafts-y vocals

I cooled a lot on that Young Galaxy album.

i did too although i put it on p recently and liked it again. it sounds like winter vacation i think

Maybe I should pull it out again too, haven't heard it in probably 4 or 5 months.

there are still a bunch of not v good songs but stuff like 'peripheral visionaries' marries the indie sing-along vocals w/the icy beach vibe really well

Love that track.

v happy to see the low album here. "'especially me" is my favourite low song since the 'curtain' LP

i haven't fallen for the veronica falls album like some have. it sounds like something i should love, and i don't mind it, but yeah. probably the 5th best album released on slumberland this year.

probably the 5th best album released on slumberland this year.

out of curiosity what are your top 4?

1. art museums - dancing with a hole in my heart 7"
2 - 5. ???

lol lamp

girls names, crystal stilts, big troubles, brilliant colors

had art museums put out a full length this year it would have totes been my #1

last year obv

haha that art museums 7" totally belongs on grady's list of awesome songs not nominated for ilm eoy poll

i think that and the devon williams 7" are the only things on slumberland i bought this year

rev you should def check out when saints go machine

― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, January 30, 2012 7:41 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Tried listening to a couple songs. I really don't like that dude's voice. The music was nice and all but not compelling enough to make up for the singer.

missed the countdown as usual, today stuff:

as far as post-Silent Shout stuff goes, I couldn't get very excited about Austra/Emika/Barbara Panther/Planningtorock. Did vote for Gazelle Twin, love that one.

I voted for WTT, admittedly because the highs were pretty towering for me this year. only thing i voted for that wasn't really solid all the way through.

Toro Y Moi: That cover is amazing, especially for a dude who looks like the ultimate safe boring hipster. he puts on a great live show too.

Joy Formidable: this is okay, but I still like Ostrich the best, and considering it's the rawest track on their debut e.p. (and didn't get re-released on the Big Roar) I don't think I have much of a future with these guys. Like Crystal Antlers - loved em till they cleaned up

I really like the When Saints Go Machine album, "Church & Law" is the standout track for me. For such an unusual album its resonance feel very precise - Black Celebration X I Am A Bird Now X Silent Shout x Comicopera.

Toro Y Moi: That cover is amazing

OTM, surprises me that so many seem to hate it. one of the strongest, most beautiful, distinctive and memorable pieces of album art i saw last year.

sure

http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

come on guys, i voted for that album and have no problem admitting the cover is terrible

i bet someone worked really hard to make it http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

contenderizer otm

ill take that bet (xp)

i've never heard the album but love the image. could maybe do w/out the white box and title text (?), but the photo and band logo are grate.

its a painting iirc?

now that would be impressive, but

the photo-- a self-portrait taken by the one-time graphic design student in a hotel bathroom

^ from the intro to a p4k "take cover" interview w chaz bundick

the toro y moi cover freaks me out a little. is that a flower coming out of his mouth or seafood extender?

anyway, happy to see a bunch of my faves placing. yay for psychic paramount, liturgy, austra, robag wruhme and lykke li. also, well done ilm for preventing drake and kanye/jay-z from placing higher.

so contemptuous of drake and anyone who thinks that album is either emotionally moving or beautiful-sounding

lol it has sure emotionally moved a lot of yall to FURIOUS ANGER