Best songs of 2011

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Permalink Reply by maximum jack on December 8, 2011 at 5:57pm

I'm much more of a "songs" kinda guy.  Here are 30 that I really dug this year, in no particular order-- except "johnny Kwango" is my definite song of the year:

The Bevis Frond - Johnny Kwango

The Decemberists - Down by the Water

Wild Flag - Future Crimes

Those Darlins - Waste Away

The Night Marchers - All Hits

The Bats - It's Not the Same

The Red Button - Caught in the Middle

Brilliant Colors - Hey Dan

Tommy Keene - Deep Six Saturday

R.E.M. - That Someone is You

PJ Harvey - The Last Living Rose

Iceage - You're Blessed

Woods - Any Other Day

Surfer Blood - Miranda

Milk Music - Out of My World

Crystal Stilts - Through the Floor

Sonny & the Sunsets - I Wanna Do It

Jonny - Candyfloss

Ductails - Hamilton Road

Motel Beds - Surfjerk

Dum Dum Girls - Wrong Feels Right

Vivian Girls - I Heard You Say

Tim Cohen - Don't Give Up

Army Navy - Feathered

Crooked Fingers - Black Candles

Mark Sultan - Song in Grey

La Sera - I Promise You

Shirk Circus - Understanding

Guided by Voices - The Unsinkable Fats Domino

J Mascis - Too Deep

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Permalink Reply by Stu Pope on December 9, 2011 at 12:26pm

I'm so impressed that "Johnny Kwango" is your top song of the year, Maximum Jack. The new Bevis Frond album is truly excellent and it's so cool to see there are others out there who are into the amazing music and lyrics of Nick Saloman and company. Cheers, Stu

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Permalink Reply by Gail Manchester on December 8, 2011 at 10:49pm

This would rock so much more than the average Christmas card!

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Permalink Reply by maximum jack on December 9, 2011 at 5:30am

Mine will be available at Burn and Shine on or about December 25.

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Permalink Reply by Gail Manchester on December 9, 2011 at 7:35am

Cool!

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Permalink Reply by shermo on December 12, 2011 at 5:47pm

I love these best of year lists on the tribe. Ive found the odd artists that I really enjoy from them and intend to dip into my pocket for a couple of albums I feel are essential for my colllection. Its good to see Quest For Fire get a mention as I heard them on a Tee Pee records sampler I own and they were one that stood out. I will be on You Tube sampling peoples choices looking for the sonic gold amongst them again no doubt when I have the time.

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Permalink Reply by maximum jack on December 25, 2011 at 10:28am

Just posted my Top 30 comp over at Burn and Shine

Two slight changes:  First in order to accommodate a couple extra tracks, the wonderful "John Kwango" was bypassed in favor of the shorter "More To This Than That" from the same album.  For those of you who don't know, the comps I post over there will always fit an 80-minute CDR.  The other change is that I took the Mark Sultan track off and added a song by Times New Viking.  I did not get the TNV until about a week ago, but it made such an impression I had to include it-- their album Dancer Equired has shot into my top 5 for the year!   The Mark Sultan tune was almost the exact same length as the TNV track, "Ever Falling in Love", so that's why he got the axe.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas Everybody!

[gratuitous Slade nod, there]

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Permalink Reply by Stu Pope on December 27, 2011 at 12:44pm

Can't wait to give it a spin, Maximum Jack. I can already tell I'm going to love it.

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Permalink Reply by maximum jack on February 28, 2012 at 9:16am

Anybody else watching The Walking Dead?  The most recent episode closed with this gem from 2011:

I remember listening to this about 18 times in a row when I first got it.  Ultimately, it did not make the cut for my Top 30-- but maybe it should have.

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Permalink Reply by Stu Pope on February 28, 2012 at 12:15pm

The song really takes off towards the end, doesn't it? I can see how it would be a good fit for wrapping up an episode of The Walking Dead (which I'm not watching - however, lots of guys at our agency are watching it and I've been hearing about how good it is).

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