Whitechapel - Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296542#Comment_296542 2011-06-02T10:17:40-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 BrianMowrey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1709 We usually do one of these, so here is one of these. I've been getting the most play out of: Weeknd - House of Balloons Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Scandalous Bill Callahan - ...

Weeknd - House of Balloons

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Scandalous

Bill Callahan - Apocalypse.

tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

The Globes - Future Self

Dengue Fever - Cannibal Courtship

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

what I missed?]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296545#Comment_296545 2011-06-02T10:29:50-07:00 2011-06-02T10:48:11-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 only three full lengths have impressed me ELDERS-blind rage (best fast punk of the year so far, love the recordings but the 'oooh we are assholes!' schtick from half this band makes it hard to ...
ELDERS-blind rage (best fast punk of the year so far, love the recordings but the 'oooh we are assholes!' schtick from half this band makes it hard to like them live. sadly thats exactly what they want? i dont understand. whatever, the record RAGES)

MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD-do not resuscitate (the long awaited return from east coast XKINGSXOFXMOSHX. hard as fuck. fashioncore bands with eyeliner/allover print shirts and booty shorts at the merch table: run for your fucking lives)

PANIC AT THE DISCO-virtue and vice (pop fantastico. i think its funny that a bunch of indie rock snobs turn their nose up at this band even though they are doing great stuff in a similar vein as other hipster internet darlings)

and the long-in-the-horizon weeding out of the weaklings and fakes in DIY hardcore and punk has forced a much-needed reduction in the glut of garbage 7"s coming out...the sad part is that im also kind of out of the loop so i think ive missed a few gems this year.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296581#Comment_296581 2011-06-02T13:01:23-07:00 2011-06-02T13:02:06-07:00 mybrainhurts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1584 The Gateway District - Perfect's Gonna Fail - Jawbreaker meets the Soviettes. Wrote a much longer review here. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life - Might be a tad too long but it's amazingly strong. 80 ... here.
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life - Might be a tad too long but it's amazingly strong. 80 minutes of soaring punk rock.
Fucked Up - David's Town - The concept of a fake compilation really works. More here.
The Reaganomics - Lower the Bar - Fast snotty pop-punk. More here.
Underground Railroad to Candyland - Know Your Sins - Like the previous album completely indulges the poppier 60s pop and garage rock tendencies of Toys That Kill and works great.
The Credentials - Goocher - Fast snotty punk rock.
World/Inferno Friendship Society - The Anarchy and the Ecstasy - Good ol' stomping cabaret punk. Not as majestic as Addicted to Bad Ideas but a really solid collection of songs.
Night Birds - Fresh Kills Vol. 1 - Maybe this shouldn't count as it's a 7" collection. Really 80s sounding punk rock with a clear surfy DK influence.
The Dwarves - The Dwarves are Born Again - As the opener has it, The Dwarves Are Still the Best Band Ever. Perfectly combines the more genre bending experiments of The Dwarves Must Die with the great punk rock songwriting of The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking.

Best 7"s and EPs:
Chixdiggit - Safeways, Here We Come - Amazingly catchy power-pop
Vacation - Dream Dad - Low-fi sloppy punk rock
Empire Builder - s/t - Low-fi scratchy punk rock
Stymie/Unfun split - Two of the best bands in punk rock right now.
The Tigermilks - Four punk rock Belle and Sebastian covers. It really works.

Best show of the year so far: Iron Chic

Pretty good but haven't listened to enough yet to really compute: Dude Jams, Face to Face, Something Fierce

Still looking forward to: Turkish Techno (promises to be the Dear Landlord of this year), Stymie, Cobra Skulls, Bomb the Music Industry!, Future Virgins, Night Birds, Direct Hit! (though I think it's just rerecordings of older songs)

Dumbest thing in music of the year: Tie between Ben Weasel's fisticuffs and Tegan and Sara's gloriously stupid article about OFWGKTA.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296591#Comment_296591 2011-06-02T13:43:36-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 that FUCKED UP fake comp is a really great idea, but my buddy grabbed on on record store day, and i only liked 3 or 4 of the songs... there will be a new ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD this september as ...
there will be a new ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD this september as well, so at least i can look forward to that!]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296593#Comment_296593 2011-06-02T13:52:19-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 PANIC AT THE DISCO-virtue and vice Either Joe has turned into my daughter or my daughter has turned into Joe AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS SCARIER (She saw them live the other week, fell in the ... PANIC AT THE DISCO-virtue and vice

Either Joe has turned into my daughter or my daughter has turned into Joe AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS SCARIER

(She saw them live the other week, fell in the door at 1am and said "THAT WAS MINDFUCKINGLY GOOD.")

(I love my daughter.)]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296595#Comment_296595 2011-06-02T13:58:00-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I am finding time is going a bit loose and saggy at the edges lately. What DID happen this year? The new Parts & Labor has the near-supreme "Hurricane" on it, but not much ...
The new Parts & Labor has the near-supreme "Hurricane" on it, but not much else.

Leyland Kirby's INTRIGUE AND STUFF Vol 1 has the amazing drag/drone version of "Annie's Song"... but that's heading out of hauntology and into general "retromania".

Johann Johannson's THE MINERS' HYMNS was okay in some places.

There must've been SOMETHING I loved...]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296596#Comment_296596 2011-06-02T14:17:38-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Mathias B http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2162 So far I've really liked: Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje James Blake - s/t PJ Harvey - Let England Shake Red Fang - Murder the Mountains
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
Anna Järvinen - Anna själv tredje
James Blake - s/t
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Red Fang - Murder the Mountains]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296597#Comment_296597 2011-06-02T14:17:46-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 mybrainhurts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1584 @joe.distort: Surely that means that's it's really accurate in its imitation of those sorts of compilation albums? Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296601#Comment_296601 2011-06-02T14:39:35-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 Either Joe has turned into my daughter or my daughter has turned into Joe AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS SCARIER thank you..my day needed some hilarity of that nature! Either Joe has turned into my daughter or my daughter has turned into Joe AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS SCARIER


thank you..my day needed some hilarity of that nature!]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296621#Comment_296621 2011-06-02T17:19:18-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Jehrot http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1904 My boat is being overwhelmingly floated by: Battles - Gloss Drop Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light John McLaughlin - Extrapolation Efrim Manuel Menuck - Plays "High ...
Battles - Gloss Drop
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
Efrim Manuel Menuck - Plays "High Gospel"
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Best of
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio - Mix it up!
Metric - Fantasies]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296622#Comment_296622 2011-06-02T17:21:30-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 PAST LIFE MARTYRED SAINTS, by EMA. Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296631#Comment_296631 2011-06-02T17:58:28-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 m.e.walsh http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10207 The Dodos - No Color By far the best album so far! By far the best album so far!]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296632#Comment_296632 2011-06-02T18:05:05-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Mercer Finn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5496 Albums (in order of preference): tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place Dom - Sun Bronzed Greek Gods (UK release this year) Singles (loosely grouped by genre): Purity ... tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
Dom - Sun Bronzed Greek Gods (UK release this year)

Singles (loosely grouped by genre):
Purity Ring - Ungirthed / Lofticries
Jessie Ware & Sampha - Valentine
Jacques Greene - Another Girl
Blawan - Getting Me Down
Addison Groove - This Is It
xxxy - You Always Start It / Ordinary Things
FaltyDL - Hip Love
Hyetal - Diamond Islands
Sepalcure - Your Love
Burial - NYC
Rockwell - Aria
ASC - Silkworm
Peverelist - Dance Til The Police Come / Fundamentals / Sun Dance
Shackleton - Deadman
Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha - Till the World Ends (The Femme Fatale Remix)
Toddla T & Shola Ama - Take It Back
Chase & Status feat. Delilah - Time
Yasmin - Finish Line (The MIKE DELINQUENT PROJECT Remix) / On My Own (Stenchman Remix)
P Money & Blacks feat. Slickman - Boo You]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296638#Comment_296638 2011-06-02T18:30:41-07:00 2011-06-02T18:31:09-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 @warrenellis Johann Johannson's THE MINERS' HYMNS was okay in some places. Track 2 is brilliant. almost makes me forget that he can't really do music that has real bottom to it. please look at his ...
Johann Johannson's THE MINERS' HYMNS was okay in some places.

Track 2 is brilliant. almost makes me forget that he can't really do music that has real bottom to it. please look at his stuff with apparat organ quartet.

other stuff... and this will be in vids...





]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296656#Comment_296656 2011-06-02T19:50:47-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 dorkmuffin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719 REM's new album? Surprisingly good. Decemberists album was solid, albeit not as awesome as a new Decemberists album should have been. Also, Boris released three really shitty albums and one ...
Decemberists album was solid, albeit not as awesome as a new Decemberists album should have been.

Also, Boris released three really shitty albums and one sort of okay album with Merzbow.

I dunno, folks, I'd love some suggestions. I've felt that indie rock/"alternative" has been pretty sadly lacking for the past few years. I'm dying for something interesting that isn't an 80s throwback.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296663#Comment_296663 2011-06-02T20:30:23-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 infomancer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5161 I was just gonna start one of these threads, so I'm glad to see it up here. So far this year, I've really liked: Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes Motorhead - The World is ...
Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Motorhead - The World is Yours
REM - Collapse Into Now
Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style
O'Death - Outside
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Tim Barry - 28th and Stonewall

Looking forward to the new Frank Turner next week. That'll almost certainly be on my year-end list.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296668#Comment_296668 2011-06-02T21:39:56-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 space scoundrel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8945 Foo Fighters - Wasting Light I'd never listened to them before, but this album just rocks the hell out better and with more variety than any modern-styled rock I've heard in a long time. The ...
I'd never listened to them before, but this album just rocks the hell out better and with more variety than any modern-styled rock I've heard in a long time. The production is especially good, very full and punchy and ringing.

Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

Seconded, infomancer! They deliver more of their trademark norse tales, staying true to their well-loved style while still innovating in bits and pieces. Songwriting is as strong as ever. I was lucky enough to see them live on their current tour, in which they play the whole thing, front to back, then play a whole 'nother set afterwards. This is metal to storm a citadel to.

Havok - Time is Up

These guys play mid-80's thrash metal better than most actual first- and second-generation thrash bands. Yes, it is absolutely throwback music, but it's the best throwback you'll find around, and for those of us too young to enjoy the emergence of thrash in person, it's fun to have young bands who are playing the same stuff.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296753#Comment_296753 2011-06-03T12:25:33-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 Some more favourites...



]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296763#Comment_296763 2011-06-03T13:44:19-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 epalicki http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=170 This year, I've liked Cage the Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday Social Distortion - Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes Rise Against - Endgame Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Although, in ...
Cage the Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday

Social Distortion - Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes

Rise Against - Endgame

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Although, in each of those instances, I liked the last offering from the band better.

I'm sure of two things: 1) Elvis Costello will release an album this year, and 2) in spite of the fact that he's put out thirty-some other albums, something about the next one will surprise me enough to land it on my best of the year list.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296775#Comment_296775 2011-06-03T15:26:48-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236 Holy crap, where have I been, I really haven't been paying too much attention. I have enjoyed. Cake - Showroom of Compassion Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows Trust Company - Dreaming in Black and ... Cake - Showroom of Compassion
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows
Trust Company - Dreaming in Black and White

I need more.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296808#Comment_296808 2011-06-04T04:17:13-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 MagicSword! http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1309 I'll say - tUnE yArDs - W H O K I L L Chad Vangaalen - Diaper Island Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin' EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints Das Pop - The Game Radiohead - The King of Limbs So ...
tUnE yArDs - W H O K I L L
Chad Vangaalen - Diaper Island
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
Das Pop - The Game
Radiohead - The King of Limbs

So far...]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296810#Comment_296810 2011-06-04T04:40:56-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 I'm really loving Explosions in the Sky's Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. I didn't care much for their last album but this one is a return to the wonderful consistency of Earth is not a Cold ...
I didn't care much for their last album but this one is a return to the wonderful consistency of Earth is not a Cold Dead Place.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296841#Comment_296841 2011-06-04T09:27:40-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 JP Carpenter http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485 Jesus wept, I've not heard of about 98% of anything mentioned on this thread. I might just go and buy the PJ Harvey album so I can at least say I've bought one album released this year... Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296842#Comment_296842 2011-06-04T09:34:28-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236 @j0nCarp3nter I know exactly what you are saying. Maybe I should stop listening to Rush and Dream Theater for a little while. Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296845#Comment_296845 2011-06-04T09:45:31-07:00 2011-06-04T10:15:19-07:00 D.Miranda http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=345 Mentioned earlier in this thread: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake, & O'Death - Outside are both very very good. ?Aimon - Amen : the album that made me fall into Witch haus; at 3$ for the ... PJ Harvey - Let England Shake, & O'Death - Outside are both very very good.

?Aimon - Amen : the album that made me fall into Witch haus; at 3$ for the digital download, it's a ridiculously good investment.
Anthracitic Moths - Delicate Devil : a Russian EBM band with a nice old school vibe
May Roosevelt - Haunted : ambiant darkwave electro (I'm really having a hard time describing genres)
Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting : rock/dream pop, has been playing a lot

I'm listening to a lot of Doom these days, and have been enjoying
Ramesses - Possessed by the Rise of Magik : occult old-school doom
Dark Castle - Surrender to all life beyond form
Krallice - Diotima
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
The last 3 were released by Profound Lore, which is proving to be a label of extreme quality.

But in the end, for my part the best album of 2011 so far, also under Profound Lore, is the epic and monumental:
SubRosa - No Help for the Mighty One]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296848#Comment_296848 2011-06-04T10:30:18-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 AtomicSloth http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=390 Aint listened to much NEW this year. Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP (When it comes to dubstep I get bored of the deep dark ambient stuff like Burial, much prefer this loud silly ...
Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP
(When it comes to dubstep I get bored of the deep dark ambient stuff like Burial, much prefer this loud silly WOOOOP stuff)

Radiohead - The King Of Limbs

Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Chase & Status - No More Idols

Ladytron - Best Of 00 To 10]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296853#Comment_296853 2011-06-04T12:08:47-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 @Beamish Dump Dream Theater. Always keep Rush close to your heart!
Dump Dream Theater. Always keep Rush close to your heart!]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296854#Comment_296854 2011-06-04T12:17:56-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236 @icelandbob Chances are neither will be dumped.
Chances are neither will be dumped.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296855#Comment_296855 2011-06-04T12:24:12-07:00 2011-06-04T12:25:07-07:00 Straiit http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6629 The Swedish jazz/swing/rap group Movits! released a new album, here is the first single, awsome.
]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296873#Comment_296873 2011-06-04T14:10:02-07:00 2011-06-04T14:10:39-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 spent some tim ewith the new MENZINGERS, Chamberlain Waits last night. hot damn, its probably on this list for me. Chamberlain Waits last night. hot damn, its probably on this list for me.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296904#Comment_296904 2011-06-04T21:25:52-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 mybrainhurts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1584 Chamberlain Waits came out over a year ago, Joe. They've got a new one out due out some time later this year on Epitaph. I did check out that Elders though and it was awesome.
I did check out that Elders though and it was awesome.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296933#Comment_296933 2011-06-05T08:18:17-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 arklight http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5355 Nice choices. Quite a few I hadn't heard. Could be a bit premature for this thread since the big album releases are in the summer and approaching Christmas. So in the next months or two we ...
Quite a few I hadn't heard.

Could be a bit premature for this thread since the big album
releases are in the summer and approaching Christmas.
So in the next months or two we should be getting the more frothy
upbeat albums coming out.

Heri Mkocha
http://www.youtube.com/thearklight]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296934#Comment_296934 2011-06-05T08:48:20-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 gofrankgo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10306 I've been listening to a lot of old Motown stuff and a bunch of the recent '60s/'70s throwback bands as of late. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears -- Tell 'em What Your Name Is! Cat's Eyes -- ...
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears -- Tell 'em What Your Name Is!

Cat's Eyes -- Cat's Eyes

Cults -- Cults

Fitz and the Tanturms -- Pickin' Up The Pieces

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings -- I Learned The Hard Way

If anyone can suggest more albums like these, let me know. I'm always on the hunt for new music.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296939#Comment_296939 2011-06-05T10:17:02-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173 Chamberlain Waits came out over a year ago, Joe haha, whoops! i heard they had a new one and i thought that was it. Chamberlain Waits came out over a year ago, Joe

haha, whoops! i heard they had a new one and i thought that was it.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296941#Comment_296941 2011-06-05T10:49:31-07:00 2011-06-05T10:49:39-07:00 mybrainhurts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1584 I think they just released their 2007 album A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology on vinyl for the first time. Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296954#Comment_296954 2011-06-05T13:52:28-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 antistigma http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2592 so far i like melaz - daydreaming james blake - james blake radiohead - the king of limbs frank ocean - nostalgia, ultra beastie boys - hot sauce committee the go! team - rolling ...

melaz - daydreaming
james blake - james blake
radiohead - the king of limbs
frank ocean - nostalgia, ultra
beastie boys - hot sauce committee
the go! team - rolling blackouts
gold panda - companion
tv on the radio - nine types of light
curren$y & alchemist - covert group
death grips - ex military
sebastian - total
chase and status - no more idols
com truise - galactic melt
talib kweli - gutter rainbows]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=296958#Comment_296958 2011-06-05T14:05:58-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 gofrankgo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10306 @antistigma YES! That Go! Team album is fantastic! I LOVE them! Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=297034#Comment_297034 2011-06-06T07:37:29-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 ebullientsoul http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7705 Only three stick out at the moment. Gospel by FIREWORKS Pop-punk played fast but just when you think you understand it, they slow it down and decide to stroll. Strange and wonderful. Darker ...
Gospel by FIREWORKS
Pop-punk played fast but just when you think you understand it, they slow it down and decide to stroll. Strange and wonderful.

Darker Handcraft by TRAP THEM
You are not meant to marvel at Darker Handcraft. You are meant to be murdered by it.

Roads to Judah by DEAFHEAVEN
Black metal, shoegaze and hardcore punk stirred into a thick, heady broth that's surprisingly consistent.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=297038#Comment_297038 2011-06-06T08:15:02-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Agitpunkt http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=48 Anna Calvi : Anna Calvi – Slots right in there with Nick Cave/PJ Harvey. Dirty Beaches : Badlands – Sounds more like a Suicide record than the Alan Vega record released this year, which is ... Anna Calvi : Anna Calvi – Slots right in there with Nick Cave/PJ Harvey.
Dirty Beaches : Badlands – Sounds more like a Suicide record than the Alan Vega record released this year, which is actually really great.
Egyptrixx : Bible Eyes – Some of the better wobbly Bass Music I’ve heard this year.
Kode9 & The Spaceape : Black Sun – I feel like this passed by almost unnoticed. I think it’s genius.
Cold Cave : Cherish The Light Years – Utterly retro, but we all need to relive our Gothy past every once in a while, and If I can do that without searching for my Rosetta Stone albums, so much the better.
Cult of Youth : Cult of Youth – More new Goth, but they’ve got more of a Swans meets New Model Army vibe, and they put on a hell of a live show.
Gang Gang Dance : Eye Contact – Kind of like a tour through the last two decades of Dance music.
Umberto : Freeze! – Soundtrack to an 80’s cop movie that never existed.
Gatekeeper : Giza - Pounding retro Industrial.
Mountain Man : Grief – Intense, slightly experimental, Hardcore that takes the 5 stages of grief as its overarching theme. “Anger 1” being the song that I return to the most. Anything that begins with the hoarsely shouted “Death to sorrow, death to fucking sorry” has my attention.
Slug Guts : Howlin’ Gang – A sludgy blast of Birthday Party/Scientists Rock.
Grouper : A I A : Alien Observer – More straightforward than her previous work, but still gorgeous.
Cankun : Jaguar Dance – Not Not Fun has my vote for label of the year, and Cankun is one of several NNF artists in my best-of list. The Glo-Fi sound of last year abstracted and droned-out.
Dylan Ettinger : Lion of Judah – More NNF. Great cover of “Being Boiled.”
Tim Hecker : Ravedeath, 1972 – Masterful Electro-Drone.
Marc Hurtado & Alan Vega : Sniper – The sickest, noisest thing that Vega has done in years.
Moon Wiring Club : A Spare Tabby At The Cat's Wedding – Freaks out everyone in my office.
Maria Minerva : Tallinn At Dawn – Probably my favorite NNF release. I’ve been describing it as a Stereolab tape left baking in a hot car.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=297042#Comment_297042 2011-06-06T08:40:20-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 InvincibleM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3064 Hrm. Well, here's what I can remember liking so far this year: tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi Wye Oak ...
Well, here's what I can remember liking so far this year:

tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
Wye Oak - Civilian
Austra - Feel it Break
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
The Kills - Blood Pressures
Wires under Tension - Light Science
The Dum Dum Girls - He gets me High EP
Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP
Various - Mortal Kombat: Songs Inspired by the Warriors
Vivian Girls - Share the Joys
Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose
Those Dancing Days - Daydreams & Nightmares
The Do - Both Ways Open Jaws
Akron/Family - The Cosmic Birth & Journey of Shinju TNT

Good year for music, so far I think.]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=297063#Comment_297063 2011-06-06T12:43:32-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 infomancer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5161 As predicted, the new Frank Turner is incredibly good. "I Still Believe" gave me goosebumps when I first heard it. Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=298116#Comment_298116 2011-06-14T13:35:36-07:00 2013-06-18T00:31:20-07:00 Robson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=682 Listening mostly to Old People Who Still Rock, but I've enjoyed the hell out of these releases so far: Wire - Red Barked Tree David Sylvian - Died In The Wool Radiohead - The King of Limbs John ...
Wire - Red Barked Tree
David Sylvian - Died In The Wool
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
John Zorn - Nova Express]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=298828#Comment_298828 2011-06-21T01:06:29-07:00 2011-06-21T01:16:51-07:00 Labyrinthine http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5782 Wait, really nobody has mentioned the Mountain Goats yet? All Eternals Deck is fucking brilliant. A sense of quiet menace throughout the entire album. The Autopsy Garland may be my favourite song off ... All Eternals Deck is fucking brilliant. A sense of quiet menace throughout the entire album. The Autopsy Garland may be my favourite song off it.

I have also really enjoyed Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under, and Vices & Virtues.

Possibly my favourite album of the year though is Don't Change Your Plans by Jen Buxton, a local singer songwriter who until recently was in a band I really liked. It's real Sad Bastard Music, the solo stuff! If you have just had some kind of breakup or you just feel like having a good cry, this is what you want to be listening to. Unfortunately any songs from the album that are online in a non-live-youtube kind of way are streaming in different places, not sure what's up with that. Maybe I Am is on myspace and Don't Change Your Plans is on her record company's website. Most of the album is on youtube cos she opened for Frank Turner here in Sydney and someone was there with a good camera, buuut unfortunately the audience were dicks and so you can't hear the music very well over them talking in the back of the room. Whatever whatever I'm a fangirl :P

and oooh really new Andrew Jackson Jihad? sweet! Looking forward to that. Those guys are fucked up. ETA that reminded me to check when the new Indelicates album is out, and it's already preorderable! yaaaay :D]]> Basically-halfway 2011 best/favorite albums Thread http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9911&Focus=298852#Comment_298852 2011-06-21T06:16:40-07:00 2011-06-21T06:17:32-07:00 Sonny http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1167 Seconding (or thirding?) both the new Beastie Boys (real greasy, grimy production ala Check Your Head; I like that) and the new TV On The Radio (easily their most positive group of tunes yet; plus ... Beastie Boys (real greasy, grimy production ala Check Your Head; I like that) and the new TV On The Radio (easily their most positive group of tunes yet; plus "Caffeinated Consciousness" ranks for me as one of the best things they've ever written). Blueprint's new record (it's called Adventures In Counter-Culture)has probably been my favorite release of the year so far: totally independent of genre and trends, conceptual, dense. I really liked that Danger Mouse/Jack White/Norah Jones/Daniele Luppi project too (Rome), which isn't getting as much attention as it deserves. Very relaxing, really beautiful, patient songs that will make you believe in things.

But yeah, I'm hoping the second half will be chocked full of better releases.

*EDIT: Oh, and yeah Radiohead was cool, I liked it (although I know a lot of people did not).]]>