Tuesday, July 12, 2011

2011 Album Index Midyear (or the 60% or so mark)

Alright, here's my lazy copy+paste list from my rateyourmusic page. I know, some words should be added. Too busy, too much procrastinating, too distracted, too lazy etc.

I should just post this identical list every week or 2 (*has idea, maybe for the rest of this year/next year*).

The next post I make, is the more intriguing one anyway.

66

Released but haven't Heard Yet/Enough
 
65
One

TesseracT

One (2011)
 
64
Stone Rollin'

Raphael Saadiq

Stone Rollin' (2011)
 
63
Voice

Hiromi

Voice (2011)
 
62
Rocket Science

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones

Rocket Science (2011)
 
61

Have Heard
 
60
White Silence

Cave In

White Silence (2011)
 
59
Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Helplessness Blues (2011)
 
58
Pala

Friendly Fires

Pala (2011)
 
57
Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under

Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under (2011)
 
56
Tunnel Blanket

This Will Destroy You

Tunnel Blanket (2011)
 
55
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.

Mogwai

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. (2011)
 
54
Deconstruction

Devin Townsend

Deconstruction (2011)

1x
2-stars. Another job and a half to get through. I'm likely giving up on him. Even though there were a couple of songs that worked, and some others with momentary highlights.
 
53
The King Is Dead

The Decemberists

The King Is Dead (2011)
 
52
Deep Politics

Grails

Deep Politics (2011)
 
51
Silesia

Jeniferever

Silesia (2011)

2x.
 
50
w h o k i l l

tUnE-yArDs

w h o k i l l (2011)

1/3x's
 
49
Elef Kirot

Daniel Jakubovic

Elef Kirot (2011)
 
48
Gramahawk

Modern Skirts

Gramahawk (2011)
 
47
The English Riviera

Metronomy

The English Riviera (2011)
 
46
Welcome to My DNA

Blackfield

Welcome to My DNA (2011)

1x.
 
45
08:36:59

Introvisión

08:36:59 (2010)
 
44
Pulse

Thomas Giles

Pulse (2011)
 
43
Digital Veil

The Human Abstract

Digital Veil (2011)
 
42
Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi (2011)
 
41
Scandalous

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Scandalous (2011)
 
40
Level 2

Last Chance to Reason

Level 2 (2011)
 
39
People

Skeletons

People (2011)

2xs.

The singer's swallowing and effeminite nature kills what is a record with some wonderful harmonic moments.
 
38
Now Comes the Mystery

Sound & Shape

Now Comes the Mystery (2011) [EP]
 
37
La caverne

Malajube

La caverne (2011)
 
36

Dead Pool

Shadows (2011) [EP]
 
35
Scurrilous

Protest the Hero

Scurrilous (2011)

1x.
 
34
Follow Me Down

Sarah Jarosz

Follow Me Down (2011)
 
33
Technicolour Experiments

Strange Maps

Technicolour Experiments (2011) [EP]

1x.
 
32
Long Distance Calling

Long Distance Calling

Long Distance Calling (2011)

1x.
 
31
The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part I)

Jolly

The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part I) (2011)
 
30
Tamer Animals

Other Lives

Tamer Animals (2011)
 
29
Gloss Drop

Battles

Gloss Drop (2011)
 
28

Emanuel and The Fear

Hands (2011) [EP]
 
27
The Collective

Scale the Summit

The Collective (2011)

1x.

I still have issues with their recipe, of instrumental prog-metal, because the fact remains, it has been done many times before, and in some cases much better. But this is an improvement over their last album. I may find myself playing this record at times this year, mostly for energy purposes. Also one observation to make is how the 2nd half of it includes more moments to enjoy, which overall, adds to reasons to go back to it.
 
26
Deerhoof vs. Evil

Deerhoof

Deerhoof vs. Evil (2011)
 
25
Omnivium

Obscura

Omnivium (2011)
 
24
Burst Apart

The Antlers

Burst Apart (2011)

3.5 stars
3x's live, 1x stream
 
23
Arrows and Anchors

Fair to Midland

Arrows and Anchors (2011)
 
22
Carnival Is Forever

Decapitated

Carnival Is Forever (2011)
 
21
Matilda

Stateless

Matilda (2011)
 
20
The Cimmerian Years

Thurisaz

The Cimmerian Years (2011)
 
19
Lonely Hunter

Brute Heart

Lonely Hunter (2011)

1.5x's
 
18
大発見 (Daihakken)

東京事変

大発見 (Daihakken) (2011)
 
17
All Out of Peaches

The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra

All Out of Peaches (2011)

early review
 
16
The Discovery

Born of Osiris

The Discovery (2011)

2.5x's
 
15
DeEvolution

Cynthesis

DeEvolution (2011)

1x Prelim. This could become one of my favorites of 2011 just on 1st impression. Erik Rosvold sounds wonderful on here. Rather Pink Floydy.
 
14
Fables of the Sleepless Empire

Unexpect

Fables of the Sleepless Empire (2011)
 
13
I Laugh at Your Greener Pastures

Brice Plays Drums

I Laugh at Your Greener Pastures (2011)
 
12
Your Sparkling Death Cometh

Falling Up

Your Sparkling Death Cometh (2011)
 
11
Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody

Al Di Meola

Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody (2011)

1.75x's
 
10
Fly From Here

Yes

Fly From Here (2011)
 
9
Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy

dredg

Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy (2011)
 
8
Mondo Amore

Nicole Atkins

Mondo Amore (2011)
 
7
Plains of the Purple Buffalo

Shels

Plains of the Purple Buffalo (2011)

massive record, depending how addictive it gets, could be a top 10 contender at least.
 
6
Light Year

Water & Bodies

Light Year (2011)
 
5
Deaden the Fields

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving

Deaden the Fields (2011)

slight projection, but I was stunned by a lot of this for the 1st time today (7/7/11)
 
4

Battle Circus

Battle Circus (2011)
 
3
The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues

Between the Buried and Me

The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (2011) [EP]

1 1/3 x's
 
2
The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection

The Dear Hunter

The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection (2011) [Compilation]
 
1
Terror and Everything After

Hotel of the Laughing Tree

Terror and Everything After (2011)