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2011: Favorites and Let Downs


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Post your favorites and let downs of 2011 so far.

Fav.

Touche Amore - Parting the Seas...

Balance and Composure - Separation

The Wonder Years - Suburbia I've Given...

Let Downs.

La Dispute/Koji 12" (More so La Dispute's tracks)

Set Your Goals - Burning at Both Ends (assuming from previews)

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

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Off the top of my head -

Favorites:

Cave In - "White Silence"

Deafheaven - "Roads To Judah"

Black God - "Black God"

Explosions In The Sky - "Take Care, Take Care, Take Care"

Young Widows - "In and Out of Youth and Lightness"

Pinback - "Information Retrieved Pt. A"

Let Downs:

Dry Spell - "Dry Spell"

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favorites: (not all on vinyl, unfortunately)

Big Kids/Koalacaust split 7"

The New Trust & Friends - Battle To The Death

Glassjaw - Coloring Book EP

The Nighty Nite - Dimples EP

Lavinia - There Is Light Between Us 12" (2010 but i don't think i really got this record in until 2011)

31Knots - Trump Harm

Owen - O, Evelyn 7"

Quintron - Sucre Du Sauvage 2xLP

The Slow Death - Turnstile Comix 7"

Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink The Fucker

Low - C'mon

Jesuit - Discography (pretty damn awesome)

OFF! - Compared To What/Rotten Apple 7"

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing

undecided:

Cave In - White Silence (came from Amazon beat ass and scuffed up so i'm biased about the whole record already)

Young Widows - In And Out Of Youth And Lightness (different, sounded good live but it has to grow on me)

This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket (such a weird record)

Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me (needs more listening)

Britney Spears - Femme Fatale (some strong tracks, some really weak tracks. should have had Ke$ha do all the music)

Bright Eyes - The People's Key (good first listen but i think it needs more plays to make an impression)

Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil (needs more listens)

downers:

Dredg - Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy

Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (too short and the special edition was not as cool as i hoped)

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Favorites:

The Appleseed Cast - Middle States EP

Braveyoung - We Are Lonely Animals

Bright Eyes - The People's Key

The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

Eksi Ekso - Brown Shark, Red Lion

Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Giants / Beware Of Safety - Split 7"

Light Bearer - Lapsus

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math

This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket

Let Downs:

Death Cab For Cutie - Codes & Keys

Incubus - If Not Now, When? (though I'm not surprised)

Somewhere in the middle:

I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business - Gold Rush

Moving Mountains - Waves

Young Widows - In And Out Of Young And Lightness

Probably gonna be awesome but hasn't been released yet:

Beware Of Safety - Leaves/Scars

Gifts From Enola

If These Trees Could Talk

Kevin Devine

Mastodon - The Hunter

Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud

Russian Circles

Ryan Adams

Thrice - Major/Minor

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Favorites so far:

Get Rad - Choose Your Own Adventure 7" EP

Deep Sleep - Turn Me Off LP

The Underground Railroad To Candyland - Know Your Sins LP

Dude Jams - How To Abuse Everything LP

Swingin' Utters - Here, Under Protest LP

Diamond - DMND 7"

One's I've only heard parts of but I don't have the full album yet:

Fucked Up - David Comes To Life

Living With Lions - Holy Shit

both of these I need to get right away

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Favorites:

Cloud Nothings - Self Titled

Cults - Self Titled

The Wombats - This Modern Glitch

Starfucker - Reptilians

Disappointments:

The Strokes - Angles

An Horse - Walls

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math

of Montreal - thecontrollersphere

Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

Not a favorite but surprisingly not a let down:

Death Cab For Cutie - Codes & Keys

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Favorites :

Touche Amore - Parting the sea between brightness and me

Jeniferever - Silesia

Earth - Angels of darkness, demons of light 1

All Four Boris Releases this year.

The Dear Hunter - Color spectrum

Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania

Battles - Gloss Drop

The Appleseed Cast - Middle States

Mammiffer - Mare Decndrii

Cave In - White Silence

Radiohead - King Of Limbs

Young Widows - In and Out of youth and lightness

Bright Eyes - The People's Key

Fucked up - David Comes To life

Let Downs:

Not sure yet.

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"Non-vinyl specific"

Favorites:

Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style

Foo Fighters - Wasting Lights

Face To Face - Laugh Now Laugh Later

Dave Hause - Resolutions

Let Downs:

Rise Against - Endgame (and pretty huge...)

Got my copy of England Keep My Bones from Frank Turner last Thursday but haven't listened to it yet...

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Favorites:

Joyce Manor: Joyce Manor

The Strokes: Angles

Big Kids: Phone Home

Fireworks: Gospel

Rival Schools: Pedals

Yellowcard: When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes

Omegas: Blasts of Lunacy

Deep Sleep: Turn Me Off

Adele: 21

Balance and Composure: Separation

Fucked Up: David Comes to Life

Touche Amore: Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me

Lady GaGa: Born This Way

Wiz Khalifa: Rolling Papers

Smart Cops: Per Proteggere E Servire

The Wonder Years: Suburbia, I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing

Just realized I have all but 2 of these on vinyl. Awesome.

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Favorite:

Victims- a dissident

Touché amore- PTSBBAM

New lows- Harvest of the carcass

Rot in hell- As pearls before swine

(everything on DW pretty much)

Fucked up- David comes to life

Joyce manor-S/T

Defeater- EDSN

So many others just can't think of them now

Dislikes:

City and Colour:Little Hell (only listened about once it twice but can't get into it)

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sorry folks but i'm sticking parting the seas in my let downs list.

favorites:

jeniferever - silesia

gates - the sun will rise and lead me home

bright eyes - peoples key

heks orkest - endless scroll (though this might have been late 2010)

this will destroy you - tunnel blanket

mock orange - disguised as ghosts

bon iver - bon iver

still on the fence about:

young widows - in and out of youth and lightness

beastie boys - hot sauce committiee part two

all the new flaming lips EPs (though they sound amazing when baked)

let downs:

touche amore : parting the seas between blah blah blah

ulver - war of the roses

get up kids - these are rules

jimmy eat world - invented (think this was late 2010 too, but it really bummed me out)

dawes - nothing is wrong

radiohead - king of limbs

dredg - chuckles and mr. squeezy

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In no particular order..

DIGGING

Off! 'Compared To What' 7"

Social Unrest 'Songs For Sinners' 7"

Dirtbombs 'Party Store' Digital d/l

Neighborhood Brats s/t Lp

Deep Sleep 'Turn Me Off' Lp

Mary's Kids s/t Lp

Career Suicide 'Cherry Beach' (2011 version) 7"

Blackfeet s/t Digital d/l

Dean Dirg 'Verpisst' Lp

HONORABLE MENTIONS (ie. either a "surprise", as good as expected or good but I higher hopes for it)

Motorhead The World Is Yours CD

Dwarves 'Born Again' Lp

Social Distortion Hard Times Digital d/l

The Old Firm Casuals s/t 7"

Dead Milkmen 'The King In Yellow' Digital d/l

Rise Against 'Endgame' Digital d/l

Swingin' Utters 'Here, Under Protest' Lp

Beastie Boys 'Hot Sauce Committee' Digital d/l

Fucked Up 'David Comes To Life' Digital d/l

Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine 'Enhanced Methods Of Questioning' Digital d/l

Against Me! 'Total Clarity' Lp

Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Digital d/l

The Kills 'Blood Pressures' Digital d/l

Bouncing Souls 'Live @ Generation Records' RSD Lp

BUMMERS

Screeching Weasel 'First World Manifesto' Lp

Britney Spears 'Femme Fatale' CD

R.E.M. 'Collapse Into Now' Digital d/l

Face To Face 'Laugh Now, Laugh Later' Digital d/l

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Favorites:

Balance and Composure - Separation

Daytrader - Last Days of Rome

Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys

Fireworks - Gospel

Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math

Mansions - Dig Up the Dead

(Massive) Let Downs:

Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights

Touche Amore - PtSBBaM

The Wonder Years - Suburbia

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Favorites:

Balance and Composure - Separation

Daytrader - Last Days of Rome

Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys

Fireworks - Gospel

Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math

Mansions - Dig Up the Dead

(Massive) Let Downs:

Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights

Touche Amore - PtSBBaM

The Wonder Years - Suburbia

glad i'm not the only one that was bummed about parting the sea.

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(Massive) Let Downs:

Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights

Touche Amore - PtSBBaM

The Wonder Years - Suburbia

your let down list is the strangest. this is the first non-absolutely glowing thing i've read about defeater, and i'm definitely in the "it's fucking amazing" camp. and the first really negative thing i've read about the wonder years, but to each his own.

my favorites would be defeater, elway, how dare you, red city radio, restorations (amazing album), and the wonder years, and i can say with some degree of confidence that the new heartsounds will be on this list as well

as for let downs i agree with the OP about the forthcoming set your goals album. i'm legitimately scared about how bad it might be. i think that's the only major let down so far

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Ups:

Touche Amore - Parting the Sea (Was so pleasantly impressed by this record.)

Balance & Composure - Separation (It seems everyone has differing views on this. Definitely took a couple listens, but it's fucking great once you get into it.)

Fireworks - Gospel (I've seen little to no hype on this record, whats the deal? Such a solid, Pop-Punk release. Nothing new or innovative, but catchy and the perfect summer jam.)

Rotting Out - Street Prowl (Kinda like with Gospel, I like to Jam this with my windows down, driving around in my car. \m/)

Downs:

The Wonder Years - Suburbia... (Seriously, people want to listen to The Upsides PT 2? It's like they knew The Upsides did well, so re-wrote it. Poorly.)

Title Fight - Shed (There's a few pretty alright songs, but... meh.)

I'm sure there's a bunch from earlier in the year I'm forgetting, but for the past two or so months, this is what I've got.

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