these are my favorite albums of 2011, what are yours?

girls // father, son, holy ghost

craft spells // idle labor

the weeknd // house of balloons

youth lagoon // the year of hibernation

james blake // james blake

smith westerns // dye it blonde

ty segall // goodbye bread

widowspeak // widowspeak

hunx and his punx // too young to be in love

jeff the brotherhood // we are the champions

real estate // days

adele // 21

bon iver // bon iver

drake // take care

asap rocky // liveloveasap

cold cave // cherish the light years

cut copy // zonoscope

holy ghost! // holy ghost!

vivian girls // share the joy

mikal cronin // mikal cronin

dum dum girls // only in dreams

tennis // cape dory

black lips // arabia mountain

washed out // within and without

yuck // yuck

i had no idea there was so much sean martin and daryl palumbo on this album

COLD CAVE // CHERISH THE LIGHT YEARS

A1
The Great Pan Is Dead

Guitar – Sean Martin
Violin – Gillian Rivera*
Viola – Beth Meyers
Bass – Matt Sweeney
Cello – Justin Kantor

 

A2
Pacing Around The Church

Electronics – Dominick Fernow
Guitar, Bass – Daryl Palumbo

 

A3
Confetti

Guitar – Tonie Joy
Violin – Gillian Rivera*
Guitar, Bass – Daryl Palumbo
Viola – Beth Meyers
Cello – Justin Kantor

 

A4
Catacombs

Electronics – Dominick Fernow
Songwriter, Guitar – Sean Martin

 

A5
Underworld USA

Songwriter, Guitar – Sean Martin

 

B1
Icons Of Summer

Synthesizer – Daryl Palumbo
Sequenced By [Additional Tracking] – Kris Lapke

 

B2
Alchemy And You

Guitar – Nick Zinner
Guitar, Bass – Daryl Palumbo
Trumpet – Eric Beyondo

 

B3
Burning Sage

Synthesizer – Jennifer Clavin
Bass – Tonie Joy
Electronics, Synthesizer – Dominick Fernow

 

B4

Villains Of The Moon

Guitar, Bass – Daryl Palumbo

it’s june, and that means its time for me to make a list of my favorite records so far this year. i narrowed it down from a list of 17 that i really liked a lot, which was narrowed down from the 40+ records that came out this year. granted, there are some that have just recently come out and i haven’t spent enough time with. also, there are some that have some really great tracks, but fall short as an full album. these ten records are start-to-finish great bodies of work.

cults - s/t

smith westerns - dye it blonde

james blake - s/t

yuck - s/t

holy ghost - s/t

tennis - cape dory

black lips - arabia mountain

la sera - s/t

death cab for cutie - codes and keys

cold cave - cherish the light years