11 favorite releases of 2011.

11. Elvis Depressedly- Disgracedland

We're crying out to feel something that makes sense. 

10. Toro Y Moi- Underneath the Pine

   I know I push it over and I'm sorry for that

I don't mean to make this hurt when we haven't started yet.

9. La Dispute- Wildlife

The worst of the wildlife wears clothes and can pray.

8. A$AP ROCKY- LIVELOVEA$AP

7. Real Estate- Days

See the cars on the 95

Cut through them like a sharpened knife, oh, oh

You're all out of tune.

6. WAVVES- Life Sux

 

Don't call me friend, I'm not your friend

Don't call me nothing at all

I stopped waiting for your call.

5. Destroyer- Kaputt

 I was poor in love, I was poor in wealth

I was okay in everything else there was

   oh, I was poor in love.

4. Neon Indian- Era Extrana

 Sullen sights always indirect

Tired eyes hypnotized by your teenage sect

 Weekend rituals resurrect

   Feelings our sober minds reject.

3. Pure X- Pleasure

There's a mirror in your eyes

And every time I look all I see is some weird diguise

And that reflection keeps crashing through my head

A thousand crazy voices echoing all I ever said

And all my failures are hanging in the air

And the only way that I see clear-

Here to nowhere.

2. Oupa- Forget

I'll be natural but you can't forget me now.

1. Girls- Father, Son, Holy Ghost

  It just feels like it's gone

All of it's gone

Gone away

It seems like nobody's happy now

 It feels like nobody's happy now.

                 

MP3:: HOWLER "Back of your neck"

I saw Howler open for Tapes N' Tapes not long ago and it was bad ass. They just released a new single from thier upcoming LP America Give Up which you can download HERE. While you're there you can check out tour dates and pre-order the album which is going to be released Jan 16th on Rough Trade.

EP:: Happy Hands Club (Self Titled)

Another Swedish pop band, Happy Hands Club, just dropped a new self titled EP. Sweden is rad to say the least.

Stream: Happy Hands Club - Lost at Sea

Stream:I'm Not an Antidote

LP:: Giraffage "Comfort"

Charlie Yin, computer generated beat guru from San Francisco, dropped his new LP Comfort a couple days ago. The dude is so cool he decided to make it a pay what want album so download it HERE. 

LP:: Oupa "Forget"

It's easier to tell by the cover art than from the actually music that Oupa is the frontman from Yuck. Before I go on, this album was released a few months ago but I'm posting it anyway for anyone who missed it because I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Forget is the kind of album that you would expect to hear on the Garden State soundtrack. It's the kind of album that you would listen to driving in the rain on a long road trip to somewhere depressing. It's the kind of album that you would listen to while riding a fixed gear bike on a foggy beach at night. However, It's not the kind of album I would expect to hear from Daniel Blumberg from the energetic indie fuzz-rock band Yuck. You can download Oupa's Forget HERE. 

                   

MP3:: James Blake "Curbside"

Listen to "Curbside" from James Blake's upcoming EP Love What Happened Here. The new EP will be released Dec. 11th on R&S. 

CLICK ON LINK TO LISTEN TO:James Blake - Curbside

*and if you're unfamiliar with James Blake and want to hear more you can download his self titled debut album HERE and his more recent EP Enough Thunder HERE. 

VIDEO:: BLEACHED "THINK OF YOU"

I'm about a month late on this video but I love BLEACHED and girls that play garage rock so I'm posting it anyways. The new 7" is going to be released on Suicide Squeeze records december 6th.