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TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

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white fence - is growing faith – woodsist

queer hooks, oblique lyrics, bizarre licks, pitch shifts (was the whole album dropped down to a sun warped cassette tape before going to mastering?) unusual melodies, and SONGS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C08I-9V7QCE&

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parade ground - the golden years - dark entries

re-issue/compilation. Belgium, mid 80’s, cold wave, hooky and intelligent (unlike this “review”). my cats and I dance to this song on repeat straight through the frosty eve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwT7KvGt_mc

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j mascis - several shades of why – subpop

when I put this on I feel like ive ollied up a curb back into grade 9. Im wearing a green anti hero cap and baby blue suede etnies, cebula has just shaved my head with sleepy midnight hands. there is blood dripping down my forehead and it seems hilarious. We are baby birds inside but for different reasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6cPmDPsvQ&

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young prisms- friends for now – kanine

I saw this band earlier this year, they did it, they really did it. I want to kiss the singer on the face… the boys look like they do heavy J’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWtHPRavmcg

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the doozer - great explorers – siltbreeze

okay okay not really a 2011 release (actually 2009) but I just discovered him…  well I was introduced to him… who makes music like this? syd barrett? outsider DIY creeps? new LP on Woodsist next year, may I be disappointed, still looking forward to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9uud4Z7eUs&feature=player_embedded

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system liliputt - harpa - dark entries

this label is just killing it right?! Post punk synth one man bedroom project from the past (norway 1984). dark entries raises his status slightly from “completely unknown” to “gosh darn obscure”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENfL-rBKh3U

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wax idols – no future – hozac

san fran pop babe (blasted canyons, hunx, barewires) the 7” was pretty good but this is next level. the best thing she has done/been a part of in my opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xxe_jllHI&

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kids on a crime spree - we love you so bad – slumberland

the legendary S land is on fire again no? very consistent says me… this sound is safe and warm, its my jacket with the lining falling out, its my favorite shoes. gawd, im boring myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZEVxB0B-Y

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teenage panzerkorps - kauf nicht von TPK – holidays

liking this band makes me feel rough, tough and gang ready. exclusive and suspect of outsiders. threats of violence to those who oppose our vague ethos (the more vague it is the more reason we have to be violent)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2txLzE6TqEc

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stephin merrit - obscurities – merge

his chiwawa could take a shit on a piece of vinyl and I would spin it for two weeks straight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QvWd9U350s

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