Art Gallery :: 2011

These folks made some art in 2011.

See also: Sound Quilt of 2011

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Wye Oak :: Civilian

Merge Records :: March 8th

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The Mountain Goats :: All Eternal's Deck

Merge :: March 29th

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 Bright Eyes :: The People's Key

Saddle Creek :: February 1st

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Tim Hecker :: Ravedeath, 1972

Kranky :: February 14th

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Handsome Furs :: Sound Kapital

Sub Pop :: June 28th

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Emperor X :: Western Teleport

Bar/None :: October 4th

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Bon Iver

Jagjaguar :: June 21st

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James Blake

ATLAS :: February 4th

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W U   L Y F :: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

LYF :: June 13th

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Destroyer :: Kaputt

Merge :: January 25th

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Radar :: 2011 Retrospective

RADAR

01-18
Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde [Fat Possum]
Hands and Knees: Wholesome [Self Released]

01-25
Destroyer: Kaputt [Merge]
Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean [Warner Bros./4AD]
John Vanderslice: White Wilderness [Dead Oceans]

01-31
Nicolas Jaar: Space is Only Noise [Circus Company]

02-08
Akron/Family: S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT [Dead Oceans]
The Babies: The Babies [Shrimper]
Cut Copy: Zonoscope [Modular]
James Blake: James Blake [Atlas/A&M]

02-15
Bright Eyes: The People's Key [Saddle Creek]
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake [Vagrant]
Yuck: Yuck [Fat Possum]
Radiohead: The King of Limbs [Self-Released]
Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 [Kranky]

02-22
Beach Fossils: What a Pleasure EP [Captured Tracks]
Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine [Carpark]

03-01
Dum Dum Girls: He Gets Me High EP [Sub Pop]

03-05
Gracious Calamity: Carefree Since '83 [Whitehaus Family Record]

03-08
Dodos: No Color [Frenchkiss]
Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo [Matador]
Wye Oak: Civilian [Merge]

03-29
The Mountain Goats: All Eternal's Deck [Merge]
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong [Slumberland]
Dirty Beaches: Badlands [Zoo]

04-01
Girlfriends: Cave Kids 7" [Black Bell]

04-12
Cass McCombs: Wit's End [Domino]
Panda Bear: Tomboy [Paw Tracks]
Vivian Girls: Share the Joy [Polyvinyl]

04-19
tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l [4AD]

04-26
Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care [Temporary Residence]

05-03
Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues [Sub Pop]

05-10
The Antlers: Burst Apart [Frenchkiss]
Karl Blau: Max 12" EP [K]
Man Man: Life Fantastic [Anti-]
Mountains: Air Museum [Thrill Jockey]
Okkervil River: I Am Very Far [Jagjaguwar]
EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints [Souterrain Transmissions]

05-24
David Bazan: Strange Negotiations [Barsuk]

05-31
Death Cab for Cutie: Codes and Keys [Atlantic]

06-07
Sondre Lerche: Sondre Lerche [Mona]
Cults [Columbia]

06-14
Woods: Sun & Shade [Woodsist]
The Music Tapes: Purim's Shadows [Merge]
WU LYF: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain [LYF]

06-21
Bon Iver [Jugwajar]
The Caretaker: An Empty Bliss Beyond this World [Haft]

07-04
Bright Eyes: Live Recordings EP [HMV]

07-05
Brian Eno: Drums Between the Bells [Warp]
Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't: Lost in the Pancakes [Cloud]

07-12
Washed Out: Within or Without [Sub Pop]

07-28
John Maus: We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves [Ribbon]
Handsome Furs: Sound Kapitol [Sub Pop]

08-02
Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle Reissue [Merge]

08-23
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Mirror Traffic [Matador]

08-30
Beirut: The Rip Tide [Pompeii Recordings]
Male Bonding: Endless Now [Sub Pop]
Glen Campbell: Ghost on the Canvas [Surfdog]

09-02
The Drums: Portamento [Island]

09-13
Neon Indian: Era Extraña [Static Tongues]
Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know [Ribbon]
Memoryhouse: The Years EP [Sub Pop]
St. Vincent: Strange Mercy [4AD]

09-20
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!: Hysterical [Self-Released]

09-27
Youth Lagoon: The Year of Hibernation [Fat Possum]
Dum Dum Girls: Only in Dreams [Sub Pop]
Twin Sister: In Heaven [Domino]

10-04
Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lenses Alien [Barsuk]
Emperor X: Western Teleport [Bar None]
Prince Rama: Trust Now [Paw Tracks]
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Wolfroy Goes to Town [Drag City]
Feist: Metals [Cherrytree/Interscope]
MGMT: Late Night Tales [LateNightTales
S.C.U.M.: Again Into Eyes [Mute]

10-11
Girls: Record 3: Father, Son, Holy Ghost [True Panther]
Crooked Fingers: Breaks in the Armor [Merge]
Bjork: Biophilia [Nonesuch/One Little Indian]
James Blake: Enough Thunder [Atlas]

10-18
M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming [Mute]

10-24
She & Him: A Very She & Him Christmas [Merge]

10-25
Justice: Audio, Video, Disco [Ed Banger/Because/Elektra]
Tom Waits: Bad as Me [Anti-]

11-01
The Beach Boys: SMiLE [Capitol/EMI]
Kurt Vile: So Outta Reach EP [Matador]
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Stage Whisper [Because Music / Elektra]

11-08
Atlas Sound: Parallax [4AD]
Quilt: Quilt [Mexican Summer]
Cass McCombs: Humor Risk [Domino]
Florence and the Machine: Ceremonials [Island/Universal Republic]
David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time [Sunday Best Recordings/PIAS America]
Owen: Ghost Town [Polyvinyl]
Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica [Mexican Summer]

11-15
Los Campesinos!: Hello Sadness [Arts and Crafts]
Olivia Tremor Control: Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol 1. Reissues [Chunklet Industries]

11-18
Brian Eno: Panic of Looking [Warp]

11-22
Neutral Milk Hotel: Discography Box Set [Self Released]

12-06
The Black Keys: El Camino [Nonesuch]

12-11
James Blake :: Love What Happened Here [R&S]

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Girlfriends :: Nothing Nice to Say

Boston's Girlfriends have released a four track EP just in time for the holidays. Listen below::

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VIDEO: The Mountain Goats :: Estate Sale Sign

Below the jump, watch the video for The Moutain Goats' "Estate Sale Sign" from All Eternal's Deck.

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SOUND QUILT :: Most Listened to Records of 2011

Below are the albums that I've listened to the most in 2011, based on my Last.fm tally. The most listened is at the bottom of the whole post, but however is first in the mix. So it goes.

See also: Art Gallery :: 2011.

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• Quilt
• M83 :: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
• EMA :: Past Life Martyred Saints
• Tim Hecker :: Ravedeath, 1972
• Wye Oak :: Civilian
• The Babies
• Washed Out :: Within and Without
• James Blake :: Enough Thunder
• Atlas Sound :: Parallax
• Panda Bear :: Tomboy
• The Mountain Goats :: All Eternal's Deck
• Hands and Knees :: Wholesome
• Kurt Vile :: Smoke Rings for My Halo
• Feist :: Metals
• John Maus :: We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
• Dirty Beaches :: Badlands
• Yuck
• WU LYF :: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
• Handsome Furs :: Sound Kapital
• Emperor X :: Western Teleport
• Bon Iver
• Woods :: Sun & Shade
• The Drums :: Portamento
• Youth Lagoon :: The Year of Hibernation
• Beirut :: The Rip Tide
• James Blake
• Girls :: Father, Son, Holy Ghost
• The Antlers :: Burst Apart
• Destroyer :: Kaputt
• Bright Eyes :: The People's Key

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Washed Out :: Within or Without

MP3: Washed Out :: Amor Fati

Washed Out ::
Within and Without
Sup Pop
July 12th 2011

Click here to hold this.
subpop.com/artists/washed_out
ernestgreene.blogspot.com

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Dirty Beaches :: Badlands

MP3: Dirty Beaches :: "Horses"

Dirty Beaches : Badlands
Zoo Records
March 29th 2011

Click here to hold this.
dirtybeaches.blogspot.com
dirtybeaches.bandcamp.com

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Ticketmaster Legally Forced to Return Money Stolen from Customers Since 1999

http://pitchfork.com/news/44802-ticketmaster-forced-to-give-back-some-of-the-money-they-stole-from-you/

Ticketmaster was brought into a class action lawsuit for charging those pesky and sketchy $1.50 fees since 1999. Also, you'll get money back if they charged you for shipping. You don't even have to do anything, they'll be sending emails out to people that it applies to. Of course, you will recieve only "ticketmaster credits." So yeah...not much of a payout, but a small victory against the evil oppressive monopolistic corporation that is clear channel. They will have to pay a minimum of $11.25 million.

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