- Les Shades - "La Nouvelle Ecole" - Contre la Montre (Tricatel)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Memoir" - Stage Whispers (Because)
- Keren Ann - "My Name is Trouble" - 101 (Blue Note)
- Nouvelle vague - "Week-end a Rome" - Couleurs sur Paris (Kwaidan)
- Francois and the Atlas Mountain - "Les Plus Beaux" - E Volo Love (Domino)
- Benjamin Biolay - "C'est Magnifique" - Pourquoi tu Pleures? (Naïve)
- BB Brunes - "Gaby Oh Gaby" - Tels Alain Bashung (Barclay)
- Emilie Simon - "Rocket to the Moon" - The Big Machine (Barclay)
- France French Electro Band - "Grand Tour" - Grand Tour (Rectangle Astral)
- General Elektriks - "The Spark" - Parker Street (Discograph)
BestOf
No Best Of Content.
Top 10 French Songs of 2011 for the Sara & Guillaume Show
Berkestir
Best Albums of 2011
- Meg Baird - Seasons On Earth (Drag City)
- Chris Bathgate - Salt Year (Quite Scientific)
- AA Bondy - Believers (Fat Possum)
- Eliza Gilkyson - Roses At The End Of Time (Red House)
- Implodes - Black Earth (Kranky)
- Lumerians - Transmalinnia (Knitting Factory)
- Loretta Lynch - Home Fires (S/R)
- Metal Rouge - Trails (Emerald Cocoon)
- Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts (Ecstatic Peace!)
- Prefuse 73 - The Only She Chapters (Warp)
- Robedoor - Raiders (Not Not Fun)
- Danny Schmidt - Man Of Many Moons (Red House)
- The Unthanks - Last (Rough Trade)
- Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony)
- Wire - Red Barked Tree (Pink Flag)
Best Reissues of 2011
- Dave Brock And The Agents Of Chaos - The Agents Of Chaos (Atomhenge)
- Fields - S/T (Esoteric)
- Hawkwind - Distance Horizons (Atomhenge)
- Buck Owens - Bound For Bakersfields 1953-1956 The Complete Pre-Capitol Collection (Rock Beat)
- Status Quo - Live At The BBC (Mercury)
Brother Grimm
Favorite Albums of 2011
- Tune-Yards - whokill (4AD)
- Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernating (Fat Possum)
- The Strange Boys - Live Music (Rough Trade)
- Caveman - CoCo Beware (Magic Man!)
- Cults - S/T (Columbia)
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong (Slumberland)
- Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams (Sub Pop)
- Veronica Falls - S/T (Slumberland)
- The Postelles - S/T (Capitol/Astralwerks)
- Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour (Sub Pop)
- The Wombats - This Modern Glitch (14th Floor/Bright Antenna)
- Real Estate - Days (Domino)Tennis - Cape Dory (Fat Possum)
- Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure (Captured Tracks)
Bungalow Bill
15 Killer Albums of 2011
- The Weeknd - House of Balloons (S/R)
- WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (L Y F)
- Cut Copy - Zonoscope (Modular)
- Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne (Roc-a-Fella)
- Tyler, the Creator - Goblin (XL)
- The Strokes - Angles (RCA)
- Bon Iver - S/T (Jagjaguwar)
- Wilco - The Whole Love (dBpm)
- Phantogram - Nightlife (Barsuk)
- The Roots - undun (Def Jam)
- The Dodos - No Color (Frenchkiss)
- St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)
- Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
- Radiohead - The King of Limbs (TBD)
- The Antlers - Burst Apart (Frenchkiss)
Cuppa Joe
Cuppa Joe's Top 20 for 2011
- June Tabor & Oysrerband - Ragged Kingdom (Topic)
- Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti-)
- Wild Flag - S/T (Merge)
- Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing (Sub Pop)
- Wilco - The Whole Love (Anti-)
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Vagrant)
- The Stone Foxes - Bears & Bulls (S/R)
- The Baseball Project - Vol. 2: High And Inside (Yep Roc)
- The Bachata Legends - The Bachata Legends (iASO)
- Rumer - Seasons of My Soul (Atlantic)
- Big Tree - This New Year (S/R)
- tUnE-yArDs - Who Kill (4AD)
- St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)
- Marble Party - Lyle (Floating)
- The Jim Jones Revue - Burning Your House Down (Punk Rock Blues)
- Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light And Trees (Year Seven)
- Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Capitol)
- Pistol Annies - Hell On Heels (Sony Nashville)
- Black Keys - El Camino (Nonesuch)
- The Horrors - Skying (XL)
Favorite Reissues
- The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (Universal Republic)
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Tell My Sister (Nonesuch)
- Ray Charles - Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord)
- The Who - Qudrophenia: The Director’s Cut (Geffen)
- Jim Ford - Harlan County (Light In The Attic)
- Can - Tago Mago: 40th Anniversary Edition Remastered (Spoon)
Favorite Compilations
- This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45 RPM 1957-1982 (Tompkins Square)
- Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-1972 (Soundway)
Favorite single
- Japandroids - "Art Czars" (Polyvinyl)
DVD of the Year
- George Harrison: Living in the Material World - Martin Scorsese (Lions Gate)
DJ Aahh
DJ Aahh's 10 Best Albums
- SBTRKT - S/T (Young Turks)
- Com Truise - Galactic Melt (Ghostly International)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah - Back for More (S/R)
- Trentemøller - Reworked and Remixed (In my Room)
- Wugazi - 13 Chambers (S/R)
- Dirtbombs - Party Store (In the Red)
- Alias - Fever Dream (Anticon)
- Emika - S/T (Ninja Tune)
- Magnetic Man - S/T (Columbia)
- Fennesz - Seven Stars (Touch)
DJ Eddie and the Stones
Top Albums of 2011
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – S/T (Sour Mash)
- Arctic Monkeys – Suck It and See (Domino)
- Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know (Virgin)
- Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
- Wilco – The Whole Love (dBpm)
- Tyler, the Creator – Goblin (XL)
- Radiohead – The King of Limbs (S/R)
- Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
- The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? (Columbia)
- Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys! (Polydor)
- TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light (Interscope)
- Beirut – The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
- Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
- The Black Keys – El Camino (Nonesuch)
- Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire (PAX AM)
- Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (Brownswood)
- Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones (Epitaph)
- St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)
- Miracles of Modern Science – Dog Year (S/R)
- The Weeknd – House of Balloons (XO)
- Yuck – S/T (Fat Possum)
- The Antlers – Burst Apart (Frenchkiss)
- The Wombats – This Modern Glitch (Bright Antenna)
- Alex Turner – Submarine OST (Domino)
- The Lonely Island – Turtleneck and Chain (Universal Republic)
DJ Lenin
Best Albums and Reissues of 2011
- Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming (Daptone)
- WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (LYF)
- YACHT - Shangri-la (DFA)
- Dntel - Life Is Full of Possibilities (Reissue on Sub Pop)
- Stone Coal White - S/T (Reissue on Numero Group)
- The Most Serene Republic - Pre Serene: Thee Oneironauts (Home of the Rebels)
- St Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)
- Mikal Cronin - S/T (Trouble In Mind)
- Father's Children - Who's Gonna Save The World (Reissue on Numero Group)
- Holy Ghost! - S/T (DFA)
- The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (Capitol)
Honorable Mentions
- Jens Lekman - An Argument Myself EP (Secretly Canadian)
- The Explorer's Club - The California Suite (S/R)
- Cults - Go Outside [Menahan Street Band Remix] (RCRDLBL) (http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Cults/track/Go_Outside_Menahan_Street_Band_Re...)
E. Lit
E. Lit's Favorite Albums of 2011
- Sims - Bad Time Zoo (Doomtree)
- Qwazaar & Batsauce - Bat Meets Blaine (Galapagos4)
- Open Mike Eagle - Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes (Hellfyre Club)
- Gel Roc - Beautiful Tragedy (Abolono)
- Blueprint - Adventures in Counter-Culture (Rhymesayers)
- Void Pedal - Omni-Colour (Fieldwerk)
- Astronautalis - This is Our Science (Fake Four Inc.)
- One Be Lo - L.A.B.O.R (Subterraneous)
- Moka Only & Chief - Crickets (Feelin)
- Candy's .22 - A Girl And Her Gun (Grimm Image)
Honorable Mentions
- IAME - Lame (Taxidermy)
- Co$$ - Before I Awoke (Tres)
- Senor Kaos - The Kaos Effect (High Water Music)
- Doomtree - No Kings (Doomtree)
- Sole & the Skyrider Band - Hello Cruel World (Fake Four Inc.)
- Noah23 - Fry Cook on Venus (Fake Four Inc.)
- Knives & Gasoline - Love Songs for Crime Scenes (Grimm Image)
Fernando
Best Albums of 2011
- Anna Calvi - S/T (Domino)
- Veronica Falls - S/T (Slumberland)
- Sea Lions - Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask (Slumberland)
- Seapony - Go With Me (Hardly Art)
- La Sera - S/T (Hardly Art)
- Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion (Slumberland)
- Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (Sub Pop)
- Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip (Sonic Unyon)
- Vivian Girls - Share The Joy (Polyvinyl)
- Wye Oak - Civilian (Merge)
- Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On (Arts & Crafts)
- Brilliant Colors - Again And Again (Slumberland)
- Kissing Party - Wasters Wall (Hot Congress)
- Girls Names - Dead To Me (Slumberland)
- Times New Viking - Dancer Equired! (Merge)
- Cloud Nothings - S/T (Carpark)
- Austra - Feel It Break (Domino)
- The Coathangers - Larceny & Old Lace (Suicide Squeeze)
- Still Corners - Creatures Of An Hour (Sub Pop)
- Widowspeak - S/T (Captured Tracks)
- Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence (Polyvinyl)
- Fergus & Geronimo - Unlearn (Hardly Art)
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Vagrant)
- Minks - By The Hedge (Captured Tracks)
- Modular - Sinfonias Para Terricolas (Elefant)
Fresh Pink
New albums I listened to the most in 2011
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra - S/T (Fat Possum)
- Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain’t Over (Nonesuch)
- Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’ (Columbia)
- Wrong Words - S/T (Trouble In Mind)
- Glitter Wizard - Solar Hits (Archers Guild)
- John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (Upset the Rhythm)
- Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams (Sub Pop)
- Shannon and The Clams - Sleep Talk (1-2-3-4 Go!)
- Cults - S/T (ITNO/Columbia)
- Destroyer - Kaputt (Merge)
7” Singles
- Dirty Ghosts - "Shout It In" (Classic Bar Music)
- Bleached - "Searchin' Through The Past" (Suicide Squeeze)
- Wax Idols - "All Too Human" (Hozac)
Ill Humours
Best New Old Stuff
- V/A - Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962 - 1972 (Soundway)
- Tom Waits - Bad as Me (Anti-)
- V/A - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music (Bear Family)
- Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Addis Abeba (Mental Groove)
- V/A - Russkie Wig-Out! Demented Surf/Electro/Exotica From Behind The Iron Curtain (Omni)
- Los Chicharrons - Roots of Life (Voodoo)
- Lumerians - Transmalinnia (Knitting Factory)
Ion The Prize
Ion's Top 11 Bay Area Hip Hop Albums of 2011
- The Dime - Brickyard Cove (Corner Store Music Group)
- Eligh & Amplive - Therapy At 3 (LRG)
- GQ - Trouble Man (Jamla)
- Headnodic - Red Line Radio (Brick)
- Hopie - Dulce Vita (S/R)
- Kev Choice - The Power of Choice (S/R)
- Mistah F.A.B. - I’ve Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook (Faeva Afta)
- Moe Green - Lionheart EP (S/R)
- Otayo Dubb - Cold Piece of Work (Beatrock Music)
- Trackademicks - State of the Arts (HNRL)
- Zion I & the Grouch - Heroes in the Healing of the Nation (Z & G Music)
Ion's Top 20 Hip Hop Albums of 2011
- Apathy - Honkey Kong (Dirty Version)
- Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4eva (S/R)
- Classified - Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers (HalfLife)
- Cunninlynguists - Oneirology (RBC)
- Drake - Take Care (Young Money)
- The Doppelgangaz - Lone Sharks (Groggy Pack)
- Eligh & Amplive - Therapy At 3 (LRG)
- Elzhi & Will Sessions - Elmatic (Jae B. Group)
- Grieves - Together/Apart (Rhymesayers)
- Hail Mary Mallon - Are You Gonna Eat That? (Rhymesayers)
- Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (Top Dawg)
- Open Mike Eagle - Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes (Hellfyre Club)
- Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (Duck Down)
- Phonte - Charity Starts at Home (Hard Boiled)
- Reks - R.E.K.S. (Showoff)
- The Roots - Undun (Def Jam)
- Saigon - The Greatest Story Never Told (Suburban Noize)
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Sub Pop)
- Tech N9ne - All 6’s & 7’s (Strange Music)
- yU - The Earn (Mello Music Group)
Ion's Top 20 Everything Else Albums of 2011
- Adele - 21 (XL)
- Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note)
- Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights & Early Mornings (J)
- Bon Iver - S/T (4AD)
- Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming (Daptone)
- Chase & Status - No More Idols (Mercury)
- Destroyer - Kaputt (Merge)
- Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials (Universal Island)
- Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra. (S/R)
- Giraffes? Giraffes! - Pink Magick (S/R)
- M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Naive)
- Nero - Welcome Reality (Mercury)
- SBTRKT - S/T (Young Turks)
- Jill Scott - The Light of the Sun (Warner Bros)
- Sepalcure - S/T (Hotflush)
- 65daysofstatic - Silent Running (Dustpunk)
- Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
- Tycho - Dive (Ghostly Int’l)
- Washed Out - Within and Without (Sub Pop)
- The Weeknd - House of Balloons (S/R)
Ion's WOW (Whackyourheadupside-Overthetop-Wickedepic) Tracks of 2011
- Adele - “Turning Tables”
- Ambassadeurs - “M.O.P.E.”
- Avicii - “Levels”
- BT & Adam K - “Tomahawk”
- James Blake - “A Case of You” (Joni Mitchell cover)
- Burial - “Street Halo”
- Chase & Status - “Brixton Briefcase (feat. Cee-Lo)”
- Far Too Loud - “Moneymaker”
- Gonjasufi - “Change (Shlohmo Remix)”
- Ellie Goulding - “Lights (Bassnectar Remix)”
- Hudson Mohawke - “Thank You”
- J*Davey - “Queen of Wonderland (feat. Thundercat)”
- Jamie xx - “Far Nearer”
- Eric Prydz - “2Night”
- Random Axe - “Monster Babies”
- Salva - “Wake Ups”
- Teebs - “While You Dooooo”
- Thundercat - “Boat Cruise”
- Amon Tobin - “Goto 10”
- Tyler the Creator - “Yonkers”
Ion's Favorite Moments as a KALX DJ in 2011
- Gil Scott-Heron tribute show during Yo! KALX Raps - May 30th
- DNAE Beats live set on my show - May 31st
- Phillipdrummond and FLO live freestyle - July 19th
- Meklit Hadero in studio live performance - September 27th
- Fundraiser show with This Mutha - October 25th
- Zombie-themed Midnight Express show - October 21st
- Fundraiser show as a pitcher for Sergio - October 30th
- Lateef the Truthspeaker interview - November 15th
- Baby Jaymes phone interview - November 29th
- Denise Sullivan interview - December 13th
…and many thanks to all the guests, DJs and listeners involved the past year!
Kid Sister
Best Albums of 2011
- Caroline - Verdugo Hills (Temporary Residence)
- Lenka - Two (Epic)
- The Shivers - More (Silence Breaks)
- Erin Brazill and the Brazillionaires - Last Night in Town (S/R)
- Juliana Hatfield - There's Always Another Girl (Ye Olde)
- Oh Land - S/T (Sony)
- Alessi's Ark - Time Travel (Bella Union)
- Robots in Disguise - Happiness V Sadness (President)
- Wild Flag - S/T (Merge)
- The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (Sensibility)
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Vagrant)
- Girl in a Coma - exits and all the rest (Blackheart)
- The Submarines - Love Notes/Letter Bombs (Nettwerk)
- Stripmall Architecture - Feathersongs for Factory Girls (S/R)
- Beast Make Bomb - Sourpuss (S/R)
- Heather Nova - 300 Days at Sea (Embassy of Music)
- Those Darlins - Screws Get Loose (Oh Wow Dang)
- Persephone's Bees - random S/R songs
- K. Flay - random S/R songs and remixes
Leftfield Lance
Favorites of 2011
7"
- Bleached - Carter (Art Fag)
- Brain F≠ - So Dim (Grave Mistake)
- Cheap Time - Another Time (Cass)
- Cuffs - Privilege (Ride the Snake)
- Grass Widow - Milo Minute (HLR)
- OBN III's - S/T (Tic Tac Totally!)
- Real Numbers - Tear It in Two (Florida's Dying)
- The Mantles - Raspberry Thighs (SDZ)
- The Sleaze - Weird Truck (Three Dimensional)
- The Sleaze - Called You Once (Total Punk)
- Terry Malts - I'm Neurotic (Slumberland)
- Woolen Kits - Maths (R.I.P. Society)
LPs
- Mikal Cronin - S/T (Trouble in Mind)
- Estrogen Highs - Friends & Relatives (Gramery)
- Household - Items (Dull Knife)
- Human Eye - They Came From the Sky (Sacred Bones)
- Total Control - Henge Beat (Iron Lung)
- Video - Leather Leather (Play Pinball)
- Wax Idols - No Future (Hozac)
- The Wrong Words - S/T (Trouble in Mind)
Mack
Best Albums of 2011
- The Barreracudas - Nocturnal Missions (Douchemaster)
- Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming (Dunham)
- The Contours - Dance with the Contours (Kent)
- The Dahlmanns - All Dahled Up (Pop Detective)
- Eva Eastwood - Lyckost (Darrow)
- Syl Johnson - Complete Mythology (Numero Group)
- The Jim Jones Revue - Burning Your House Down (Punk Rock Blues)
- Lolita No.18 - I Won't Give Up! (Benten)
- Barbara Lynn - A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 (Kent)
- Imelda May - Mayhem (Decca)
- The Pepper Pots - Train To Your Love (Megalith)
- Dex Romweber Duo - Is That You in the Blue? (Bloodshot)
- Sorrows - Bad Times Good Times (Bomp)
- The Struts - Boy Can't Dance (S/R)
- Suzy & Los Quattro - Hank (BCore)
- Sonny Vincent - Bizarro Hymns (Still Unbeatable)
- Zukunasisters - Dancin' & Singin' (Zuku 74)
Best Single of 2011
- The Rezillos - Out Of This World (Rezillos Records)
Majority Whip
Favorite Albums of 2011
- Now Ensemble - Awake (New Amsterdam)
- Hauschka - Salon Des Amateurs (Fat Cat)
- Travis Reuter - Rotational Templates (New Focus)
- Buraka Som Sistema - Komba (Enchufada)
- Curtis Macdonald - Community Immunity (Greenleaf)
- Los Chicharrons - Roots of Life (Tummy Touch)
- Rene Hell - The Terminal Symphony (Type)
- Build - Place (New Amsterdam)
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Sub Pop)
- Micachu and the Shapes - Chopped and Screwed (Rough Trade)
- Various Artists - 101 Things to Do in Bongolia (Electric Cowbell)
- Graham Reynolds - The Difference Engine (Innova)
- Constantinople & Françoise Atlan - Premieres Songes (Analeka)
- The Evolution Control Committee - All Rights Reserved (Seeland)
- Rocket from the Tombs - Barfly (Fire)
- Helado Negro - Canta Lechuza (Ashtmatic Kitty)
- Theophilus London - Timez Are Weird These Days (Reprise)
- Robbers on High Street - Hey There Golden Hair (Rocco Greggo)
- Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone - The Book of Mormon Original Broadway Cast Recording (Ghostlight)
- DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two (Warp Limited)
- 13 & God - Own Your Ghost (Anticon)
- Kills - Blood Pressure (Domino)
- Dustin O’Halloran - Lumiere (Fat Cat)
- Garage A Trois - Always Be Happy, but Stay Evil (The Royal Potato Family)
- Alias - Fever Dream (Anticon)
Matsu
Favorite Realeases from 2011
- Seapony - Go With Me (Hardly Art)
- Air Waves - Dungeon Dots (Underwater Peoples)
- Computer Magic - Electronic Fences (White Isis)
- Xeno & Oaklander - Sets & Lights (Wierd)
- Wise Blood - These Wings (Dovecote)
- Still Corners - Creatures Of An Hour (Sub Pop)
- Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere (Fat Cat)
- Tristen - Charlatans At The Garden Gate (American Myth)
- Beirut - The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
- Mode Moderne - Undiscovered Country (Light Organ)
- Austra - Feel It Break (Domino)
- Starfucker - Reptilians (Polyvinyl)
- Beach Fossils - What A Pleasure (Captured Tracks)
- Hooray For Earth - True Loves (Dovecote)
- Tycho - Dive (Ghostly International)
- Neon Indian - Era Extrana (Static Tongues)
- Nurses - Dracula (Dead Oceans)
- Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (Paper Bag)
- Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer (Merge)
- Myrmyr - Firestar (Under The Spire)
Mike
Best Of 2011
- Times New Viking - Dancer Equired (Merge)
- Pete Swanson - I Don't Rock at All (Three Lobed)
- Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams (Root Strata)
- War on Drugs - Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
- Young Prisms - Friends for Now (Kanine)
- Milk Music - Beyond Living (Perennial)
- Greg Davis - Eyebright (AOC)
- Lucky Dragons - Shape Tape (Teenage Teardrops)
- Marijata - This is Marijata (Academy)
Mixtress 9
Mixtress 9’s Fave Albums (2011 version)
- Morning Musume - 12 Smart (Up Front Works)
- Perfume - JPN (Tokuma Japan)
- AKB48 - Koko Ni Ita Kota (King Records)
- Tokyo Girls Style - Kodou no Hitmitsu (Avex)
- Frank (Just Frank) - The Brutal Wave (Weird Records)
- Friendly Fires - Pala (XL)
- Daedelus - Bespoke (Ninja Tune)
- SBTRKT - S/T (Young Turks)
- Justice - Audio Video Disco (Ed Banger)
- Various Artists - Space Escapade Unit 1 (Destination: Pluto Sector 68)(Elefant)
- Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (TickerTape Ltd.)
- The Drums - Portamento (Universal Republic)
- The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love (DFA)
- Rolling Stones - Some Girls (Deluxe Edition) (Universal Republic)
- Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (Capitol)
- Bjork- Biophilia (One Little Indian)
- DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two (Warp Limited)
- The Horrors - Skying (XL)
Poindexter
Faves of 2011
- tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l (4AD)
- Strange Boys - Live Music (Rough Trade)
- Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure (Captured Tracks)
- Tennis - Cape Dory (Fat Possum)
- Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk (1-2-3-4 Go!)
- Timber Timbre - Creep on Creepin' On (Arts & Crafts)
- Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde (Fat Possum)
- Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador)
- Dreamdate - Melody Walk (Tic Tac Totally)
Pop Goes The Weasel
Pop Goes the Weasel's Favorite Songs of 2011
- Bare Wires - "Sweet Little Stranger" - Cheap Perfume (Southpaw)
- Battles - "Ice Cream" - Gloss Drop (Warp)
- Bleeding Knees Club - "Truth or Dare" - Virginity (I Am Sound)
- Dum Dum Girls - "He Gets Me High" - He Gets Me High (Sub Pop)
- Emily's Army - "Broadcast This" - Don't Be a Dick (Adeline)
- Eleanor Friedberger - "My Mistakes" - Last Summer (Merge)
- Graham Repulski - "Bulletproof Skull" - Into an Animal Together (Shorter)
- Hauschka - "Cube" - Salon Des Amateurs (Fat Cat)
- Low Anthem - "Apothecary Love" - Smart Flesh (Nonesuch)
- Buddy Miller - "I Want to Be With You Always" - Majestic Silver Strings (New West)
- Personal & the Pizzas - "I Don't Feel So Happy No More" - Raw Pie (1-2-3-4-Go!)
- War on Drugs - "Baby Missiles" - Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
- Misisipi Mike Wolf - "I Don't Miss You Anymore" - The Cold Hard Facts of Mike (Western Independent)
Roscoe 2000
Roscoe 2000 Top 10 2011 / late 2010 (in order of release)
- Celer - Dying Star (Dragon's Eye)
- Steve Daubenspeck - Driftin' With Our Shadows (Magnetic)
- Slough Feg - The Animal Spirits (Cruz Del Sur)
- Odean Pope - Universal Sounds (Porter)
- Hélène Renaut - The Deer Convention (S/R)
- Chris Forsyth - Paranoid Cat (Family Vineyard)
- Vetiver - The Errant Charm (Sub Pop)
- The Wrong Words - S/T (Trouble In Mind)
- Carlos Forster - Family Trees (Hush)
- Glitter Wizard - Solar Hits (Archers' Guild)
Rubberband Girl
Albums that did it for me in 2011
- AM & Shawn Lee - Celestial Electric (ESL)
- The Bandana Splits - Mr. Sam Presents The Bandana Splits (Boy Scout)
- The Bangles - Sweetheart Of The Sun (Waterfront)
- David Bazan - Strange Negotiations (Barsuk)
- Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves (Domino)
- Blue Sky Black Death - Noir (Fake Four)
- The Bye Bye Blackbirds - Fixed Hearts (Rainbow Quartz)
- Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (Heavenly)
- Cut Off Your Hands - Hollow (French Kiss)
- Fleet Floxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
- The Generationals - Actor-Caster (Park The Van)
- Tommy Guerrero - Lifeboats And Follies (Galaxia)
- House of Wolves - Fold In The Wind (S/R)
- IVY - All Hours (Nettwerk)
- The Jezabels - Prisoner (S/R)
- The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar (Atlantic)
- David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - Left By Soft (Merge)
- Lumerians - Transmalinnia (Knitting Factory)
- Moby - Destroyed (Mute)
- Noveller - Glacial Glow (Weird Forest)
- The People's Temple - Sons of Stone (Hozac)
- The Red Button - As Far As Yesterday Goes (Grimble)
- Redondo Beat - Meet Redondo Beat (Dionysus)
- The Dex Romweber Duo - Is That You In The Blue? (Bloodshot)
- Rivulets - We're Fucked (Important)
- Los Shimmy Shakers - Shake 'Em If Ya Got 'Em (Puerile)
- Stricken City - Losing Colour (The Kora)
- Tennis - Cape Dory (Fat Possum)
- The TomorrowMen - It's About Time! (Double Crown)
- The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (Columbia)
- Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting (Paper Bag)
Runaway Jayne
Top 11 Albums of 2011
- Active Child - You Are All I See (Vagrant)
- Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear (ESL)
- Hooray for Earth - True Loves (Secretly Canadian)
- SBTRKT - S/T (Young Turks)
- Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (LL)
- James Blake - S/T (Universal Republic)
- M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Mute)
- St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (4AD)
- Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain in the Cloud (Atlantic)
- tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l (4AD)
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
11 Notable Tracks of 2011
- Austra - "Spellwork"
- Friends - "I'm His Girl"
- Gardens & Villa - "Orange Blossom"
- Grimes - "Oblivion"
- Jamie xx - "Far Nearer"
- Mr. Little Jeans - "The Suburbs"
- Purity Ring - "Lofticries"
- Theophilius London - "Why Even Try"
- Toro Y Moi - "New Beat"
- White Denim - "Street Joy"
- Zion I & the Grouch - "I Used to Be a Vegan"
Sex 14s
Sex 14s Top Forty Albums of 2011
- Zbigniew Preisner - Requiem for My Friend (New Music Productions)
- James Blake - James Blake (Polydor)
- Brooklyn Rider - Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass (Orange Mountain Music)
- Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti-)
- Miguel Zenón - Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook (Marsalis Music)
- tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L (4AD)
- The Antlers - Burst Apart (Deluxe Version) (Frenchkiss)
- Blueprint - Adventures In Counter-Culture (Rhymesayers)
- The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (Sensibility Music)
- Gem Club - Breakers (Hardly Art)
- Kuniko Kato - kuniko plays reich (Linn)
- Active Child - You Are All I See (Vagrant)
- (etre) - Inferno From My Occult Diary (Porter)
- June Tabor - Ashore (Topic)
- Hauschka - Salon Des Amateurs (Fat Cat)
- Jay- Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne (Roc-A-Fella)
- My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind (Asthmatic Kitty)
- GusGus - Arabian Horse (Kompakt)
- Soley - We Sink (MORR Music)
- Original Cast Recording - The Book of Mormon (Ghostlight)
- Build - Place (New Amsterdam)
- Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol.2: Judges (Constellation)
- Graham Reynolds - The Difference Engine (Innova)
- Tommy Guerrero - Lifeboats And Follies (Galaxia)
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Vagrant)
- The Wailin' Jennys - Bright Morning Stars (Red House)
- Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony)
- Todd Snider - Live: The Storyteller (Aimless)
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Sub Pop)
- Theophilus London - Timez Are Weird These Days (Reprise)
- Rene Marie - Voice of My Beautiful Country (Motema)
- Lucinda Williams - Blessed (Lost Highway)
- Bombino - Agadez (Cumbancha)
- Chick Corea - Orvieto (ECM)
- Jonny Greenwood - Norwegian Wood OST (Nonesuch)
- Tinariwen - Tassili (Anti-)
- Liturgy - Aesthethica (Thrill Jockey)
- Feist - Metals (Cherry Tree)
- Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal - Chamber Music (No Format)
- King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine (Domino)
Sex for Teens' Top Films of 2011
- The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- Le Quattro Volte - Michelangelo Frammartino (Invisibile Film)
- Margin Call - J.C. Chandor (Roadside Attractions)
- Insidious - James Wan (FilmDistrict)
- Carnage - Roman Polanski (Sony Pictures Classics)
- The Skin I Live In - Pedro Almodóvar (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn (Bold Films)
- Source Code - Duncan Jones (Summit Entertainment)
- Weekend - Andrew Haigh (Sundance Selects)
- Hugo - Martin Scorsese (Paramount Pictures)
Sharkey
In Which Certain Albums of the Year Two Thousand Eleven Were Particularly Admired by DJ Sharkey
- Jonathan Coulton - Artificial Heart (Jocoserious)
- Prurient - Bermuda Drain (Hydra Head)
- Bjork - Biophilia (Nonesuch)
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Sub Pop)
- Cornershop with Bubbley Kaur - Cornershop & the Double 'O' Groove of (Ample Play)
- Fucked Up - David Comes to Life (Matador)
- Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil (Polyvinyl)
- Goodbye the Band - Uncle Narratologist (soundcloud.com/goodbyetheband)
- Kool A.D. - "DUMMO" (S/R)
- James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual (Hippos in Tanks)
- James Blake - S/T (Universal Republic)
- Destroyer - Kaputt (Merge)
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island)
- Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation)
- Matthew Friedberger - Old Regimes (Thrill Jockey)
- Radiohead - The King of Limbs (S/R)
- Julia Holter - Tragedy (Leaving)
- John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (Ribbon)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather (Naive)
- Van Hunt - What Were You Hoping For? (godless-hotspot)
In Which Certain Songs of Two Thousand Eleven, Either Contained Within or Apart from Aforementioned Albums, Endeared Themselves to DJ Sharkey
- Controlled Bleeding - "A Love Song (in Two Parts)" - Odes to Bubbler (Soleilmoon)
- Prurient - "A Meal Can Be Made" - Bermuda Drain (Hydra Head)
- tUnE-YaRdS - "Bizness" - w h o k i l l (4AD)
- They Might Be Giants - "Can't Keep Johnny Down" - Join Us (Idlewild)
- Todd Edwards - "Head Held High" - toddedwards.bandcamp.com (S/R)
- DJ Quik - "Killer Dope" - The Book of David (Mad Science)
- Reggie Watts - "Panther Quest" - Daytrotter Session 5/23/2011 (Daytrotter)
- Lindsey Buckingham - "Seeds We Sow" - Seeds We Sow (Mind Kit)
- R. Kelly - "Shut Up!" - twitter.com/kellzodiac (Twitvid)
- S*A*M - "STRAWBERRY LOVERR" - youtube.com/user/samtvofficial1 (YouTube)
- Planningtorock - "The One" - W (DFA)
Shrey
Top Ten Records of 2011
- Radiation City - The Hands That Take You (Apes Tapes)
- Drake - Take Care (Cash Money)
- Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (Matador)
- tUnE-YaRdS - w h o k i l l (4AD)
- Veronica Falls - S/T (Slumberland)
- SBTRKT - S/T (Young Turks)
- Dreamdate - Melody Walk (Tic Tac Totally)
- Anirudh Ravichander & Dhanush - Why This Kolaveri Di - Single (Sony)
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Sub Pop)
- James Blake - S/T (Universal Republic)
Sida
Best of 2011
- Barn Owl - Lost In The Glare (Thrill Jockey)
- Rene Hell - The Terminal Symphony (Type)
- Zdenek Liska - Mala Morska Vila (Finders Keepers)
- Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972 (Kranky)
- Mika Vainio - Life (...It Eats You Up) (Editions Mego)
- Derek Monypeny - Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce (Raheem)
- Boron - Aria Statica (Field Hymns)
- Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure (Mexican Summer)
- MaryClare Brzytwa - MCB (Setola Di Maiale)
- Alvarius B. - Baroque Primitiva (Abduction)
Best Reissue
- Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist/Re-Synthesist (Sky 1980, Rvng Intl. 2011)
Top Personal Musical Discoveries
- Franco Battiato - Fetus (Bla Bla 1972)
- Harmonia '76 - Tracks & Traces (Rykodisc 1997)
- Manuell Gottsching - E2-E4 (Inteam 1984)
Spanky
Best Releases of 2011
- Bare Wires - Cheap Perfume (Southpaw/Burger)
- The Boo – I Want Revenge (S/R Demo)
- Hunx & His Punkettes - Too Young to Be in Love (Hardly Art)
- King Lollipop - Woodland Whoopee Songs of Ol' Callowhee! (1234 Go!)
- Shannon & the Clams - Sleep Talk (1234 Go!)
- Swiftumz - Don’t Trip (Holy Mountain)
- Younger Lovers - Rock Flawless (Bachelor)
- Wax Idols - No Future (Hozac/Burger)
Best Videos of 2011
- Big Freedia – “Y’all Get Back Now” (Directed by Bob Weisz & Josh Ente)
- Hunx and His Punkettes – “Too young to be in Love” (Directed by Justin Kelly)
- Shannon & the Clams – “Sleep Talk” (Directed by Hannah Lew)
Best Live Shows of 2011
- Erase Errata - 924 gilman, 12/11/11 (Girl Rock Camp Benefit)
- Nobunny, Lil Queenie - white horse, 12/8/11 (down at lulus holiday party)
- King Lollipop, Swiftumz, Peach Kelli Pop - 1234 Go!, 12/5/11
- Okmoniks, Midnite Snaxxx, etc. – Thee Parkside, 10/23/11 (Budget Rock day three)
- Green Day - 1234 GO!, 9/22/11
- Nobunny, Bananas – Oakland Metro, 7/22/11 (1234go showcase)
- King Tuff, Personal & the Pizzas, Wrong Words – Thee Parkside, 3/25/11 (Burger Boogaloo)
- The forgetters - BOTH, 1/27/11
Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita's 2011 Musical Odyssey...
Best New Releases
- Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti-)
- El Rego – S/T (Daptone)
- Black Keys – El Camino (Nonesuch)
- Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Subpop)
- Sharon Jones – Soul Time (101 Distribution)
- Charles Bradley – No Time for Dreaming (Daptone)
- David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time (Play It Again Sam)
- Southern Culture on the Skids – Zombified (Kudzu)
- Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project - Seriously (Smog Veil)
- Chris Watson – El Tren Fantasma (touch UK)
- J.C. Satan – Sick of Love (Slovenly Recordings)
- Man Man – Life Fantastic (Anti-)
- Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii - Carolina Chocolate Drops (Nonesuch)
- Mark Growden - Lose Me In The Sand (Porto Franco)
- Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador)
- Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - World of Funk (Ubiquity)
- Sic Alps -Napa Asylum (Drag City)
- Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers - Rare Bird Alert (Rounder)
- Afro-Soultet - Afrodesia (Ubiquity)
- Dengue Fever -Cannibal Courtship (Concord Music)
- Davila 666 - Tan Bajo (In the Red)
- Lumerians - Transmalinnia (Knitting Factory)
- Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Capitol)
- Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania (In The Red)
- Wooden Shjips - West (Thrill Jockey)
- Stephin Merritt - Obscurities (Merge)
- Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread (Drag City)
- Deer Tick - Divine Providence (Partisan)
- Lord Loves a Working Man – S/T (Working Man)
- Earth - Angels of Darkness Demons of Light (Southern Lord)
Best Various Artist Releases
- The Original Sound of Cumbia (Sound Way)
- Funky Frauleins vol. 2 (Grosse Freiheit)
- Voodoo Rhythm Compilation Vol. 3 (Voodoo Rhythm)
- Daptone 45 Singles Spring/Summer 2011 (Daptone)
- Thai? Dai! The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Under Ground (Finders Keepers)
- Luk Thung: Classic & Obscure 78s from the Thai Countryside (Parlortone)
- Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels (The Numero Group)
- This May Be My Last Time Singing (Tompkins Square)
- 101 Things To Do In Bongolia (Electric Cowbell)
- Alternate History of Popular Music (Numero Group)
Best Musical Performances
- The Coup at the stroke of midnight 2011 at the New Parish – Oakland, Jan. 1st
- High on Fire at the New Parish – Oakland, January 1st
- Captain Beefheart Symposium at The Independent - SF, Feb. 11th
- Gang of Four at the Fillmore - SF, Feb. 19th
- Prince at the Oracle Arena – Oakland, Feb. 23rd
- Acid Mothers Temple at the Bottom of the Hill - SF, March 24th
- Mission Three at the Old Point Bar - Algiers, Louisiana, April 2nd
- Sleepy Sun at the New Parish – Oakland, April 24th
- Agent Ribbons at the Uptown – Oakland, May 18th
- Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers, The Mutineers, Calafia at the Starry Plough – Berkeley, June 26th
- Blonde Redhead at the New Parish – Oakland, June 29th
- Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile and the Violators at the New Parish - Oakland, July 25th
- Sleepy Sun/Howlin’ Rain at Don Quixote’s – Felton, CA, July 27th
- Misisipi Mike & the Midnight Gamblers, The Mutineers, Big Jugs at the Plough & Stars – SF, August 13th
- Dr. John at Yoshi’s – Oakland, Sept. 8th
- Fleet Foxes at the Greek Theater – Berkeley, Sept. 10th
- The Coup and Conspiracy of Beards at the Oakland Museum O Zone event, Sept. 30th
- Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble at the New Parish – Oakland, Oct. 15th
- Man Man on Lower Sproul - UC Berkeley Campus, Oct. 25th
- Weird Al Yankovic at the Fox – Oakland, Nov. 6th
- Aaron Neville at the Palace of Fine Arts – SF, Dec. 18th
The Muse
Favorite album releases from 2011
- Louis C.K. - Hilarious (Comedy Central)
- Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Unentitled (Alternative Tentacles)
- Dub Is A Weapon - Vaporized (Harmonized)
- Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Capitol)
- Hillbilly Herald - S/T (S/R)
- Mocean Worker - Candygram for Mowo (Mowo!)
- Radio Moscow - The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz (Alive NaturalSound)
- Bass Nectar - Divergent Spectrum (Amorphous)
- Mike Birbiglia - Sleepwalk with Me (Comedy Central)
- Chancha Via Circuito - Rio Arriba (ZZK)
- Cumbia Tokeson - Cuchos Vol. 1 (Tokeson Music)
- Brad Goode - Tight Like This (Delmark)
- Heavy Tin - Refused (Concinnity)
- John Mellencamp - No Better Than This (Rounder)
- Truckstop Honeymoon - Homemade Haircut (Squirrel)
- The Devil Makes Three - Stomp and Smash (Milan)
- Pokey Lafarge & The South City Three - Middle of Everywhere (Free Dirt)
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Drive Time (Mountain Home Music Co.)
- Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest (Acony)
Tiger Lily
Top 10 of 2011
- Cheap Time - Another Time (Cass)
- Cyclops - Cyclops (Johnny Cat/Portland Mutant Party)
- Giuda - Get It Over (White Zoo)
- Happy Thoughts - S/T (HoZac)
- The Ketamines - Line by Line (HoZac)
- Mickey - Rock 'n' Roll Dreamer (HoZac)
- Peach Kelli Pop - S/T (Infinity Cat)
- Reatards - Teenage Hate [reissue]/Fuck Elvis Here’s the Reatards (Goner)
- Vernons Girls - We Love the Vernons Girls 1962-1964 (RPM, 2010)
- Wrong Words - S/T (Trouble in Mind)
Tobin
Choice Albums of 2011
- Antlers - Burst Apart (Frenchkiss)
- James Blake - James Blake (Polydor)
- Casiokids - Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen (Polyvinyl)
- Crystal Stilts - Radiant Door (Sacred Bones)
- Brian Eno with Rick Holland - Drums Between the Bells (Warp)
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
- Fredrik - Flora (Kora)
- Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer (Merge)
- Gem Club - Breakers (Hardly Art)
- Myrmyr - Fire Star (Under the Spire)
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up (Sub Pop)
- Sister Crayon - Bellow (Manimal)
- Soley - We Sink (Morr)
- 13 & God - Own Your Ghost (Anticon)
- Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On (Arts & Crafts)
- Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti-)
- Widowspeak - Widowspeak (Captured Tracks)
- Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)
Tumble Weed
Your Tumble Weed's Best of 2011
- Been Porter and Mark Melincore - Music for Children of All Ages (Turned Wood)
See my playlist on 1/26/12 for Best of the Thrifts 2011
WAM BAM Ashleyanne
(20)11 Albums Worth Stealing Back from Your Ex
- Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure (Captured Tracks)
- Bearsuit - The Phantom Forest (Fortuna Pop!)
- Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps - Little Wind (S/R)
- The Coathangers - Larceny & Old Lace (Suicide Squeeze)
- The Drums - Portamento (Moshi Moshi)
- Generationals - Actor-Caster (Park the Van)
- Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
- Luke Temple - Don't Act Like You Don't Care (Western Vinyl)
- Mike James Kirkland - Don't Sell Your Soul (Luv N' Haight)
- Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On (Full Time Hobby)
- Shannon & The Clams - Sleep Talk (1-2-3-4 Go!)