The Fishpork 20: Favorite Albums of 2011
This list may fly in the face of most “best of” lists for 2011. Excluded are the overrated Bon Iver, James Blake, and the array of wince-inducing rap projects that have been embraced by particular hipster circles. Included are some albums that have been relentlessly bashed by the indie blogosphere, but ones we loved, such as The Strokes, Radiohead, and White Lies, as well as some that were completely ignored this year (Feersum Ennjin and Saul Williams).
We don’t call ‘em the best, just our favorites. These are the records that got the most plays on our iPods this year, our favorite albums of 2011:
1. Modeselektor – Monkeytown
2. Tapes ‘n Tapes – Outside
3. The Strokes – Angles
4. Radiohead – The King of Limbs
5. Feersum Ennjin – Feersum Ennjin
6. The Antlers – Burst Apart
7. Panda Bear – Tomboy
8. Wilco – The Whole Love
9. Saul Williams – Volcanic Sunlight
10. Atlas Sound – Parallax
11. TV On The Radio – Nine Types of Light
12. Puscifer – Conditions of My Parole
13. SONOIO – RED
14. Battles – Glass Drop
15. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2
16. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
17. REM – Collapse Into Now
18. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
19. White Lies – Ritual
20. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
Most Disappointing Albums of 2011:
Dredg – Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
Ladytron – Gravity the Seducer
Fishpork’s 25 Favorite Tracks of 2011
Jeff Mangum came out of hiding to officially release some brilliant old tracks from the archives, Keaton Henson put out an achingly powerful single from 2010′s self-released Dear…, and a lot of deaf music reviewers shit on The Strokes latest collection of songs (except for us, of course). 2011 welcomed back our all-time favorite artists and introduced us to new favorites. Narrowing down the year’s best was especially difficult this time around, but here is our very biased list of 25 favorite tracks from 2011 (give the page a minute to load the embedded clips):
1. Neutral Milk Hotel – “Ferris Wheel on Fire”
2. Keaton Henson – “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are”
3. The Strokes – “Machu Picchu”
4. Feersum Ennjin – “Hate The Sun”
5. Modeselektor – “Pretentious Friends”
6. HEALTH – “Goth Star (Pictureplane cover)”
7. Tapes ‘n Tapes – “Nightfall”
8. M83 – “Midnight City”
9. SONOIO – “Enough”
10. Radiohead – “Codex”
11. Panda Bear – “Alsatian Darn”
12. Keaton Henson – “Strawbear”
13. The Antlers – “Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out”
14. The Strokes – “Taken For A Fool”
15. M+A – “Liko Lene Lisa”
16. Tapes ‘n Tapes – “Badaboom”
17. Modeselektor – “Grillwalker”
18. The Horrors – “Still Life”
19. Saul Williams – “Triumph”
20. Amanda Palmer – “Map Of Tasmania”
21. Atlas Sound – “Mona Lisa”
22. Adebisi Shank – “Century City”
23. Puscifer – “Monsoons”
24. Battles – “Ice Cream”
25. Givers – “Noche Nada”
Fishpork’s 10 Favorite Videos of 2011
Did Andreas Nilsson really not make a video this year? I suppose that takes a bit of the bite out of this year’s favorites list, doesn’t it? Just like last year, 2011′s list includes more from the legendary music video auteur Spike Jonze. While there were many worthy videos this year, we narrowed down a list of ten favorites. Featuring the Beastie Boys sequel to a 25-year-old original, a raucous comedy by Maynard James Keenan, and a performance piece that incorporates light and darkness to perfection, these are Fishpork’s 10 Favorite Videos of 2011:
10. “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” by Beastie Boys (Directed by Spike Jonze)
9. “My Machines” by Battles (Directed by Daniels)
8. “Dance” by Saul Williams (Directed by Cédric Blaisbois)
7. “Midnight City” by M83 (Directed by Fleur & Manu)
6. “Lotus Flower” by Radiohead (Directed by Garth Jennings)
5. “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are” by Keaton Henson (Directed by David Wilson)
4. “Conditions of My Parole” by Puscifer (Directed by Mike King and Maynard James Keenan)
3. “Fight For Your Right (Revisited)” by Beastie Boys (Directed by Adam Yauch)
2. “Shipwreck” by Modeselektor (ft. Thom Yorke) (Directed by Tony “Truand” Datis)
1. “Enough” by SONOIO (Directed by Matt Sundin and Caspar Newbolt)
April’s Fresh Pork Cuts
April 2, 2009 by Fishpork
Filed under Uncategorized
Pete’s:
- Puscifer – “The Mission”
- Neon Indian – “6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know)”
- White Lies – “Nothing To Give”
- Lily Allen – “Everyone’s At It”
- Röyksopp (featuring Karin Dreijer Andersson) – “Tricky Tricky”
- Grizzly Bear – “Cheerleader”
- Atlas Sound – “Memorial Corridor”
- Nine Inch Nails – “Non-Entity (Studio Version)”
- Deerhunter – “Disappearing Ink (Live)”
- Modest Mouse – “Satellite Skin (Live)”
Mark’s: