Welcome back! This fancy pants edition of "The Best of 2011" features opinions and insights from Cam Talyor (Senders/O Pioneers!!!), Chad Darby (Hawks and Doves, Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves) and Randy Reddel (Spanish Gamble, Jeremy Records/Douglas Shields). It's a veritable Gainesville party in there.
Cam Taylor - Senders, O Pioneers!!!, Black Clouds and No Idea Wholesale
- Bridge and Tunnel - "Rebuilding Year"
- No Statik - "We All Die In The End"
- Low - "C'mon"
- Capsule - "No Ghost"
- Fellow Project - "Stable Life"
- Office of Future Plans - "S/T"
- Des Ark - "Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker"
- Washed Out - "Within and Without"
- Dead Language - "S/T"
- Bomb the Music Industry - "Vacation"
Chad Darby - No Idea Records, Hawks and Doves, Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves
Listed in no particular order:
- Crocodiles - "Sleep Forever" LP
- Office of Future Plans - "Office of Futre Plans" LP
- The War on Drugs - "Slave Ambient" LP
- The Night Marchers "Thar She Blows" 7"
- Yuck - "Yuck" LP
- Big Troubles - "Romantic Comedy" LP
- Post Teens - "Post Teens" 7"
- Kurt Vile - "Smoke Ring For My Halo" LP
- V/A - Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Sound of the Luk Thung Underground LP
- I Break Horses - "Hearts" LP
Randy Reddell - Jeremy Records/Douglas Shields & The X Factors/Spanish Gamble
In no particular order, some of my favorite records from this year:
- Real Estate - "Days"
- Static Radio - "We Are All Beasts"
- GDP - "Useless Eaters"
- Reverse The Curse - "Hither & Yon"
- Fucked Up - "David Comes To Life"
- Vows - "Winter's Grave"
- Nothington - "Borrowed Time"
- Ducktails - "Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamic"
- Dead to Me - "Moscow Penny Ante"
- Bridge & Tunnel - "Rebuilding Year"