1. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light 4,5*
2. Haken - Visions
3. Kasabian - Velociraptor! 4*
4. DeWolff - Orchards / Lupine
5. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
6. De Staat - Machinery
7. Gluid - Twee
8. Wolfendale - Foghorn
9. Çharlie Winston - Running Still
10. Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers 3,5*

Charlie Winston is gisteren uitgekomen, maar verdiend nu al een plekje in de top 10. Ik verwacht ook nog wel veel van The Black Keys.

Slechtste van alle door mij beluisterde platen:
The Windowsill - The Windowsill 1,5*

Tegenvallers:
The Strokes - Angles 2,5*
The Wombats - This Modern Glitch
White Lies - Ritual

1. (1) Scott Matthew – Gallantry’s Favorite Son
2. (3) Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
3. (2) Patrick Wolf – Lupercalia
4. (4) dEUS – Keep You Close
5. (5) Marc Almond with Michael Cashmore – Feasting with Panthers
6. (6) Tom Waits – Bad As Me
7. (7) Adele – 21
8. (8) William Fitzsimmons – Gold in the Shadow
9. (9) Wild Beasts – Smother
10. (10) PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

11. (11) Tori Amos – Night of Hunters
12. (-) School Is Cool – Entropology
13. (-) Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Roots
14. (12) Dez Mona – Sága
15. (13) Jonathan Jeremiah – A Solitary Man
16. )14) Eefje de Visser – De Koek
17. (16) Washed Out – Within and Without
18. (17) Roosbeef – Omdat Ik Dat Wil
19. (18) Spinvis – Tot Ziens, Justine Keller
20. (15) Gavin Friday – catholic

1. Peaking Lights - 936
2. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
4. Kuedo - Severant
5. De Kift - Brik
6. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
7. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol.2: Judges
8. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
9. Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We're New Here
10. Beirut - The Rip Tide

11. Austra - Feel It Break
12. Random Axe - Random Axe
13. The Field - Looping State of Mind
14. tobias. - Leaning Over Backwards
15. William Fitzsimmons - Gold in the Shadow

1. (5) the Deep Dark Woods – The Place I Left Behind
2. (2) Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys
3. (3) Daniel Lohues – Hout Moet
4. (4) Neil Young & the International Harvesters – A Treasure
5. (1) Drive-By Truckers – Go Go Boots
6. (-) the Feelies – Here Before
7. (7) New Cool Collective – Eighteen
8. (8) Fatoumata Diawara – Fatou
9. (6) Tom Waits – Bad as Me
10. (9) the Jayhawks – Mockingbird Time


Bubbling Under:
Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
Wilco – The Whole Love
Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
The Warped 45’s – Matador Sunset
The Waterboys – An Appointment with Mr.Yeats

1. (1) Atmosphere - The Family Sign
2. (2) The Antlers - Burst Apart
3. (-) Sebastian Sturm - Get Up & Get Going
4. (-) Radikal Guru - The Rootstepa
5. (8) Zion - Crying for Freedom
6. (4) The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
7. (3) Stephen Marley - The Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life
8. (5) Long Arm - The Branches
9. (7) dEUS - Keep You Close
10. (6) Danakil - Echos du Temps

Toch wel veel fantastische releases dit jaar. Al belooft er nog veel goeds te volgen. Hoge verwachtingen van The Roots, Cyne, The Black Keys en Nujabes.

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
2. Textures - Dualism
3. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys
4. Mock Orange - Disguised As Ghosts
5. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead
6. Thursday - No Devolución
7. Amplifier - The Octopus
8. TesseracT - One
9. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
10. Face Tomorrow - Face Tomorrow

1. Spinvis - Tot Ziens, Justine Keller
2. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
3. Real Estate - Days
4. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
5. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
6. Beirut - The Rip Tide
7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
8. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
9. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
10. Cults - Cults

Nog één maand, en dan loopt 2011 op z'n eind. Ideaal moment om nog eens een update te posten, natuurlijk:

1. (1) Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason 4,5*
2. (-) Radical Face - The Family Tree: The Roots
3. (2) Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
4. (3) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
5. (4) De Kift - Brik
6. (5) Bill Callahan - Apocalypse 4,0*
7. (6) Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
8. (7) Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
9. (8) Scott Matthew - Gallantry's Favourite Son
10. (-) Djevel - Dodssanger

11. (9) Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
12. (10) Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
13. (11) The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh
14. (12) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
15. (13) Between the Buried and me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
16. (14) Tigran - A Fable
17. (15) Long Arm - The Branches
18. (16) The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still
19. (17) Shining - VII: Född Förlorare
20. (-) Daniël Lohues - Hout Moet

Drie nieuwkomers dus, en ten opzichte van m'n vorige lijstje staat er nog altijd een Nederlandse plaat in, maar gewoon een andere dan vorige keer.

ik zie toch 2 nederlandse platen hoor

Moeilijk afweging... Ik zou toch zeggen:

1. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
2. Neal Morse - Testimony 2
3. Opeth - Heritage
4. Riverside - Memories in my Head
5. Amplifier - The Octopus
6. Mastodon - The Hunter
7. dEUS - Keep You Close
8. Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA
9. Steak Number Eight - All is Chaos
10. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

Eervolle vermeldingen (ook liveplaten, want die beschouw ik niet als "nieuwe" muziek):
Neal Morse - Testimony 2 Live in LA (live)
Transatlantic - More Never is Enough (live)
Gazpacho - London (live)
Sigur Ros - Inni (live)
Beardfish - Mammoth
Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream (2003 reissue)
Lunatic Soul - Impressions
Haken - Visions
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Yes - Fly From Here
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Karmakanic - In a Perfect World

Teleurstelling van het jaar:
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Anathema - Falling Deeper
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I’m With You

Nog te beluisteren/(nog) niet genoeg beluisterd:
Haken - Visions
The Black Keys - El Camino
Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Bass Communion - Cenotaph
Noel Gallagher - High Flying Birds
Agents of Mercy - The Black Forest
Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy
blink-182 - Neighborhoods

2011

1. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
3. Opeth - Heritage
4. Machine Head - Unto The Locust
5. James Blake - James Blake
6. Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
7. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
8. dEUS - Keep You Close
9. Radiohead - King of Limbs
10. The Antlers - Burst Apart
11. *shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
12. Dir en Grey - Dum Spiro Spero
13. Atmosphere - Family Sign
14. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
15. Burial - Street Halo


Nog (beter) beluisteren:

The Black Keys - El Camino
The Roots - undun
The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels
Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou
Emmett Tinley - Emmett Tinley
Bass Communion - Cenotaph


Tegenvallers:
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
Blackfield - Welcome to My DNA
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

Ja, ik heb het nu ook door.. Maar die van De Kift is zo'n zekerheid, dat ik 'm gewoon ben vergeten.

Update #8

1 (1) The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still (5*)
2 (6) Deus – Keep You Close (4,5*)
3 (2) Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
4 (4) Kasabian – Velociraptor
5 (-) Florence + The Machine – Cermonials (4*)
6 (-) The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
7 (3) Radiohead – King Of Limbs
8 (5) Roosbeef – Omdat Ik Dat Wil
9 (8) Foo Fighters – Wasting Lights
10 (10) James Blake – James Blake (3,5*)


11 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi – Rome
12 Washed Out – Within And Without
13 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
14 Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys (3*)
15 The Strokes – Angels
16 Alex Turner – Submarine
17 The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
18 Adele – 21
19 Fleetfoxes – Helplessness Blue
20 Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You

Ook een update. Nog steeds weinig geluisterd uit 2011..

01. (04) Crash of Rhinos - Distal
02. (--) Raein - Sulla Linea d'Orizzonte Tra Questa Mia Vita e Quella di Tutti
03. (05) Big Kids - Phone Home
04. (02) Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer / Dream Loss
05. (--) Ampere - Like Shadows
06. (--) Beau Navire - Life Moves
07. (01) By Surprise - Mountain Smashers
08. (07) Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies
09. (--) Beau Navire - Hours
10. (--) Daniel Striped Tiger - No Difference

Mijn top 10 ziet er momenteel zo uit:

1. Benighted - Asylum Cave
2. Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
3. While Heaven Wept - Fear for Infinity
4. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
5. Primordial - Redemption at the Puritains Hand
6. Evergrey - Glorious Collision
7. Flogging Molly - Speed of Darkness
8. Holy Martyr - Invincible
9. Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich
10. Obscura - Omnivium

Ik moet echter nog een aantal platen beluisteren als Bon Iver, Dream Theater, Autopsy, Devin Townsend, Lock Up, Steen en Steel Panther. Dus er gaat denk ik nog wel wat veranderen

1. (2) Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
2. (1) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
3. (7) Radiohead - The King of Limbs
4. (3) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
5. (4) The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
6. (6) Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
7. (5) Chad van Gaalen - Diaper Island
8. (8) Destroyer - Kaputt
9. (10) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
10. (-) Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Mijn top 10 van dit jaar:
1. Bon Iver- Bon Iver ******
2. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ******
3. Florence And The Machine-Cermonials ******
4. Foo Fighters- Wasting Light *****
5. Adele-21 *****
6. Foster the People - Torches*****
7. Viva Brother- Famous First Words*****
8. Snow Patrol-Fallen Empires *****
9. Intergalatic Lovers- Greetings And Salutations *****
10. Birdy-Birdy *****

VERANDERINGEN ONDER VOORBEHOUD

goed dat je dat er in hoofdletters bij zet, anders had je nooit meer mogen veranderen hè

01. (01) James Blake - James Blake 4,5*
02. (02) Nneka - Soul Is Heavy
03. (03) Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
04. ( -- ) Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
05. (04) Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We’re New Here 4*
06. (05) Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’
07. (07) Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
08. (06) Van Hunt - What Were You Hoping For?
09. (08) Selah Sue - Selah Sue
10. ( -- ) Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou

11. (09) Theophilus London - Timez Are Weird These Days
12. (11) Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
13. (10) Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse
14. (12) Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
15. (14) Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
16. (15) Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
17. ( -- ) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Time!
18. (13) Jonathan Jeremiah - A Solitary Man
19. ( -- ) Michael Kiwanuka - I’m Getting Ready
20. ( -- ) Goapele - Break of Dawn

1. The Antlers - Burst Apart
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
3. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
4. Wild Beasts - Smother
5. Wilco - The Whole Love
6. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
7. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
8. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
9. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
10. Beirut - The Rip Tide

11. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
12. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's ...
13. dEUS - Keep You Close
14. Miles Kane - Colour of the Trap
15. Selah Sue - Selah Sue
16. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
17. Feist - Metals
18. De Staat - Machinery
19. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
20. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning

1. (1) Four Tet - Fabriclive 59
2. (2) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
3. (--) Spinvis - Tot Ziens, Justine Keller
4. (3) Low - C'mon
5. (7) Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
6. (6) Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
7. (5) The Weeknd - House of Balloons
8. (4) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
9. (--) Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
10. (10) Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

01. Henry Saiz - Balance 019
02. Bloodiest - Descent
03. Nero - Welcome Reality
04. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
05. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
06. Devin Townsend - Ghost
07. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
08. Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
09. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
10. Moby - Destroyed

Grappig om te zien dat ik dit jaar toch vooral bezig ben geweest met oude albums luisteren. Ik kan nog wel een top 10 formuleren, maar in mijn top 25 meest beluisterde albums van het afgelopen jaar (volgens last.fm) staat maar één album uit 2011!

Ik vond 2011 een erg sterk jaar.

Mijn voorlopige top 10

1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2. Opeth - Heritage
3. dEUS - Keep You Close
4. Black Country Communion - 2
5. Tom Waits - Bad as Me
6. Mastodon - The Hunter
7. Symphony X - Iconoclast
8. Anthrax - Worship Music
9. Joseph Arthur - The Graduation Ceremony
10. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & the Harvest

Ik ben er nog niet uit, vond 2011 een sterk jaar! Met Deus, Elbow, Kasabian, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Black Keys, Tom Waits, fleet foxes, feist, de Gallaghers, Bon Iver, etc... zucht

4,5*:
Iced Earth - Dystopia
Kamchatka - Bury Your Roots
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - How I Go
Pendragon - Passion
The Steepwater Band - Clava
Uriah Heep - Into the Wild

4,0*:
Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues
Amplifier - Octopus
The Atomic Bitchwax - The Local Fuzz
Chris Duarte Group - Blues in the Afterburner
Glyder - Backroads to Byzantium
Warren Haynes - Man in Motion
Lil Slim Blues Band - Still in the Game
Night Ranger - Somewhere in California
Ozric Tentacles - Paper Monkeys
Queensrÿche - Dedicated to Chaos
The Atomic Bitchwax - The Fuzz
The Union - Siren's Song
Warrant - Rockaholic

Deze top 10 staat op dit moment bij mij ingevoerd:

1. (1) Atmosphere - The Family Sign 4,5*
2. (2) Radiohead - The King of Limbs
3. (3) William Fitzsimmons - Gold in the Shadow
4. (-) The Roots - undun 4*
5. (4) Circle Takes the Square - Decompositions - Vol I. Chapter 1. Rites of Initiation (EP)
6. (5) Evidence - Cats & Dogs
7. (6) Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
8. (-) Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
9. (7) De Kift - Brik
10. (10) dEUS - Keep You Close

Het album van Tom Waits zou er nog in kunnen komen, maar nu ik het gruwelijk hoge niveau van deze top 10 bekijk ben ik er niet zo zeker meer van.

Verdere top:

11. Zo Moeilijk - Nieuwe Moves
12. Dominik Eulberg - Diorama
13. Kubus & Rico - DMT
14. Amatorski - TBC
15. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome
16. De Staat - Machinery
17. Spinvis - Tot Ziens, Justine Keller 3,5*
18. Doomtree - No Kings
19. Opeth - Heritage
20. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man

21. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys
22. Daniël Lohues - Hout Moet
23. Eefje de Visser - De Koek
24. Blackfield - Welcome to My DNA
25. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
26. Stevens Wilson - Grace For Drowning
27. Random Axe - Random Axe
28. Burial - Street Halo (EP)
29. Alamo Race Track - Unicorn Loves Deer
30. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol.2: Judges

Godverdomme, wat een jaar Ik kan een top 50 maken zonder onvoldoendes. En er moeten nog enkele cijfers bijkomen.

1. Atmosphere - The Family Sign (2011)
2. The Roots - undun (2011)
3. Evidence - Cats & Dogs (2011)
4. Random Axe - Random Axe (2011)
5. eLZhi with Will Sessions - Elmatic (2011)
6. CunninLynguists - Oneirology (2011)
7. The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
8. Seasick Steve - You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (2011)
9. Vakill - Armor of God (2011)
10. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys! (2011)

Deze heb ik ingevuld.

1. Sigur Rós - Inni (2011)
2. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)
3. The Echelon Effect - Seasons Part 1 (2011)
Alternatieve titel: Seasons 1/4
4. Tides From Nebula - Earthshine (2011)
5. Industries of the Blind - Chapter 1: Had We Known Better (2011)
6. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow (2011)
7. Nils Frahm - Felt (2011)
8. Final Days Society - Ours Is Not a Caravan of Despair (2011)
9. Sleeping at Last - Yearbook - April (2011)
10. Glorie - Glorie (2011)