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1st December 2011

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Best of 2K11 List: Rough Draft

25. Restorations - Restorations
24. Cave In - White Silence
23. The Slow Death - Born Ugly, Got Worse
22. Male Bonding - Endless Now
21. Bangers - Small Pleasures
20. Capital - Givers/Takers
19. Touche Amore - Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me
18. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
17. Yuck - Yuck
16. Let Me Crazy - Contraflow
15. Night Birds - The Other Side of Darkness
14. Spraynard - Funtitled
13. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
12. The Copyrights - North Sentinel Island
11. House Boat - The Thorns of Life
10. Dead to Me - Moscow Penny Ante
9. Nightlights - So it Goes
8. Direct Hit! - Domesplitter
7. Sundials - Never Settle
6. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
5. Halfway to Hell Club - Bridges, Matches and Gasoline
4. Bomb the Music Industry! - Vacation
3. Timeshares - Bearable
2. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
1. Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor

Honorable Mentions:
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Brick Mower - Under the Sink
Fellow Project -  Stable Life
The Holy Mess - The Holy Mess
Samiam - Trips
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man
Man Without Plan - Sounds Too Loud, Lights Too Bright
Ampere - Like Shadows
The Roots - Undun
Banner Pilot - Heart Beats Pacific

Anyone got anything I missed? Wanna make an argument for something that got snubbed? 

Tagged: obsessive listmakingday off

  1. lostedge reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    They are the only band I did not see at fest that I am completely bummed about. And I missed SBB/Souls/HWM.
  2. jonlovesyou reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    there is a very good chance we are sharing #1s this year. Im going...pick up a lot of...
  3. halffiction reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    Where’s Crusades -The Sun is Down...Night is Riding In? also, I’d say
  4. grayskull reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    This is great list, nick. Obviously...would out ajj in my top 5 because I’ve
  5. bottleage reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    I feel like since Banner Pilot is just an HM and I don’t see Nothington on there either then you might still feel...
  6. exspectator reblogged this from bottleage and added:
    felt like that full-length was...pretty disappointing, I didn’t listen to it more than...
  7. notmetaphoric reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    No Elway? No Spraynard?...than that, solid list. We have
  8. dontcookbilly reblogged this from exspectator and added:
    Im still working on my list, but it’s fair...say it’s going
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