Listen to the jams, albums, and mixes that got our writers through 2011
ZETH LUNDY, Phoenix music writer
1. Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador)
2. Grace Jones, Hurricane (Play It Again)
3. Chris Thile & Michael Daves, Sleep with One Eye Open (Nonesuch)
4. The War on Drugs, Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
5. Gruff Rhys, Hotel Shampoo (OVNI/Turnstile)
6. Various Artists, True Soul: Deep Sounds from the Left of Stax (Now-Again)
7. Black Francis, The Golem (The Bureau)
8. Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 (Capitol)
9. Tom Waits, Bad as Me (Anti-)
10. SBTRKT, SBTRKT (Young Turks)
11. Wilco, The Whole Love (dBpm)
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: Best of 2011: Zeth Lundy's Picks | All Boston Phoenix Top Tracks of 2011
As you get older the years begin to pass by without definitive structure, a phenomenon that can lead to confusion when compiling year-end lists. I would look up a profound quote from a semi-obscure poet to further illuminate this, but you also get lazier as you get older. And though perhaps I can no longer keep track of time, I can still get that excitable feeling when I run into some unexpected new pop sensation. I'm not talking about Lana Del Ray or some shit -- try Grace Jones, brothers and sisters! And Kurt Vile is essentially the male Grace Jones, just whiter, more hairy and slacker-y. Those two made the year's best records, each visionary in its own way: one made of slick post-trip-hop lines and angles, the other boasting blurry confidence. The rest of my favorite records of the year (these all came out this year, right?) are the ones I listened to the most: shit-hot bluegrass, obscure '60s soul, minimal electro-pop, and way-solid solo efforts by dudes who otherwise lead canonical bands.
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