Tuesday, January 3, 2012

33 good records released in 2011:

Hello loyal readership. Here's a list of 33 records the manager of this blog space enjoyed in the year 2011. It will be expanded and expounded upon in some sort of printed format soon, but here's an abbreviated version to placate the ever-demanding public, in alphabetical order, no less:

LPs:
Apache Dropout S/T (Family Vineyard)
Call Back the Giants The Rising (Kye)
Cut Hands Afro Noise I (Very Friendly/Susan Lawly)
Folded Shirt S/T (Fashionable Idiots)
Helm Cryptography (Kye)
Graham Lambkin Amateur Doubles (Kye)
Kitchen's Floor Look Forward to Nothing (Siltbreeze)
Pheromoans It Still Rankles (Convulsive)
Pink Reason Shit in the Garden (Siltbreeze)
Psandwhich Northern Psych (Columbus Discount)
Total Control Henge Beat (Iron Lung)

E.P.s:
Anita Fix & Bam Bam “Run for Joy” b/w “20 Second Bugs” (Ride the Snake)
Factoryman “Yellow Eyes and the Sound of Vomit” 12"(Richie)
Hoax “Fagget” 7"(Deranged/Katorga Works)
Home Blitz “ATK” b/w “Last Cycle” (Mexican Summer)
Idea Fire Company “Days” 7"(Plinkity Plonk/Swill Radio)
Mad Nanna “Both Singles” (Albert’s Basement; Wormwood Grasshopper). *My vote for “best new-type band I heard this year” or what have you.*
Puffy Areolas “Gentleman’s Grip” 7"(Hozac)
The Rebel “Five Year Plan” 12"(Monofonus Press)
Slices “Modern Bride” b/w “Chump Change” (Kemado)
Vincent Over the Sink “Dust Studies” 7"(Kye)
Water Love “Both Singles” (Siltbreeze; Negative Guest List)

Reissues:
Axemen Three V’s (Siltbreeze)
M.B. Symphony for a Genocide (Weird Forest)
Peter Brotzmann Machine Gun (Slow Boy)
Fungus Brains Ron Pisto’s Real World (Load)
Jonathan Harper “Puce Moment” OST (Fan Club)
Lost Domain Blondes Chew More Gum (Negative Guest List)
Royal Trux Singles, Live, Unreleased (Drag City)
Stormbugs A Safe Substitute (Harbinger)
Ghedelia Tazartes Diasporas & VOD Box (Dais; Vinyl of Demand)
These Trails S/T (Drag City)
Michael Yonkers Microminature Love (Sub Pop)

Expect a relatively stable level of activity in 2012. G.Lambkin interview forthcoming in the next issue of NGL, atleast an issue or two of 'Coffin', some other contributions, hopefully a few records released, etc...