Best of 2011

Today's show features the best of 2011 releases that myself and sometimes co-host Cristina put together. Of course we didn't have time to fit everything in here, but this is the best we could do!

artist - track

wild flag - romance (wild flag)
the kills - baby says (blood pressures)
sandro perri - changes (impossible spaces)*
ladytron - transparent days (gravity the seducer)
wilco - one sunday morning (the whole love)
the raveonettes - apparitions (raven in the grave)
chad vangaalen - burning photographs (diaper island)*
cold cave - alchemy around you (cherish the light years)
kurt vile - baby's arms (smoke ring from my halo)
M83 - this bright flash (hurry up, we're dreaming)
dan mangan - rows of houses (oh fortune)*
austra - hate crime (feel it break)*
fucked up - the other shoe (david comes to life)*
washed out - a dedication (within and without)
yuck - operation (yuck)
dom - happy birthday party (family of love)
lemuria - irregular (pebble)
dum dum girls - crystal baby (only in dreams)
j mascis - listen to me (several shades of why)
owen - no place like home (ghost town)

*Canadian

Joe Strummer Day

“Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed”

artist - track

joe strummer & the mescaleros - johnny appleseed
the clash - city of the dead
the 101'ers - motor boys motor
the 101'ers - silent telephone
the 101'ers - sweet revenge
joe strummer & the mescaleros - bummer out city
joe strummer & the mescaleros - midnight jam
joe strummer & the mescaleros - silver and gold
the clash - wrong 'em boyo
joe strummer & the latino rockabiliy war - nefertiti rock
joe strummer & the mescaleros - redemption song
joe strummer & the mescaleros - techno d-day
joe strummer & the mescaleros - walk on the wild side
the clash - the magnificent seven (live)
the clash - four horsemen

sunday morning feel so good

artist - track

stereolab - prisoner of mars
disco inferno - the long dance
the city streets - pass the open windows*
the velvet underground - sunday morning
john maus - keep pushing on
the diodes - curiosity girl*
duchess says - time to reiterate*
ashtar command - gravity
la roux - fascination
the hypnotics - radio city*
spacemen 3 - feel so good
cloud control - death cloud
tycho - daydream
patti smith - dancing barefoot
summer camp - 1988
twilight hotel - poor & hungry*
del bel - dusk light*
sea lions - rainfall
thee oh sees - heavy doctor

*Canadian

high noon adventure

artist - track

gang of four - at home he's a tourist
bill callahan - america
the plastic cloud - bridge under the sky*
elysian fields - shrinking heads in the sunset
james chance and the contortions - throw me away
tranzmitors - we are all alone with you*
bellmer dolls - pictures
the orb - high noon
john cale - bicycle
we are the city - happy new year*
new order - we all stand
13th floor elevators - fire engine
clinic - milk and honey
malajube - radiologie*
the raybeats - tight turn
the rifles - robin hood
8 eyed spy ft. lydia lunch - you twist i shout
crime and the city solution - adventure
ladytron - melting ice
battles - rainbow

*Canadian

slow motion truth or dare

artist - track

silversun pickups - the royal we
little red - slow motion
honheehonhee - A is for animal*
the famines - faux wealthy*
bleached - think of you
jimi hendrix - message of love
wise blood - darlin' you're sweet
the living kills - my gun's a fist
the sadies - the iceberg*
massive attack - dissolved girl
bleeding knees club - truth or dare
david lynch - these are my friends
applescal - the storm is yours
florence and the machine - spectrum
naked lunch - waterfall
swan lake - city calls*
yeah yeah yeahs - bang
highway gimps - the clicks
astrid williamson - dance

*Canadian