All good things must come to an end, and here is the last episode of year-end picks from WFMU DJs. This time we've got Rob Weisberg, Jason Sigal, Evan "Funk" Davies, and Scott McDowell. To read all of this year's lists, click here.
Jason Sigal's TOP 12 Albums / Reissues / Comps in no particular order (but the Clap reissue is #1)
Clap - Have You Reached Yet? (Sing Sing)
Wallahi Le Zein!! - Wezin, Jakwar And Guitar Boogie From The Islamic Republic Of Mauritania (Lattitude)*
Ruth Veln Kiss - I Was 21 Yrs Old And Now No More (Sometimes Records / Handwriting Records)*
Univeria Zekt - The Unnamables (Golden Pavilion) [listen/download]
The Paperhead - The Paperhead LP (Trouble in Mind) [download a song]
Laurice - Best of Laurice, Vol. 1 LP (Mighty Mouth Music)
Question Mark - Be Nice To The People (Now-Again Records)
Apache Dropout - Apache Dropout LP (Family Vineyard) [listen/download half]
Music From Saharan Cellphones (V/A) (Sahel Sounds)
Mark Fell - Periodic Orbits of a Dynamic System Related to a Knot (Editions Mego)
Opika Pende: Africa at 78rpm Box Set (Dust-to-Digital) [listen]
Psyclones - Different Thinking People (Permanent / Ladd-Frith)
Much more listage for you band name nerds further down in the post, so read on!
:: +13 more ::
Belong - Common Era (Kranky)
Dinosaur L - 24->24 Music Box Set (Traffic)
Gary Wilson - Forgotten Lovers (Feeding Tube)
Street Musicians of Yogyakarta LP + 7" (Mississippi)
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (Ba Da Bing!)
Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist / Re-Synthesist (RVNG)
Alhaji (Chief) Sikiru Ayinde Barrister - Iwa (Klimt) *
Bobb Trimble - The Crippled Dog Band (Yoga Records)
Intercontinental Transmissions Vol. 1 (V/A) (Kala Bandar)
Laurelle Meets the Obsolete - On Welfare (Captcha) [listen]
Skoal Kodiak - Kryptonym Bodliak (Load Records)
FM-BX Society Tape Vol. 1 (V/A) (SS Records) *
Za! - Megaflow (Acuarela) (listen)
*ok so a few technically came out in 2010
:: + 12 Songs / 7-inches ::
Timmy’s Organism “Mind Over Matter” split 7” w/ John Wesley Coleman (Goner)
Count Vertigo - I'm A Mutant 7” (Mississippi)
Art Yard - The Law 7" (Ride the Snake)
Charles Albright - Weight 7” (Permanent)
Dylan Ettinger - Lion of Judah 7” (Not Not Fun)
Milk Music / Carrie Keith split flexi disc 7” w/ Nuts Magazine #6
The Bats "Simpletons" Free All The Monsters (Flying Nun)
Dirashe Tribe “Dirashe Syncopated Panpipes” Staring Into The Sun (Sublime Frequencies)
Carolee - “Water the Rocks” EP1 (12XU)
O.Rex “Gimme Shelter” - My Head's In 73! (Gulcher)
Les Olivensteins “Euthanasie” Les Olivensteins (Born Bad)
Delicate Steve “Butterfly” (Luaka Bop)
+¡ Free Music Archive Jams !+:: Top 20 Free Music Archive Albums ::
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:: 13 REALEST BAND NAMES ::
Church of When the Shit Hits the Fan :: Throwing Up :: Forget Cassettes :: Guitar Center :: Sheryl Cro(w) Mags :: Guns 'n' Rosa Parks :: The Pussy Dogs :: The Poopdog Experience :: Diareah Planet :: Let My Biscuit Be :: I Would Eat That Pizza :: Yuck :: Yawn
Evan "Funk" Davies' Favorite Releases of 2011
Top 10 New Albums of 2011:
1. The Laureates - Spells (Funambulist)
2. The Insomniacs - Just Enjoy It (Screaming Apple/Blood Red)
3. Cute Lepers - Adventure Time (1-2-3-4 Go!)
4. Sloan - The Double Cross (Yep Roc)
5. Wrong Words - s/t (Trouble In Mind)
6. The Bon - Static Electricity (Boppa Do Down)
7. White Hills - H-P1 (Thrill Jockey)
8. The Soft Moon - s/t (Captured Tracks)
9. Wax Idols - No Future (HoZac)
10. Kids On A Crime Spree - We Love You So Bad (Slumberland)
Bubbling Under the Top 10 Albums:
11. Mikal Cronin - s/t (Trouble In Mind)
12. Soft Tags - Suit Of Lights (No label)
13. Jacuzzi Boys - Glazin' (Hardly Art)
14. Obits - Moody, Standard And Poor (Sub Pop)
15. Mr. Chop - Switched On (Five Day Weekend)
16. Smithereens - 2011 (E One)
17. The Guitars - High Action (No label)
18. Pharaoh Overlord - Out Of Darkness (Ektro)
19. The Ettes - Wicked Will (Krian)
20. Cynics - Spinning Wheel Motel (Get Hip)
21. Glitter Wizard - Solar Hills (Archers Guild)
22. Art Brut - Brilliant! Tragic! (Cooking Vinyl)
23. OBN IIIs - The One And Only (Tic Tac Totally)
24. Baseball Project - Vol. 2: High & Inside (Yep Roc)
25. Barreracudas - Nocturnal Missions (Douche Master)
26. Kid Congo - Gorilla Rose (In The Red)
27. Coathangers - Larceny & Old Lace (Suicide Squeeze)
28. Boston Spaceships - Let It Beard (Guided By Voices Inc.)
29. Wire - Red Barked Tree (Pink Flag)
30. Paul Messis - The Problem With Me (13 o'clock)
Top 10 Singles/EPs of 2011:
1. The Renegades - "Thirteen Women" (Norton)
2. Sure Shot Symphony Solution. Solution - A Good Look 12" EP (No label)
3. Wax Idols - "All Too Human" (HoZac)
4. The dB's - "Picture Sleeve" (Orange)
5. Boomgates - "Layman's Terms" (Smartguy)
6. The Limiñanas - "AF3458" (SDZ)
7. Hank IV - "Cold Equation" (S-S)
8. Bare Wires - "Don't Ever Change" (Robot Elephant)
9. The Limiñanas - "(I've Got) Trouble In Mind" (Trouble In Mind)
10. Real Numbers - "Tear It In Two" (Florida's Dying)
Bubbling Under the Top 10 Singles/EPs:
11. Sally Crewe - Transmit/Receive (No label)
12. Art Yard - "The Law" (Ride The Snake)
13. Apache Dropout - "Shot Down" (Trouble In Mind)
14. Gaz Gaz - "Head On A Plate" (Born Bad)
15. Doug Gillard - "Breaking In Two" (347)
16. Carolee - EP1 (12XU)
17. Red Mass - "Drink My Blood" (HoZac)
18. The Mantles - "Raspbery Thighs" (SDZ)
19. Perrosky - "En La Linea" (Algo / Gravfadora Discos)
20. The Fancy Space People - s/t (No label)
Top 10 Reissues/single-artist collections
1. The Vagrants - I Can't Make A Friend 1965-68 (Light In The Attic)
2. Jane & Jeff Hudson - Flesh (Captured Tracks)
3. Hillary Blaze - Exposure (Rockadrome
4. Clap - Have You Reached Yet? (Sing Sing)
5. Happy Refugees - Return To Last Chance Saloon (Acute)
6. DMZ - Radio Demos (Munster)
7. The Normals - Vacation To Nowhere (Last Laugh)
8. Ramases - Space Hymns (Mexican Summer)
9. Sandy Salisbury - Sandy (Poppydisc/Rev-Ola)
10. Laurice - Best Of Vol. 1 (Mighty Mouth Music)
Scott McDowell's Favorite Releases of 2011
C S Yeh "In the Blink of an Eye" 7" (Destijl)
Staring into the Sun DVD/CD/book (Sublime Frequencies)
Optimo FACT Mix 241
William Parker - Conversations book (RogueArt)
Helm - Cryptography (Kye)
Acid Birds - III (Blackest Rainbow)
Bad Trip - Beat is Murder cassette (House of Alchemy)
Rev Charlie Jackson - You Got to Move: Live Recordings, Vol. 1 (50
Miles of Elbow Room)
Matt Valentine - What I Became (Woodsist)
Juma Sultan’s Original Music Society - Father of Origin box (Eremite)
Angel Olson - Strange Cacti (Bathetic)
Devin Gary and Ross - Four Corners EP (Arbitrary Signs)
Disco Inferno - 5 EPs (One Little Indian)
Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - African Skies (Captcha)
Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano - Under a Double Moon (Roaratorio)
Staring into the Sun is the latest ethno-folk cinema classic from Sublime Frequencies. Ethiopia is known to be one of the oldest areas inhabited by humans and presently has over 80 diverse ethnic groups. Photographer/filmmaker Olivia Wyatt explores 13 different tribes throughout Ethiopia in this visually stunning film. Traveling from the northern highlands to the lower Omo Valley, Wyatt brings together the worlds of Zar spirit possession; Hamer tribal wedding ceremonies; Borena water well polyphonic singing; wild hyena feedings; and bizarre Ethiopian TV segments; presenting an enchanting look at these ethereal images, landscapes and sounds from the horn of Africa. The tribes featured in this film are captured with an unflinching sense of realism and poetic admiration resulting in a visual and aural feast of the senses.
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Posted by: Eman Nona | January 17, 2012 at 04:01 PM
are you using a flash blocker, Eman?
Posted by: Jason | January 17, 2012 at 06:29 PM
Thanks from the bottom of my heart to all of you for making these lists. Such a wealth of musical treasure I would have missed otherwise.
Posted by: Jessi Hance | January 18, 2012 at 10:41 PM