your 2011 faves?

[Simon Bar Sinister]

while you're figuring that out, here's MSN's music critics' poll - with a big DGN fave surprise at #10!

http://music.msn.com/music/year-in-review/best-albums/

here's 6 albums that I loved:

Heritage - Opeth

50 Words For Snow - Kate Bush

Imaginareum - Nightwish

The Hunter - Mastodon

Surtur Rising - Amon Amarth

Bad As Me - Tom Waits

yeah, it's mostly metal - just seemed to be the way the year went.

[Class-Punk]

Off the top of my head I had three favorite albums..

Cherish the Light Years by Cold Cave.

The Cold Still by Boxer Rebellion.

Shadows by The New Division.

[phee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gottVRZQuiI

[Fierce Critter]

Zero. I'm not digging much "new."

I did listen to Kate Bush's "50 Words For Snow" because I absolutely adore the woman and her work, but it's not something I'm ecstatic about.

I haven't heard Tom Waits' new album, but I am sure it will be an eventual fave.

I don't think I listened to anything else in its entirety this year. And I can't think of any singles off the top of my head that I particularly favored, either. Of any type - alternative, independent, Top 40, etc.

I'm in a rut.

[DJ Nocker]

Zero. I'm not digging much "new."

I did listen to Kate Bush's "50 Words For Snow" because I absolutely adore the woman and her work, but it's not something I'm ecstatic about.

I haven't heard Tom Waits' new album, but I am sure it will be an eventual fave.

I don't think I listened to anything else in its entirety this year. And I can't think of any singles off the top of my head that I particularly favored, either. Of any type - alternative, independent, Top 40, etc.

I'm in a rut.

That is sad to hear, although I usually expect it from non-DJ's around here... There has been several fantastics releases this year spanning through several of the darker genres from goth/postpunk/nowave to industrial/ebm/synthpop/noise...

For me, its hard to name favorites, but I can name a few that people should really check out... In no order

Cold Cave- Cherish The Light Years

Necro Facilty- Wintermute

Naked on the Vague- Twelve Dark Noons

Brighter Death Now – Very Little Fun

[phee]

There is a lot I got into in 2011... even if it is a tad older..

[Class-Punk]

As for just songs this Folk Rock is the first thing that pops into my head.

Edited December 31, 2011 by Coffeenated

[DJDeadbeat]

Animal Bodies - Kiss the Fang (Sweating Tapes)

Austra - Feel it Break (Domino)

Autumn - Synthesize (Minimal Wave)

Autumus - Travel on East Allen ("Disaro"/Self released)

Bestial Mouths - Hissing Veil (Dais)

Blouse - Into Black 7" (Captured Tracks)

Brotman and Short - Heights (Cold Dick Records)

Chromagain - Any Colour We Liked (Mannequin)

Craft Spells - Idle Labor (Captured Tracks)

Cult of Youth - New West (Sacred Bones)

France - Grand Tour (Rectangle Astral)

Frank Alpine - s/t (Wierd)

In Trance 95 - Cities of Steel and Neon (Minimal Wave)

Jeff & Jane Hudson – Flesh (Dark Entries)

John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (Upset the Rhythm)

Martial Canterel - You Today (Wierd)

Police des Moeurs - Police des Moeurs EP (Visage Musique)

Present Moment, The - Loyal to a Fault (Mannequin/Desire)Silk Flowers - Ltd. Form (PPM)

Soft Kill - An Open Door (Fast Weapons)

Soft Metals - s/t (Captured Tracks)

Staccato Du Mal - Sin Destino (Wierd)

Trust - Bulbform 12" (Sacred Bones)Trust - Candy Walls 7" (Sacred Bones)

Tunnels - The Blackout (Thrill Jockey) V.A. - Visage Musique Vol. 1 download (Visage Musique)

V.A. - Orgelvärk (Minimal Wave)

Vita Noctis - Against the Rule (Dark Entries)

Xeno & Oaklander - Sets & Lights (Wierd)

White Ring – Black Earth That Made Me (Rocket Girl)

[DJ Nihil]

Didn't get a chance to listen to too much last year. My standout favorites were Necro Facility's Wintermute and System Syn's All Seasons Pass.