Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Munich, Germany (October, 2011)

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Five days in Munich, primarily for Daniel's brother's bachelor party at Okotoberfest, but we got up to other adventures too!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

MY TOP ALBUMS OF 2011



So I acquired 46 new pieces of music last year (via various formats and various states of legality). Here's a rough guide to how I'd rate the year musically.

Comments are always welcome and, of course, Happy 2012 everyone!

1. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
2. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
3. Cut Copy – Zonoscope
4. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Belong
5. Austra – Feel It Break
6. Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix
7. Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost!
8. Junior Boys – It’s All True
9. James Blake – James Blake
10. Friendly Fires - Pala
11. Cults – Cults
12. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
13. MEN – Talk About Body
14. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
15. Radiohead – King of Limbs
16. Brett Anderson – Black Rainbows
17. Destroyer - Kaputt
18. Chapel Club – Palace
19. Death In Vegas – Trans-Love Energies
20. Patrick Wolf – Lupercalia
21. Zomby - Dedication
22. The Weeknd – House of Balloons
23. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
24. The Sounds of Arrows – Voyage
25. a&r – Aquarium
26. Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
27. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
28. Foster The People – Torches
29. Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
30. The Streets – Computers and Blues
31. Black Devil Disco Club – Circus
32. Yelle – Safari Disco Club
33. Hercules And Love Affair – Blue Songs
34. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco.
35. Jónsi – We Bought A Zoo (OST)
36. Feist – Metals
37. The Roots – Undun
38. Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
39. Noah and The Whale – Last Night on Earth
40. Sloan – The Double Cross
41. YACHT – Shangri-La
42. The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts
43. Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde
44. Kasabian - Velociprator
45. Bjork – Biophilia
46. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake