My Favorite Tracks From My 10 Favorite Albums Of 2011

Yeah yeah it's kinda late, but here it is any way. These are in no particular order.

Justice- Audio, Video, Disco (Track: Audio, Video, Disco)


Fujiya & Miyagi- Ventriloquizzing (Track: 16 Shades of Black and Blue)


Frank Ocean- Nostalgia, Life (Track: Novacane)


Black Keys- El Camino (Track: Little Black Submarines)


The Horrors- Skying (Track: Endless Blue)


Neon Indian- Exa Extrana (Track: Polish Girl)


Japanther- Beets, Limes & Rice (Track: Porcupine)


Washed Out- Within and Without (Track: Amor Fati)


Frank Turner- England Keep My Bones (Track: Peggy Sang The Blues)


Black Lips- Arabia Mountain (Track: New Direction)

Good Music Video

5 Songs (Including Two Good Videos)

JEFF the Brotherhood- U Got The Look


The Black Angels- River of Blood


Elliot Smith- Alphabet Town


Japanther- Challenge


The Methadones- Bottom Out

Good Music Videos

Japanther ft. Spank Rock- Radical Business Man

CMJ Music Marathon (Shows This Past Week)

Megaphonic Thrift

The Suffolk Back Room

http://www.myspace.com/megaphonicthrift

Norwegian alt rock in a Sonic Youth meets My Bloody Valentine meets Smashing Pumpkins- Gish era sound.

Japanther

The Suffolk Back Room

http://www.myspace.com/japanther

Loud and distorted bass and drums.  They seemed to pick up where Death from Above 1979 left off... and thats a good thing.

Midnight Juggernauts

Bowery Ballroom

http://www.myspace.com/midnightjuggernauts

Was looking forward to this show all night only to have them get cut off by the 1am curfew at Bowery Ballrooom... lame.

Fools Gold

Bowery Poetry Club

http://www.myspace.com/foolsgold

LA based band creates a wonderful combination of folk leaning indie rock and some latin/world sounds.