BEST OF THE BEST OF 2011: JIM DEROGATIS, AUTHOR "LET IT BLURT," NPR’S SOUND OPINIONS
Hi everybody! I’m lazy as fuck! Here’s a list of some promo albums I got this year that I then wrote some words about:
1. Le Butcherettes, Sin Sin Sin (Rodriguez Lopez Productions); 2. Wild Flag, Wild Flag (Sub Pop); 3. Das Racist, Relax (Greedhead LLC); 4. The Feelies, Here Before (Bar None); 5. Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, Rome (Capitol); 6. F*cked Up, David Comes to Life (Matador); 7. Bewitched Hands, Birds and Drums (Look Mum No Hands); 8. tUnE-yArDs, WHOKILL (4AD); 9. The Decemberists, The King Is Dead (Capitol); 10. The Go! Team, Rolling Blackouts (Memphis Industries); 11. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up (Sub Pop); 12. Wilco, The Whole Love (dBpm); 13. Ponytail, Do Whatever You Want All the Time (We Are Free); 14. Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin’ (Columbia); 15. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop); 16. The Cool Kids, When Fish Ride Bicycles (Green Label Sound); 17. Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Capitol); 18. TV on the Radio, Nine Types of Light (Interscope); 19. Kate Bush, 50 Words for Snow (Anti-); 20. Mastodon, The Hunter (Reprise); 21. Van Hunt, What Were You Hoping For? (Godless Hotspot); 22. Sons & Daughters, Mirror Mirror (Domino); 23. Lucinda Williams, Blessed (Lost Highway); 24. Drive-By Truckers, Go-Go Boots (ATO); 25. Gorillaz, The Fall (Virgin); 26. Lydia Loveless, Indestructible Machine (Bloodshot); 27. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mirror Traffic (Matador); 28. Lupe Fiasco, Lasers (Atlantic); 29. Radiohead, The King of Limbs (self-released); 30. Damon & Naomi, False Beats and True Hearts (20-20-20); 31. Steven Wilson, Grace for Drowning (Kscope); 32. Trombone Shorty, For True (Verve Forecast); 33. Wye Oak, Civilian (Merge); 34. Mannequin Men, Mannequin Men (Addenda); 35. Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes (Atlantic); 36. Beats Antique, Elektrafone (Antique); 37. Smoking Popes, This Is Only A Test (Asian Man Records); 38. North Mississippi Allstars, Keys to the Kingdom (Songs of the South); 39. Marketa Irglova, Anar (Anti-); 40. Smith Westerns, Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum)
As you can see, I didn’t break a sweat making this list, which is impressive for me because I break a sweat doing ANYTHING. For inclusion on future lists like this one, please send promos to: Jim DeRogatis c/o Job He Still Has For Some Reason, Navy Pier, Chicago.