dinsdag 9 augustus 2011

THE BEST OF 2011 SO FAR



We durven het nu wel aan.... welke albums hebben tot nu toe op ons de meeste indruk gemaakt in 2011?
Een willekeurige volgorde!! Het zegt nog niets voor de top 50 over 2011, maar je mag wel verwachten dat deze albums in ieder geval in dat lijstje voor zullen komen.



Zijn we een album vergeten?? Laat het ons dan even weten!!!


We’re in the middle of the year and so we thought we’d take a look back at the best albums released in 2011 thus far. Starting with <b>Friendly Fires - ‘Pala’.</b> NME said: “'Pala' offers the sort of agreeable nonsense every good summer needs.” <a href="http://bit.ly/kMHQEN" target="”_blank”">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://amzn.to/mo3RRF" target="”_blank”">Buy</a> this album.
Friendly Fires- Pala


<b>Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - ‘Rome’.</b> NME said: “Hopefully listeners will fall in love with this entrancing and gorgeously out-of-step album.” <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.nme.com/reviews/danger-mouse-daniele-luppi/12054%E2%80%9D" target="”_blank”">Album review</a>.<i>8/10</i>. <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttp://amzn.to/kw6HNZ%E2%80%9D" target="”_blank”">Buy</a> this album.


Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - Rome




<b>Bon Iver – ‘Bon Iver’</b>. We had a first listen to the album and said: “The ambient, jazz-lite aspects of Bon Iver’s new sound won’t be to everyone’s tastes but there’s a gentle beauty to the whole thing”. <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttp://bit.ly/kVIwVX%E2%80%9D" target="”_blank">First Listen</a>. <a href="%E2%80%9D" http:="" amzn.to="" jm5avz”="" target="”_blank”">Pre-order</a> this album.
Bon Iver - Bon Iver




<b>Radiohead - ‘King Of Limbs’.</b> NME said: “It’s also bracingly avant-garde in places, with rhythms seemingly designed to throw you off balance.” <a href="http://www.nme.com/reviews/radiohead/11925">Album review</a>.<i>7/10</i>. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Radiohead&tag=nmereviewsarticle-21&index=music&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738">Buy</a> this album.
Radiohead - King of Limbs




<b>Metronomy – ‘The English Riviera’</b>. NME said: “Joe Mount has transformed his Metronomy project from a jaunty, brilliant, yet ultimately niche electro outfit into one of the most expansive and visionary pop bands in the country.” <a href="http://bit.ly/jeDhTK" target="" _blank="">Album Review</a>. <i>9/10</i>. <a href="http://amzn.to/jfuGlP" target="_blank”">Buy</a> this album.

Metronomy - The English Riviera




<b>Kate Bush – ‘Director’s Cut’.</b> NME said: “Her vocals now sound stately, and the impression is of grande dame breathing new life into work as an ingénue.” <a href="http://bit.ly/joQNd5">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>.<a href="http://amzn.to/jOxq31" target="__blank”">Buy</a> this album.
Kate Bush - Director's Cut




<b>Austra, ‘Feel It Break’.</b> NME said: “Katie and bandmates delight in glistening arpeggiated coldwave synths that evoke Depeche Mode, even Nine Inch Nails, glimmering like a sashayed sequined cape.”<a href="http://bit.ly/kXGFvX">Album review</a>. <i>7/10</i>.<a href="http://amzn.to/iNkmrM" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.
Austra- Feel It Break




<b>James Blake, 'James Blake'.</b> NME said: "The man is quite simply a mystery wrapped inside an enigma, wrapped inside a giant metaphysical Kinder Egg of befuddlement." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/64xv72a" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>6/10</i>.<a href="http://amzn.to/iDDw2S" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.
James Blake - James Blake


<b>Noah & The Whale, 'Last Night On Earth'.</b> NME said: "They’ve made a sincere, unironic record about how great life can be if you want it to be." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ee86jh" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/62g4nsd" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.


Noah and The Whale - Last Night On Earth




<b>Wild Beasts, 'Smother'.</b> This one's out on May 9th, but NME got the first listen: "It will take a few more listens...but we can tell already that when it swims into focus, it's going to be a beauty." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6yxx9by" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/63wwdmg" target="_blank">Pre-order</a> this album now.
Wilde Beasts - Smother




<b>The Naked And Famous, 'Passive Me, Aggressive You'.</b> NME said: "A classic case of ugly and beautiful: TN&F’s passive melodicism and aggressive innovation clash in a dazzling blaze of psych/sonic fireworks." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4a9pg48" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6bxevyt" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.


The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You




<b>The Vaccines, 'What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?'.</b> NME said: "It’s indie rock, and The Vaccines do it better than any young British band has done in years." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/69kstkc" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5s9cwhl" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?




<b>Esben And The Witch, 'Violet Cries'.</b> NME said: "There’s a far richer and more refined set of treats on display here than any of the band’s contemporaries could rustle up." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/63p3agt" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6hmech4" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.
Esben And The Witch - Violet Cries




<b>Elbow, 'Build A Rocket Boys!'.</b> NME said: "Elbow have retained their crowns as everyman kings." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6yvchpx" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/68yosk5" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.
Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!


<b>Bright Eyes, 'The People's Key'.</b> NME said: "It boldly goes where no wobble-voiced, therapy-scarred Nebraskan psych-poet has gone before." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/66o3lfh" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>8/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5spy67k" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.Bright Eyes - The People's Key


<b>PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake'.</b> NME said: "A record that ventures deep into the heart of darkness of war itself and its resonance throughout England’s past, present and future." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6brzeb5" target="_blank">Album review</a>. <i>10/10</i>. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/62wzbad" target="_blank">Buy</a> this album.
P.J. Harvey - Let England Shake



Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues



Stevie Nicks- In Your Dreams





Frank Boeijen- Genade





Racoon- Liverpool Rain





Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia



Cut Copy- Zonoscope



R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now





The Horrors- Skying





The Mirrors - Lights and Offering



Pnau- Soft Universe











2 opmerkingen:

  1. Anoniem9 augustus 2011 om 19:18

    Ik mis 21 van Adele in het lijstje

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  2. Anoniem9 augustus 2011 om 19:37

    wow wat een geweldige afwisselende lijst, kan niet wachten tot december, volgens mij wordt het een top 100 als jullie zo door gaan!!

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