2011: the year of australia and sloppiness
top albums:
kitchen’s floor “look forward to nothing”
royal headache “royal headache”
uv race “homo”
milk music “beyond living” (this was 2011, right?)
mikal cronin “mikal cronin”
kurt vile “smoke ring for my halo”
gun outfit “high places”
nodzzz “innings”
total control “henge beat”
the babies “the babies”
clap “have you reached yet” (okay, a reissue)
top singles:
boomgates “bright idea/cameo”
brain f≠ “so dim” and “restraining order”
veronica falls “bad feeling”
grass widow “milo minute”
bed wettin’ bad boys “nobody else”
twerps “she didn’t know”
ovens 7” EP
bleached “carter” and “francis” and “searching through the past”
social circkle “expiration date”
uzi rash “i saw you”
art museums “dancing” and “s.h.o.p.p.i.n.g”
real estate “it’s real”
three things i badly wanted to list that didn’t come out in 2011 but took up a lot of my listening time this year:
sopors “golden era #287”
john wesley coleman III “steal my mind”
leatherface “mush” (how did i miss this one for so many years?)