The Oedipus Project
Before we move into the new year allow me to suggest the free download from Spin.
24 tracks from 2011 including Deer Tick, EMA, Fucked Up, Kurt Vile, Zola Jesus, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Phantogram, and Wild Flag, all heard here last year.
Also featured is Yuck, the quartet from London, who made their debut in 2011.
“Shook Down’ is from their self-titled LP.
We kick off the New Year with one look back.
It was an exciting year of new music. So many artists gave me pleasure as reflected in this website.
For the record, albums that enthralled me from beginning to end included:
Washed Out–Within and Without
Real Estate–Days
Dum Dum Girls–Only in Dreams
Lykke Li–Wounded Rhymes
St. Vincent–Strange Mercy
Here are Jonathan L’s favorites of 2011.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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Glasvegas “Euphoria, Take My Hand”
Headcat “American Beat”,
Kingdom Come “Blue Trees”
THE LONELY ISLAND
f/ Michael Bolton “Jack Sparrow”
“Watch Me Do Me” (interlude)
f/ Justin Timberlake “Motherlover”
THE REAL TUESDAY WELD
“Time Of The Month”
“Me And Mr Wolf”
“It’s Time”(interlude)
“Tear Us Apart”
“The Hunt”
Movits “Sammy Davis Jr.” (Swedish version)
Superheavy “Miracle Worker”
Motopony “God Damned Girl”
QUEENSRYCHE
“Higher”
“Hot Spot Junkie”
“Around The World”
The Heavenly States “Berlin Wall”
Fink “Berlin Sunrise”
NEW YORK DOLLS
“Fabulous Rant” (interlude)
“Baby Tell Me What I’m On”
“Talk To Me Baby”
THEOLIPHUS LONDON
“Last Name London”
“All Around The World”
“She’s Great” (interlude)
“I Stand Alone”
“Wine & Chocolates”
KASABIAN
“I Hear Voices”
“Goodbye Kiss”
“Days Are Forgotten” (album version)
WUMPSCUT
“Alles Aus”
“Patient A”
“Jiddisch Is A Zwillink”
The world of music is cyclical and goes into hiatus a few weeks before Christmas and into the new year. Slowly new music is released in January and gains momentum later in the winter flowing into the spring.
Bands that enthralled me last year included Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Avi Buffalo, Badly Drawn Boy, Beach House, Belle & Sebastian, Best Coast, Blonde Redhead, Delorean, The Drums, Dum Dum Girls, Eminem, Girl Talk, Glasser, Gorillaz, Janelle Monáe, Joanna Newsom, Karen Elson, Laura Marling, Lykke Li, Matt & Kim, Mumford & Sons, The National, No Age, Perfume Genius, Phoenix, School of Seven Bells, She & Him, Shearwater, Sleigh Bells, Stars, Titus Andronicus and Warpaint.
And The xx continued to give me great pleasure.
Here you will hear the best new music as it becomes available.
Next week we will have an exclusive Cure video.
Happy New Year indeed.
