2011 Favorite Music Word Cloud
When putting together the post on my favorite music from 2011, it struck me that it might be interesting to see if there are any reoccurring words or themes in the lyrics. With the exception of 2 songs that I could neither fully understand nor find lyrics for on the internet, here’s what my favorite songs of 2011 were talking about:
Thanks to Ross Flournoy of Apex Manor for taking the time to write down and send me the lyrics for Teenage Blood, which features a couple of my favorite lines from last year’s crop:
I’m a cat de-clawed but I’m eager for a little wrestle time
You’re a green-eyed minx with a tender spot for the risky kind
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Favorite Music of 2011
Obviously this is a little late as we’re now well into 2012. Just ignore that, and check out the wonderful music below.
2011 was a strange year for me in terms of music consumption. Due to work overload and a rapidly evolving landscape of music sources, I didn’t buy nearly as much music as I did the previous year (nor did I see nearly as many shows, nor really did I keep up with this blog as much as I’d like to). That being said, while I was slacking on the listening, there were many bands out there really getting at it. This is a compilation of my favorite tunes among the really fantastic releases of 2011.
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Listen to this playlist on Spotify (partial playlist).
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| Artist | Song | Album |
| Wye Oak | Civilian | Civilian |
| The Antlers | Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out | Burst Apart
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| Milagres | Here To Stay | Glowing Mouth
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| Akron/Family | Light Emerges | S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT
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| Fleet Foxes | Blue Spotted Tail | Helplessness Blues
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| The Generationals | You Say It Too | Actor-Caster
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| Fort Lean | Beach Holiday | Fort Lean EP
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| The Rural Alberta Advantage | Tornado ’87 | Departing
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| The Cave Singers | No Prosecution If We Bail | No Witch
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| East River Pipe | Tommy Made A Movie | We Live In Rented Rooms
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| Apex Manor | Teenage Blood | The Year Of Magical Drinking
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| Ty Segall | Where Your Head Goes | Goodbye Bread
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| Girls | Honey Bunny | Father, Son, Holy Ghost
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| Iron & Wine | Big Burned Hand | Kiss Each Other Clean
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| The Thoughts | Orange Sky | I Won’t Keep You Here
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| Thao & Mirah | Eleven | Thao & Mirah
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| WATERS | For The One | Out In The Light
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| Youth Lagoon | 17 | The Year Of Hibernation
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| The Head and the Heart | Rivers and Roads | The Head And The Heart
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| Ezra Furman & The Harpoons | I Killed Myself But I Didn’t Die | Mysterious Power
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| Darwin Deez | Radar Detector | Darwin Deez
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| The Middle East | Jesus Came To My Birthday Party | I Want That You Are Always Happy
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