Top 20 Albums of 2011

Author: Matt Moeller

31 Dec

#	Artist	Album	Label
1.	Wooden Birds	Two Matchsticks	Barsuk	\|Listen\|Buy\|
2.	Fruit Bats	Tripper	Sub Pop	\|Listen\|Buy\|
3.	Joy Formidable	The Big Roar	Atlantic	\|Listen\|Buy\|
4.	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks	Mirror Traffic	Matador	\|Listen\|Buy\|
5.	Decemberists	The King Is Dead	Capitol	\|Listen\|Buy\|
6.	Gillian Welch	The Harrow & The Harvest	Acony	\|Listen\|Buy\|
7.	Dodos	No Color	Frenchkiss	\|Listen\|Buy\|
8.	Richard Buckner	Our Blood	Merge	\|Listen\|Buy\|
9.	Mates Of State	Mountaintops	Barsuk	\|Listen\|Buy\|
10.	Gruff Rhys	Hotel Shampoo	Wichita	\|Listen\|Buy\|
11.	Fleet Foxes	Helplessness Blues	Sub Pop	\|Listen\|Buy\|
12.	Beastie Boys	Hot Sauce Committee Part 2	Capitol	\|Listen\|Buy\|
13.	Cults	Cults	Columbia	\|Listen\|Buy\|
14.	Sloan	The Double Cross	Yep Roc	\|Listen\|Buy\|
15.	Lykke Li	Wounded Rhymes	Atlantic	\|Listen\|Buy\|
16.	Iron & Wine	Kiss Each Other Clean	Warner Bros.	\|Listen\|Buy\|
17.	Vaccines	What Did You Expect From The Vaccines	Columbia	\|Listen\|Buy\|
18.	Gang Of Four	Content	Yep Roc	\|Listen\|Buy\|
19.	Feist	Metals	Interscope	\|Listen\|Buy\|
20.	Lonely Island	Turtleneck & Chain	Republic	\|Listen\|Buy\|

Honorable Mention:

Peter Bjorn & John – Gimme Some (Almost Gold)

PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Vagrant)

Yuck – S/T (Fat Possum)

Phantogram – Nightlife EP (Barsuk)

Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital (Sub Pop)

Head & The Heart – S/T (Sub Pop)

Thao & Mirah – S/T (Kill Rock Stars)

Sondre Lerche – Sondre Lerche (Redeye)

Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador)

Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Belong (Slumberland)

Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations – S/T (Bedroom Classics)

Rubblebucket – Omega La La (Megaforce)

Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum)

Please see also: my “selections from” playlists for the top 20 list and the honorable mentions. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

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Playlist: Selections from my Top 20 Albums of 2011

Author: Matt Moeller

31 Dec

Considering the faltering legal status of my usual go to music playlist site Grooveshark.com, I am also including a link to the playlist through Spotify.

Selections from Top 20 Albums of 2011

Until its future demise I will continue embedding playlists from Grooveshark.

If you do not see the embedded playlist below please follow this link or check it on Spotify through the link above.

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Album Review: The Lonely Island – Incredibad (2009)

Author: Matt Moeller

14 Jun

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ating:	Track:	Sound Code:	Track Title:	Length:
***	1.	MH	Who Said We’re Wack?	1:17
****	2.	MH	Santana DVX (featuring E-40) [FCC]	2:36
*****	3.	M	Jizz In My Pants	2:32
*****	4.	MH	I’m On A Boat (featuring T-Pain) [FCC]	2:37
***	5.	M	Sax Man (featuring Jack Black) [FCC]	2:07
*****	6.	MH	Lazy Sunday (featuring Chris Parnell)	2:20
****	7.	Spoken	Normal Guy (Interlude) [FCC]	1:05
***	8.	M	Boombox (featuring Julian Casablancas of The Strokes) [FCC]	3:14
*	9.	MH	Shrooms (Interlude)	0:35
*****	10.	MH	Like A Boss [FCC]	1:47
***	11.	M	We Like Sportz	2:05
***	12.	M	Dreamgirl (featuring Norah Jones)	3:14
****	13.	M	Ras Trent	2:06
*****	14.	M	Dick In A Box (featuring Justin Timberlake) [FCC]	2:42
*	15.	M	The Old Saloon [FCC]	1:06
**	16.	MH	Punch You In The Jeans [FCC]	2:48
**	17.	M	Space Olympics [FCC]	2:56
*****	18.	MH	Natalie’s Rap (featuring Natalie Portman) [FCC]	2:28
**	19.	MH	Incredibad	2:55

(Go to this link for the explanation of the review format)

Most will probably already know of the existance of some of these songs through the “Digital Shorts” on Saturday Night Live. The ones that are responsible for such ridiculous fun are SNL cast member Andy Samberg, and his friends from all the way back in Junior High: Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer. Not exactly the most highbrow sophisticated comedy out there but it doesn’t matter because it’s fucking hilarious. Definitely a fun listen… in addition to the classics such as “Dick In A Box” and “Lazy Sunday” you will find funny tracks like “Santana DVX” featuring rapper E-40, “Sax Man” featuring Jack Black, and one of my favorites the “Normal Guy” interlude.

You will find the tracks above that were produced as Digital Shorts are linked to the video on Hulu.com. Also check out the most recent Lonely Island jam – the uncensored version of “Motherlover” featuring Justin Timberlake here.

Check out the album below in its entirety, if embedded content does not appear follow this link.

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