Best of 2011

The Year in Heavy 2011 according to artists & friends (part 1)

Aaron with Defeatist at their last show (more by BBG) I previously posted my highlights of 2011 but my opinion is obviously just one of many…

3rd Weeknd mixtape released; Heems likes the 1st one a lot

To quote Pitchfork: “The Weeknd‘s follow-up to House of Balloons and Thursday is here. Grab the nine-track Echoes of Silence— featuring a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” and production from Clams Casino— for free over on the-weeknd…

Bradford Cox told us his favorite albums of 2011; Atlas Sound played Bowery (pics, video, setlist & a live recording)

Atlas Sound (aka Bradford Cox) played his annual winter shows in NYC this past weekend at The Bell House on Saturday (12/17) and Bowery Ballroom on Sunday (12/18) where he he played most of the recently released Parallax, a few older cuts and a Christmas song called “Artificial Snow…

James McNew of Yo La Tengo & Ted Leo list their favorite things about 2011

Matador label-mates James McNew of Yo La Tengo and Ted Leo both have December 2011 Maxwell’s shows coming up and both contributed ‘Best of 2011’ lists to Matador Records for the label’s annual big list of lists…

Pitchfork's Top Albums & Tracks of 2011

Last week, Pitchfork posted their much anticipated top 50 albums of 2011 and their top 100 tracks of 2011. It’s no huge surprise that Bon Iver took best album and that M83 took best track with “Midnight City,” but some other choices were a little less expected…

Balam Acab, oOoOO & Holy Other -- upcoming shows, remixes (and Balam's Favorites of 2011 list)

oOoOO at PS1 in August (more by Erez Avissar) Tri Angle labelmates Balam Acab, oOoOO, and Holy Other are heading out on a European tour together this February…

The Year in Heavy (BBG's favorite records & shows of 2011)

Midnight at Rites of Darkness (more by BBG) 2011 was a year that I spent delving deep into record bins, in the pit at shows, and searching for the most brutal of the brutal at festivals across the country including Maryland Deathfest, Chaos in Tejas, Rites of Darkness, SXSW, the A389 Anniversary show, California Discord Fest, and many others…

Impalers made one of our favorite 7"s this year; Chaos in Tejas was the best heavy fest (no offense Fun Fun Fun)

The Impalers @ Emo’s for Chaos in Tejas (more by BBG) We just posted our “Year in Heavy” over at Brooklynvegan, BBG’s list of the best heavy music that happened in 2011…

Indian, Atlas Moth, Leviathan, Russian Circles & Anatomy of Habit make our top Heavy Albums of 2011 list

The Atlas Moth @ Subterranean (more by Carmelo Espanola) Two of them made the main list. Three were honorable mentions. All in all proof (scientific proof even…

New Moods' Top 10 Things in 2011

New Moods (whose members include a Young Magic member and Gang Gang Dance’s engineer) have been busy practicing for their 9pm set at the BV Holiday Party at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight (12/13) (some tickets will be on sale at the door), but they managed to get this list in just in time for those going (or still thinking of going) (or wondering if they should show up for the opener) (you should…
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