Julie

My top 15 of 2011

1 SANDRO PERRI - Impossible Spaces
2 DESTROYER - Kaputt
3 THE WAR ON DRUGS - Slave Ambient
4 JENNIFER CASTLE - Castlemusic
5 CASS McCOMBS - Wit's End
6 THE SKELETONES FOUR - Gravestone Rock
7 THE WEATHER STATION - All Of It Was Mine
8 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - S/T
9 THURSTON MOORE - Demolished Thoughts
10 A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN - S/T
11 KURT VILE - Smoke Ring For My Halo
12 THE PINING - S/T
13 FEIST - Metals
14 THE CARETAKER - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
15 THUNDERCAT - The Golden Age Of Apocalypse

My top 15 reissues of 2011

1 JIM SULLIVAN - U.F.O.
2 MICKEY NEWBURY - An American Trilogy
3 THE LEFT BANKE - Walk Away Renee
4 GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - Himself
5 VA - Brand New Wayo
6 VA - Sweet Inspiration: The Songs Of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
7 JEF GILSON - The Best Of Jef Gilson
8 GENE CLARK - Roadmaster
9 VAN DYKE PARKS - Arrangements, Vol. 1
10 DARONDO - Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions
11 VA - Caltone Special
12 QUESTION MARK - Be Nice To The People
13 AARON NEVILLE - Hercules: The Minit And Sansu Sessions 1960-1977
14 ARCHERS OF LOAF - Icky Mettle (remaster)
15 VA - I Listen To The Wind That Obliterates My Traces: Music In Vernacular Photographs 1880-1955 (book + CD)

My favourite artists are: Townes Van Zandt, Karen Dalton, The Band, Jorge Ben, John Fahey, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Dirty Projectors, Velvet Underground, Bert Jansch, Yo La Tengo, T-Rex, The Kinks, Impressions, Jonathan Richman, Elizabeth Cotten, Sandro Perri, Erik Satie, Alice Coltrane,  Field Recordings

My all-time favourite album is: BOB DYLAN - Blood on the Tracks

The first album I ever bought was: MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller

On Saturday nights, I throw down to: Thomas Mapfumo, Burning Spear, Dirty Projectors, Noel Ellis, Wilco, Sonics, Kinks,

On Sunday mornings, I recover to: Pentangle - Reflection , Mississippi John Hurt, Vashti Bunyan, Bert Jansch, Sam Cooke, Irma Thomas

The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: DIRTY PROJECTORS & LEVON HELM'S MIDNIGHT RAMBLE

My favourite albums this year were: SANDRO PERRI - Impossible Spaces, DOUG PAISLEY - Constant Companion, WAR ON DRUGS - Slave Ambient, THE WEATHER STATION - All of It Was Mine, JENNIFER CASTLE - Castlemusic, THE PINING - S/T, WILCO - The Whole Love, MICKEY NEWBURY - American Trilogy, LEFT BANKE - Walk Away Renee, CANDI STATON - Evidence, JOHN SOUTHWORTH-Human Cry, CASS MCCOMBS - Wit's End, ANIKA - S/T, JAYHAWKS - Tomorrow The Green Grass (Deluxe), UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - S/T, DESTROYER- Kaputt, TIMBER TIMBRE-Creep On Creepin' On

The best show I've seen so far this year is: HEARTLAND FESTIVAL in Vevey, Switzerland

The band that should come out of retirement is: The Deadly Snakes