Posts tagged "Best of 2011"
bLISTerd Presents: Nick's Top 11 Albums of 2011

bLISTerd Presents: Nick’s Top 11 Albums of 2011

Aw…they look so cute. Mastodon leads the charge on Nick’s list of the top 11 albums of 2011.

bLISTerd Presents: Koomdogg's top 11 Albums of 2011

bLISTerd Presents: Koomdogg’s top 11 Albums of 2011

There were a lot of terrific rock albums in 2011, but the one that stood out for me was Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life, and not just because I can’t say the band’s name in front of my mom. The Toronto hardcore act has been around for a decade or so, signed to Matador for the last three. David Comes to Life is a sprawling rock opera about a factory worker in 1970s-era England, but more importantly, it kicks […]

bLISTerd Presents: Drew's Top 11 Albums of 2011

bLISTerd Presents: Drew’s Top 11 Albums of 2011

As we reach the inevitable list-making portion of the year, all of the usual concerns arise: how to order? What was the one album of the year that stands head and shoulders above the rest? Will LMFAO come back next year, and if so, is there any way to stop that from happening? But me, I’ve got a special reason to celebrate: this year, my good buddy The Blerd roped me back into doing some more of that writing stuff […]

Goes Cube Goes for the Throat (Metal Monday sidebar)

Too much good metal in 2011! Brain can’t take it. In Tides And Drifts came out of left field for me. I had heard some hype on Goes Cube’s debut full-length, Another Day Has Passed, in 2009 but I never got into them and then In Tides And Drifts crossed my path. It’s a must own for EVERY metal fan this year. Take the diversity of Converge songs  like “Grim Heart/Black Rose”, “Cruel Bloom”, and “Wretched World”; mix them with the musical […]