Saturday, January 7, 2012

Tastiest of 2011 - All The Rest

So being that we're about a week into 2012, I've decided to do one final post about my favorite music from the past year. I wanted to include many of these artists as individual posts but the time has come to move on. So, without further ado, let's bring the final Tastiest of 2011 pizza out of the oven and have a few slices.


First up Wilco, from their album  The Whole Love, here's the epic seven minute track , Art of AlmostWilco – Art Of Almost. Check it out on Letterman.

Although I didn't love Brett Dennen's 2011 release Loverboy, I did really enjoy some of the songs. Brett is one of the most fun, positive, and happy musicians out there and everything you see in his videos resembles what you see in his live shows. Plus, he's lost a lot of weight since I met him a few years back (see photo below).  

Alright, time to change it up. Here's Jay Z and Kanye West (and oh yeah, the man, Otis Redding) with Otis from Watch the Throne Jay Z – Otis
Sounds so soulful, don't you agree?

Let's M83 it. Here's Midnight City from the album Hurry Up We're DreamingM83 – Midnight City

Everything Connor Oberest and Bright Eyes does is gold and the album The People's Key was no exception. I chose the song Jejune songs because I love how much Connor sounds like Paul Simon in Kodachrome when he sings  "into the green of the radar."

Mac Miller is a 19 year old rapper out of Pittsburgh and this song Knock, Knock was the official soundtrack to our summer party. Mac Miller – Knock Knock Plus the Philadelphia Flyers have adopted the song as their victory anthem, awesome!. 

My "Most Theatrical" award goes to Fun. and their song We Are YoungFun. – We Are Young - feat. Janelle MonĂ¡e

The Civil Wars, my favorite duet of 2011! Here's Poison and Wine from the album Barton Hallow. The Civil Wars – Poison & Wine

Ok, to change it up completely, here's Denver's finest electronic rock band. This was also my wife's favorite pop song of  2011. Here's Breathe Carolina with Blackout Breathe Carolina – Blackout.***Video is a bit racy, might not be safe for work, but that all depends on where you work.***   

Finally, Dispatch. One of my favorite bands of all time reunited this summer and I was lucky enough to see them play one of their first shows of their reunion tour at Red Rocks this past summer. The band released an EP this year and and just hearing new music from the band for the first time in 8 years pretty much made my summer just by itself. Here's Broken American filmed in Steamboat Springs, CO! Dispatch – Broken American 

Alright, that does it for 2011! Sorry to all the Adele (I do like Adele) fans but it's time for me to move on. There was heaps of great music in 2011 and I couldn't recognize it all, but I hope my list has given you a solid overview of my musical tastes. Thank you 2011, you were Bad Ass!     

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