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1. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning. A love letter to progressive rock, utilizing his unique voice and talents as a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist producer to full capacity, is proof the genre has more of a legacy than the Jann Wenner's of the world would have you believe. Certain songs contain benchmark progressive moments (especially the 23-minute opus "Raider II"), but some songs defy description or genres such as the ominous "Index" or dreamy ethereal instrumentals such as the title track, "Belle de Jour", and the closing minutes of the final song "Like Dust I Have Cleared From My Eye". It stands as a testament to his utter commitment as an artist, collaborator (in this case, with the many musicians who lend their unique talents to this, such as Steve Hackett, Tony Levin, Jordan Rudess and Theo Travis) and someone who clearly defies the throwaway elements so much popular music is cluttered with these days.

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составил топ исполнителей просушенных мной в 2011 году, в основном это джаз, классика и фолк. Это согласно ластэфему, в реальности все конечно разнообразней) к этому надо добавить прог рок, краут рок, неофолк и еще что-нибудь) интересно куда уведут мои извечные поиски музыки и нового звучания в этом году?) составлю такой же список через год и посмотрю далеко ли я ушел)

1 Bohren & der Club of Gore
2 Валентин Васильович Сильвестров
3 Falkenstein
4 Joy Division
5 Георгий Васильевич Свиридов
6 Clinic
7 Nina Simone
8 Bob Marley
9 Miles Davis
10 Oriental Sunshine
11 Philip Glass
12 The Doors
13 Arve Henriksen
13 Erik Satie
15 Dustin O'Halloran
16 Louis Armstrong
17 Alizbar
18 Bill Evans
19 King Crimson
20 АлтайКай
21 Otis Taylor
22 Kammerflimmer Kollektief
23 Huun-Huur-Tu
24 Lela Tsurtsumia
25 Brian Eno
25 1000 Funerals
27 Max Richter
28 Forseti
29 Arvo Pärt
30 Александр Вертинский

Best albums not from 2011 that I discovered/warmed up to in 2011:
Papa M - Live From a Shark Cage / Whatever, Mortal
Loren MazzaCane Connors - Airs
Early Day Miners - Let Us Garlands Bring
Julian Lynch - Mare
Yellow Swans - At All Ends / Psychic Secession
William Tyler - Behold the Spirit
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee
Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet - The Breadwinner / Air Supply
Loren Connors & Jim O'Rourke - Are You Going to Stop...In Bern?
Jim O'Rourke - Bad Timing
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Austere - Curio
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
The The - Soul Mining
Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
Arthur Russell - World of Echo
Doveman - With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead
Martin Siewert & Martin Brandlmayr - Too Beautiful to Burn


Top 50 Artists Overall as of Jan. 1, 2012:
1The Microphones 1,454
2Radiohead 1,381
3Animal Collective 1,374
4Thanksgiving 1,356
5Neil Young 1,131
6Mount Eerie 1,011
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Os Artistas / The Artists

Cachorro Grande


Bidê ou Balde


The Kooks


Ludov


Babes In Toyland


AI-5


Moby


The Velvet Underground


Arctic Monkeys


Brian Eno & David Byrne


Marisa Monte


Pitty


Brian Eno


Daft Punk


Arcade Fire


The Jesus and Mary Chain


The Beatles

Albums of 2011
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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
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I love me some PB and J Harvey but this review is kind of embarrassing for me. This has gotten more re-reviews than any other album I've ever written about.

At first I hated it. I was let down. It wasn't what I'd come to expect out of Harvey.

I felt guilty for being that selfish and re-reviewed it a few months later. It got a better review but nothing to write home about.

A few months after that, the overall ranking that it earned changed but the review was kept the same.

Here we are, on the fourth review (and the page count has doubled). Close to a year later, I think I get it and I'm pretty impressed. I really think she could have done a better job tying up all the loose ends but she would risk watering down the message if she went down that path…

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Rock-A-Rolla back issues are available to order now! Issue 30 features:

Earth, The Skull Defekts, OVO, Tim Hecker, Six Organs Of Admittance, Mugstar, Igorrr, Machinefabriek, Iroha, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Broughton’s Rules
Plus album reviews: Mogwai, Agalloch, Anal Cunt, Aethenor, The Austrasian Goat, Arbouretum, The BellRays, Faust, Caroline, Black Lung, COH, Conquering Animal Sound, Crowbar, Console, Julie Christmas, Disappears, Deerhoof, Germanotta Youth, FM Einheit, Mark Fell, Dukatalon, Foetus, Brian Eno, Gay for Johnny Depp, Goatvargr, Jono El Grande, k11, Killing The Dream, Lean Left, Free Fall, Bruce Lamont, Phil Manley, House of Low Culture, Lords of Falconry, MAMUTHONES, Lasse Marhaug, Matta, J Mascis, Monotonix, Mitochondrion, Modified Toy Orchestra, My Disco, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Papaye, Paris Suit Yourself, Royal Thunder, Parlour, Parts & Labor, Rabbits, Marcus Schmickler, Sun City Girls…

Under the Radar review: Panic of Looking

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Rick Holland
Panic of Looking