Style: Post-Rock, Ambient-Jazz
Vibe: Focused, Futuristic, Mellow, Open, Soothing, Spacey
Musical Attributes: Atmospheric, Instrumental, Polished, Progressive
Tag: 2011
Ras_G & the A.S.P / Sun Ra – Views of Saturn (Vol. 1)
Style: Electro-Jazz, Free Jazz
Vibe: Afrofuturism, Abstract, Atonal, Cosmic, Futuristic, Noisy, Spacey
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will.
Style: Post-Rock, Space Rock, Kosmische-Influenced
Vibe: Driving, Motorik, Nocturnal, Urban, Focused, Energetic, Futuristic
Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin – Nomadic
Released in 2014 on Svart Records Recorded 2011 Format: LP
Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter 1: Gens de Couleur Libres
Released in 2011 on Constellation Records Format: 10″x2
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
Released in 2011 on Software Records Format: LP
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Style: Experimental Rock, Art Rock
Influences: Electronic, Kosmische Musik, Glitch, Afro-Beat
Vibe: Surreal, Psychedelic, Messy, Hypnotic, Warm, Mysterious, Cryptic
Musical Attributes: Sampling, Percussive, Polyrhythmic, Studio-as-an-instrument, Dense, Looping
Themes: Nature
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
Released in 2010 on Modular Records Format: LPx2
Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Released in 2011 on Jagjaguwar Format: LP
Sandro Perri – Impossible Spaces
The surrealist sophisti-pop of Impossible Spaces feels both breezy and intricately progressive. Sandro Perri’s evocative songwriting and catchy melodicism are brought into high-definition by warm, futuristic production, atmospheric synthesizers, and lush arrangements for strings, horns, and woodwinds.
Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Released in 2011 on Temporary Residence Format: LPx2, etching on D-side
The Antlers – Burst Apart
Released in 2011 on Frenchkiss Records Format: LP
Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Released in 2011 on True Panther Sounds Format: LPx2
Efrim Manuel Menuck – Plays “High Gospel”
Released in 2011 on Constellation Records Recorded 2009-2010 Format: LP
Atlas Sound – Parallax
Released in 2011 on 4AD Format: LP
Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
Natural Snow Buildings – Waves of the Random Sea
Released in 2011 on Blackest Rainbow Format: LPx2, 180g Ltd. to 750 copies
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Released in 2011 on Sub Pop Records Produced by Phil Ek and Fleet Foxes Format: LPx2 Includes large foldout poster
White Denim – D
Shlohmo – Bad Vibes
Makes me feel like I’m sitting alone at a party, gazing across a dark, smoky room; an outsider looking in. Chill beats, hushed atmospheres, melancholy melodies.
Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
Taking a detour from his usual loner-droner psych folk style, Ben Chasney enlists former Comets on Fire bandmates to jam some heavy rock burners with a a cosmic amount of electric guitar shredding, evoking Neil Young & Crazy Horse blasting off on a rocket. The new electric energy brought to this album is balanced out by an equal amount of the fingerpicking prog-folk and meditative acoustic ballads that have been developing in his music since the 90’s. While I will always love his more melancholy, nocturnal records that sound like he’s lost in a forest somewhere, I welcome the fiery energy of Ascent.
Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
For fans of eclectic psych rock, communal freakfolk celebrations, and references to Kurt Vonnegut and Pharoah Sanders
