In a year where law makers and the entertainment industry made more pressure than ever to try to regain some power against piracy - therefore make independent artists life harder, we also had more mediums and ways of sharing and distribute music blossoming. Major allies of independent music - sites like Soundcloud and Bandcamp - became, once and for all, vital for artists and listeners while more ways of accessing music (user radios, podcasts) gained popularity. I believe we passed the halfway point of a cultural movement that is going towards a highly personalized way to release and consume music.
Tomorrow I'll say a few things about albums and artists from the list below. Also, highlights and a podcast with 45 songs from 2011.
49 RAINBOW ARABIA BOYS AND DIAMONDS kompakt
48 VARIOUS ARTISTS A TRIBUTE TO CLUB TROPICANA VOL. 2 beko dsl
47 HONG KONG IN THE 60S MY FANTOMS proper songs
46 RADIATION CITY THE HANDS THAT TAKE YOU apes tapes
45 YOUTH LAGOON THE YEAR OF HIBERNATION lefse
44 SUMMER CAMP WELCOME TO CONDALE moshi moshi
43 YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG GIRLS home skool
42 ROMANTIC STATES A SHELL IS BORN self released
41 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA fat possum
40 COMET GAIN HOWL OF THE LONELY CROWD what's your rupture?
39 MOUSTACHE OF INSANITY ALBUM OF DEATH fika
38 HUNX AND HIS PUNX TOO YOUNG TO BE IN LOVE hardly art
37 JESPER LUNDAGER DYEING LILIES BRIGHTER COLOURS self released
36 SCATTERED TREES SYMPATHY roll call
35 THE FOREVER PEOPLE THE FOREVER PEOPLE self released
34 EGIL OLSEN KEEP DREAMIN - KEEP MOVIN ellersoul
33 NICK CAMILLO AD INFINITUM a little bit weird
32 THE BILINDA BUTCHERS REGRET, LOVE, GUILT, DREAMS self released
31 CULTS CULTS columbia / in the name of
30 GENERATIONALS ACTOR-CASTER park the van
29 JINJA SAFARI LOCKED BY LAND cooperative music
28 BART & FRIENDS STORIES WITH THE ENDINGS CHANGED lost and lonesome
27 LA SERA LA SERA hardly art
26 VIOLENS NINE SONGS static recital
25 MATES OF STATES MOUNTAINTOPS barsuk
24 CODE PIE LOVE MEETS RAGE flagless
23 MANEL 10 MILLES PER VEURE UNA BONA ARMADURA warner
22 BIG TROUBLES ROMANTIC COMEDY slumberland
21 SECRET CITIES STRANGE HEARTS western vinyl
20 DESTROYER KAPUTT merge
19 ACID HOUSE KINGS MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU labrador
18 CRAFT SPELLS IDLE LABOR captured tracks
17 HEHFU MUSIC FOR MY BROKEN EARS bleeding gold
16 KALLE MATTSON ANCHORS parliament of trees
15 SWTHRT COMPACT DISC self released
14 LITTLE JUNGLES WUT'S GOIN THRU YER HEAD self released
13 THE SOUND OF ARROWS VOYAGE skies above
12 SEAPONY GO WITH ME hardly art
11 VARIOUS ARTISTS ONE YEAR OF ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM FEBRUARY RECORDS february
10 GOLD-BEARS ARE YOU FALLING IN LOVE? slumberland
09 SEA LIONS EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEA LIONS slumberland
08 FAN MODINE GRATITUDE FOR THE SHIPPER daniel 13
07 LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID MARACAIBO canada
06 THE CITY AND HORSES WE WILL NEVER BE DISCOVERED paper garden
05 LA BIEN QUERIDA FIESTA elefant
04 TENNIS CAPE DORY fat possum
03 EAST RIVER PIPE WE LIVE IN RENTED ROOMS merge
02 AZURE BLUE RULE OF THIRDS hybris / matinée
01 FRENCH FILMS IMAGINARY FUTURE gaea
faltou crystal stilts! :D
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