Tall Friends' Best of 2011
DAVID WELLBAUM
10. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon - Wu Massecre
09. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
08. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
07. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network
06. Girl Talk - All Day
05. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
04. Los Campesinos - Romance is Boring
03. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
02. The National - High Violet
01. Andrew W.K. - Close Calls with Brick Walls
Song of the Year: SE - The Crutch
Best Film: The Social Network
Runners up: Toy Story 3; the Ghost Writer
Worst Film: Grown Ups
Best Video Game: Mass Effect 2
Runners Up: Call of Duty: Black Ops; MLB 2010 The Show
Best Show: Eastbound and Down
Runners Up: Community; The Walking Dead
JORDAN HUDSON
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
Wavves - King of the Beach
Spoon - Transference
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
The Black Keys - Brothers
Wolf Parade - Expo 86
Honorable Mention:
Jeff the Brotherhood - Heavy Days
Woods - Echo Lake EP
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Pavement - Quarantine the Past
Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
Silky Mittens - Acid Wash Dry Humping EP
Best Live Shows: Pitchfork Music Festival (Pavement, Wolf Parade, Broken Social Scene,
Local Natives, Surfer Blood); Cymbals Eat Guitars at King's Raleigh; GBV at Cat's Cradle Chapel Hill;
The Animals Great Cover-up at King's Raleigh; Pavement Great Cover-up at King's Raleigh; Wolf Parade
at Lincoln Theater Raleigh
ERIC SWEENEY
10. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
09. Phosphorescent - Here's to Taking it Easy
08. Fang Island - Fang Island
07. Best Coast - Crazy For You
06. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
05.
04. Red Iron Orchestra
03. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
02. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
01. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
SHAWN ERICKSON
10. The Black Keys - Brothers
09. Women - Public Strain
08. Holy Fuck - Latin
07. No Age - Everything In Between
06. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
05. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
04. Liars - Sisterworld
03. Beach House - Teen Dream
02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
01. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Songs of the year:
Ariel Pink - Round and Round; Bright Lit Blue Skies
Deerhunter - Desire Lines; Helicopter
Liars - Proud Evolution
Local Natives - Wide Eyes; Airplanes
Salem - Trapdoor; Tair
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Come Undone
Big Boi - Tambourine; Shutterbug
Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark; Fashion Party
Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes; Stylo
Die Antwoord - Wat Pomp; Wat Kyk Jy
V‡S kULt - <=> [Entity]
Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand
Best Film: Toy Story 3
Best Video Game: Dead Rising 2
Best TV Show: Louie
Best Live Music Show: Pavement at Pritzker Pavillion
Most Annoying Phrases: "no worries;" "game-changer."
