December 2011
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Top 10 Archival Releases for 2011
1. The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions (Capitol, 5xCD/DL) This stuff was majorly important to me when I first learned of it by way of the Elephant 6 swell in Athens, Georgia, when I was in college there. Can’t believe how good some of it is still. Not unrelated, I interviewed Brian Wilson in his hotel room a few years ago and will never forget the look in his eyes.
2. Dub Taylor, Lumière...
Top 10 Albums for 2011
1. Ben Frost & Daniel Bjarnason, Solaris (Bedroom Community, CD/DL/LP) A majestically controlled orchestral piece inspired by the film by Tarkovsky and the book by Lem, neither of which I knew well before. A personal choice in part (I saw it performed in Krakow, New York, and Reykjavik, and spent lots of time talking to Frost and others involved for a story not yet realized), but there’s...
current chart
Ray Charles, Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles Alexander Payne, The Descendants Eleh, Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 60 Fotos Kenneth Anger, Inauguration to the Pleasure Dome Ryan Trecartin as writer Five Guys Takehisa Kosugi, Catch-Wave Ingmar Bergman, Persona Robert Bresson, Au Hasard Balthazar clementines!