Strange Currency Best of 2011
Best of Roots/Americana
1. The Harrow and The Harvest - Gillian Welch (Acony)
2. An Evening In The Village: The Music Of Bela Bartok - Jake Schepps (Fine Mighty)
3. Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream - Gurf Morlix (Rootball)
4. Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns - John Hiatt (New West)
5. El Camino - The Black Keys (Nonesuch)
6. Nothing Is Wrong - Dawes (ATO)
7. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
8. Keep This Love Goin’ - NRBQ (Clang!)
9. Just A Dream - Moreland and Arbuckle (Telarc)
10. The Majestic Silver Strings - Buddy Miller (New West)
Best Singer/Songwriter
1. Family Trees - Carlos Forster (Hush)
2. The Beanstalks That Have Brought Us Here Are Gone - Nick Jaina (Hush)
3. Live At The White House - Kira Small & Bryan Beller (Mermaid Holler)
4. So Beautiful Or So What - Paul Simon (Concord)
5. Hawley - Hawley Shoffner (Self-released)
6. Bella - Teddy Thompson (Verve Forecast)
7. Long Player Late Bloomer - Ron Sexsmith (Thirty Tigers)
8. A Creature I Don’t Know - Laura Marling (Ribbon)
9. Bad As Me - Tom Waits (Anti)
10. Ghost On The Canvas - Glen Campbell (Surf Dog)
Best Rock or Instrumental
1. bakin’ @ the potato! - Mike Keneally Band (Exowax)
2. Wednesday Night Live - Bryan Beller (Onion Boy)
3. The Ordeal of Civility - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters (Knitting Factor/Snakefork)
4. Flock - Gutbucket (Cuneiform)
5. The King Of Limbs - Radiohead (TBD)
6. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters (RCA)
7. Showroom Of Compassion - Cake (Upbeat!)
8. The Whole Love - Wilco (dBpm)
9. Let England Shake - PJ Harvey (Vagrant)
10. Strange Mercy - St. Vincent (4 AD)
Reissues
1. The Smile Sessions - The Beach Boys (Capitol)
2. Tomorrow The Green Grass - The Jayhawks (American/Legacy)
3. Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks (American/Legacy)
4. McCartney - Paul McCartney (Hear Music)
5. Some Girls - the Rolling Stones (Universal)
Songs
1. “Ghost On The Canvas” - Glen Campbell Ghost On The Canvas (Surf Dog) (P.Westerberg)
2. “Match Made In Hell” - Tommy Stinson One Man Mutiny (Done To Death) (P.Westerberg/T.Stinson)
3. “Get In Line” - Ron Sexsmith Long Player Late Bloomer (Yep Roc) (R. Sexsmith)
4. “Suzannah” - Hawley Shoffner Hawley (Self-released) (H. Shoffner)
5. “The Afterlife” - Paul Simon So Beautiful Or So What (Concord) (P. Simon)
6. “Campfire Songs” - Carlos Forster Family Trees (Hush) (C. Forster)
7. “If I Could Only Fly” - Gurf Morlix Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream (Rootball) (B. Foley)
8. “Dark Turn Of Mind” - Gillian Welch The Harrow and The Harvest (Acony) (Welch/Rawlings)
9. “Kiss Me” - Tom Waits Bad As Me (Anti) (Waits/Brennan)
10. “The Next One” - Teddy Thompson Bella (Verve Forecast) (T. Thompson)
11. “Climb The Highest Mountain” - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters The Ordeal of Civility (Knitting Factory/Snakefork) (G. Lucas)
12. “Fletcher” - Blitzen Trapper American Goldwing (Sub Pop) (Earley)
13. “Bedouin Dress” - Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop) (Pecknold)
14. “Rope” - Foo Fighters Wasting Light (RCA) (Foo Fighters)
15. “Digging In The Dirt” - Kira Small & Bryan Beller Live At The White House (Mermaid Holler) (P.Gabriel)
16. “I Love That Girl” - John Hiatt Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (New West) (J. Hiatt)
17. “Just A Dream” - Moreland and Arbuckle Just A Dream (Telarc) (D. Arbuckle/A. Moreland)
18. “A Road Song” - Fountains Of Wayne Sky Full Of Holes (Yep Roc) (C. Collingwood/A. Schlesinger)
19. “Federal Funding” - Cake Showroom Of Compassion (Upbeat!) (J. McCrea/X. McCurdy/G. Nelson)
20. “Supercollider” - Radiohead, Single (TBD) (Radiohead)
21. “Stoplight Roses” - Nick Lowe The Old Magic (Yep Roc) (N. Lowe)
22. “Richie and Ruben” - Fountains Of Wayne Sky Full Of Holes (Yep Roc) (C. Collingwood/A. Schlesinger)
23. “We Need Rain” - The Magnificent Others The Magnificent Others (Download only) (The Magnificent Others)
24. “Bury Your Burdens In The Ground - ”William Elliott Whitmore (Anti) (W.E. Whitmore)
25. “She Walks In So Many Ways - ”The Jayhawks Mockingbird Time (Rounder) (Louris/Olson)
