{"id":6566,"date":"2012-01-02T19:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2020-01-02T18:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:19:26","slug":"music-best-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/music-best-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: 2011 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"
MUSIC<\/div>\n

Today marks my 5th year since joining last.fm<\/a>; for a while it was the only social network I was actually active on and, though I don’t spend as much time on there these days, I still find the graphs and data it collects about listening habits fascinating.<\/p>\n

Lists of my favourite music of 2011 after the jump.<\/p>\n

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My play data on last.fm<\/a> is rather different, but these are the 2011-released albums & tracks I enjoyed the most over past 12 months:<\/p>\n

Albums<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Wire – Red Barked Tree<\/li>\n
  2. Sons and Daughters – Mirror Mirror<\/li>\n
  3. Wild Beasts \u2013 Smother<\/li>\n
  4. Shadowclub – Guns and Money<\/li>\n
  5. Mogwai – Hardcore will never die, but you will<\/li>\n
  6. When Saints Go Machine \u2013 Konkylie<\/li>\n
  7. Faun – Eden<\/li>\n
  8. Ulterior – Wild in Wildlife<\/li>\n
  9. Veto \u2013 Everything Is Amplified<\/li>\n
  10. Lykke Li \u2013 Wounded Rhymes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Tracks<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Gotye \u2013 Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Faun \u2013 Alba<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. The Glitch Mob \u2013 We Can Make The World Stop<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Designer Drugs \u2013 For All We Know<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Yoav \u2013 Ghost Dance<\/a> (free download)<\/li>\n
    6. Kongos \u2013 I’m Only Joking<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Isochronous \u2013 Destiny<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. Sons and Daughters \u2013 Bee Song<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. When Saints Go Machine \u2013 Church And Law<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. Veto – This is not<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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