Only bought twenty 2011 albums (and EPs), and I’m listening to all of them today, starting right now. Follow along: last.fm/user/cowpiesur…

My year-end 2011 smart playlist is the first that has needed an “Artist Name does not include Weychert” specification. yfrog.com/kgeotp

50% of the 2011 music I bought was made by artists that were new to me.

Apparently the mistake I had been making with Battles’ Gloss Drop was listening to it sitting down.

Childish Gambino’s Camp gets this year’s 180º award, taking me three listens to go from “This is smart and fun!” to “Actually, not really.”

Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life is about four times longer than it needs to be.

Time will tell if Mastodon has done the impossible and written a song about a comic book character without sounding silly.

My top five albums of 2011:

1. Yuck
2. Colin Stetson
3. Mastodon
4. Low
5. Wolves in the Throne Room