| BEST 2011 ALBUMS #40-36: JACK'S MANNEQUIN, OH LAND, DUM DUM GIRLS, NFG, PATRICK STUMP. |
| Written by Shahlin Graves & Sarah Mudgway | ||||||||
| Wednesday, 28 December 2011 14:45 | ||||||||
 #40. JACK'S MANNEQUIN - 'People And Things' MUST-LISTEN: ‘Hostage’, ‘Casting Lines’, ‘Release Me’. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Something Corporate, Valencia, Steel Train, The Format... and songs about life and love. FACT: MATT THIESSEN of Relient K helped write three tracks on the album - ‘Amy, I’, ‘People, Running’ and ‘Platform Fire’. MUST-WATCH: Jack's Mannequin performing ‘Release Me’ live on 'Jimmy Kimmel'...  #39. OH LAND - 'Oh Land' MUST-LISTEN: 'White Nights', 'Turn It Up', 'Sun Of A Gun', 'Wolf & I'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Yelle, Marina & The Diamonds, Lykke Li, La Roux, Little Boots, Robyn... and channeling your inner Pocahontas. FACT: Oh Land sings on the GYM CLASS HEROES song 'Life Goes On' - which features on the band's 2011 album, 'The Papercut Chronicles II'. MUST-WATCH: Oh Land's 'White Nights' music video...  #38. DUM DUM GIRLS - 'Only In Dreams' MUST-LISTEN: 'Teardrops On My Pillow', 'Wasted Away', 'In My Head', 'Caught In One'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Best Coast, Vivian Girls, The Shangri-Las, Wild Flag, The Ronettes, The Like... and black lace dresses matched with black leather jackets. FACT: Dum Dum Girls will be playing their first ever New Zealand show in a matter of weeks! Click HERE for details. MUST-WATCH: Dum Dum Girls' 'Bedroom Eyes' music video...  #37. NEW FOUND GLORY - ‘Radiosurgery’ MUST-LISTEN: ‘Radiosurgery’, ‘I’m Not The One’, ‘Memories and Battlescars’. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Millencolin, This Time Next Year, The Wonder Years, Green Day... and the phrase "pop punk’s not dead". FACT: 'Radiosurgery' was written as a concept album about the different stages someone goes through after a separation such as sadness and regret - inspired in part from the divorce of band member IAN GRUSHKA. Also, does the female guest-vocalist on ‘Caught In The Act’ sound familiar? It’s BETHANY COSENTINO from Best Coast! MUST-WATCH: New Found Glory's ‘Radiosurgery’ music video...  #36. PATRICK STUMP - 'Soul Punk' MUST-LISTEN: 'Run Dry (X Heart X Fingers)', 'Everybody Wants Somebody', 'The "I" In Lie', 'Allie'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Panic! At The Disco, Michael Jackson, Prince, The Cab, Cobra Starship, Fall Out Boy... and vocally superior one-man bands. FACT: Stump played all of the instruments on 'Soul Punk' - including drums, bass, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, analog synths, percussion, trumpet, valve trombone, alto and tenor saxophones, mandolin and guitalele. MUST-WATCH: Patrick performing 'Run Dry (X Heart X Fingers)' live...
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