| BEST 2011 ALBUMS #20-16: BRIGHT EYES, SLOW CLUB, LYKKE LI, THE KILLS, WYE OAK. |
| Written by Shahlin Graves & Sarah Mudgway | ||||||||
| Friday, 30 December 2011 11:23 | ||||||||
 #20. BRIGHT EYES - 'The People's Key' MUST-LISTEN: 'Triple Spiral', 'Jejune Stars', 'Beginner's Mind', 'Shell Games'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: The Mynabirds, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Jenny And Johnny, Wye Oak, Monsters Of Folk... and girl/boy vocals + synths. FACT: LAURA BURHENN of The Mynabirds sings backing-vocals on three of the album's songs. MUST-WATCH: Bright Eyes performing 'Jejune Stars' live...  #19. SLOW CLUB - 'Paradise' MUST-LISTEN: 'Two Cousins', 'If We're Still Alive', 'Where I'm Waking', 'The Dog'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Florence + The Machine, Los Campesinos!, Noah and the Whale, Emmy The Great... and interpretive dance. FACT: Slow Club's song 'Two Cousins' was featured in the 'Gossip Girl' episode 'All The Pretty Sources' [Season 5, Episode 8]. MUST-WATCH: Slow Club's 'Two Cousins' music video...  #18. LYKKE LI - 'Wounded Rhymes' MUST-LISTEN: 'Sadness Is A Blessing', 'I Know Places', 'Rich Kid Blues', 'Unrequited Love'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: Cults, Bat For Lashes, Feist, Oh Land, Florence + The Machine... and a lonely Phil Spector. FACT: BJÖRN YTTLING [of Peter Bjorn and John] produced and co-wrote all of the songs on the album. MUST-WATCH: Lykke Li performing 'Sadness Is A Blessing' live on the moon...  #17. THE KILLS - 'Blood Pressures' MUST-LISTEN: 'Future Starts Slow', 'Baby Says', 'Damned If She Do', 'Satellite'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: The Dead Weather, Sleater-Kinney, Sleigh Bells, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kitten... and watching horror movies at 3AM. FACT: 'Blood Pressures' was recorded at Key Club Studio in Benton Harbor, Michigan - the same studio where the band had also recorded their previous two albums. MUST-WATCH: The Kills performing 'Future Starts Slow' live at Coachella 2011...  #16. WYE OAK - 'Civilian' MUST-LISTEN: 'Civilian', 'Hot As Day', 'Holy Holy', 'The Altar'. YOU WILL LIKE, IF YOU LIKE: St. Vincent, The Antlers, Telekinesis, Local Natives, The Joy Formidable... and exploring caves. FACT: The album's title-track 'Civilian' was featured in the trailer for Season 2 of 'The Walking Dead'. MUST-WATCH: Wye Oak performing an acoustic version of 'Civilian' live...
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