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albums o' th' year countdown extravaganza. j-barwick all the way, forever and ever.

The Deeep "Slow Coaster" LIFE LIGHT
20. Psychic Reality "Fanta" VIBRANT NEW AGE
19. The Sandwitches "Summer of Love" MRS. JONES' COOKIES
18. Vivian Girls "I Heard You Say" SHARE THE JOY
17. Sea Pinks "Dead Seas" [c/f] DEAD SEAS
16. Craft Spells "Scandinavian Crush" IDLE LABOR
15. Toro y Moi "New Beat" UNDERNEATH THE PINE
15. Toro y Moi "All Alone" FREAKING OUT EP
14. Class Actress "Love Me Like You Used To" RAPPROCHER
13. Little Dragon "Shuffle A Dream" RITUAL UNION
12. The Luyas "Too Beautiful to Work" TOO BEAUTIFUL TO WORK
11. Braids "Native Speaker" NATIVE SPEAKER
10. Panda Bear "Alsatian Darn" TOMBOY
9. Gang Gang Dance "Romance Layers" [4ad] EYE CONTACT
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TOP BANANAS

1. tUnE-yArDs– w h o k i l l

2. Girls– Father, Son, Holy Ghost
3. Julianna Barwick– The Magic Place
4. Blanck Mass– Blanck Mass
5. St. Vincent– Strange Mercy
6. Oneohtrix Point Never– Replica
7. Stephan Mathieu– A Static Place
8. Cut Copy– Zonoscope
9. Dadavistic Orchestra– Dokument .02
10. Shabazz Palaces– Black Up
11. Bon Iver– Bon Iver
12. Destroyer– Kaputt
13. Grouper– A|A: Alien Observer / Dream Loss
14. Kyle Bobby Dunn- Ways of Meaning
15. Panda Bear– Tomboy
16. Real Estate– Days
17. Steve Hauschildt– Tragedy & Geometry
18. The Black Dog– Liber Dogma
19. Dominik Eulberg– Diorama
20. Peaking Lights– 936

21. Smith Westerns- Dye It Blonde
22. Willamette- Echo Park
23. Twin Sister– In Heaven
24. Charlatan– Triangles
25. DJ Phono- Welcome To Wherever You're Not
26. M. Geddes Gengras- This Could Be The Last Time
27. Fourcolor- As Pleat
28. James Ferraro– Far Side Virtual
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While everyone else is busy making year-end lists, No Conclusion is busy making – mixtapes. And it’s not even a best-of-2011 mixtape. Hah!!

NO CONCLUSION MIXTAPE#13: plants

http://www.no-conclusion.com/2011/12/12/mixtape-13/

01. Guyer's Connection - Ballade Pour Nous
02. Tearist - A Of N
03. //TENSE// - The Visitor
04. Eleven Pond - Watching Trees
05. Belle & Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Cold Cave Remix)
06. Chelsea Wolfe - Mer (Water Borders remix)
07. Spoek Mathambo - Dog To Bone (Telepathe Remix)
08. Nick Nicely - On The Coast
09. Psychic Reality - Fruit
10. Maria Minerva - Noble Savage
11. NiKE7UP - DIRTY POP/RAY OF LIGHT NIKE7UP AMNESIAMIX
12. Videosex - U sjeni eksotičnih trava
13. Oskarova Fobija - Beli Dekolte
14. Patrick Kelleher & his Cold Dead Hands - Seen Me Blue
15. Litanic Mask - VIRGIN SPRING
16. Pink Industry - Pain Of Pride
17. Keep Shelly In Athens - Song To Cheer You Up (Maria Minerva Holler Remix)
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An overview of 2011 albums listened to so far....




17th August


Jay-Z & Kanye West


Pepper Rabbit - Red Velvet Snow Ball [2011]


Azari & III - Azari & III [2011]


Drugstore - Anatomy [2011] ♥


Hudson Mohawke - Satin Panthers EP [2011]


Lo-Fi-Fnk - The Last Summer [2011]


Gramatik - Beats & Pieces Vol 1 [2011] ♥


Ad Astra Arkestra - Ad Astra Arkestra [2011] ♥


Ga'an - Ga'an [2011]




18th August


I Break Horses - Hearts [2011] ♥


Vessels - Helioscope [2011]


Sam Brookes - Sam Brookes [2011]


Yellow Ostrich - The Mistress [2011]


Tennis - Cape Dory [2011]


Quiet Evenings - Transcending Spheres [2011] ♥


Crystal Antlers - Two-Way Mirror [2011]





19th August


Grouplove - Grouplove [2011]


Fatoumata Diawara - Kanou EP


Howler - This One's Different [2011]


This Many Boyfriends - Young Lovers Go Pop! [2011]


Beat Connection - Surf Noir [2011]


Future Balearica Vol. 2 - A New Wave of Chill [2011]
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Here’s a very special guest mix by the San Francisco duo Water Borders. We’ll let the band introduce it themselves: “This mix is particularly special to us – it’s a collection of some of our favorite Bay Area electronic musicians past and present (mostly present). Most of these tracks come from dear friends of ours and almost all of them are unreleased (for the time being). Enjoy!” A perfect soundtrack to some weird party:

NC GUEST MIX#28: Water Borders

01. Patrick Cowley – Mutant Man
02. Ssleeping desiresS – Bird’s Eye View
03. Jaws – Joined
04. Bookworms – Magazine
05. Jealousy – Sentenced to Life
06. Bronze – One Night In Mexico
07. Psychic Reality – Fruit
08. Mi Ami – Hard Up
09. Wav Dwgs – Oh Hi
10. Breath Control – Ice Phase
11. Thunderball – Runaway (Ghosts on Tape Remix)
12. Nero's Day At Disneyland – Thomas Kinkade Puking It All Back Up
13. Alexis – Lonely Sea (Water Borders Lonely Sih remix)
14. Monte Cazazza – Mary Bell
15. Group Rhoda – Concrete Jungle

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