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Dec 16, 2011 - 6:10PM

No Ripcord (UK) EOY 2011

No Ripcord - Top 50 Albums of 2011

50. Rustie - Glass Swords
49. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
48. Tyler, The Creator - Goblin
47. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
46. Zomby - Dedication
45. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
44. Beirut - The Rip Tide
43. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
42. Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
41. Tennis - Cape Dory
40. Washed Out - Within And Without
39. Friendly Fires - Pala
38. Death Grips - Exmilitary
37. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
36. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
35. Cults - Cults
34. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
33. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
32. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
31. Battles - Gloss Drop
30. The Horrors - Skying
29. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
28. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older
27. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
26. Wilco - The Whole Love

25. Shabazz Palace - Black Up
24. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
23. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 2972
22. Wild Beasts - Smother
21. Nicholas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
20. Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
19. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here
18. Feist - Metals
17. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
16. The Antlers - Burst Apart
15. Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
14. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
13. Destroyer - Kaputt
12. M83 - Hurry Up, We're All Dreaming
11. Real Estate - Days
10. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
09. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
08. Katy B - On a Mission
07. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
06. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
05. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
04. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
03. James Blake - James Blake
02. tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L
01. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Part One (50-26)
Part Two (25-01)

Dec 16th, 2011 - 6:10 PM

Ddiamondd

Dec 16, 2011 - 10:09PM

Re: No Ripcord (UK) EOY 2011

the Rustie and Smith Westerns blurbs were written by yours truly

Matski

Dec 17, 2011 - 11:15AM

Re: No Ripcord (UK) EOY 2011

Not bad work at all Mr. Szatan. You'll have to tell us all how you ended up working for NR sometime.

Dec 17th, 2011 - 11:15 AM

Ddiamondd

Dec 18, 2011 - 2:38PM

Re: No Ripcord (UK) EOY 2011

I'm incoming for 2012. They picked me up off the back of this Rustie review I did for my university magazine:

http://www.impactnottingham.com/2011/10/album-review-rustie-–-glass-swords/

it was a lovely surprise for sure!

Moonbeam

Dec 19, 2011 - 10:22AM

Re: No Ripcord (UK) EOY 2011

Ddiamondd

Congrats on the gig with No Ripcord! Your review here makes it sound like they've picked up a good one.