Records we bought 2011

Artist/Band - Album - Record label - City where it was bought

CS

Spiritualized- Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Dedicated) - Glasgow

Music From Twin Peaks (Jet O) - Paris

///TENSE\\\ - Memory+ (Desire Records) - Paris

Hans Edler - Jukebox Grafitti (Europe Record) - Gift

CD

The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Rolling Stones Songbook (DECCA) Glasgow

Broadcast and The Soft Focus - Witch Cult of The Radio Age (WARP/Ghost Box) Paris

Thai Pop Spectactular (Sublime Frequencies) Glasgow

12" / LP

Talulah Gosh - Double live Gonzo 69 (53rd & 3rd, AGARR 8T) - Stockholm

The Slits - The Peel Session (Strange Fruit Records / BBC Records & Tapes) - Stockholm

The Smiths - The Peel Session (Strange Fruit Records / BBC Records & Tapes) - Paris

The Field Mice - Coastal (Sarah Records, 606) -Paris

Heavenly - Heavenly vs. Satan (Sarah Records, 603) - Paris

Bikini Kill - Reject All Amercian (Kill Rock Stars) - Paris

Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars) - Paris

The Pastels - Suck on (Creations Records) - Orléans

Dolly Mixture - Remember This (For Us Records) - Glasgow

Chain & The Gang - Music is not for everyone (K Records) - Glasgow

The Slits - Cut (Island Records)- Glasgow

Nancy & Lee - The hits of Nancy & Lee (Reprise Records) - Glasgow

X-ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (EMI Records) - Glasgow

Patrick Fitzgerald - Grubby Stories (Small Wonder Records) - Glasgow

The Beatles - Twist and Shout (Capitol Records/EMI) -Glasgow

Vivian Girls - Share The Joy (Polyvinyl) - Glasgow

Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty (EMI) Paris

Ramones - End Of The Century (Sire Records) Glasgow

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Voices Of Wonder) Glasgow

Jad Fair - I Like It When You Smile (Paperhouse) Orléans

Tristram Cary - It's Time For Tristram Cary (Trunk) Paris

Crass - Penis Envy (Crass Records) Paris

Electric Wizard - Black Masses (Rise Above) Paris

The Feelies - The Good Earth (Coyote) Orléans

Vic Godard & The Subway Sect - A Retrospective (1977-81) (Rough Trade) Paris

Muscle Of Joy - Muscle Of Joy LP (Waits Of Goodwill) Gift

Stereolab - Peng! (Too Pure) Paris
Olivier Messiaen - 3 Petites Liturgies (Erato) Paris

Wire - 154 (EMI) Paris

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream (Polydor) Glasgow

Fad Goadget - Incontinent (Mute) Glasgow

Candlemass - Nightfall (Axis) Glasgow

7"

Velocity Girl - Seven Seas (Heaven Records) - Gift

Confetti - Haberdasher EP (Heaven Records) - Gift

Blueboy - Bikini (Aquavinyle Records) -Gift

Bouquet - Before I die (Aquavinyle Records) - Gift

Talulah Gosh - Steaming train - Limited edition of 500, Record Store Day 2011 (Damaged Goods) - Glasgow

The Pastels - Comin' Through (Glass Records) - Stockholm

Brighter - Half-hearted (Sarah Records, 56) - Stockholm

Shop Assistants - All day long (Subway Organisation label) - Stockholm

Vivian Girls - I heard you say ( Polyvinyl Record CO.) - Glasgow

Golden Grrrls - New Pop (Nightschool Records) - London

Gummy Stumps - Gummy Srumps First EP (Watts of Godwill) - London

Shonen Knife - Sweet Christmas (Damnably) - Paris

Terror Bird - Outside (Nightschool Records) - London

Nancy Sinatra - Jackson (Distributed by disques Vogue) - Gift

The Rollin Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home (DECCA) - Orléans

Jacques Dutronc - Les Play Boys (disques Vogue) - GIft

Monks - Pretty Suzanne (Red Lounge Records) - Paris

Patrik Fitzgerald - Improve myself (Small Wonder Records) - Stockholm

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Egyptian Reggae (Beserkley Records) - Paris

Elli et Jacno - Oh lá lá (CellulOid) - Gift

Josef K - It´s kinda funny (Postcard Records of Scotland) - Stockholm

Fuzzbox - What´s the point (WEA Records) - Orléans

Chain & The Gang - Privilege (K Records) - Glasgow

Chain & The Gang - Cry, Cry, Cry (K Records) - Glasgow

Patrik Fitzgerald - Backstreet Boys (Small Wonder Records) - Glasgow

Elliott Smith - Pretty (ugly before) (Suicide queers Records) - Paris

Elliott Smith - Division day (Suicide queers Records) - Paris

The Voice Of East Harlem -No, No, No/Right On, Be Free (Elektra) -Paris

Nico & The Invisible Girls - Procession (1/2 Records) - Glasgow

Josef K- Sorry For Laughing/Révélation (Postcard/Les Disques Du Crepuscule) -Paris
Jacno- Rectangle (Celluloid) - Paris

Jacques Dutronc - Un Disques Maxi (Disques Vogues) - Orléans

Orchestre National de Mauritanie - Kamlat/La Mone (Reissue Mississipi) - Paris

Minor Threat - Salad Day (Discord) - Glasgow

Divorce - Wet Bandit (Gravy Records) - Paris

Ym says:

Like you can see, not many record this year. Obviously it was a tough year for us, with a chronical lack of money. But to be fair, it was either a really interresting years. Execpt for Golden Grrrls, Divorce and Muscule Of Joy (and the rest of Nightschool), not a lot of good records were out this years. And most of stuffs I have been listening, outside of the Tasteles Squad (Death In June, Current 93, Derniere Volonte and Sol Invictus) been found in such wonderful blog like Toys & Technics, The Cottage Of Electric Hell, Holy Warbles (RIP), Ghost Capital. So a lots of fucked up world music, weird pop librairies, DIY electronics, various radiophonics and a few early XX century/post-impressionist music. The side effect of digging too far into Trunks, Sublime Frequencies and Ghost Box.

Also lots of Tumblr music, stuffs like the beautiful retro cyber goth witchian ballad △AIMON, the Afro-American Stereolab-like Jet Age Of Tomorrow, the WH Uffie HVCCI GVCCI, the wizards of doom post Berlin School Silver Strains, the sick post rave †‡†'s Ghetto Ass Witch, the post-Dubstep ▲NGST (and most of Tundra's records actually), the space disco Moroder style Stalllengrad, some stuffs from ODDOT are also worth checking.

For the rest (after all, a year is looooong!) a massive rediscovery of Coil and Uncle Sleasy (RIP again, mate) and his moving last project, the slow, spiritual and touching The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. YM

Di says:

I must say that Vivian Girls did a great year 2011. Their album Share The Joy is amazing! I saw them live once during the year in Glasgow and did a interview with Cassie Ramone (featured in the latest zine). As well they released the 7" I heard you say which include one of my fav songs I won´t be long. Otherwise I really enjoyed the Glasgow scene with bands like Gummy Stumps, Palms and Golden Grrrls. Nightschool Records have done some great releases as well. And not to forget, the great Ian Svenonius and the chain gang. DI

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