Music picks from Modulation host and JPR Rhythm & News Music Director, Allison Graves.
Like any year, 2011 has me delighted by newer acts and reinvigorated by older ones (Wilco made another awesome album). I’ve always been a singles gal, but this is shaping up to be an album year for me. Quite a few knocked me off my feet—particularly Thomas Dybdahl and Bon Iver. When it comes to filling an entire LP with great songs, the folk and blues acoustic finger picking of Fink’s release Perfect Darkness takes a best-album lead. In typical fashion, my list of singles is all over the place. That’s because I like music, all kinds of music, and I see no reason to compartmentalize my listening habits, people! My “Today, I WILL listen to more than just this Kooks track…” mantra seems to be helping. Cornershop, TV on the Radio, KD Lang, Wilco…..see what I mean? Drumroll!
Albums
The Kooks Junk of the Heart
Fink Perfect Darkness
Ernest Saint Laurent Rollercoaster
James Vincent McMorrow Early In The Morning
Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin’
Foster the People Torches
Bon Iver Bon Iver
Thievery Corporation Culture of Fear
Thomas Dybdahl Songs
Singles
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. “Nothing But Our love”
Wilco “Black Moon”
St. Vincent “Year of the Tiger”
Cornershop “United Provinces ofIndia”
Jessica Lea Mayfield “Our Heart Are Wrong”
TV on the Radio “Will Do”
Electric Guest “Troubleman”
Beirut “Santa Fe”
Mr. Little Jeans “The Suburbs” (Arcade Fire cover)
Dengue Fever “Uku”
KD Lang “Sugar Buzz”
The Janks “Don’t Hide Your Eyes”
Dawes “If I Wanted Someone”
Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Gotye “Easy Way Out”
Chairlift “Amanaemonesia”
Little Dragon “Little Man”
Washed Out “Far Away”
Vetiver “Can’t You Tell”
