Episode 74 — Sklarbro Mixtape 2011

[admin 330]

We're breaking the formula this week to bring you some of the best indie rock of 2011 as decided by The Sklar Brothers, Jonah Ray, and Matt Price. Jonah and Matt are amazing comedians with awesome taste in music who join us to meander through the indie rock hits of the year while touching on stories of bad auditions, great concerts, embarrassing restaurant experiences, and tales of fatherhood. Happy Holidays!

[Ryan Riddell 110]

New Dads with No Kids
or
Casio Play-dough

Both sound like phenomenal band names.

And the swingin' utters? Hell yes, "Kick It Over" is a great song.

[elliot1326655057 0]

This might be unsolicited, but I’m going to post five of my favorite songs from this year. WHO’S WITH ME??

The Poison Control Center “Underground Bed” from Sad Sour Future
Young Widows “Future Heart” from In and Out of Youth and Lightness
Tom Waits “Talking at the Same Time” from Bad As Me
Heartsounds “Elements” from Drifter
Bon Iver “Perth” from s/t

[cyrus 81]

my #1 song this year is Mark Lanegan's "Gravedigger's Song", but the album it's on won't come out until february. http://widgets.beggarspromo.com/thegravediggerssong
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top 5 otherwise:
Mayer Hawthorne "A Long Time" from How Do You Do
Wild Beasts "Albatross" from Smother
PJ Harvey "The Words That Maketh Murder" from Let England Shake
Primus "Lee Van Cleef" from Green Naugahyde
Telekinesis "Dirty Thing" from 12 Desperate Parallel Straight Lines

[Patrick L 32]

@ Elliot Young Widows is amazing! They are so great live. A top 5 seems too difficult to come up with so for my 2 cents I'll just suggest "Skull Eyes" by True Widow... I get the repetitive Widow theme.
http://youtu.be/WxuWBNVTxMQ

[splat53 0]

my top 5 of this year:
1. O'brother - Easy Talk
2. Bon Iver - Holocene
3. City and Colour - O' Sister
4. Death Cab for Cutie - Home is a Fire
5. James Blake - Limit to your Love

[Podus 108]

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* Death Cab for Cutie:Doors Unlocked and Open*
*The Strokes:Taken For a Fool*
*Radiohead: The Daily Mail
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[Foam Corner 94]

I like making lists!

- CunninLynguists - "Stars Shine Brightest (In the Darkest of Night)"

- Astronautalis - "Contrails"

- Doomtree - "Little Mercy"

- Vespertina - "Plastic"

- CunninLynguists - "Looking Back (Acoustic)"

- JMSN - "Alone"

[Cody Grant 9]

****Continuing the trend -- My Top Five of 2011****

Fucked Up // The Other Shoe
Kurt Vile // Baby's Arms
Future Islands // Tin Man
Pictureplane // Real Is a Feeling

...And my favorite hip hop track of the year, "The Last Huzzah" by Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire et al.

[cyrus 81]

cody, that entire Fucked Up album is so good.

[Cody Grant 9]

@Cyrus Without question, man. Easily my favorite album of 2011.

[Jannephotog 17]

Ooh I wanna do mine too!

(not in order...)

1 Jens Lekman- "Waiting for Kirsten"
2 The Alabama Shakes- "Hold On"
3 Childish Gambino-"Freaks & Geeks"
4 Nikki Lane- "Gone Gone Gone"
5 Mayer Hawthorne- "A Long Time"

And yes, being the music lover I am, this episode made me a very very very happy lady.

(good call on the Mayer, too, @Cyrus!)

[grumpy squirrel 8]

One of my top picks of the year would be this version of Mona Lisa by Atlas Sound:

[shahruz 5]

@grumpy squirrel

that was my favorite version too until i heard the way he does it live:

[grumpy squirrel 8]

@ Shahruz, what a great version..dude's got soul! Perfect end to xmas...god bless us, Henderson(s & daughters). ^__^

[Podus 108]

Alabama Shakes are amazing. I hope they make it. True art

[Jannephotog 17]

I think that the Shakes are going to make it....I know they're playing some shows in London & sold it out or were totally going to sell it out. Pretty cool for a little band from the middle of Alabama.

[nolan 0]

Good lists and I really enjoyed this podcast. Don't know how I missed out on that O'Brother song/album Felix Falcon mentioned.

My top 5 for the year would probably be:

The Antlers - I Don't Want Love
Cold Cave - Confetti
Bon Iver - Holocene
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Our Hearts Are Wrong
Kyle Andrews - Make Me Feel Human

If anyone is interested, I put a playlist on Spotify of my favorite tracks from over 150 albums released in 2011.

[mrbagboy 0]

I love that last band that Matt Price had on his list, man, now i'm addicted to them.

[captainfun 2]

Hey, does anybody have the lists down that they could post, I listened to it in the car and now I can't remember a lot of the bands.

[AdvancedMan 3]

I bought the Alabama Shakes EP after hearing it on the show. I love it!

My top pick is probably Mister Heavenly's album Out Of Love:

[Jannephotog 17]

There's a playlist! (And it is here)

There's a Spotify list with most of the tracks! (And it is here)

[danooc 0]

Former Hot Water Music singer Chuck Ragan performing "Nomad by Fate" off of 2011's 'Covering Ground' live in a German Parking lot...?

[captainfun 2]

Thank you, Jenny, that was very helpful! I'm obsessed with that weird collabo with Soulja boy, Matt and Kim, and Andrew WK.

[Jannephotog 17]

@dan Is it weird that I've liked Chuck Ragan casually for a few years now (an ex got me into him) but I've never seen what he looks like? Thought so.

@Ryan No problem...glad to be a help. =) That Soulja Boy/M&K/AWK track isn't on Spotify but I want to say it was a Converse project maybe...?