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		<title>And that was 2011&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not many classics this year but lots I loved &#8211; here, off the top of my head, are some&#8230; for the sake of wanting to have an album of the year I&#8217;ll give it to&#8230; Wye Oak &#8211; Civilian Although any one of these three could also have been in that slot&#8230; The Unthanks &#8211; <a href='http://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2011/12/29/and-that-was-2011/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not many classics this year but lots I loved &#8211; here, off the top of my head, are some&#8230; for the sake of wanting to have an album of the year I&#8217;ll give it to&#8230;</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wye Oak &#8211; Civilian</strong></div>
<p><a title="Wye Oak by ace_jace, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/acejace/5474964840/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5214/5474964840_f786ff4480.jpg" alt="Wye Oak" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><iframe class="aligncenter" width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DVaeAu_noFM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Although any one of these three could also have been in that slot&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>The Unthanks &#8211; Last</li>
<li>Kate Bush &#8211; 50 Words for Snow</li>
<li>The Feelies &#8211; Here Before</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxlang/2634260100/" title="The Feelies by Max Lang, on Flickr"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3163/2634260100_8cfd5270ca.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="The Feelies"></a><br />
And these also got plenty of plays&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Bjork &#8211; Biophilia</li>
<li>Trembling Bells &#8211; The Constant Pageant</li>
<li>Damon &amp; Naomi &#8211; False Beats and True Hearts</li>
<li>Lanterns on the Lake &#8211; Gracious Tide Take Me Home</li>
<li>The Unthanks &#8211; Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony &amp; The Johnsons<em> (although specifically the Robert Wyatt side)</em></li>
<li>Veronica Falls &#8211; Veronica Falls</li>
<li>Amor de Días &#8211; Street of the Love of Days</li>
</ul>
<p>There were lots more</p>
<p>Last.fm reckons different:<br />
Top 10 artists:</p>
<ol>
<li>Luna</li>
<li>Galaxie 500</li>
<li>The Unthanks</li>
<li>The Feelies</li>
<li>Damon &amp; Naomi</li>
<li>Throwing Muses</li>
<li>Stereolab</li>
<li>Motörhead</li>
<li>The Beatles</li>
<li>Big Star</li>
</ol>
<p>Top 11 tracks</p>
<ol>
<li>The Unthanks – Gan To The Kye</li>
<li>The Unthanks – Starless</li>
<li>The Unthanks – The Gallowgate Lad</li>
<li>Galaxie 500 – Don&#8217;t Let Our Youth Go to Waste</li>
<li>The Unthanks – Queen of Hearts</li>
<li>The Unthanks – Last</li>
<li>Luna – Slide</li>
<li>Galaxie 500 – Ceremony</li>
<li>Lower Dens – Two Cocks</li>
<li>Damon &amp; Naomi – How Do I Say Goodbye</li>
<li>The Feelies – Should Be Gone</li>
</ol>
<p>Top 10 albums<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tremandy/4578004860/" title="The Unthanks by Eleonora Birardi, on Flickr"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4017/4578004860_d4202a44bd.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="The Unthanks"></a></p>
<ol>
<li>The Unthanks – Last</li>
<li>Ringo Deathstarr – Colour Trip</li>
<li>The Feelies – Here Before</li>
<li>Lower Dens – Twin-Hand Movement</li>
<li>Wye Oak – Civilian</li>
<li>Damon &amp; Naomi – False Beats and True Hearts</li>
<li>Galaxie 500 – On Fire</li>
<li>Gordon McIntyre – Midsummer: A Play With Songs</li>
<li>Big Star – #1 Record / Radio City</li>
<li>Nancy Sinatra – Lightning&#8217;s Girl: Greatest Hits 1965-1971</li>
</ol>
<p>And the rather puny list of this years gigs&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Damon &#038; Naomi, Woodpecker Wooliams and Birdengine</li>
<li>The Unthanks</li>
<li>Stevie Jackson</li>
<li>St. Vincent, Cate Le Bon</li>
<li>Throwing Muses, Spectrals and Special Benny</li>
<li>Anna Calvi and Halloween, Alaska</li>
<li>Truck Festival 2011</li>
<li>Electrelane, Halo Halo</li>
<li>Ozzy Osbourne, Revoker</li>
<li>Damon &#038; Naomi, Richard Youngs and Michio Kurihara</li>
<li>Damon &#038; Naomi</li>
<li>Transmitters</li>
<li>Dean Wareham, Haight Ashbury</li>
<li>The Unthanks, Trembling Bells</li>
<li>Piano Magic, Ringo Deathstarr and SPC ECO</li>
<li>Dean Wareham, Ringo Deathstarr and Echo Lake</li>
<li>Kristin Hersh</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grange85/5971738281/" title="Dean &amp; Britta @ Truck Festival by andyaldridge, on Flickr"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/5971738281_e6bcbfb353.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dean &amp; Britta @ Truck Festival"></a></p>
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