Happy Monday! Keeping those best of 2011 lists coming, today we're bringing you the musical tastes of Yesod Williams (Pepper), Vinnie Fiorello (Less Than Jake), Sergie Loobkoff (Samiam), and MC Lars.
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Yesod Williams (Pepper)
Top 2011 Albums in no particular order, including a favorite song for each:
- Foo Fighters, Wasting Light - "Dear Rosemary"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, I'm with You- "Brendon's Death Song"
- Ballyhoo, Daydreams - "Antisocial"
- Atmosphere, Family Sign- "She's Enough"
- Grieves, Together/Apart - "Lightspeed"
- Pirates of Liloa, Mainland Hawaiian - "Up All Night"
- Adele, 21 - "Turning Tables"
- Daniel Tosh, Happy Thoughts - "Two"
- Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee pt. 2 - "Make Some Noise"
- Travis Barker, Can a Drummer Get Some - "Give the Drummer Some"
Vinnie Fiorello (Less Than Jake)
- Fucked Up "David Comes to Life"
- Junior Battles "Idle Ages"
- Bomb The Music Industry "Vacation"
- The Wonder Years "Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing"
- Mastodon "The Hunter"
- Bayside "Killing Time"
- The Roots "Undun"
- Red City Radio "The Dangers of Standing Still"
- DoomTree "No Kings"
- Sharks "The Joys of Living"
Sergie Loobkoff (Samiam)
Top 2011 Albums including a favorite song for each:
- Noel Gallagers, High Flying Birds - "If I had a Gun"
- J. Mascis, Several Shades of Why - "Very Nervous and Love"
- Jimmy Cliff, Scared Hearts EP - "Guns of Brixton"
- Yuck, Yuck - "Suicide Policeman"
- Dead to Me, Moscow Penny Ante - "Undertow"
- Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Belong - "Too Tough"
- Last Days of April, Gooey - "All the Same"
- Portugal. the man, In the Mountain in the Cloud - "Head is a Flame"
- Beady Eye, Different Gear, Still Speeding - "Kill for a Dream"
- The Lonely Island, Turtleneck and Chain - "No Homo"
MC Lars
10. The Chemical Brothers "Hanna: Original Soundtrack"
09. Dicepticon "Pickled Punk"
08. Zion I & the Grouch "Heroes in the Healing of the Nation"
07. Fucked Up "David Comes to Life"
06. mc chris "Race Wars"
05. Primus "Green Naugahyde"
04. Rittz "White Jesus
03. Tyler the Creator "Goblin"
02. "Weird Al" Yankovic "Alpocalypse"
01. DJ Shadow "The Less You Know, the Better"