Favorite Albums Of 2011

20. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi


19. I Break Horses - Hearts

18. Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow

17. John Muas - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves

16. The Roots - Undun

15. Cold Cave - Cherish The Light

14. Tinariwen - Tassili


13. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

12. Destroyer - Kaputt

11. The Black Keys - El Camino

10. Ema - Past Life Martyred Saints

9. Tom Waits - Bad As Me

8. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

7. Ice Age - New Brigade


6. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die Buy You Will

5. Yuck - Yuck

4. The Horrors - Skying

3. Wild Flag - Wild Flag

2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

1. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life

Fucked Up

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: Fucked Up from Ray Concepcion on Vimeo.

Fucked Up Weekend

This clip of Ezra from Vampire Weekend playing some punk covers with Fucked Up is one of the best things I have seen in a long time. It just goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover.

The Shape of Punk to Comes.

Some of my favorite bands of all times fall into the punk and post punk genre, bands like: The Ramones, The Clash, Talking Heads, Television, etc. As a creative force though punk seems to have been dead for a long time. That is untill recently when bands like No Age with their mix of Black Flag and My Bloody valentine, Vivian Girls who deftly blend 60's girl group sounds and shoegaze , tropicali punks Abe Vigoda and artsy hardcore band Fucked up came on my radar.