Ohmpark’s Top 40 Songs of 2011
Now that this blog only covers local music, I decided that all of my year-end lists this year will be Atlanta music specific. There’s plenty of sites that do national/international lists anyway. So then, this is my 40 favourite songs of the year by artists affiliated with Atlanta. I spent a lot of time with each of these songs, and if you are unfamiliar with any of them, I strongly suggest you click on the song titles below to give them a listen.
40. “Black Leaves” by Slowriter
39. “A Letter To The FDA” by Where Are We?
38. “Nerve Pop” by Small Reactions
37. “Tomorrow’s Garden” by Imagination Head
36. “Barcelona” by Dark Room
35. “Islands” by Kinisi
34. “The Battle of East & West Virginia” by Mediocre Machine
33. “Santa Maria” by Beachtapes
32. “mandelbrotset” by Time Wharp
31. “Control” by Young Again
30. “Who’s In Bed” by Jungol
29. “Children” by Vocabulary
28. “Black Lion” by Places
27. “Movie Night” by Easily Suede
26. “Edita V” by Balkans
25. “Passion Seekers” by Little Tybee featuring Adron
24. “Q ‘n’ A” by Spirits and the Melchizedek Children
23. “Lights lights” by Beachtapes
22. “Breathe” by Exact Index featuring Casey Harper
21. “No Tomorrow” by Places
20. “Far From The Best” by Cassandras
19. “Things I Like” by Vocabulary
18. “I Think It’s Working” by New Animal
17. “Pacer” by BOSCO
16. “Rise Up” by Cassandras
15. “Creature Lives” by Mastodon
14. “They Don’t Know” by New Animal
13. “Sweet Melinda” by Places
12. “cuspcake” by Time Wharp
11. “Out There” by New Animal
10. “Ivan” by We the Lion
9. “History” by Little Tybee
8. “Old Monster” by Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun
7. “Wicca Chimes” by Nomen Novum
6. “Lift You Up” by New Animal
5. “Distinguished Critter” by Places
4. “Still In Mind” by New Animal
3. “Water Story” by Wowser Bowser
2. “Millennials” by Nomen Novum
1. “Two Faced” by Living Rooms
- Posted by Davy Minor on December 5, 2011 at 5:39 am
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[Mixtape] “New Electronic South” by Double Phantom Digital
Double Phantom Digital just released a stellar compilation called New Electronic South. As the title implies, the record showcases twelve local artists that are pushing boundaries in electronic music. You definitely want to go download this one for free.
Tracklist:
Qurious : “Low Tide” (feat. Joe Crabb)
Kinisi : “Weekdaze”
Featureless Ghost : “Data Garbage”
Stranded : “Ritual”
Chambers : “Death, Life, the Divine”
Feast of Violet : “Sudden”
Living Rooms : “Fluke”
Travis Thatcher : “Night Falls”
Kolossi : “Gather”
Warning Light : “Newfound Glances”
Exact Index : “Girl”
Twins : “Come Back”
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 15, 2011 at 6:24 am
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[Mp3] Young Again: “Host”
After releasing a couple songs earlier this year, Young Again have finally put forth a record, a four song EP called I Woke Up Smiling. “Control,” which I blogged about back in April, is joined by three other dreamy yet well written songs, resulting in a short record that’s worth many a listen. Also, Young Again member Seth Bolton’s other project, Living Rooms, released a new cut earlier this week as well, so be sure to check that out too.
Download/Stream I Woke Up Smiling
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 6, 2011 at 11:55 pm
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[Mp3] Feast Of Violet featuring Seth Bolton: “Linsen”
Last week Roman Photos released their final EP before disbanding after losing bassist Chris Daresta. The three remaining members plan to continue making music together under a different moniker, and each is working on solo material. Before I even had a chance to blog about that last record, RP‘s Allen Taylor dropped a new release from his project Feast Of Violet. The five song EP features guests spots that include Featureless Ghost, Ominous Castle, The Voice Of Saturn, and Seth Bolton (Living Rooms, Young Again). Here’s a track, and then go download it all for free:
Feast Of Violet featuring Seth Bolton : “Linsen”
- Posted by Davy Minor on May 23, 2011 at 10:31 pm
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[Mp3] Young Again: “Control”
Seth Bolton (Living Rooms), Phil Jones (Dog Bite), and Sean Telo have joined forces to put together a pretty nice track under the moniker Young Again. Check it out, and thanks to Apathetic Arousal for digging this up. Young Again will be playing 529 May 27th.
- Posted by Davy Minor on April 21, 2011 at 3:14 pm
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[Photos] This Piano Plays Itself, Living Rooms @ Drunken Unicorn (9/18/10)
Living Rooms:
This Piano Plays Itself:
- Posted by Kevin Griggs on September 22, 2010 at 3:52 pm
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Ohmpark Mixtape #16: One Last Summer Mix
Photos by Adrienne Claire Darnell
Living Rooms : “Cave In”
Still Corners : “Endless Summer”
Teen Daze : “Neon”
Keep Shelly In Athens : “A Tear In My I”
Deerhunter : “Revival”
Miniature Tigers : “Tropical Birds”
Soft Powers : “Just Like Tropica-L”
Tennis : “Baltimore”
Wild Nothing : “Summer Holiday”
Miracle : “Sunstar”
Oneohtrix Point Never : “Stress Waves”
Autolux : “Transit Transit”
- Posted by Davy Minor on August 4, 2010 at 6:57 pm
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[Mp3] Living Rooms: “Tongue Side Out”
The new Living Rooms record has finally arrived, in digital form free to download, and it is rather incredible. After listening to House Kid twice in a row, I’m totally blown away. This is definitely going to be one of the best records to come out of Atlanta this year. So, go ahead and download it right now and don’t forget they open for Here We Go Magic Friday night at The Earl, which makes for an incredible lineup:
Living Rooms : “Tongue Side Out”
- Posted by Davy Minor on August 4, 2010 at 3:51 am
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