TOPS of Twenty Eleven

TOP 11 albums of 2011:

Sleetmute Nightmute - Night of the Long Knives - 2010 Fast Weapons


Anika - Anika - 2010 Stones Throw Records


Géraldine - Baiser Avec un Miroir - 2011 Self released


One Hundred Dollars - Songs of Man - 2011 Outside Music


Myths - Myths - 2011 Self released


Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here - XL Recordings


HTRK - Work (Work, Work) - 2011 Ghostly International


Feral Children - Feral Children - 2011 Self released


Shooting Guns - Born To Deal In Magic 1952-1976 - 2011 Self released


Grass Widow - Past Time - 2010 Kill Rock Stars


Shannon and the Clams - Sleep Talk - 2011 1-2-3-4 Go! Records

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Tiffany Paige My muse - the Aunty to my Panty.


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Brande Baugh The first time I saw her, my heart grew a twin. J'adore!




Peggy Noland HUGE crush! Definitely one of my top style idols. xox




Shannon Shaw She's fuckin' fierce! Liiiiiiike more fierce than my chub rub on a hot summer night.


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Anto Christ Her parties look like they were made specially for me. Is it weird that I sometimes fantasize that I'm part of her entourage!?




MYTHS One of my favourite discoveries at Sled Island 2010. Check out Sled's 2011 headliners. Woah!



Géraldine I'm completely obsessed with her right now.



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SO FUCKING STOKED

Sled Island is an annual independent multi-venue music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta.

The music part of the festival will happen in Calgary from June 30 to July 3, 2010. There is also a Film 'festival of festivals' that will take place from June 24 to 29. Music shows will take place in venues around downtown, with the main outdoor site taking place the weekend of July 2nd and 3rd at Olympic Plaza.

The bands I'm most looking forward to seeing are:

Braids


Deerhoof

Deerhoof - The Tears of Music and Love (mp3)
Deerhoof - Basketball Get Your Groove Back (mp3)

Dinosaur Jr.


The Famines


Feral Children

Feral Children - Abilities (mp3)
Feral Children - Safe Language (mp3)

Fucked Up


Lezzies on X

Lesbians on Ecstacy - The Cold Touch of Leather (mp3)
Lesbians on Ecstacy - Party Time (A Womyn's Luv) (mp3)

Girl Talk


Makeout Videotape

Makeout Videotape - Eating Like a Kid (mp3)
Makeout Videotape - Gigi Bungsu (mp3)

Melvins


MYTHS


Nü Sensae

Nü Sensae - Worm(s) (mp3)
Nü Sensae - Graceland (mp3)

Puberty

Puberty - Common Sense (mp3)
Puberty - Tarnation (mp3)

Quintron and Miss Pussycat

Quintron - Place Unknown (mp3)
Flossie and the Unicorns - The Men With a Million Records (mp3)

Sleepy Sun


The Thermals

The Thermals - At The Bottom of the Sea (mp3)
The Thermals - When We Were Alive (mp3)

White Lung

White Lung - Therapy (mp3)

An impromptu road trip in the a.m.. We're heading westbound to Edmonton for Wyrd Fest II. In Edmonton, Wyrd Fest II has become the official after-party for the Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair, while the Calgary and Lethbridge stops solidify partnerships with the Sled Island and Mammoth Cave music festivals. The organization of each evening will mimic the same successful formula from Wyrd Fest: 16 bands across two stages and running from 5pm through Midnight.

The traveling festival lineup is:

Women (Calgary, AB)
COSMETICS (Vancouver, BC)
D’EON (Montreal, QC)
Omon Ra II (Montreal, QC // Halifax, NS)
Nü Sensae (Vancouver, BC)
Shearing Pinx (Vancouver, BC)
MYTHS (Vancouver, BC)
The Famines (Edmonton, AB)
Myelin Sheaths (Lethbridge, AB)
The Wicked Awesomes! (Edmonton, AB)
Fist City (Lethbridge, AB)
Topless Mongos (Calgary, AB)
JAZZ (Edmonton, AB)
Krang (Edmonton, AB)

Date: Saturday May 1st, 2010
City: Edmonton, Alberta
Time: Doors at 3:00pm, bands start at 4pm.
Location: The ARTery + ARTery Annex (9535 Jasper Avenue)
Price: 1st 99 advanced tickets $15 and come with a 7” :::: $20 thereafter
All Ages Welcome