Music We Loved in 2011

The Third Wheel Blog

2011 was a great year in music.
Check out what Tricycle Artists and Staff fell in love with.

Luisa Black, The Blacks and Rich Girls
Top 5 Songs of 2011

  1. The Kills – Baby Says
  2. The Drums – Book of Revelation
  3. Kanye West & JAY Z – Niggas in Paris
  4. Dum Dum Girls – Caught in One
  5. Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks

Nate Blaz, Geographer
Top Album of 2011

  1. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up

Julie Schuchard, Tricycle Co Founder
Top 10 Records of 2011

  1. PJ Harvey – “Let England Shake”
  2. The Black Keys, El Camino
  3. Handsome Furs- “Sound Kapitol”
  4. Austra- “Feel It Break”
  5. Girls – “Father, Son, Holy Ghost”
  6. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Watch The Throne”
  7. Bon Iver – “Bon Iver”
  8. The Black Lips- “Arabia Mountain”
  9. M83, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
  10. The Kills, Blood Pressures

Don Joslin, The Union Trade and Tricycle Co Founder
Top 10 Records of 2011

  1. Explosions in the Sky, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
  2. Mogwai, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
  3. M83, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
  4. Blind Pilot, We Are the Tide
  5. For a Minor Reflection, For a Minor Reflection- EP
  6. British Sea Power, Valhalla Dancehall
  7. Caspian, Tertia
  8. Air Formation, Nothing to Wish For (Nothing to Lose)
  9. This Will Destroy You, Tunnel Blanket
  10. Russian Circles, Empros

Erin Venables, Super Awesome Tricycle Intern
Top 10 Records of 2011

  1. Beirut – The Rip Tide
  2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
  3. The Black Keys – El Camino
  4. Lady Lamb the Beekeeper – Mammoth Swoon
  5. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread
  6. Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania
  7. Twin Sister: In Heaven
  8. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
  9. Cults – Cults
  10. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Andrew Galluccio, The Northern Key
Top 10 Records of 2011

  1. Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  2. Washed Out: Within Without You
  3. Real Estate: Days
  4. Cut Copy: Zonoscope
  5. Charles Bradley: No Time for Dreaming
  6. Wilco: The Whole Love
  7. Wooden Birds: Two Matchsticks
  8. M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
  9. Twin Sister: In Heaven
  10. Vetiver: The Errant Charm

Israel Chavarin, The Frail
Top Album of 2011

  1. The Black Keys El Camino