2011

My New Years plans kind of fell through, and there's no way that I'm going out to any bar, so I'm spending the evening at home with a bottle of $7 wine. It's actually the perfect kind of night anyway.

I was going to do some long sappy post about the past year, but I'll forgo it this year. I will say though, no matter how lonely or sad or anxious I ever am, the one thing that has been there for this past year was my music. I've discovered a lot of new bands, seen a lot of amazing musicians live, learned to play a new instrument (and now I can continue to learn on a brand spankin' new banjo that I got for Christmas!) and when a long day comes to end, the best way to fall asleep with big headphones on. I can't really do a "Best of" list because I don't really have that much diversity in my music tastes, but I made a playlist of all my favorite songs that kept me going in 2011. Give 'em a listen, if you so please. And I kept down on the Mumford and Laura Marling. You're welcome.

The Cave - Mumford & Sons
I Will Remain - Matthew & the Atlas
The Lengths - The Black Keys
Alas I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling
The First Days of Spring - Noah & the Whale
To Ohio - The Low Anthem
Tear Down the House - The Avett Brothers
January Hymn - The Decemberists
Ashamed - Deer Tick
I And Love And You - The Avett Brothers
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Learning - Perfume Genius
No Light, No Light - Florence + The Machine
The Shrew - Beirut
Devils Waitin' - BRMC
Country London - Captain Kick and the Cowboy Ramblers
When the Night Comes - Dan Auerbach
Cigarettes - Hey Marseilles
Blown Your Mind - Langhorne Slim
The Rooster Moans - Iron & Wine
Hey, All You Hippes! - The Low Anthem
CC Rider - Old Crow Medicine Show
I Remember - Yeasayer
Zorbing - Stornoway
All You Ever Wanted - The Black Keys
Ghosts - Laura Marling
Goshen - Beirut
After the Storm - Mumford & Sons