Les 100 meilleurs albums de 2011 pour les inrockuptibles

1. The Black Keys – El Camino
2. Metronomy – The English Riviera
3. WU LYF – Go Tell The Fire Mountain
4. François & The Atlas Mountains – E Volo Love
5. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
6. Daniel Darc – La taille de mon âme
7. Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love
8. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
9. The Shoes – Crack my Bones
10. Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
11. Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
12. Cults – Cults
13. Baxter Dury – Happy Soup
14. Other Lives – Tamer Animals
15. James Blake – James Blake
16. Cat’s Eyes – Cat’s Eyes
17. Tinariwen – Tassili
18. Dirty Beaches – Badlands
19. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
20. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
21. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
22. Anthony Joseph – Rubber Orchestras
23. Yelle – Safari Disco Club
24. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco
25. The Drums – Portamento
26. Nicolas Jaar – Space is the Only Noise
27. Feist – Metals
28. Timber Timbre – Creep on, Creepin’ on
29. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
30. The Rapture – In The Grace Of Your Love
31. Beirut – The Rip Tide
32. Drake – Take Care
33. Miles Kane – Colour of the Trap
34. The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
35. Salem – King Night
36. Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams
37. The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts
38. The Horrors – Skying
39. The Do – Both Ways Open Jaws
40. Zola Jesus – Conatus
41. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
42. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
43. Orelsan – Le chant des sirènes
44. Hanni El Khatib – Will the Guns Come out
45. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
46. EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
47. Theophilus London – Timez Are Weird These Days
48. Mansfield.TYA – Nyx
49. Miossec – Chansons ordinaires
50. Arctic Monkeys – Suck it and See
51. Yuck – Yuck
52. David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time
53. Jay-Jay Johanson – Spellbound
54. Austra – Feel It Break
55. Discodeine – Discodeine
56. Hollie Cook – Hollie Cook
57. Piers Faccini – My Wilderness
58. Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde
59. SebastiAn – Total
60. Tune-Yards – Whokill
61. Housse de Racket – Alesia
62. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
63. Le Prince Miiaou – Fill the Blank With Your Own Emptiness
64. Brazzaville – Jetlag Poetry
65. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
66. Yuksek – Living on the Edge of Time
67. The Vaccines – What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?
68. Keren Ann – 101
69. Gil Scott-Heron – We’re New Here
70. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
71. Zomby – Dedication
72. Michel Cloup – Notre silence
73. Friendly Fires – Pala
74. John Maus – We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
75. Mehdi Zannad – Fugue
76. Emmanuelle Parrenin – Maison Cube
77. The Antlers – Burst Apart
78. Planning To Rock – W
79. Weekend – Sports
80. Smith & Burrows – Funny Looking Angels
81. Jeffrey Lewis – A Turn in the Dream-Songs
82. Kouyaté – Neerman – Skyscrapers & Deities
83. Apparat – The Devil’s Work
84. The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy
85. Battles – Gloss Drop
86. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
87. Jono McCleery – There Is
88. Shabazz Palaces – Black up
89. Alex Beaupain – Pourquoi battait mon coeur
90. Puro Instinct – Headbangers in Ecstasy
91. V/A – B.O.F. Drive
92. Kills (The) – Blood Pressures
93. Kooks (The) – Junk of the Heart
94. TV On The Radio – Nine Types of Light
95. Class Actress – Rapprocher
96. Saul Williams – Volcanic Sunlight
97. Cascadeur – The Human Octopus
98. Birdy Nam Nam – Defiant Order
99. Foster The People – Torches
100. Dengue Fever – Cannibal Courtship

Les 50 meilleurs disques de 2011 pour Mojo

1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2. The Horrors – Skying
3. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
4. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Sprit
5. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
6. White Denim – D
7. Josh T. Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
8. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
9. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
10. Wild Beasts – Smother
11. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
12. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
13. Cat’s Eyes – Cat’s Eyes
14. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
15. Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
16. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
17. Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – Everything’s Getting Older
18. Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts
19. James Blake – James Blake
20. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
21. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
22. Beirut – The Rip Tide
23. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
24. Ema – Past Life Martyred Saints
25. The Stepkids – The Stepkids
26. Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots
27. Arbouretum – The Gathering
28. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
29. Wilco – The Whole Love
30. Girls – Farther, Sons, Holy Ghost
31. Nick Lowe – The Old Magic
32. Bjork – Biophilia
33. Glenn Jones – The Wanting
34. Gillian Welch – The Harrow And The Harvest
35. Tinariwen – Tassili
36. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
37. Duane Eddy – Road Trip
38. The Sand Band – All Through The Night
39. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
40. Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming
41. Destroyer – Kaputt
42. Booker T. Jones – The Road From Memphis
43. Gwilym Simcock – Good Days At Schloss Elmau
44. Glen Campbell – Ghost On The Canvas
45. Tune-Yards – Whokill
46. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
47. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
48. Wire – Red-Barked Trees
49. Frank Ocean – Nostalga, Ultra
50. Joe Henry – Revive

le top 100 des disques indie britannique (mojo, decembre 2011)

The 1970’s

• Buzzcocks – Boredom – 7”
• Swell Maps – Read About Seymour – 7”
• Subway Sect – Ambition – 7”
• Undertones – Get Over You – 7”
• Wire – Outdoor Miner – 7”
• Joy Division – Transmission – 12”
• The Monochrome Set – He’s Frank – 7”
• The Pop Group – Y – LP
• The Raincoats – The Raincoats – LP

The 1980’s

• The Fall – How I Wrote Elastic Man – 7”
• Echo And The Bunnymen – Crocodiles – LP
• Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth – LP
• Durutti Column – The Return Of The Durutti Column – LP
• Fire Engines – Candyskin – 7”
• The Television Personalities – I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives – 7”
• The Nightingales – Idiot Strength – 7”
• Orange Juice – You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever – LP
• New Order – Temptation – 7”
• Josef K – The Missionary – 7”
• The Wild Swans – The Revolutionary Sprit – 12”
• Marine Girls – Beach Party – LP
• The Smiths – This Charming Man – 7”
• This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren – 12”
• Jane And Barton – It’s A Fine Day – 7”
• The Jazz Butcher – Southern Mark Smith – 7”
• Aztec Camera – High Lamd Hard Rain – LP
• Lloyd Cole And The Commotions – Rattlesnakes – LP
• The Jasmine Minks – Thiki – 7”
• Cocteau Twins – Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops – EP
• Biff Bang Pow! – There Must Be A Better Life – 7”
• The Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy – LP
• The Loft – Up The Hill And Down The Slope – 7”
• James – Village Fire – 12”
• Bogshead – Let Them Eat Bogshead – 12”
• The Woodentops – Move Me – 7”
• Easterhouse – In Our Own Heads – 12”
• Primal Scream – Crystal Cresent/Velocity Girl – 7”
• The Primitives – Really Stupid – 7”
• Shop Assistants – Safety Net – 7”
• The Bodines – Therese – 7”
• Half Man Half Biscuit – The Trumpton Riots – 12”
• The Mighty Lemon Drops – Happy Head – LP
• Momus – Circus Maximus – LP
• Felt – Forever Breathers The Lonely Word – LP
• Talulah Gosh – Beatnik Boy – 7”
• Age Of Chance – Kiss – 7”
• The Soup Dragons – The Sun In The Sky – EP
• The Pastels – Up For A Bit With The Pastals – LP
• The Vaselines – Son Of A Gun – 7”
• The Wedding Present – George Best – LP
• The Sea Urchins – Pristine Christine – 7”
• Loop – Heaven’s End – LP
• Close Lobsters – Foxheads Stalk This Land – LP
• The Chesterfields – Ask Johnny Dee – 7”
• The Flatmates – Happy All The Time – 7”
• My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise – 12”
• The La’s – There She Goes – 7”
• The House Of Love – Destroy The Heart – 7”
• Happy Mondays – Lazyitis – 12”
• The Pooh Sticks – On Tape – 7”
• The Orchids – I’ve Got A Habit – 7”
• Stump – Buffalo – 7”
• The Darling Buds – It’s All Up To You – 7”
• Spaceman 3 – Revolution – 7”
• The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses – LP
• McCarthy – Keep An Open Mind Or Else – 7”
• The Field Mice – Snowball – LP
• Lush – Scar – LP

The 1990’s

• Ride – Ride – EP
• Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows – 7”
• Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels – 7”
• The Servants’ – Disinterest – LP
• Manic Street Preachers – Motown Junk – 7”
• Chapterhouse – Pearl – 7”
• Slowdive – Catch The Breeze – 7”
• Stereolab – Pengi – LP
• Blur – Popscene – 7”
• Denim – Back In Denim – LP
• Suede – The Drowners – 7”
• Heavenly – Le Jardin De Heavenly – LP
• Morrissey – Your Arsenal – LP
• Saint Etienne – So Tough – LP
• Huggy Bear – Herjazz – 7”
• The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps – LP
• Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You – 7”
• Elastica – Line Up – 7”
• Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers – LP
• Oasis – Supersonic – 7”
• Belle & Sebastian – Tiger Milk – LP
• Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic – LP
• British Sea Power – The Decline Of British Sea Power – LP
• The Lilac Time – Looking For A Day In The Night – LP

2000’s

• The Delgados – The Great Eastern – LP
• The Libertines – What A Waster – 7”
• Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out – 7”
• Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – 7”
• Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken – 7”
• The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant – LP
• The Horrors – Skying – LP
• The Wild Beasts – Smother – LP

Compilations

• Pillows & Prayers – Cherry Red – 1982
• C86 – Rough Trade – 1987
• Doing It For The Kids – Creation – 1988
• Shadow Factory – Sarah – 1988
• Indie Pop Volume One – Rough Trade – 2004

Les 50 meilleurs albums de 2011 pour NME

1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2. Metronomy – The English Riviera
3. The Horrors – Skying
4. Wild Beasts – Smother
5. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
6. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
7. St Vincent – Strange Mercy
8. Katy B – On A Mission
9. Tune-Yards – Whokill
10. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
11. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
12. Scum – Again Into Eyes
13. Suns – Zeroes Qc
14. The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
15. Wild Flag – Wild Flag
16. Bombay Bicycle Club
17. Battles – Gloss Drop
18. Car’s Eyes – Cat’s Eyes
19. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
20. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
21. Kasabian – ‘Velociraptor’
22. Noah And The Whale – Last Night On Earth
23. Yuck – Yuck
24. Big Talk – Big Talk
25. Planningtorock – W
26. Girls – Farther, Son, Holy Ghost
27. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain
28. The Field – Looping State Of Mind
29. Smith Westerns – Dye It Blond
30. Friendly Fires – Pala
31. Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
32. Alex Turner – Submarine Soundtrack
33. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco
34. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
35. TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light
36. Iceage – New Brigade
37. White Denim – D
38. Bjork – Biophilia
39. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
40. Cold Cave – Cherish The Light
41. Death Grips – Exmilitary
42. Patrick Wolf – Lupercalla
43. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
44. Destroyer – Kaput
45. Austra – Feel It Break
46. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
47. Real Estate – Days
48. Slow Club – Paradise
49. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
50. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne

Les 50 meilleurs albums de 2011 pour Q magazine

1. Florence And The Machine – Ceremonials
2. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
3. Adele – 19
4. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
5. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
6. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Thorne
7. Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
8. St Vincent – Strange Mercy
9. Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
10. Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!
11. The Horrors – Skying
12. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
13. Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix
14. The Weekend – House Of Ballons
15. Baxter Dury – Happy Soup
16. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
17. Metronomy – The English Riviera
18. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
19. Cass Mccombs – Wit’s End
20. The Weekend – Thursday
21. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds
22. White Lies – Ritual
23. Bjork – Biophilla
24. Real Estate – Days
25. Wild Beasts – Smother
26. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
27. Ed Sheeran – +
28. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
29. Kasabian – Velociraptor!
30. Lady Gagagagag – Born This Way
31. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
32. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
33. Tune-Yards – Whokill
34. Gruff Ryhs – Hotel Shampoo
35. Cass Mccombs – Humor Risk
36. Katy B – On A Mission
37. Washed Out – Within And Washed Out
38. Feist – Metals
39. James Blake – James Blake
40. Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome
41. Girls – Farther, Son, Holy Ghost
42. Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
43. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
44. Death In Vegas – Trans Love Energies
45. Miles Kane – The Colour Of The Trap
46. Sbtkt – Sbtrkt
47. Mastodon – The Hunter
48. Noah And The Whale – Last Night On Earth
49. Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra
50. Justice – Audio, Video, Disco

les 50 meilleurs albums de 2011 pour Uncut

1. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2. Gilian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
3. Metronomy – The English Riviera
4. White Denim – D
5. Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
6. The Horrors – Skying
7. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
8. Wild Beasts – Smother
9. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
10. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
11. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
12. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
13. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
14. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For A Halo
15. Wilco – The Whole Love
16. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Sprit
17. Feist – Metals
18. Tinariwen – Tassili
19. Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots
20. Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
21. James Blake – James Blake
22. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
23. Thurston More – Demolished Thoughts
24. Real Estate – Days
25. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
26. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
27. Bjork – Biophilla
28. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
29. Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
30. Tim Hecker – Ravendeath, 1972
31. Destroyer – Kaput
32. Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX – We’re New Here
33. Low – C’mon
34. Fatoumata Diawara – Fatou
35. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
36. Johhy – Jonny
37. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
38. Hiss Golden Messenger – From Country Hai East Cotton
39. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
40. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
41. Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’
42. Jenny Hval – Viscera
43. St Vincent – Strange Mercy
44. Tune-Yards – Whokill
45. Mikal Cronin – Mikal Cronin
46. Iceage – New Bridge
47. The Caretaker – The Empty Bliss Beyond This World
48. Cornershop Featuring Bubbley Kaur – Cornershop And The Double-O Groove
49. Arbouretum – The Gathering
50. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

les 50 meilleures chansons de Neil Young -Mojo magazine

1. After The Gold Rush – After Thre Gold Rush – 1970
2. Cinnamon Girl – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – 1969
3. Heart Of Gold – Harvest – 1972
4. Only Love Can Break Your Heart – After The Gold Rush – 1970
5. Like A Hurricane – Weld – 1991
6. Helpless – C,S,N & Y Deje Vu – 1971
7. Down By The River – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – 1969
8. Mr Soul – Buffalo Springfield Again – 1967
9. The Needle And The Damage Done – Harvest – 1972
10. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – 1969
11. Tonight’s The Night – Tonight’s The Night – 1975
12. Powderfinger – Rust Never Sleeps – 1979
13. Ohio – C,S,N & Y – So Far – 1971
14. Cortez The Killer – Zuma – 1975
15. Southern Man – After The Gold Rush – 1970
16. Tell Me Why – After The Gold Rush – 1970
17. Expecting To Fly – Buffalo Springfield Again – 1967
18. Old Man – Harvest – 1972
19. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) – Rust Never Sleeps – 1979
20. A Man Needs A Maid – Live At Massey Hall 1971 – 2007
21. Tired Eyes – Tonight’s The Night – 1975
22. On The Beach – On The Beach – 1974
23. Philadelphia – Philadelphia Ost – 1993
24. Harvest Moon – Harvest Moon – 1992
25. Pocahontas – Rust Never Sleeps – 1979
26. Sugar Mountain – Decade – 1968
27. Cowgirl In The Sand – C,S,N & Y – Four Way Street – 1971
28. For The Turnstiles – On The Beach – 1974
29. Mellow My Mind – Tonight’s The Night – 1975
30. I Believe In You – After The Gold Rush – 1970
31. Rockin’ In The Free World – Freedom – 1989
32. Words (Between The Lines Of Age) – Harvest – 1972
33. Revolution Blues – On The Beach – 1974
34. Don’t Be Denied – Time Fades Away – 1973
35. Don’t Let It Bring You Down – After The Goldrush – 1970
36. Fuckin’ Up – Ragged Glory – 1990
37. Transformer Man – Trans – 1972
38. Goin’ Back – Comes A Time – 1978
39. Will To Love – American Stars ‘N Bars – 1977
40. See The Sky About The Rain – On The Beach – 1974
41. Broken Arrow – Buffalo Springfield Again – 1967
42. Sleeps With Angels – Sleeps With Angels – 1994
43. It’s A Dream – Prairie Wind – 2005
44. Here We Are In The Years – Neil Young – 1968
45. Thrasher – Rust Never Sleeps – 1979
46. Winterlong – Decade – 1977
47. Old King – Harvest Moon – 1992
48. Ambulance Blues – 1974
49. I Am A Child – Live Rust – 1979
50. Music Arcade – Broken Arrow – 1996

XTC : English Settlement (1982)

Cet album est magique ! English Settlement est typiquement l’album sorti dans les années 80 qui n’a pas vieilli d’un poil mais qui au contraire se bonifie avec le temps. Je dirais même que c’est un trésor intarissable tellement sa musique est universelle, jouée avec des doigts d’or et remplie de trouvailles plus envoutantes les unes que les autres. English Settlement est un tournant dans la carrière du groupe, à savoir qu’il se détache des racines new wave de ses débuts pour lorgner vers la pop avec un grand P. Je dirais même qu’il change complètement de méthode de travail. Au lieu de foncer tête baissée, il cherche tout d’abord à écrire des mélodies raffinées et légères. Jamais le groupe n’aura ainsi été autant charmeur, décomplexé. En plus d’un gros travail d’écriture, il décide d’inclure de nouvelles influences jusqu’alors inédite comme l’afro beat, des rythmes latino ou encore des chœurs de paysans médiévaux. Bref, il se fait plaisir et ça s’entend ! Dans ce cas-là, difficile de se louper ! Toutes les chansons sont remplies de finesse dans une veine pastorale incomparable, comme si on était transporté dans un tourbillon sonore, dans un monde féérique où rien ne peut nous arriver et qui nous ressemble tant. Et puis, il y a toujours ces sons tordus, banaux d’XTC qui donne à l’ensemble un coté étrange, proche du fantastique. Le groupe réussit alors enfin à toucher le grand public avec notamment le génial « Senses Working Overtime ». De « Runaways » à « Snowman », on passe par toutes émotions, les styles musicaux avec inspiration rarement aussi poignante, dans la quête de la pop absolue. Bref, l’album est à l’image de la pochette représentant le cheval de Huffington : soigné, passionnant, séduisant. Un chef D’œuvre !