RadioNowhere's Best of 2011

Compiled by the staff at RadioNowhere.org: Bigif, Ley Bricknell, Patrick Burke, Rachel Devlin, Piney Gir, Jessica 6, Christopher Laird, Judy Neuhaus, Tim Ten Yen, Peta Waddington, Jessie Ward O’Sullivan & Ruby Wright.


‘If it’s good, they’ll find it’ ~ The New York Times

‘Songs from the best new independent artists’ ~ The Guardian


RadioNowhere’s Song of the Year - LA FEMME: Sur La Planche

RadioNowhere’s Album of the Year - BEARSUIT: The Phantom Forest

RadioNowhere’s Promotional Video of the Year - PAPA TOPO: La Chica Vampira


(complete running order)

BRITISH SEA POWER: Who’s In Control (Rough Trade)

LINDA GUILALA: Yeti (Elefant)

SUMMER CAMP: Brian Krakow (Apricot Recording Company)

BRIGHT EYES: Triple Spiral (Saddle Creek)

THE SECRET SISTERS: The One I Love Is Gone (Universal Republic)

ASOBI SEKSU: Perfectly Crystal (Polyvinyl)

KE$HA: We R Who We R (RCA)

MARA CARLYLE: Weird Girl (Ancient & Modern)

THE JOY FORMIDABLE: A Heavy Abacus (Canvasback/Atlantic)

LISA HANNIGAN: Little Bird (Hoop)

YOUTH LAGOON: Afternoon (Fat Possum)

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART: Heaven’s Gonna Happen Now (Slumberland)

NICK LOWE: Sensitive Man (Yep Roc)

GIL SCOTT-HERON & JAMIE XX: I’m New Here (XL)

VERONICA FALLS: Bad Feeling (Bella Union)

CRYSTAL STILTS: Alien Rivers (Slumberland)

SLOW CLUB: If We're Still Alive (Moshi Moshi)

CULTS: Bumper (Columbia)

BEIRUT: Santa Fe (Pompeii)

PIETA BROWN: Glory To Glory (Red House)

JUST HANDSHAKES (WE’RE BRITISH): Falling Over Our Fear (Elefant)

DUM DUM GIRLS: Bedroom Eyes (Sub Pop)

AUSTRA: Beat And The Pulse (Paper Bag/Domino)

SEERÄUBER JENNY: Avalanche (Faith & Hope)

THE DECEMBERISTS: Calamity Song (Capitol)

WANDA JACKSON: Like A Baby (Third Man/Nonesuch)

THE HISTORY OF APPLE PIE: Mallory (Roundtable)

SONS & DAUGHTERS: Rose Red (Domino)

PAPA TOPO: La Chica Vampira (Elefant)

BEARSUIT: When Will I Be Queen? (Fortuna Pop)

LA FEMME: Sur La Planche (Third Side)

R.E.M.: We All Go Back to Where We Belong (Warner Bros.)