Volume 50 (Best of 2011)

One thing is for sure, Nashville has absolutely no shortage of great musical offerings well outside the Music Row realm. Granted, ole WOTT didn’t have quite as many actual podcasts as there were months in the year but I’d like to say we covered a good deal of the highlights from the last twelve months. But how do you boil down an entire year of releases into one comprehensive package? Unfortunately, you can’t.

The likes of The Ettes, Sugar Sk*_*lls, Kyle Andrews, Heypenny, By Lightning, Southern and many others all had superbly quality releases this year that everyone should spend time with. They are not, however, included in this mix. Being entirely comprehensive just isn’t possible. Their exclusion is not derived from a lack of enjoyment.

Other bands exist outside the scope of what We Own This Town is trying to expose. While I love The Black Keys as much as the next person, they don’t exactly need our help getting their name out there. Or someone like Jonny Corndawg, who put out a phenomenal record with Down on the Bikini Line, doesn’t actually live here anymore; so is ineligible.

Long story short, I hate that I was unable to include everything great from the last year. I am endlessly proud of the diversity of music that Nashville creates and wish there was a way for everyone to hear everything great; its just not practical. Despite that, I’ve compiled an hour and half of some of the most enjoyable tunes, to me, officially released in 2011 in these United States. Please enjoy.

• 1. The Clutters – “Twice Bitten”
  Breaking Bones
• 2. Norm – “Wasted”
  Norm
• 3. Happy Little Trees – “This Is How To Save A Soul”
  We Are Happy
• 4. Those Darlins – “Be Your Bro”
  Screws Get Loose
• 5. Glossary – “When We Were Wicked”
  Long Live All Of Us
• 6. Anchor Thieves – “Romeo”
  Prerequisite
• 7. Tristen – “Heart and Hope to Die”
  Charlatans at the Garden Gate
• 8. Birdcloud – “Indianer”
  Birdcloud
• 9. James Wallace and The Naked Light – “Colored Lights”
  More Strange News From Another Star
• 10. Eureka Gold – “Wayward”
  Land of Imaginary Suffering
• 11. PUJOL – “Mayday”
  Nasty, Brutish, and Short
• 12. Makeup and Vanity Set – “The Point of No Return”
  Never Let Go
• 13. Casa Castile – “Desert Cat”
  Umbra
• 14. The Non-Commissioned Officers – “Love Will Conquer All”
  Money Looking for Thieves
• 15. Ducko Mcfli – “Wouldn’t Change a Thing”
  Smoked Out
• 16. Chancellor Warhol – “Weapon”
  The Silver Factory
• 17. Classic Williams – “Head to the Sky”
  The Soul of Nigger Charlie
• 18. Bad Cop – “Animal”
  I Can’t Slow Down EP
• 19. The Features – “How It Starts”
  Wilderness
• 20. The Goldroom – “New Drifter”
  The Surrounding Hours
• 21. Tetsuo – “Donkey Lips”
  Inmates
• 22. Diarrhea Planet – “Warm Ridin'”
  Loose Jewels
• 23. JEFF the Brotherhood – “Shredder”
  We Are the Champions
• 24. Nikki Lane – “Gone, Gone, Gone”
  Gone, Gone, Gone
• 25. Caitlin Rose – “That’s Alright”
  Own Side Now
• 26. Kindercastle – “D’s All Around”
  number b
• 27. King Arthur – “Matterhorn”
  Matterhorn
• 28. Evan P Donohue – “My Odds (Live & Reel)”
  Live & Reel
• 29. Jensen Sportag – “Everything Good”
  Pure Wet
• 30. Nahnee Bori – “The Waterbear”
  Lotic Prattle
• 31. Coupler – “Gardening”
  America in the Coming Age of Electronics

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