My songs of the year 2011

• Civilian by WYE OAK

• Knots by Lisa HANNIGAN
• Home by Lisa HANNIGAN
• Andere Hände by ALIN COEN BAND
• Riverside by Agnes OBEL
• Beat, Beat, My Heart by VANDAVEER
• Fox (Take Your Chances) by DEAR READER
• MONKEY (Go Home Now) by DEAR READER
• Butterfly Effect by LAMB
• One Sunday Morning by WILCO
• Claire by Baxter DURY
• Future Starts Slow by The KILLS
• The Last Goodbye by The KILLS
• The Glorious Land by PJ HARVEY
• First we kiss by Anna CALVI
• Belsch Plaasch by Serge TONNAR & LEGOTRIP
• Destroying to Save by ARBOURETUM
• The Tide Pulls From The Moon by William FITZSIMMONS
• Music For A Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain) by MOGWAI
• Allez allez allez by CAMILLE
• and FEIST
• and METRONOMY

My discoveries of the year 2011

• WARPAINT
• YODELICE
• Anna CALVI
• Alin COEN BAND
• Lisa HANNIGAN
• INA-ICH
• William FITZSIMMONS
• I AM KLOOT
• Agnes OBEL
• SYD MATTERS
• ELBOW
• VANDAVEER

and also John BUTLER TRIO,  LOCAL NATIVES,  Baxter DURY,  David LYNCH,  The KILLS,  Sarah BLASKO,  EVENING HYMNS,  WHITE RABBITS,  MORIARITY,  WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS,  OUR CEASING VOICE,  ARBOURETUM

Live concerts 2011 - my personal top 8 (+11)

The most impressive gig I attended were:

• Portishead at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 03
• Roger Waters ( The Wall ) at Mannheim (SAP Arena), Germany on June 03
• Arcade Fire at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 02
• Elbow at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 03
• Archive ( with orchestra ) at Esch (Rockhal) on November 09

Plus 3 excellent gigs:

• Sophie Hunger at Esch (Kulturfabrik) on January 27
• Kroke & Nigel Kennedy at the Philharmonie on March 20
• Yodelice at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 02

Other very good gigs were:

• Mogwai at Den Atelier on January 13
• Motorama at the d:qliq on April 29
• Warpaint at Esch (Rockhal) on June 16
• Eels at Den Atelier on June 17
• This will destroy you at Trier (Exhaus) on June 23
• John Butler Trio at Den Atelier on June 28
• Eels at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 01
• The National at Arras (Main Square Festival), France on July 02
• Bob Dylan at the Rockhal on October 21
• Agnes Obel at the Rockhal on November 21
• William Fitzsimmons at Den Atelier on December 06