This was a tough one. We set ourselves the challenge of picking our Top Albums and Singles of the year with one caveat – they must be Australian. This dampened the hopes of one of our team’s expertly curated list, which included M83, Active Child and Real Estate. But despite some hiccups, we managed to cobble together some form of authoritative list for y’all to squabble over on Xmas day. Happy holidays, musos.
PEDESTRIAN’s BEST OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC 2011: THE PANEL DECIDES
K-Dazzle:
Albums
Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends
The Panics – Rain On The Humming Wire
Royal Headache – Royal Headache
Seeker Lover Keeper – Seeker Lover Keeper
The Jezabels – Prisoner
Singles
Architecture In Helsinki – Contact High
Emma Louise – Jungle
Oliver Tank – Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion
Snakadaktal – Air
Catcall – Satellites
Alice Billions (Melbourne Massive)
Albums & Corresponding Singles:
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Song: Need you now
Bluejuice – Company
Song: Act Yr Age
The Jezabels – Prisoner
Song: Trycolour
HTRK – WORK
Song: Slo Glo
The Bon Scotts – We Will All Die At The Hands Of C.G.I
Song: Polluted Sea
JJ (The loneliest Jew on Christmas)
Albums
Papa Vs Pretty – United In Isolation
Jezabels – Prisoner
Bluejuice – Company
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Cameras – In Your Room
Singles
Flume – Sleepless ft. Anthony for Cleopatra
The Grates – Turn Me On
Architecture In Helsinki – Contact High
Collarbones – Beauman Park
Oh Mercy – Stay Please Stay
Claire Brachiasaurus (SLR Champion, 2011):
Albums:
The Great Impression – Sparkadia
Making Mirrors – Gotye
Locked by Land – Jinja Safari
Forever So – Husky
Moonfire – Boy & Bear
Singles:
Do the Right Thing – Oscar + Martin
Awkward – San Cisco
We Left – Rufus
China – Sparkadia
Brother – Matt Corby
Neysie (‘THAT’S ALL I HEAR/LIKED THIS YEAR, WAS 2 BUSY WATCHING MOVIEZ’)
Royal Headache and Cut Copy albums
Catcall- Satellies
Architecture In Helsinki- Contact High
Drizzle (Pedestrian Team Mascot, 2011 – Infinity)
Singles:
Bon Chat Bon Rat – Black Bird
Cut Copy – Need You Now
Flume – Sleepless
New Navy – Zimbabwe
RUFUS – Paris Collides
Were we wildly off the mark? Did we not talk about Gotye enough? Let us know in the comments section.
Title Image by Rachel Tinney
