2011's Indie

2011 has come to an end a couple of weeks ago so it's time to sum up the best indie bands (and albums) of the year.
So lets start with the new band of the year, the Vaccines. Their debut album "What did you expect from the Vaccines?" came out last spring and really spread some freshness to the indie rock english music scene. Most of the songs are shorter that 3 min, some of them don't even reach 2 minutes of leght.
Many artists are now trying to play the "I am a real artist because my songs are very short" but lets face it, posers or not, all the Vaccines songs on the album are lovely!
What is also to be apreciated is the fact that the songs on the record are bounded, so that you pass 45 minutes without interruptions or changes of style. (Personal favourite song "Noorgard"). Definitly one of the best records of the year!

Band n. 2: The wombats! "This modern glitch" is a mind-blowing record, starting with a song like "Tokio", which video is by the way very funny, and going on with some post punk electonic songs like "Jump into the fog" or "Techno fan". They ARE amazing!

number 3: most of you may not know this band, they're from Scotland and are called Zoey Van Goey. Their second album was released under the name of "Propeller versus Wings", thier style is very flokish and reminds a lot of Belle and Sebastian. This influence was more evident in the debut album "The cage was unlocked all along", dated 2009, whose first single was producer by Stuart Murdoch (singer and songwriter of Belle and Sebastian). A very strange and nice song of the 2011 record, in my opinion the best track of all, is "you told the drunks i knew karate" is very funny!

Band n.4: Glasvegas. their record "Euphoric Heartbeaks" is very influenced by the place were was recorded, California, it actually has this relaxed sound that some Red Hot Chili Peppers songs have.
It is much more introverted and depressed, though. I'd say it's perfect for a winter-chili-foggy-day feeling.
but some songs are real gems, for example "Dream Dream Dreaming" or "You".
What i also like about the band are the lyrics, James Allan ,the singer is a true poet, the words he uses are perfect and touching, and lets add the scottish exotic accent and one of the revelations of the year is here!

i really hope you enjoy all the records I've proposed you, well I did!