2011 was an exciting year for local music in Maine and New Hampshire. So many incredible albums were released, and great artists like Lady Lamb the Beekeeper are finally receiving the recognition they deserve!
We’ll be sharing our favorites all week long, but now we want to give you the chance to voice your opinion. Which albums rocked your socks off in 2011? Please pick your top three from the list below…
What are your favorite Maine/NH Albums of 2011 (pick three max)?
- The Worst Thing I've Been Cursed With by Sparks The Rescue (Listen) (44%, 479 Votes)
- Hope Something Cool Happens by Cam Groves (Download) (13%, 143 Votes)
- Happy Medium by Spose (Listen) (12%, 131 Votes)
- Losing Touch by Pinsky (Listen) (7%, 80 Votes)
- Party Like a Lobster by The Sophomore Beat (Listen) (3%, 28 Votes)
- Pitter Patter by Billy Libby (Listen) (2%, 26 Votes)
- Secret Songs for Secret People by Eric Bettencourt (Listen) (2%, 21 Votes)
- Frontier by Jacob Augustine (Listen) (2%, 19 Votes)
- Axis IV by Paranoid Social Club (Purchase) (2%, 18 Votes)
- Right Now by Lady Essence (Listen) (2%, 18 Votes)
- Once Again To Lillith by Vanityites (Listen) (1%, 15 Votes)
- Mansions by Selbyville (Purchase) (1%, 14 Votes)
- A Fitful Sleep by Brzowski (Listen) (1%, 10 Votes)
- Contrast Eats the Slimey Green by Metal Feathers (Listen) (1%, 9 Votes)
- Anjuli by Sea Level (Listen) (1%, 9 Votes)
- Period Piece by The Baltic Sea (Listen) (1%, 9 Votes)
- in color. by Grand Hotel (Listen) (1%, 9 Votes)
- The Winter EP by The Thriftways (Listen) (1%, 8 Votes)
- Come Over to My House by Foam Castles (Listen) (1%, 7 Votes)
- Inside The Haunted Cloud by Sunset Hearts (Listen) (1%, 7 Votes)
- The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood by Falls of Rauros (Download) (0%, 5 Votes)
- The Lucid by The Lucid (Listen) (0%, 5 Votes)
- The Negative NUMBers by Dead Season (Listen) (0%, 5 Votes)
- A Severe Joy by A Severe Joy (Listen) (0%, 4 Votes)
- Mai, Mai by Mai, Mai (Listen) (0%, 3 Votes)
- Yorba Linda by Huak (Listen) (0%, 2 Votes)
- Low Down by The Mallett Brothers Band (Listen) (0%, 2 Votes)
- Apotheosis by Thommy Kane (Listen) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,085
Loading ...Don’t see one of your favorite albums on the list? Leave a comment below and we’ll consider adding it!
Mallow
The poll is incomplete. I notice that The Waldos “Sludged Out Fish Logic” isn’t on it.
Chris
You also forgot When Particles Collide “Mass to Energy EP”
Don Smith
the omission of Grant Street Orchestra’s, Passionately Late from this list renders this list an absolute travesty.
HOW DARE YOU!
Barry Dodd
would love to have seen Selbyville’s latest album on this list.
carlos the mechanic
putnam smith – we could be beekeepers, should be on that list.
James
“We Are Animals” by Good Kids Sprouting Horns seems to be absent.
Monty Burns
Micodin & Dynamo-P’s “Let The Sleepers Sleep” should be on this list…
steve
do covers EPs count? like Jeff Beam’s “The Maine Embassy”
Peter
You have excellent taste, Steve.
Eric
“Guillotine Mouth” by Sidecar Radio deserves to be on the list!
Andrea
Absolutely side car needs to be on here my number one choice by far !
John
Viva Nueva by Rustic Overtones, dur.
Eric Hoffsten
Arborea – Red Planet
Big Blood – Big Blood & the Wicked Hex
Herbcraft – Ashram To The Stars
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Runner-up:
Henry Jamison / Milkman’s Union – Telos EP
Chloe
Dude, where’s Statement of Purpose by Too Late the Hero?
Jon
Too Late The Hero – Statement of Purpose
Curtis
Where is Thommy Kane??
jennifer
where’s thommy kane- apotheosis???
Dianne Ellis
Sooo why isnt Tommy Kane on this list?
Kristin Michaud
Thommy Kane should certainly be on this list. I’m shocked that he’s not. He’s the freakin man. Put’s out mad music that everyone can relate to. Let’s give him the credit he deserves. LOVE YOU THOMMY!
Haxor 1.01
If you don’t fix this issue with the voting system then we’ll be forced to take action.
the mayor of wells
why is cam groves on here? he’s just terrible. the fact that he beat anyone is dissapointing. id rather listen to a dog shitting into a tuba.
Rose
Judging by the way the Town of Wells is run, I don’t doubt for a minute that the Mayor of Wells would rather listen to a dog shitting into a tuba.
Jaye
Jacob and Eric are two of my top picks for shizzle and yes, Matt, Bass Box takes third. It isn’t easy to pick and I haven’t heard everything on the list. I pick what I listen to when I’m washing the dishes.
Jaye
Gads. I didn’t even see Sea Level on there. Scratch my two cents, I can’t do this.
Wesley Delaney
I know this is somewhat delayed, but I have just now discovered Dispatch magazine. In reading this post, I have found something fundamentally wrong with this list: Last Chance To Reason – Level 2 isn’t anywhere to be found. This incredible band was signed to Prosthetic records in 2010 and released their major label debut album shortly thereafter in 2011. They have since been touring continuously with bands such as Atheist, Animals As Leaders, Protest the Hero, Scale The Summit, Obscura, and Abysmal Dawn. If you haven’t heard them yet (or in my case, even if you have) this progressive metal juggernaut will make you sh*t your pants.