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No Big Hair 2011
By The Staff | 18 December 2011
For those new to the site and scratching their head over this “No Big Hair” thing, for probably good reasons not getting a nearly two-decade old Pavement reference: our No Big Hair (NBH) section features great new-ish artists who are for the most part unsigned or on smaller indie labels. 2011 was a particularly strong year for the section (you can check out why here and here), with so much more than any single 71-minute podcast can cover, and what you’ll hear below is by no means a “best of.” It is a mighty 71 minutes of music, though, and as good an introduction as any to some of the best lesser-known artists that didn’t make our year-end list:
[71:12]
1. Bird World: “Swamp”
- (0:01 – 4:04)
- from No Wonder (Self-released; 2011)
2. Thunder & Lightning: “Richard Nixon”
- (4:05 – 7:35)
- from Kangaroo Court (Self-released; 2011)
- thunderandlightning.bandcamp.com
3. Kris Ellestad: “The Secret”
- (7:36 – 9:56)
- from No Man Is Land (Self-released; 2011)
- krisellestad.bandcamp.com
4. Little Jungles: “Drive Yerself Crazy”
- (9:57 – 12:52)
- from Wuts Goin Thru Yer Head (Geographing; 2011)
5. Apache Dropout: “Sam Phillips Rising”
- (12:53 – 16:13)
- from Apache Dropout (Family Vineyard; 2011)
- apachedropout.bandcamp.com
6. Long Long Long: “Take Time”
- (16:14 – 20:30)
- from 99 Sevens EP (Self-released; 2011)
- longlonglong.bandcamp.com
7. Feel Alright: “Oahu Ohio”
- (21:31 – 22:59)
- from Hahahahahahaha (Planet of the Tapes; 2011)
- planet-tapes.tumblr.com
8. Rich Aucoin: “Undead Pt. 2”
- (23:00 – 25:50)
- from We’re All Dying to Live (Sonic; 2011)
- richaucoin.ca
9. Dream Jefferson: “Purple Hearts”
- (25:51 – 29:31)
- from Punch Perm EP (Self-released; 2011)
- dreamjefferson.bandcamp.com
10. Coma Cinema: “Her Sinking Sun (Foxes in Fiction remix)”
- (29:32 – 35:03)
- Single (2011)
- comacinema.org
- foxesinfiction.com
11. Dumbo Gets Mad: “Marmalade Kids”
- (35:04 – 39:24)
- from Elephants at the Door (Bad Panda; 2011)
12. Jessica Jalbert: “Paris Green”
- (39:25 – 42:03)
- from Brother Loyola (Old Ugly; 2011)
- jessicajalbert.bandcamp.com
13. Majical Cloudz: “Your Eyes”
- (42:04 – 46:21)
- from II (Movie Star; 2011)
14. New God: “MotorCar”
- (46:20 – 48:49)
- from MotorCar (RARC; 2011)
- new-god.com
15. DGRS: “At Least Rock & Roll Won’t Leave a Hole in My Back”
- (48:50 – 54:59)
- from Dream on Dreamy (Self-released; 2011)
- degrees.bandcamp.com
16. Yohuna: “Mateo”
- (55:00 – 57:51)
- from Revery EP (Self-released; 2011)
- yohuna.bandcamp.com
17. Computer at Sea: “Spiders in the Moat”
- (57:52 – 61:21)
- from Palace of the Lightbulbs (Self-released; 2011)
- computeratsea.com
18. Conquering Animal Sound: “Maschine”
- (61:22 – 65:14)
- from Kammerspiel (Gizeh/mini50; 2011)
19. o F F: “brokenpartstogether”
- (65:15 – 66:54)
- from Disenchanted Fairytale EP (Self-released; 2011)
20. New Animal: “Looking for the Sun”
- (66:55 – 71:12)
- from New Animal (Self-released; 2011)
- newanimal.bandcamp.com