Here is a list of my favourite music from 2011.  I didn’t include any client’s music as that would be…impossible.

LPs

The Horrors | Skying (XL)

Death In Vegas | Trans-Love Energies (Vinyl Version) (Portobello Records)

The War On Drugs | Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)

Veronica Falls | Veronica Falls (Slumberland)

The Field | Looping State Of Mind (Kompact)

Moon Duo | Mazes (Sacred Bones)

Smith Westerns | Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum)

John Maus | We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (Ribbon)

S.C.U.M |Again Into Eyes (Mute)

Walls | Coracle (Kompact)

45s/Singles/Focus Tracks

Factory Floor | Two Different Ways (DFA)

Factory Floor | R E A L L O V E (Optimo)

TOY | Left Myself Behind (Heavenly)

Joseph Coward | Jesus Christ/Worry Wart (O Genesis)

Portishead | Chase The Tear (XL)

Gillian and Stephen | Swing (Hard Cheese)

Replicas | The City, Hearts Beat & You Disappear (O Genesis)

Flats | Never Again (One Little Indian)

Death In Vegas | Enforced Peace (Portobello Records)

Joseph Coward | If You Want To Get Going Get Talking (To Me) (O Genesis)

Thanks 2011.  That was awesome.

It was a year to remember at StageFright Publicity.  The company continued to focus on only working with records I love – a policy that keeps me honest, excited and motivated.  This year’s runaway success stories included working on the acclaimed Bon Iver album, Austra’s breakthrough debut Feel It Break and fulfilling a long-standing dream of working with Liam Gallagher and his new band Beady Eye.

Domestically speaking – StageFright Publicity artists were very popular with this year’s Polaris Music Prize jurors with seven albums being included on their long list.  Those albums were: Austra’s Feel It Break, Louise Burns’ Mellow Drama, One Hundred Dollars’ Songs Of  Man, The Rural Alberta Advantage’s Departing, PS I Love You’s Meet Me At The Muster Station, Young Galaxy’s Shapeshifting and Little Scream’s The Golden Record – for those keeping score.

Already looking forward to 2012 – StageFright Publicity will be busy working on new records from PS I Love You, Young Galaxy, Cuff The Duke and many, many more.

In an effort to reduce the number of wires in the StageFright Publicity office – we have streamlined our phone numbers.  Consult the contact page for more info.  Call us – we’ll chat.

Seven artists from the StageFright|Publicity roster have made the 2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List.  A big congratulations goes out to Austra, Louise Burns, One Hundred Dollars, The Rural Alberta Advantage, PS I Love You, Young Galaxy and Little Scream.

The Polaris Jury will now vote to reduce the Long List to the 10 title Short List which will be revealed July 6 at the Drake Hotel in Toronto on a live broadcast on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada’s channel 152 and CBC Radio 3.

The winner will be revealed Monday, September 19 at the Polaris Music Prize gala. The event will also be broadcast live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada’s channel 152 and CBC Radio 3 and will be held once again at CTV’s Concert Hall studios at Toronto’s Masonic Temple. The show will also be broadcast on MuchMusic and muchmusic.com.