I’m working on a list of the best of what I heard in 2011. Here is the complete spotify best of 2011 playlist.
tUnE-yArDs W H O K I L L – 4AD
I’ve written quite a bit about Merrill Garbus this year. If my list ended here it would be enough. What Merrill does under the moniker tUnE-yArDs is wholly original. She crafts beats and melodies which could only be her own. I fully believe if not for the success she has garnered in 2011 she would be doing exactly the same thing busking in the BART in Berkley. tUnE yArDs have not hit critical mass yet. (I don’t think they have done an american express commercial or the like yet ) but there will be followers. So many followers.
W H O K I L L is truly stunning in every way.


