Bluesloth - Albums of the Year

As promised, Bluesloth's top 25 albums of 2011. (Note: asterisk (*) denotes Canadian Artist/Band)

# 25

Provider - Bry Webb*




  Bry Webb - "Provider" 

#24


Mine Is Yours - Cold War Kids




  Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours

#23

Circuital - My Morning Jacket 




  My Morning Jacket - Circuital

  My Morning Jacket - Wonderful (The Way I Feel)

#22

Michigan Left - Arkells*




  Michigan Left by Arkells

#21

Departing - The Rural Alberta Advantage*



  The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing

#20

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher



  Noel Gallaghe High Flying Birds - If I Had A Gun

#19

Long Time Ago - Current Swell*





#18

Morning Comes - Cuff The Duke*



  Cuff The Duke - Count On Me

#17

Camp - Childish Gambino





#16

Diaper Island - Chad VanGaalen*



  Chad VanGaalen - Sara by subpop

#15

Lights of Endangered Species - Matthew Good*



  Non Populus by Matthew Good

#14

Hurry Up We're Dreaming - M83



  Midnight City by M83

#13

The Year of Hibernation - Youth Lagoon





#12

21 - Adele



  Adele 21

#11

Who Kill - tUnE-yArDs





#10

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey



  PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder by Vagrant Records

#9

El Camino - The Black Keys



  The Black Keys - Gold On the Ceiling

#8

No Man is Land - Kris Ellestad*





#7

Nine Types of Light - TV On The Radio



  TV On The Radio - Killer Crane by Interscope Records

#6

The King Is Dead - The Decemberists





#5

Oh Fortune - Dan Mangan*



  Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune by Arts & Crafts

#4

Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes



  Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean by subpop

#3

Metals - Feist*



  How Come You Never Go There by Feist

#2

Bon Iver - Bon Iver



  Bon Iver, Bon Iver by boniver

#1

Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li

Enjoy!

- Spencer and Bryce

Arkells - Michigan Left

This fall has sure proven to be a good one for new Canadian music. A band I want to write about today has just released their second studio album called Michigan Left. Arkells has been around for about 5 years now and have toured their share of Canadian ground both headlining and opening for a long list of bands.

Below I have posted their whole album for your streaming pleasure.

A couple of my favorite tracks off of their new LP are Kiss Cam and Whistleblower. Enjoy.


Michigan Left by Arkells

Tour:

NOV 2, 2011 – North Bay, ON @ The Wall

NOV 3, 2011 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ The Speak Easy (Algoma University)

NOV 5, 2011 – Thunder Bay, ON @ The Outpost

NOV 7, 2011 – Regina, SK @ The Distrikt

NOV 8, 2011 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room

NOV 9, 2011 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall (University of Calgary)

NOV 11, 2011 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

NOV 12, 2011 – Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub

NOV 15, 2011 – Kamloops, BC @ The Blue Grotto

NOV 16. 2011 – Banff, AB @ Wild Bill’s

NOV 18, 2011 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis’

NOV 19, 2011 – Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret

- Bryce