Our friends at Insound have hooked us up with one of these extremely limited, Delicious Design League-created, American Apparel Washed Out t-shirts (pictured) to give away. To enter, just like us on Facebook + leave a comment below letting us know your favorite new band/artist of 2011, and we’ll pick a winner next week.
mp3:
Washed Out :: Eyes Be Closed
Washed Out :: Amor Fati
Washed Out :: Eyes Be Closed (Lovelock remix)
Holy Other
favourite artist of 2011: Ford & Lopatin!
Shabazz Palaces!
“Cults”, hands down.
Long time reader. First time commenter.
Favorite new band of 2011 so far = tUnE-yArDs (they’re new to me at least).
Gauntlet Hair
Purity Ring
Can’t wait to hear more from Lana Del Rey!!
K-X-P
I’d say John Maus and Kurt Vile, masters of 2011!
Light Asylum kicked my ass pretty hard this year.
My favourite band of 2011 is probably Evenings, their new album is amazing and can be found here http://evenings.bandcamp.com/
Best album of the year! Beirut- Riptide!
Templehof – Ketamine
Wye Oak may not be technically “new” in 2011, but it is when I discovered them. Their album ‘Civilian’ is utterly fantastic.
My fav artist of the year?? Toro y Moi! You guys bring some of the best coverage on all the music I love! THANKYOU!!
Imean, they arent really that NEW new, but they made a huge breakthrough this year
SBTRKT is my favorite new artist
shabazz without a doubt!
team rockit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1vK6PJmRl4
Even though I can’t understand them. 1988 is the album for feeling transcendent. team rockit swag. fuck facebook.
Bass Drum of Death
Gardens and Villa
The Weeknd
The Weeknd, for sure. House of Balloons is an awesome debut, can’t wait to see what he does next.
painted palms
Holy Other!
(The mysterious) Daphni!
I like the Teams vs. Starslinger EP a lot. I guess that’s a “new” collab.
I don’t have a facebook, but I still like this shirt. “Like.”
So far my favorite band of 2011 is Cults, but I need to check out some others.
cults !
aaaaaaacccttivveeee ccchhilllddd
How to Dress Well
Wu Lyf. Album of the summer.
Clams Casino, great EP, great mix tape.
GhostPoet is 4sure one of my favorit artists of 2011
Easy one…Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Crush – Crush EP
Shabazz Palaces for new artist, Odd Future and Asteroids Galaxy Tour for older bands that I’ve just started listening to…
Iceage !
DOM.
On a scale of one to baked potato, Dom is 3 baked potato.
Youth Lagoon
WU LYF
Shabazz!
Shabazz Palaces!
I don’t know…Pure X? Dirty Beaches? Seapony? HOTEL MEXICO? The Sandwitches? I’d have to settle on Still Corners. er, wait, is this a skill-test? am i supposed to say Washed Out?
Nanosaur!!!
maria minerva
Cults!
The Weeknd
Shabazz Palaces all the way! Blew my mind with Black Up..
Waters, Quiet Company
White Denim is my new favorite band for 2011 thanks to Gorilla vs Bear… Sirius XMU!!!!!!!
no idea if he’s been active before 2011, but Clams Casino!
Favourite artist of 2011: Robag Wruhme
favorite new artist has to be The Weeknd!
SLEEP ∞ OVER. Cant wait for the album.
Cloud Control
Peaking Lights
I’d have to go with EMA.
GIMMETHASHIRTTHX. :*
DUDE!Dirty Beaches!
CLAMS CASINO
Purity Ring
Cults
uhh…I can’t decide between The Weeknd, Ford & Lopatin, Lana Del Rey and Active Child. I’ll just have to pick all of them
Clams Casino
Unknown mortal orchestra!
Wormrot!
They kicked my ears this year and sparked my interest in grindcore.
Holy Other, but Tri-Angle in general is killing it right now.
Machinedrum !!
Craft Spells
Chrome Sparks is my favorite.
this guy is definately my favorite new artist of 2011:
http://soundcloud.com/brejksochloopar
amazing
Boyfriend!
That shirt is amazing.
Not new, but new to me: The Fresh and Onlys.
Thank you.
TV Girl is my favorite hometown local band, won’t be surprised to see black up get best album this year.
Thundercat
holy other definitely although the other artists on triangle are pretty amazing
Mine would be CANT. Christ Taylor is something else!
sweeeett!
Toro Y Moi is my new musical crush
Wu Lyf!
mine would be CANT. Chris Taylor is something else.
Austra, definitely.
Thundercat
Germany Germany
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
wu lyf
BLOUSE! Sexiest bass intro I ever did hear in “Into Black.” Other songs=bliss.
SLEEP ∞ OVER for sure
Army Girls
Washed Out! Though he is not new in 2011.
BLOOD ORANGE is my new ish!
Neon Indian! Hands down.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
SLEEP ∞ OVER ! Haunting stuff
COOLRUNNINGS! beautiful, poppy electro that makes me want to dance but also feel extremely white.
Holy Other
Star Slinger has put out some quality tunes this year. I wear size medium, just sayin.
Gotta go with Sleep Over.
Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross
death grips
The Danish of Treefight For Sunlight!
lol, still requiring likes on fb? pathetic. stop tying yourself to a fucking fad. imagine if your stupid ass tried giving shit away in exchange for myspace points or some shit. you look like a fool in my eyes, not that my eyes matter
Yeah no one cares about your eyes
Grimes!!!
Light Asylum!
Favorite new band: Balkans
what’s going on with that wackadoo up there? ima say Grimes, too.
Jeff bridges
I’m saying what the t-shirt says: Washed Out
The Weeknd is probably my favorite for now.
Gotta love Cults!
The Vaccines!
Mr. Little Jeans
PURE X.
Never listened to them when they were Pure Ecstasy, but now I’m smitten.
SBTRKT !
OFWGKTA
SBTRKT
Hooray For Earth
washed out! duh.
Shabazz Palaces
Class Actress
Ghostpoet
MARIA MINERVA
Com Truise
CULTS
YUCK
Baths
They’re also up there… Amazing clips :)
Shabazz “Motherfucking” Palaces
Yuck? They didn’t really form this year but their freshman album dropped.
The Horrors – Skying
Oh, missed the part about new artist….
Cults
SBTRKT
Boooooooooooooom whoooooo did it!
Twin Sister!
Cults without a doubt.
BRAIDS
SBTRKT. It may not be new this year, but it’s still new to me.
Summer Camp
… Can I say James Blake? I mean, his debut was released this year.
If not, def the Odd Future co.
Ford & Lopatin
Cults!
John Maus!
Craft Spells!
‘Ghosts’ was released almost 2 years ago, but the new CANT LP is phenomenal. Gotta go with my boy Chris Taylor…
Tough call, but I’m going to say Shabazz Palaces as well.
The Weeknd!
i remember hearing from them last year too, but Hooray For Earth
Guantlet Haaaaaair!!!
That’s tough… I guess I’ve been digging gross magic alot lately.
Cat’s Eyes… since Summer Camp were end of last year, but still amazes me every time I listen through
I loved the Washed Out Album, indeed (not that new).
But my favorite new band is: Suuns
Iceage.
Coma Cinema.
Braids
Note to GvB crew: might want to clarify whether “below” means here or on Fb.
(likewise, as much as I like most of ‘em, all the pre-2011 artists cited gotta be DQ’d…)
I’d say Cults, but Grimes has been winning me over with her live shows
the weeknd. sex, drugs and R&B, baby! because when else will Tesfaye help put a shirt ON somebody?
S B T R K T
Stricken City
The weeknd
Gonna have to say Frank Ocean. Only Odd Future album I’ve listened to more than once.
Teen Daze/Active Child/Summer Camp!
JUNKASIS!!!
Without a doubt it HAS to be Purity Ring. I have yet to feel my sense of awe with their songs diminish…in fact I think I appreciate them more with each listen. Very promising stuff.
Sbtrkt!
Probably Austra, I love “The Beast”
i want to say wooden shjips, but i think west is their 2nd album so… i’ll go with cults
Bass Drum of Death!
bass drum of death
The Weeknd definitely has won my affection this year.
So many to choose from, but I’ll go with Cults!
CANT
Old friend, but a new moniker… (Dev Hyne’s) Blood Orange!
Triptides!
Laurel Halo is putting out some seriously next-level shit.
definitely Nicolas Jaar!
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Loving the debut album by Petrels at the moment, so probably him
Chapter 24 – raw and awesome
Evenings.
this kid has two solid albums under his belt at 21
The War on Drugs!!!
SBTRKT
weeknd & summercamp
My favorite new band of 2011 is definitely Cults.
Desert Noises
SBTRKT!
Has to be Tyler, the Creator and OFWGKTA
Iceage
Definitely Childish Gambino.
Have this i want.
Purity Ring :)
SBTRKT definitely
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, bb. UMU!!!!
ford & lopatin
definitely Shabazz Palaces! Thanks!
Fucked Up.
active child all the way
Triptides Triptides Triptides
Cults!
Going with Cults, so much fun in concert!
araabmuzik
the weekndddddddddddd
Hmm either SBTRKT or Beyond Gold. Thanks for the giveaway!
Definitely have to go with Shabazz Palaces!
I have to say Frank Ocean had been catching my attention with Novacane and his appearance in She.
Gardens & Villa
cults. yum.
PURITY RING
CANT
“like us on facebook”? uhhhh…
I have to say I’m pretty excited about Lana Del Ray
Head and the Heart
Lana Del Ray.
maria minerva
Craft Spells
gotta be Unknown Mortal Orchestra
It’s Washed Out for me!
Shabazz Palaces (if you can consider them new) . . . “Black up, black on, black all the time.”
Riiiiizzzzzllle kicks
CANT, Purity Ring, The Weeknd, Peaking Lights & Puro Instinct
I Break Horses
I’m pretty excited about Washed Out in 2011. The album release show in ATL was fantastic.
Blood Orange.
;)
WASHED OUT! Within and Without
Yuck
Lady Gaga.. & Com Truise – Galactic Melt
Unknown Mortal Orchestra!
Irieality
Grimes!!!
I LOVE SBTRKT… great climbing, art, kicking it music.
Benny Sings! “Art”
Strange Talk
Gogol Bordello
Fav artist: Clams Casino
Destroyer
“hey infinite sense of value
I heard your record it’s alright”
Cults
Youth Lagoon is absolutely incredible and his music gives me goosebumps. I’m also really exicted to hear more from Purity Ring and Dry the River.
Little Scream
WU L Y F
Cults! : )
Best band of the year = lord huron
I like Purity Ring as well.
Stay+ (formerly Christian Aids)
Gotta be Yuck.
Paper Diamond
http://www.paper-diamond.com/music/
Purity Ring deffos
Bikini
Boat Sales!
Gotta go with Washed Out
The Weeknd
Total Warr
Knifight!!!
Favorite 2011 release so far has gotta go to The Antlers.
purity ring!
the weeknd
purity ring! going to see them in Denver next week. can’t wait.
P.S. anyone seen them live yet and how was it?!
definitely SBTRKT.
Holy Other
Elite Gymnastics
Small Black
I’d expect more people say Yuck but personally TV GIRL wins FOR SURE :)
I expected more to say Yuck, lol but TV GIRL wins for me personally since they are actually “new music of 2011″ unlike the rest..*cough* Cults *cough*! lol
:)
COLIN STETSON!!!
THE WEEKND!! no question.
Lana del Ray without a doubt. That voice of hers is breathtakingly angelic.
Shabazz Palaces, and SBTRKT both groundbreaking records.
CANT..I know a full album hasn’t been released yet but just from the song’s Chris Taylor has released I know CANT’s gunna be awesome!!
best youth !
The War on Drugs. Their new album Slave Ambient is amazing.
WASHED OUT
Gotta be Shabazz Palaces. Best record of 2011, and the EPs are the best thing I overlooked from 2009.
Cults…they’re new enough, right?
papercuts fa shooo
Can’t stop listening to Shabazz Palaces
Com Truise!!
Still Jack White
I know this is kinda cheesy given the errr….give-away, but honestly, I haven’t been able to stop listening to Within and Without. Last time I listened to it I was sitting in a pool in the valley baking in the Saturday sun, sangria in hand…and I think I saw god for a bit, then I realized I was drunk and staring at the sun for too long…. So, my vote, for absolutely my favorite album of this year so far – Washed Out – oh, and I’m a small :-)
Love & Peace
Jamie xx. His distintive remixes of “Take Care of You” and “Rolling in the Deep” are dope as f#@k. And the celestial “Far Nearer” may just be my fav song of 2011 so far. Can’t wait to see what this guy does next (xx lp 2 would be nice!)
Clams Casino
I am quite enjoying Mr. littlejeans so far. Very nice t00ns.
dale earnhardt jr. jr. , naked and famous, washed out!!!, young man,…
Washed Out is awesome! Shabazz Palaces is dope, SBTRKT has blown my expectations, and I can’t believe no one has mentioned James Blake yet!? Do I have to pick just one? My prediction for best album (not a new artist) will be M83!!! I can’t wait for this to come out!
Inc. as in the new name for Teen, Inc. (w/ Francis Starlite!)
I’ve been enjoying Washed Out, as well
Lana Del Rey.
Whistlin’ my name.
SBTRKT is the artist of 2011 for me.
Neon Indian!!! :)
Not technically new, but Thundercats material looks super super sweet.
James Blake
kings of leon
This is the year of Nicolas Jaar.
I’m really diggin star slinger. i know his first collection came out in ’10 but his collaboration with teams is chill as shit and all his remixes have been blowin my mind, especially alpine’s icypoles.
COOLRUNNINGS
hope I’m not too late to get in on this.. my new favorite artist/band is WU LYF, without a doubt.
The Weeknd!
MNDR is my new favourite artist of 2011.Of cpourse I am also diggin of Little Dragon & Mitten…
James Blake
Hooray For Earth!
Clams Casino
I used to enjoy a brief fist fight, but now i’m totally into BATTLES.
the tao of con
The Weeknd
SBTRKT
Really have been digging Washed Out. Love the new Girls track “vomit”.
dirk
SHABAZZ PALACESS
I’m in love with heRobust, but xxyyxx is definitely a close contender.
James Blake
hooray for earth! definitely.
mmhmmm James Blake
P U R I T Y R I N G
I’m feeling the new Airbird track
Wives
Mr. Little Jeans
The Joy Formidable!
Big fan of Cults or Tennis
Elite Gymnastics.
Braids!
Best Band = Lord Huron
Washed Out is dope
liking preteen zenith so far
Active Child
CANT and Tennis
Wu lyf
WASHED OUT PLEAAAAASE
I would like to get one too :)
Hmm most of my favorite alums this year have been sophomore follow ups and I haven’t really listened to all that many debut albums this year. However if I had to pick a debut band it would have to be Tennis.
Brothertiger!
LYKKE LI!
WILD BEASTS
PET MOON
harlem
toro y moi
Death Grips. Hands down.
HOLY GHOST! WOOT!
Rimar is my favorite artist of the last week.
Shabazz is an instant standout for the year, and I am loving the new stuff by CANT, but with the combination of a fantastic new record and even more fantastic live show, I’m going to go with WU LYF 2K11′s best new artist.
Purity Ring fo sho
WULYF
The’re absolutely amazing and can’t wait to hear new material…
So far, loving cults
burning hotels out of fort worth, their new single Allison is on repeat daily.
The Joy Formidable!
I might have to go with Holy Ghost! at this point…
Cults are my favorite new band this.
Cults for sure.
Warpaint is great!
MR. LITTLE JEANS
Pure X
WASHED OUT + WARPAINT + (Oldie but newie) BEST COAST
I forgot tune-yards
Purity Ring!
if it aint tooooo late!
battles and bronzed chorus any day and every day
Bright Light Social Hour
Gauntlet Hair
True Widow
Discovery
James Blake
Cults
Guerre
Toro y Moi….
Cults
Youth Lagoon
Shabazz Palaces!!
Clams Casino
Washed Out
Maria Minerva!
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Washed Out, SBTRKT, and Active Child
Gauntlet Hair
The Weeknd
Oberhofer
lana del rey, for sure.
washed out
WASHED OUT.
It seems that reading about the artist can give you a deeper understading of their music. Althougth i’ve always enjoyed washed out…recently I was able to develope a new apprecation for his music.
i would say toro y moi but theyre not really new
so id have to say CANT