Co La - Daydream Repeater (NNA Tapes; 2011)

Hidden drums in burning cafes alter the tiger to the nightlife in each candle.

U.S. Girls - U.S. Girls on Kraak - (K-RAA-K; 2011)

In a jungle of dead radios, I witness an empty swimming pool and a cross-eyed diver.

Cave - Neverendless (Drag City; 2011)

Tasting this bridge has never felt better to my footprints, alive with the coral.

Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream (In The Red Records; 2011)

I beseech thee: rock into the thunderous shock of UFOs pulling puppet strings.

The Bees - Every Step's a Yes (Polydor; 2011)

Stings this winter rose when campfires' last embers reveal a jolly carnvial, tiny as a bee.

The Loom - Teeth (Crossbill Records; 2011)

Frost-bit grass after dusk pulls the birds from the feathers.

Childish Gambino - Camp (Glass Note; 2011)

Grinding minds text messages to make sure your heartbeat remains in your Night Jacket.

Kurt Vile - So Outta Reach EP - (Matador; 2011)

Creatures touch and take but the many flitting tongues of iguanas soothe our bed.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (Software; 2011)

Through broken CDs, I glimpsed my likeness malfunctioning the music through the skeletal trees.

The Black Belles - The Black Belles (Third Man Records; 2011)

Through the ashes of fallen bands and blurred visions, a purple light emanates from a new volcano.

King Blood - Eyewash Silver (Permanent Records; 2011)

I went to the ironing factory to find my twin cast in steel.

Nurses - Dracula (Dead Oceans; 2011)

Fever dreams spread me too thin as when rats gnaw my feet and neon makeup clutters us all asilver.

Prince Rama - Trust Now (Paw Tracks; 2011)

What new tricks have you overturned in your attic while trusting mechanical kids to the buttons?

Zola Jesus - Conatus (Sacred Bones; 2011)

Vessels spread the daily bread for each alien hovering within the cylinder of fire.

Lolly Jackson - He Shall Teaze No More

Lollipops should never be scattered near graves where nuns wait to unchain the beasts from Cyprus trees.

Mastodon - The Hunter (Reprise; 2011)

I burned out my eyes because the black tongue flapped like no other eel.

Twin Sister - In Heaven (Domino; 2011)

Swamps grew delicate as the rocks aged to green emeralds.

Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams (Sub Pop; 2011)

Mazzy got toasted in an electric crown of thorns.

Christopher Ryan Smith - Undead Safari

Yes, I travel far and wide and though I may be hiding: safaris of the mind bring ominous chidings.

Maria Minerva - Caberet Cixous (Not Not Fun; 2011)

Kate Bush encountered this poisonous octopus on the way to sucking out her shoe from the inside-out cattle.