The Modicums 2011

Best Album:

Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones

Honorable Mentions:

Kate Bush  - 50 Words for Snow

Cunninlynguists – Oneirology

La Dispute – Wildlife

Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact

PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

Moonsorrow – Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa

Over the Rhine – The Long Surrender

Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres

Tom Waits – Bad As Me

Best Song:

Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers”

Honorable Mentions:

James Blake – “I Never Learnt to Share”

James Blake – “Limit to Your Love”

Cunninlynguists– “Enemies with Benefits (feat. Tonedeff)”

Lana Del Rey – “Video Games”

Gang Gang Dance – “MindKilla”

Girls – “Vomit”

The Joy Formidable – “Whirring”

Lil Wayne – “6’7’ (feat. Corey Gunz)”

Frank Turner – “Glory Hallelujah”

Best Vocal Performance on an Album (Male):

Jordan Dreyer – Wildlife (La Dispute)

Honorable Mentions:

Danny Brown – XXX

Kno, Deacon the Villain & Natti – Oneirology (Cunninlynguists)

E-40 – Revenue Retrievin’: Overtime Shift

Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones

Tom Waits – Bad As Me

Best Vocal Performance on an Album (Female)

PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

Honorable Mentions:

Erika Anderson – Past Life Martyred Saints (EMA)

Karin Bergquist – The Long Surrender (Over the Rhine)

Annie Clark – Strange Mercy (St. Vincent)

Merrill Garbus – w h o k i l l (tUnE-yArDs)

Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres

 Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Male)

Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers”

Honorable Mentions:

Kno, Deacon the Villain, Natti & Tonedeff – “Enemies with Benefits” (Cunninlynguists)

Jordan Dryer – “King Park” (La Dispute)

Lil Wayne – “6’7’”

Natti – “Get Ignorant” (Cunninlynguists)

Tom Waits – “Hell Broke Luce”

Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Female)

Matana Roberts – “Pov Piti”

Honorable Mentions:

Erika Anderson – “Marked” (EMA)

Karin Bergquist – “Infamous Love Song” (Over the Rhine)

Merrill Garbus – “Killa” (tUnE-yArDs)

Ashley Monroe – “Hell on Heels” (Pistol Annies)

PJ Harvey – “On Battleship Hill”

Best Guitar Performance on an Album

Steve Marion – Wondervisions (Delicate Steve)

Honorable Mentions:

Heri Joensen & Terji Skibenæs – The Lay of Thrym (Týr)

Erik Nelson – Outer Isolation (Vektor)

Sidi Tourè – Sahel Folk

Markus Valhala – New World Shadows (Omnium Gatherum)

Dustin Wong – Do Whatever You Want All the Time! (Ponytail)

Best Guitar Performance in a Song

Henri “Trollhorn” Urponpoika Sorvali – “Kuolleiden maa” (Moonsorrow)

Honorable Mentions:

Nels Cline – “Art of Almost” (Wilco)

Ruban Nielson – “Nerve Damage!” (Unknown Mortal Orchestra)

Robin Pecknold – “Sim Sala Bim” (Fleet Foxes)

Sidi Tourè – “Taray Kongo”

Markus Valhala – “Nova Flame” (Omnium Gatherum)

Best Bass Performance on an Album

Steve Terebecki – D (White Denim)

Honorable Mentions:

Frank Chin – Outer Isolation (Vektor)

Michael Benjamin Lerner – 12 Desperate Straight Lines (Telekinesis)

Cameron Omori – Dye It Blonde (Smith Westerns)

Tim Payne – No Devoluciòn (Thursday)

John Stirrat – The Whole Love (Wilco)

 Best Bass Performance in a Song

Stephen Bruner – “Is It Love?” (Thundercat)

Honorable Mentions:

Flea – “Goodbye Hurray” (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Mick Harvey – “The Glorious Land” (PJ Harvey)

Michael Benjamin Lerner – “I Cannot Love You” (Telekinesis)

Toni Mäki – “An Infinite Mind” (Omnium Gatherum)

Toro Y Moi – “Still Sound”

Best Percussion Performance on an Album

Joshua Block – D (White Denim)

Honorable Mentions:

Nick Augustino – In Waves (Trivium)

Jeff Conaway – II (The Psychic Paramount)

Jeremy Hyman – Do Whatever You Want All the Time! (Ponytail)

John Stanier – Gloss Drop (Battles)

Matt Thomas – The Big Roar (The Joy Formidable)

Best Percussion Performance in a Song

Matt Thomas – “Whirring” (The Joy Formidable)

Honorable Mentions:

Nick Augustino – “Capsizing the Sea / In Waves” (Trivium)

Joshua Block – “At the Farm” (White Denim)

Charles Hayward – “You’re No Good” (About Group)

Joe Manning – “Dirt” (WU LYF)

John Stanier – “Ice Cream” (Battles)

Best Other Instrument Performance on an Album

Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges [Bass Saxophone]

Honorable Mentions:

Dave Guy – No Time for Dreaming [Trumpet] (Charles Bradley)

Emmanuel Kunnuki & Olugbabe Okunade – From Africa with Fury: Rise [Trumpet] (Seun Kuti and Egypt 80)

The Prague Philharmonic – The Great Mass [Orchestra] (Septic Flesh)

Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres [Saxophone]

Ian Williams – Gloss Drop [Keyboard] (Battles)

Best Other Instrument Performance in a Song

John Parish – “Let England Shake” (PJ Harvey)

Honorable Mentions:

Dave Guy – “How Long” [Trumpet] (Charles Bradley)

Matana Roberts – “Rise” [Saxophone]

Colin Stetson – “Judges” [Bass Saxophone]

Ian Williams – “Ice Cream” [Keyboard] (Battles)

Flutist in “River to Consider” [Flute] (White Denim)

The Modicums 2011