Rollo & Grady’s Top 21 New Artists of 2011
1. CHARLES BRADLEY

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Album: No Time For Dreaming (Buy)
Label: Dunham Records
Charles Bradley – The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
2. MICHAEL KIWANUKA

Hometown: London
Album: Tell Me A Tale EP (Buy)
Label: Communion Records
Michael Kiwanuka – I Need Your Company
3. OREGON BIKE TRAILS

Hometown: Santa Monica, California
Album: High School Lover 7″ (Buy)
Label: Father/Daughter Records
Oregon Bike Trails – Cayucas
Oregon Bike Trails – High School Lover
4. FIDLAR

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Album: DIYDUI (Buy)
Label: Unsigned
FIDLAR – Max Can’t Surf
5. HANNI EL KHATIB

Hometown: SF/LA
Album: Will The Guns Come Out (Buy)
Label: Innovative Leisure
Hanni El Khatib – Build. Destroy. Rebuild.
6. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

Hometown: New Zealand/Portland, Oregon
Album: Self-Titled (Buy)
Label: Fat Possum
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – How Can U Luv Me
7. BREAKFAST IN FUR

Hometown: New Paltz / Rosendale NY
Album: Self-Titled EP (Buy)
Label: Analog Edition
Breakfast in Fur – I Don’t Care
Breakfast in Fur – Shine
8. TIGER WAVES

Hometown: Chicago/Austin
Album: Only Good Bands Have Animal Names (Buy)
Label: Unsigned
Tiger Waves – In, Out, And Around
Tiger Waves – From The Start
9. TURF WAR

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Album: Years of Living Dangerously (Pre-order)
Label: Old Flame Records
Turf War – Cheers To The Years
Turf War – Part of My Heart
10. STONE DARLING

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Album: I Stop Missing You Today 7″ (Buy)
Label: Analog Edition
Stone Darling – All I Wanna Do
Stone Darling – Can You Get to That [Funkadelic]
11. RADIATION CITY

Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Album: The Hands That Take You (Buy)
Label: Tender Loving Empire
Radiation City – The Color of Industry
12. CHEERLEADER

Hartford, CT
Album: Self-Titled (Digital 7″)
Label: Unsigned
Cheerleader – New Daze
13. VACATIONER (SIDE PROJECT OF BODY LANGUAGE)

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Album: Trip Single
Label: Self Released
Vacationer – Trip
14. TOTAL BABES

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Album: Swimming Through Sunlight (TBA)
Label: Old Flame Records
Total Babes – Like They Always Do
Total Babes – Be So True
15. YOUTH LAGOON

Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Album: The Year Of Hibernation (Buy)
Label: Juno Beach Records
Youth Lagoon – Montana

Hometown: Bar Harbor, Maine
Album: Coke Weed – Volume 1 (Buy)
Label: Unsigned
Coke Weed – The Frizz
Coke Weed – Not My Old Man

Hometown: Brooklyn
Album: Gun Shy 7″ (Buy)
Label: Captured Tracks
Widowspeak – Gun Shy
18. D. WATUSI

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Album: Summer Nights 7″ (sold out)
Label: Nashville’s Dead
D. Watusi – Summer Nights
19. THE HIGH DROPS

Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Album: Self-Titled EP (Buy)
Label: Unsigned
The High Drops – These Kids
20. GROSS MAGIC

Hometown: Brighton – UK
Album: Teen Jamz – EP (Buy)
Label: Fat Possum
Gross Magic – Sweetest Touch
21. THE MOOR

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Album: Self-Titled (Buy)
Label: Dilettante
The Moor – Warm Winter
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