Artist Of The Week - Anchor & Braille

It's been about three years since we've gotten an album from Anchor & Braille, the indie side project of Anberlin's Stephen Christian, but this week, on July 31st, the band's sophomore album will be released. The Quiet Life is a collection of haunting melodies and catchy percussion, certainly a maturation of sound since 2009's Felt. The Quiet Life is available now in stores and online through Tooth & Nail Records.

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With 2011 coming to an end, it's hard not to think about how amazing this year has been with music. Though mostly good there were some cases when hearing certain things about the industry made it tough to swallow (i.e. Thrice hiatus). But when you reflect on the good things, most of the time you feel excited about how the next year will top it. Here are my picks for the best of 2011.

Best EP’s 2011
1. Neurology-Worker
2. Opposition- Altars
3. Loss Of Innocence-Jawbone
4. Fear. Anger. Strife-Divide The Sea
5. We Are The Ones-Wolves at the Gate

Top 15 Albums of 2011
1. Separation-Balance and Composure
2. Major/Minor-Thrice
3. Let Go-Hundredth
4. Kingdoms-Life In Your Way
5. Waves-Moving Mountains
6. Costs-Gideon
7. Thegodmachine-Phinehas
8. Broken Voice-My Epic
9. Give Me Rest-Hands
10. Dead Throne-The Devil Wears Prada
11. The Life And Death Of A Plea For Purging-A Plea For Purging
12. Unturned-Ironwill
13. Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me-Touche Amore
14. Empty Days and Sleepless Nights-Defeater
15. Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts-Close Your Eyes

Honorable Mentions:
In Abstraction-A Hope For Home; The King Is Coming-Saving Grace; Shadows-In The Midst of Lions; Under Soil & Dirt-The Story So Far; Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing-The Wonder Years; Divided By-Structures; Wildlife-La Dispute; Simple Math-Manchester Orchestra; Volition-As Hell Retreats; Elsie-The Horrible Crowes
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Brooks Ginnan (Owner, Editor, Writer)


Top 10 Albums of 2010:
  1. Showbread - Who Can Know It?
  2. House of Heroes - Suburba
  3. The Classic Crime - Vagabonds
  4. My Epic - Yet
  5. Ivoryline - Vessels
  6. John Mark McMillan - The Medicine
  7. Abel - Lesser Men
  8. Children 18:3 - Rain's 'A Comin'
  9. Write This Down - Write This Down
  10. Bradley Hathaway - A Thousand Angry Panthers
Top 10 Metal/Hardcore Albums of 2010:
  1. Demon Hunter - The World Is A Thorn
  2. Haste The Day - Attack of the Wolf King
  3. Underoath - O (Disambiguation)
  4. In The Midst of Lions - The Heart of Man
  5. A Plea For Purging - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
  6. Mychildren Mybride - Lost Boy
  7. Close Your Eyes - We Will Overcome
  8. Living Sacrifice - The Infinite Order
  9. For Today - Breaker
  10. Hundredth - When Will We Surrender
Honorable Mentions:
    The Chariot - Long Live
    Your Memorial - Atonement
    To Speak of Wolves - Myself < Letting Go
    Fair - Disappearing World
    Anberlin - Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place

    Matthew Alexander (Writer, Interviewer)

    Top 10 Albums of 2010:
    1. Living Sacrifice - The Infinite Order
    2. As They Sleep - Dynasty
    3. As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise
    4. A Hope For Home - Realis
    5. Haste The Day - Attack of the Wolf King
    6. Demon Hunter - The World Is A Thorn
    7. A Plea For Purging - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
    8. Hundredth - When Will We Surrender
    9. Fair - Disappearing World
    10. The Showdown - Blood In The Gears
    Gary Peterson (Writer, Interviewer)

    Top 10 Albums of 2010:
    1. Hundredth - When Will We Surrender
    2. Your Memorial - Atonement
    3. In The Midst of Lions - The Heart of Man
    4. Wrench In The Works - Increase/Decrease
    5. For Today - Breaker
    6. Onward To Olympas - This World Is Not My Home
    7. As Hell Retreats - Revival
    8. Letter To The Exiles - The Shadow Line
    9. I, The Breather - These Are My Sins
    10. Silence O' Israel - The Lord Speaks