From everyone here at Doghouse Records / Working Group Artist MGMT, we would like to wish you happy holidays.

We’ve had a great year here at the office and are looking forward to an even better 2012. And hey, even if it’s our last year on Earth, at least we’ve got a new Batman movie to look forward to before things go batshit and biblical, right?

We all have pretty diverse tastes here at the office. On an average day, everything from M83 to Adele to Kurt Vile to even Michael McDonald (blame Conway on that one) can be heard. While we were reminiscing, we listed some of our favorites things from the past year.

Enjoy and see you in 2012!

Conway

TOP 10 SOUNDS OF 2011

1. Leaves cracklin’ under my feet
2. A chid’s laugh
3. The sound of my own voice
4. Drunk housewives at a Hinder concert (saw this up close and personal)
5. The sound of my fist punching faces
6. The snap-crackle of the fireplace on a cold winter’s night as I lay upon a bear skin rug
7. Drunk people crying
8. The sound of me dunking a basketball and the glass shattering
9. The general sound of things cracklin’ 
10. The sound of cats fighting in the night
    

Sarah

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011

1. A Lot Like Birds – Conversation Piece
2. Arcade Fire – Suburbs Deluxe
3. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
4. Bouncing Souls – Live at Generation
5. OFF – Live at Generation
6. Rival Schools – Pedals
7. Adele – 21
8. Wiz Khalif – Rolling Papers
9. ?
10. ?

TOP 10 FOOD OF 2011

1-10: Kimchi with sausage yum!!!

End of year lists are STOOPID

Danny

TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2011

1. Bridesmaids
2. Cedar Rapids
3. 50/50
4. Midnight in Paris
5. Our idiot Brother
6. Drive
7. X-Men 1st class
8. Super 8
9. Source Code
10. Puss And Boots

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011

***I chose 11…

1. Adele - 21
2. The Belle Brigade - The Belle Brigade
3. Oh Land - Oh Land
4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
5. Transit - Listen & Forgive
6. Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends
7. The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
8. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
9. Mariachi El Bronx - (II)
10. The Miracals - Give Me A Chance
11. BONUS: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

TOP 10 FOODS I TRIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2011

***I’m a foodie so I’ve pretty much tried every food short of what Andew Zimmerman eats in Africa and other foreign lands, but I tried this for the first time this year:

1. Pig’s Ear
2. Sea Urchin Roe
3. Salted Beef (in Brazil)

TOP TEN THINGS THAT MADE ME CRY IN 2011

1-10: Nothing. I’m a man.

TOP 10 CRAFT BEERS OF 2011

***I have 6 (7-10 is probably Natural Light):

1. Dogfishhead 90 min IPA
2. New Belgium Sunshine Wheat
3. Allagash White
4. Ommegang Hennepin
5. Drake’s 1500 Pale Ale
6. Flying Dog Oktoberfest Marzen

TOP 10 BRUNO MARS SONGS OF 2011

I listen to “Just The Way You Are” on repeat…. 10x in a row and then try to cry but can’t (see #4).

Emily

TOP 10 PET PEEVES OF 2011

1. Running out of one of 4 Margarita ingredients.
2. Baby talk
3. The sound of the leaf blower on a Sat or Sunday morning. 
4. RSVP’s who don’t show
5. People who wear too much cologne, especially in an inescapable space such as an airplane
6. The misspelling of a lot
7. Talking to someone who says like at least once in every sentence
8. Being a plus one
9. The fact that dogs always puke on the carpet.
10. When someone claims they never watch TV

Matt

TOP 10 FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2011

1. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
2. Wild Flag - Wild Flag 
3. The Men - Leave Home 
4. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
5. Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming
6. Obits - Moody, Standard, and Poor 
7. Nodzzz - Innings 
8. Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin
9. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
10. Merry Christmas - Her Exceptional Kindness

TOP 10 FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2011

1. Moneyball
2. Midnight In Paris
3. Drive
4. Super 8
5. Page One: Inside the New York Times
6. Bill Cunningham New York
7. Young Adult
8. 50/50
9. The Descendants
10. Win Win

TOP TEN FAVORITE TUMBLR PAGES OF 2011

1. http://animalsbeingdicks.com/
2. http://samepicofdavecoulier.tumblr.com
3. http://fuckyeahcreepypictures.tumblr.com/
4. http://girlsthatlooklikeskrillex.tumblr.com
5. http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/
6. http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/
7. http://selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com/
8. http://fuckyeahdementia.com/
9. http://dailyurbanlegend.tumblr.com/
10. http://dadsaretheoriginalhipster.tumblr.com/

Brandon

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011

1. Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong
2. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
3. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
4. Saves The Day – Daybreak
5. Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
6. Metronomy – The English Riviera
7. The Strokes – Angles
8. White Lies – Ritual
9. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
10. Mac Miller – Blue Slide Park

TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2011

1. Hugo
2. Bridesmaids
3. Moneyball
4. 50/50
5. Drive
6. Crazy, Stupid, Love
7. The Lincoln Lawyer
8. The Mechanic
9. Fast Five
10. Cedar Rapids

Patrick

TOP 10 REASONS WHY THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GOOD PEICE OF HICKORY OF 2011

1. Great for walking sticks
2. Pleasantly aromatic
3. Great drying properties
4. Doesn’t easily warp
5. Makes beautiful flooring
6. Tasty smoky flavor found in sausage gift baskets
7. Hickory smoked cheeses
8. Hickory Dickory Dock
9. People have told me “there’s nothing like a good piece of hickory”
10. I can see why now