
The prestigious indie-connoisseur site New York Music Daily listed "The Universal Skeptical Anthem" from SLM's Thrum among its Top 100 Songs of 2011, calling it "[a] typical savage, corrosive anthem from the hyper-literate New York rockers." The full list is here (scroll down or search for "Shanghai," "Skeptical," etc.). We're in heady company here; the list includes Marc Ribot, Laurie Anderson, Either/Orchestra, Reid Paley, the Christian McBride Big Band, and other critical favorites.