Music Monday: Best Albums of 2011
Once again, I’m waaaaaaay behind on this. But I want to make sure to give all 2011 releases a fair chance and a good listen before finalizing my picks.
Criteria is the same as previous year. Without further ado, here they are (in no particular order):
BEST ALBUMS/EP’s:
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
- Adele - 21
- Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine
- Dirty Beaches - Badlands
- Shine 2009 - Realism
- James Blake - James Blake
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- SBTRK - SBTRK
- Wintercoats - Sketches EP
- M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
- Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
- Craft Spells - Idle Labor
- Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972
- Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
- Destroyer - Kaputt
- Tycho - Dive
- Wild Beasts - Smother
- The Field - Looping State of Mind
- tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
- Wiley - 100% Publishing
- The Drums - Portamento
- Balam Acab - See Birds
- Wye Oak - Civilian
- Bibio - Mind Bokeh
- Chad Valley - Equatorial Ultravox EP
- Clams Casino - Instrumental Mixtape
- Twin Sister - In Heaven
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
- Real Estate - Days
- Active Child - You Are All I See
- Sepalcure - Fleur EP
HONORABLE MENTION:
- Radiohead - The King of Limbs
- Atlas Sound - Parallax
- Feist - Metals
- Friendly Fires - Pala
- Washed Out - Within and Without
- Future Islands - On the Water
- Cut Copy - Zonoscope
- John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
- Araabmuzik - Electronic Dream
BEST SOUNDTRACKS:
- HANNA
- We Bought A Zoo
- Drive
BEST COMPILATIONS:
- DJ-Kicks: Gold Panda
- Fabriclive 59: Four Tet
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:
- Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
There you have it, folks! Until next year…
