Top 20 Albums of 2011
Author: Matt Moeller
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Dec
| # |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
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| 1. |
Wooden Birds |
Two Matchsticks |
Barsuk |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 2. |
Fruit Bats |
Tripper |
Sub Pop |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 3. |
Joy Formidable |
The Big Roar |
Atlantic |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 4. |
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks |
Mirror Traffic |
Matador |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 5. |
Decemberists |
The King Is Dead |
Capitol |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 6. |
Gillian Welch |
The Harrow & The Harvest |
Acony |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 7. |
Dodos |
No Color |
Frenchkiss |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 8. |
Richard Buckner |
Our Blood |
Merge |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 9. |
Mates Of State |
Mountaintops |
Barsuk |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 10. |
Gruff Rhys |
Hotel Shampoo |
Wichita |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 11. |
Fleet Foxes |
Helplessness Blues |
Sub Pop |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 12. |
Beastie Boys |
Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 |
Capitol |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 13. |
Cults |
Cults |
Columbia |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 14. |
Sloan |
The Double Cross |
Yep Roc |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 15. |
Lykke Li |
Wounded Rhymes |
Atlantic |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 16. |
Iron & Wine |
Kiss Each Other Clean |
Warner Bros. |
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| 17. |
Vaccines |
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines |
Columbia |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 18. |
Gang Of Four |
Content |
Yep Roc |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 19. |
Feist |
Metals |
Interscope |
|Listen|Buy| |
| 20. |
Lonely Island |
Turtleneck & Chain |
Republic |
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Honorable Mention: |
| Peter Bjorn & John – Gimme Some (Almost Gold) |
| PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Vagrant) |
| Yuck – S/T (Fat Possum) |
| Phantogram – Nightlife EP (Barsuk) |
| Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital (Sub Pop) |
| Head & The Heart – S/T (Sub Pop) |
| Thao & Mirah – S/T (Kill Rock Stars) |
| Sondre Lerche – Sondre Lerche (Redeye) |
| Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador) |
| Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Belong (Slumberland) |
| Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations – S/T (Bedroom Classics) |
| Rubblebucket – Omega La La (Megaforce) |
| Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum) |
Please see also: my “selections from” playlists for the top 20 list and the honorable mentions. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
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