My Favorite Albums of 2011
1. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
2. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
3. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
4. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
5. Yuck - Yuck
6. Male Bonding - Endless Now
7. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
8. The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
9. Adele - 21
10. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic
11. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
12. Pure X - Pleasure
13. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien
14. Real Estate - Days
15. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
16. Washed Out - Within and Without
17. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
18. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
19. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
20. BOAT - Dress Like Your Idols
21. Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
22. Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
23. TV On The Radio - Nine Types of Light
24. Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
25. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
26. Future Islands - On the Water
27. Jeff the Brotherhood - We Are The Champions
28. Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
29. The Horrible Crowes - Elsie
30. The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love
31. The Twerps - s/t
32. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
33. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
34. Black Keys - El Camino
35. Foster the People - Torches
36. Sleeper Agent - Celabrasion
37. The Antlers - Burst Apart
38. Cults - Cults
39. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
40. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
41. Givers - In Light
42. The Throne - Watch the Throne
43. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
44. Active Child - You Are All I See
45. Wilco - The Whole Love
46. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
47. Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines
48. Deer Tick - Divine Providence
49. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
50. Neon Indian - Era Extraña
EPs of Note
Wavves - Life Sux
Surfer Blood - Tarot Classics
DOM - Family of Love
Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
Most Overrated
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
James Blake – James Blake
Biggest Disappointments
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Bright Eyes - The People’s Key
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Most Underrated
Male Bonding - Endless Now
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
BOAT - Dress Like Your Idols
Worst Thing I Heard
Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu
Honorable Mention
I was unable to objectively rank this album since my friends are in the band, but I highly suggest checking out Sainthood Reps’ “Monoculture”!
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