Favorite Music of 2011
Here’s a list of some of what kept me listening. This list is broken into three sections: The Top Tier, 15 albums that I loved; the “Honorable Mention” tier, the overflow bin; the “new to me” tier, material reissued this year or otherwise new to me. All in all, 2011 was a fun year for music.
TOP 15 »
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
- Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
- Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
- Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
- Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
- How To Dress Well - Just Once EP
- Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
- Grouper - Alien Observer / Dream Loss
- Drake - Take Care
- Sepalcure - Sepalcure
- Julia Holter - TRAGEDY
- Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
- The Weeknd - House of Balloons
- Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
THOSE WHO ALSO RAN »
Every album in this list is entirely worth hearing.
- Real Estate - Days
- Andy Stott - Pass Me By
- Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
- Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
- Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
- Dirty Beaches - Badlands
- Shlohmo - Bad Vibes
- Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
- Zomby - Dedication
- The Field - Looping State of Mind
- Luke Temple - Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care
- Patten - GLAQJO XAACSSO
- Quilt - Quilt
- Pete Swanson - Man With Potential
- David Thomas Broughton - Outbreeding
- The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This Wall
- Four Tet - Locked 12”
- Holy Other - With U
- Mark McGuire - Get Lost
- Colin Stetson - Those Who Also Ran
- Jürgen Müller - Science of the Sea
- Shlohmo - FACT Mix
- Thom Yorke’s Money Back Mix
NEWS TO ME! »
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