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18th January 2012

Top Music of 2011

Top 10 Albums + Best Track off of Each:

1. Wye Oak Cvilian + Civilian
2. Bon Iver Bon Iver + Beth/Rest
3. Beirut The Rip Tide + Santa Fe
4. M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming + Midnight City
5. The Low Anthem Smart Flesh + Ghost Woman Blues
6. Adele 21 + Someone Like You
7. Beyoncé 4 + Countdown
8. PJ Harvey Let England Shake + Let England Shake
9. Foster The People Torches + I Would Do Anything For You
10. J.Cole Cole World: The Sideline Story + Lights Please

Bonus EPs:
Lianne La Havas Lost And Found EP + Daughter (The Wild Youth EP and His Young Heart EP)


Top 30 Tracks (from albums not listed above; unranked):
Fun. - We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
DJ Khaled - I’m On One (feat. Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne)
Yellow Ostrich - Hold On
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
Lana del Rey - Video Games
Chain Gang of 1974 - Hold On
Drake - Headlines
Neon Indian - Polish Girl
Antlers - I Don’t Want Love
J. Mascis - Is It Done
David Lynch - Pinky’s Dream (feat. Karen O)
Friends - I’m His Girl
Oh Land - We Turn It Up
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
Laura Marling - Sophia
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar
The Decemberists - This is Why We Fight
Justice - Civilzation
James Blake - Wilhelm Scream
Tune-Yards - Gangsta
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
Sky Ferreira - 108
James Vincent McMorrow - We Don’t Eat also Higher Love (Steve Winwood cover)
Jay-Z and Kanye West - N***s in Paris
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Same Mistake
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Codeine
College - A Real Hero
Cults - Go Outside
The Strokes - Taken for a Fool

10 Best Live (chronological):
The Low Anthem @ Jazz  at Lincoln Center 1/13/2011
Yellow Ostrich @ Pianos (February Residency, 4 shows)
Admiral Fallow @ Mercury Lounge 3/20/2011
Ólafur Arnalds @ The Bootleg Theater 4/1/2011
Delorean @ Brooklyn Bowl 4/21/2011
Bruno Mars @ Gibson Amphitheater 6/12/2011 and 6/14/2014
Jackson Browne with Dawes @ The Satellite 7/6/2011
Beirut @ The Greek Theater 10/4/2011
 Foster the People (with Cults and Reptar) @ The Wiltern 10/15/2011
Fiona Apple @ Largo 10/28/2011

Note 1: Yes, I’m way late posting this.
Note 2: Submitted under protest as 2011 was a pretty underwhelming year.