Greatest albums of 2011
1. Cut Copy – Zonoscope
2. TV on the Radio – 9 Types of Light
3. British Sea Power – Valhalla Dancehall
4. Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde
5. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for my Halo
6. David Kligour and the Heavy Eights – Left By Soft
7. Tennis – Cape Dory
8. Apex Manor – The Year of Magical Drinking
9. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
10. The Generationals – Actor Caster
Honorable Mention albums
1. The Antlers – Burst Apart
2. Telekinesis – 12 Desperate Straight Lines
3. The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
4. The Donkeys – Born With Stripes
5. Cults – Cults
6. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
7. The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts
8. Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
9. Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
10. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
Favorite songs of year
1. Blink and You’ll Miss a Revolution by Cut Copy
2. You by TV on the Radio
3. Take Me Over by Cut Copy
4. Will Do by TV on the Radio
5. Who’s in Control by British Sea Power
6. All Die Young by Smith Westerns
7. Buy Nothing Day by The Go! Team
8. Observe the Skies by British Sea Power
9. Jesus Fever by Kurt Vile
10. Ten Twenty Ten by The Generationals
More great songs (Upbeat and higher energy)
1. Please Ask for Help by Telekinesis
2. Caffeinated Consciousness by Tv on the Radio
3. The Party Line by Apex Manor
4. Need You Now by Cut Copy
5. Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People
6. Abducted by Cults
7. Austere by Joy Formidable
8. Oxblood by The Donkeys
9. Unkind by Sloan
10. It Happened Today by REM
More favorites songs (Slower and Subdued)
1. I Don’t Want Love by Antlers
2. Smile by Smith Westerns
3. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) My Morning Jacket
4. I Like the Way You Walk by The Donkeys
5. Pop Song by David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights
6. My Father’s Father by Civil Wars
7. Luna by British Sea Power
8. Society is My Friend by Kurt Vile
9. Stutter by Yuck
10. Listen to Me by J Mascis
Quirky and Creative highlights
1. Yo-Yo by Fujiya and Miyagi
2. Ice Cream by Battles
3. I Cannot Love You by Telekinesis
4. Sink/Let it Sway by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
5. No Love by Hooray for Earth
6. Bad Worn Thing by Wire
7. If You’re Gold, I’m Gone by Woven Bones
8. Secretary Song by The Go! Team
9. Rider by Okkervil River
10. A Break in the Weather by David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights
Some beautiful singing
1. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out by Antlers
2. 20 Years by Civil Wars
3. Nightwatchmen by Bell X1
4. I’ll Be Waiting by Adele
5. Marathon by Tennis
6. Whirring by Joy Formidable
7. Glad Man Singing by Iron and Wine
8. You Know What I Mean by Cults
9. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
10. Elemental Ways of Speaking by Apex Manor
Great Beats and Electronic elements
1. Alisa by Cut Copy
2. Back Like 8 Track by The Go! Team
3. Second Song by Tv on the Radio
4. My Machines by Battles featuring Gary Numan
5. Mongk II by British Sea Power
6. Dead French Dudes by David Garza
7. Internet Warrior by Oh No Ono
8. You by Gold Panda
9. Super Duper Rescue Heads! By Deerhoof
10. Hanging Onto Every Heartbeat
