It’s been an interesting year for music, to say the least.
Here are my picks for the best records of 2011, in no particular order. Feel free to share your favorites.
Joseph Arthur- The Graduation Ceremony
Neon Indian- Era Extrana
Chapel Club- Palace
Crosses- Self-Titled EP
Buck 65- 20 Odd Years
The Horrors- Skying
Doomtree Records- No Kings
Cake- Showroom of Compassion
Amen Dunes- Through Donkey Jaw
Tori Amos- Night of Hunters
Bright Eyes- The People’s Key
Iron & Wine- Kiss Each Other Clean
Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
My Morning Jacket- Circuital
Portugal. The Man- In the Mountain in the Cloud
Cowboy Junkies- Demons
Kurt Vile- So Outta Reach EP
Warpaint- Fool
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
Arctic Monkeys- Suck it and See
Lindsey Buckingham- Seeds We Sow
Bjork- Biophilia
Screaming Trees: Last Words: The Final Recordings
Thursday- No Devolucion
David Lynch- Crazy Clown Time
Rave On Buddy Holly (Compilation/Tribute Album)
Bayside- Killing Time
Esben and the Witch- Violet Cries
Lykke Li- Wounded Rhymes
Radiohead- King of Limbs
Buffalo Tom- Skins
Kurt Vile- Smoke Ring for my Halo
Tom Waits- Bad as Me
Far-Out Fangtooth- Pure & Disinterested