We are almost a quarter of the way through 2011, so it’s time for us to announce the front runners for top albums of 2011 (so far). I have to say, it has been a pretty great year already and there are plenty of exciting albums in the pipeline (MMJ, Cults, more Matthew Friedberger solos…!!). I’m especially stoked that three local albums are on the list. Anyway, here we go:
TOP ALBUMS OF 2011 (so far…)
- Braids – Native Speaker
- The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck
- Destroyer- Kaputt
- Radiohead – King of Limbs
- The Deloreans – American Craze
- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang – Island Brothers (10″)
- Matthew Friedberger- Solos Project
- Starfucker – Reptilians
- Papercuts – Fading Parade
- Deerhoof – Vs. Evil
- Moon Duo – Mazes
- Royal Bangs – Flux Outside
- The Fervor- Arise, Great Warrior
- Cut Copy – Zonoscope
- Toro y Moi – Underneath the Pine
A few albums that we are looking forward to in 2011:
- Cults – Cults (May)
- My Morning Jacket – Circuital (May)
- TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light (April)
- Foo Fighters – Wasting Light (April)
- Panda Bear – Tomboy (April)
- Dr. Dre – Detox (April)
- Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (May)
- Beastie Boys
- Beruit
- Rage Against the Machine?!
- Bro. Stephen Scott!!
- 6 more Matthew Friedberger solo albums!
- All of the Record Store Day releases!
What did we miss? Comment below…
8 comments
Cody Johnson says:
March 31, 2011 at 12:44 am (UTC -4)
Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys
Explosions in the sky – Take Care
Brett Dennen – Loverboy
Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What
Man Man – Life Fantastic
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr – It’s A Corporate World
Yacht – Shangri-La
How did Decemberists and Telekinesis not make the list?
Nick says:
March 31, 2011 at 12:48 am (UTC -4)
Explosions in the Sky and Man Man!! Agreed. Not a fan of the Decemberists’ album, but I’ll check out Telekinesis.
Brian says:
March 31, 2011 at 12:34 pm (UTC -4)
Diego Garcia – Laura
RIYL Leonard or Serge
Streaming at NPR
Christian Pieper says:
April 1, 2011 at 12:49 pm (UTC -4)
Josh T. Pearson’s “The Last of the Country Gentlemen”
robeysan says:
April 2, 2011 at 12:23 pm (UTC -4)
Could you guys put together a regional top ten list that’d be something I’d like to share.
thanks for being online
Brian says:
April 9, 2011 at 7:34 pm (UTC -4)
Umm how are you not looking forward to bill callahan?? Or eddie vedder!
Miki says:
April 17, 2011 at 9:54 am (UTC -4)
Agreed on Moon Duo and Deerhoof. My list would also include:
* Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears: Scandalous
* The Dodos:No Color
* Wye Oak: Civilian
* Anna Calvi:s/t
* Dum Dum Girls: He Gets Me High
Olevia Macnaught says:
June 19, 2011 at 1:45 am (UTC -4)
Magnificent goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff previous to and you’re just too wonderful. I really like what you have acquired here, certainly like what you are saying and the way in which you say it. You make it entertaining and you still take care of to keep it smart. I can’t wait to read far more from you. This is actually a terrific site.