Best of 2011

[svjchtr]

My top 10 looks like this at the moment:

1. Giant Squid - Cenotes
2. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
3. Little Dragon - Ritual Union
4. Grails - Deep Politics
5. Death Grips - Exmilitary
6. Virtual Boy - Symphony No. None
7. Boris - Attention Please
8. Tokimonsta - Creature Dreams
9. Fen - Epoch
10. Kryptic Minds - Can't Sleep

Couple of those are EPs I guess, but who cares?

[luisch]

Foo Fighters - Wasting Lights
Bohren and Der club of Gore - Beileid
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Crosses - Crosses
Arms and Sleepers - Nostalgia for the Absolute
Mastodon - The Hunter
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Thrice - Major/Minor
City and Colour - Little Hell
Will Haven - Von Dire

The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Moving Mountain - Waves

[alvarezbassist17]

I can't believe no one has mentioned The Collective by Scale the Summit yet.  Everyone, get on that shit right now and adjust your lists accordingly.

Here, I'll make it easy:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bhb3d4abb73nmmm

[Starz]

Need to start thinking about this over the weekend. A lot of good music this year and a lot still to listen to...

[mr.sinister]

Need to start thinking about this over the weekend. A lot of good music this year and a lot still to listen to...

[pinkmaggit]

My album or more like E.P. for 2011 is Crosses.
It may only be 5 songs but they're damn good songs!

[bright lights, big city]

Here are my picks:

Best Rap:
1. Death Grips - Exmilitary
2. Tyler the Creator - Goblin
3. Childish Gambino - Camp

Best Metal:
1. Volumes - Via
2. Born of Osiris - The Discovery
3. Beyond Creation - The Aura
4. Mastodon - The Hunter
5. Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual
6. Animals as Leaders - Weightless
7. Betarying the Maryrs - Breathe In Life
8. Vildhjarta - Masstaden
9. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
10. Yob - Atma

Best Rock/Postrock/Chillwave/Whatever:
1. Cults - Cults
2. Snake Oil - Snake Oil
3. Radiohead - King of Limbs
4. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
5. Jeudah - While We Sleep
6. Mariachi El Bronx - II
7. Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
8. The Drums - Portamento
9. Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Anthropomorphic
10. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
11. Yuck - Yuck
12. Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
13. Destroyer - Kaputt

[love_american_style]

everyone should check out Keeping Score Passion as the Mistress

[Atomic]

UeXpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
Random - Todo.s Los Colores Del
Flesh Parade - Dirty Sweet
Arabrot - Solar Anus
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination

[theis]

15 great albums of 2011!

1. Tom Waits - Bad as Me


2. Cave In - White Silence


3. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues


4. Mastodon - The Hunter


5. Fair to Midland - Arrows & Anchors


6. Animals as Leaders - Weightless


7. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft


8. Red Fang - Murder the Mountains


9. Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage


10. Russian Circles - Empros


11. Thrice - Major/Minor


12. The Black Keys - El Camino


13. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light


14. Radiohead - The King of Limbs


15. Ken Mode - Venerable

[Starz]

Taken me longer than I thought as I've still been discovering new albums from this year. For me, 2011 has been one of the most memorable years for music with so many great albums released. But there were always a few that stood out more than others so here's my list...

1. The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
2. Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
3. Puscifer - Conditions of my Parole
4. Russian Circles - Empros
5. Washed Out - Within and Without
6. Machinedrum - Rooms
7.This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
8. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care
9. Stateless - Matilda
10. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
11. Amplifier - The Octopus
12. Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
13. *Shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo
14. Swarms - Old Raves End
15. The Cinema - My Blood is full of Airplanes
16. Collapse Under The Empire - Shoulders and Giants
17. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
18 .Holy Other - With U
19. Junius - Reports from the Threshold of Death
20. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
21. Moving Mountains - Waves
22. Thrice - Major/Minor
23. Thursday - No Devolucion
24. Pale Sketcher - Seventh Heaven
25. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Blood Orange - Coastal Grooves
Cave In - White Silence
Ernest Ellis and The Panamas - Kings Canyon
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - We're New Here
Laura - Twelve Hundred Times
Low Roar - Low Roar
Sleepmakeswaves - And So We Destroyed Everything
Tropics - Parodia Flare
UpCDownCLeftCRightCABCC+Start - Calaveras
Vessels - Helioscope
Volor Flex - Tramp

[bright lights, big city]

well I guess I should check out The Weeknd

[sing blue silver]

My top albums of 2011

10. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
 

9. Animals As Leaders - Weightless
 

8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
 

7.  Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
 

6. Crosses - EP (fuck you i'm counting it)


5. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs


4. Puscifer - Conditions of my Parole
 

3. Mastodon - The Hunter
 

2. Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
 

1. Weerd Science - Sick Kids
 

[Starz]

well I guess I should check out The Weeknd

I'm not sure if many on here will like it but I think it's awesomeeee

[Chinaski]

Machine head

[BillyNo.9]

1. Animals as Leaders - Weightless
2. Mastodon - The Hunter
3. The Black Keys - El Camino
4. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

[RoyalDeftonicBoy]

Best CDs Of 2011

Chevelle - Hats Off To The Wall
Chimaira - The Age Of Hell
Devildriver - Beast
I Declare War - I Declare War
Mastodon - The Hunter
The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual
Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack
Trivium - In Waves
Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

Letdowns

Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Megadeth - 13

Special Of Worst CD Of The Year

Metallica's - Lulu

[zee deveel 17]

25. Wye Oak | Civilian
24. Lady Gaga | Born This Way
23. The Cave Singers | No Witch
22. The Decemberists | The King is Dead 
21. Friendly Fires | Pala
20. The Mountain Goats | All Eternals Deck
19. M83 | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
18. The Black Lips | Arabia Mountain
17. Foo Fighters | Wasting Light
16. My Morning Jacket | Circuital
15. Destroyer | Kaputt
14. TV on the Radio | Nine Types of Light
13. Atlas Sound | Parallax
12. Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
11. The Black Keys | El Camino
10. Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring for My Halo
9. Drive-By Truckers | Go-Go Boots
8. Kanye West & Jay-Z | Watch the Throne
7. Radiohead | The King of Limbs
6. Nadia Oh | Colours
5. Arctic Monkeys | Suck It and See
4. Cut Copy | Zonoscope
3. Thee Oh Sees | Carrion Crawler/The Dream
2. PJ Harvey | Let England Shake
1. Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues


Honorable Mentions:

David Lynch | Crazy Clown Time
R.E.M. | Collapse into Now
The War on Drugs | Slave Ambient
Explosions in the Sky | Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

The Worst:

10. The Antlers | Burst Apart 
9. St. Vincent | Strange Mercy
8. Panda Bear | Tomboy   
7. Bright Eyes | The People’s Key     
6. Blink 182 | Neighborhoods   
5. Beady Eye | Different Gear, Still Speeding     
4. The Strokes | Angles
3. Incubus | If Not Now, When?
2. Limp Bizkit | Gold Cobra
1. Bon Iver | Bon Iver, Bon Iver

[E-Money]

Im with zee.  Fleet Foxes definitely stole my number one spot this year.  

1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2. DJ Shadow - The Less You Know The Better
3. M83 - Hurry Up, Were Dreaming
4. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
5. Radiohead - TKOL
6. Jay Z and Kanye - Watch The Throne
7. Russian Circles - Empros
8. Big K.R.I.T - Returnof4eva
9. Mastadon - The Hunter
10. Washed Out - Within and Without

ASAP Rocky made my favorite mixtape of the year.  Its probably my 2nd favorite release of the year but its a mixtape so I didn't add it to my list.  If you dig rap and u haven't heard it yet your missing out.  Shit is unreal. 

[bright lights, big city]

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