P. Michael's 2011 List

Favorite Albums (with favorite song from each)

With the exception of the top three, this list changes by the day. Here is today's version.

1.  Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Holocene/Calgary (tie))
2.  Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong (The Body)
3.  Panda Bear - Tomboy (Slow Motion)
4.  Cults - Cults (Abducted)
5.  Destroyer - Kaputt (Chinatown)
6.  Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (Sim Sala Bim)
7.  Radiohead - King of Limbs (Lotus Flower)
8.  Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Vomit)
9.  PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (In the Dark Places)
10. Wilco - The Whole Love (One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend))

Vinay Kini 2011 List

ALBUMS (no particular order)

 

nicolas jaar - space is only noise

shabazz palaces - black up

big k.r.i.t. - return of 4eva

real estate - days

the war on drugs - slave ambient

lil b - i'm gay (i'm happy)

james blake - james blake

blue sky black death - noir

nguzunguzu - the perfect lullaby

youth lagoon - the year of hibernation

the antlers - burst apart

 

SONGS

 

the weeknd - high for this

james blake - limit to your love

asap rocky - purple swag chapter 2

frank ocean - swim good

big k.r.i.t. - time machine

shabazz palaces - recollections of the wraith

gil scott-heron and jamie xx - ny is killing me

burial - street halo

the antlers - i don't want love

youth lagoon - cannons

real estate - younger than yesterday

cults - abducted

bass drum of death - nerve jamming

mikal cronin - green and blue

clams casino - waterfalls

drake - we'll be fine

the weeknd - house of balloons / glass table girls

cities aviv - fuckeverybodyhere

danny brown - monopoly

sepalcure - pencil pimp

chancha via circuito - quimey neuquen remix

Amber Friesen 2011 List

i've just listed songs this year - not albums. the album choices are
basically implicit in the song list. 

(1)  Holocene - Bon Iver
(2)  Cannons - Youth Lagoon
(3)  Amor Fati - Washed Out
(4)  I Don't Want Love - The Antlers
(5)  Punching In A Dream - The Naked & The Famous
(6)  Fracture - Bombay Bicycle Club
(7)  The Rip Tide - Beirut
(8)  Heart In Your Heartbreak - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
(9)  Parix - When Saints Go Machine
(10) All In White - The Vaccines

Matt, Laura & Henry's 2011 List

ALBUM
Days – Real Estate
Smoke Ring For My Halo – Kurt Vile
Believers – A.A. Bondy
Civilian – Wye Oak
nostalgia,ULTRA. – Frank Ocean
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Yuck – Yuck
Strange Mercy – St. Vincent
Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes

HONORABLE MENTION
Mikal Cronin – Mikal Cronin
Carrion Crawler / The Dream – Thee Oh Sees
Gentle Stream – The Amazing

KIDS' ALBUM
Tumble Bee – Laura Veirs

OLD FIND
Old Joy OST – Yo La Tengo (2006)
We Were Born In A Flame – Sam Roberts (2003)
I Break Chairs – Damien Jurado (2002)


– See Dropbox for my Top 20 Singles... And if anyone is interested in any of these albums I can up them too.

D. Lucas Landis' 2011 Year End Lists

Top 10 Albums


1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Hooray for Earth - True Loves
3. James Blake - James Blake
4. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
5. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
6. The Antlers - Burst Apart
7. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting
8. Com Truise - Cyanide Sisters EP 
9. Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy
10. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation


Best Songs (In No Particular Order and not featured in any of the above albums)


"Still Sound" - Toro Y Moi
"Body Mod" - Pictureplane
"Some Children" - Holy Ghost (Feat. Michael Macdonald.  nuff said)
"Assassinations" - Stateless
"Do You Need Someone" - Beth Ditto
"Car Crash" - Telekinesis
"Need You Now" - Cut Copy
"Lazy Poltergeist" - The Go! Team
"So Tired In The Morning" - Erland and the Carnival
"Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People
"On'n On" - Justice
"I Follow Rivers" - Lykke Li
"Keep Me There" - Nicolas Jaar
"Make Some Noise" - Beastie Boys
"The Lonely Doll" - Cass McCombs
"Never Come Around" - La Sera
"Piledriver Waltz" - Alex Turner
"Do What You Will" - Papercuts
"High For This" - The Weeknd
"Fall Creek Boys Choir" - James Blake & Bon Iver
"Blue Skies Again" - Jessica Lea Mayfield
"A Baptist Church in Georgia" - The Flashbulb
"The Look" - Metronomy
"Paradise" - Coldplay
"End of the Night" - Smith Westerns
"Give It All Back" - Noah and the Whale
"Ffunny Ffriends" - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
"Lose It" - Austra
"Snowflake" - Kate Bush
"All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" - MGMT
"We Can Make the World Stop" - The Glitch Mob
"Don't Move" - Phantogram
"Berlin" - Modeselektor
"Otis" - Kanye West & Jay-Z
"Apathy" - Mikal Cronin
"Art of Almost" - Wilco
"Best Night" - The War on Drugs
"Die Young" - Cities Aviv
"Hold On" - SBTRKT
"Waterfalls" - Clams Casino
"Constellation Dirt Bike Head" - Tobacco
"Love in Motion" - Sebastian
"Sleeping Children Are Still Flying" - Blue Sky Black Death
"Go Outside" - Cults
"Illuminine" - Thurston Moore
"Santa Clause Ain't Comin'" - Lavalier
"Jack Sparrow" - The Lonely Island
"Dear Friends" - Elbow
"Naked Cities" - Buke and Gass

P. Michael Freed's 2010 List

5 Favorite Albums
1. The National - High Violet
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
4. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
5. Beach House - Teen Dream

Others I Liked (in no particular order)
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Jonsi - Go
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
Spoon - Transference

Amber Friesen's 2010 List

MY TOP 10 ALBUMS, 2010

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1- The National - High Violet

2- Robyn - Body Talk

3- Beach House - Teen Dream

4- Yeasayer - Odd Blood

5- Vampire Weekend - Contra

6- Hot Chip - One Life Stand

7- Jonsi - Go

8- Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

9- Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws

10- Broken Bells - Broken Bells

MY TOP 10 SONGS, 2010. In no particular order

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"Madder Red," Yeasayer

"Take Care," Beach House

"Sweet Disposition," The Temper Trap

"Alley Cats," Hot Chip

"Lemonworld," The National

"Bloodbuzz Ohio," The National

"Dancing On My Own," Robyn

"Do You Want It All," Two Door Cinema Club

"Run," Vampire Weekend

"Sans Soliel," Miike Snow