I struggled a lot trying to put this list together. I felt like a kid doing last minute homework, listening to all the stuff I should have heard throughout the year… so if I missed any good music, that’s why (if you’d add something to this list, comment below). Also, don’t take the order too seriously, it was really hard to determine which song was better than the other. Enjoy.
30. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Ffrends (Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
29. Ducktails – Killin The Vibe (Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics)
28. Girls – Honey Bunny (Father, Son, Holy Ghost)
27. Youth Lagoon – Seventeen (The Year of Hibernation)
26. We Are Trees – You (Girlfriend EP)
25. tUnE-yArDs – Doorstep (w h o k i l l)
24. Feist – Bittersweet Melodies (Metals)
23. Atlas Sound – Te Amo (Parallax)
22. Real Estate – It’s Real (Days)
21. Little Scream – The Heron and the Fox (The Golden Record)
20. Smith Westerns – Weekend (Dye It Blonde)
19. St. Vincent – Cruel (Strange Mercy)
18. Youth Lagoon – July (The Year of Hibernation)
17. James Blake – We Might Feel Unsound (Enough Thunder)
16. Ducktails – Little Window (Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics)
15. Panda Bear – Alsatian Darn (Tomboy)
14. James Blake – Unluck (James Blake)
13. Kurt Vile – Baby’s Arms (Smoke Ring For My Halo)
12. Fleet Foxes – The Plains / Bitter Dancer (Helplessness Blues)
11. Chad VanGaalen – Burning Photographs (Diaper Island)
10. Fleet Foxes – Battery Kinzie (Helplessness Blues)
9. Bon Iver – Holocene (Bon Iver)
8. James Blake – Lindesfarne I & II (James Blake)
7. We Are Trees – Colorado (Girlfriend EP)
6. High Highs – Flowers Bloom (High Highs)
5. Caveman – My Room (Coco Beware)
4. Chad VanGaalen – Peace On The Rise (Diaper Island)
3. Fleet Foxes – Blue Spotted Tail (Helplessness Blues)
2. Bon Iver – Wash. (Bon Iver)
1. Robin Pecknold – I’m Losing Myself (Feat. Ed Droste) (Three Songs)
Best albums of 2011 coming soon.
Albino Rhino 