| Albums I Discovered In Two Thousand N' Eleven. |
| 1 |  | Bomb The Music Industry!
Vacation
This might very well be AOTY, for me. |
| 2 |  | Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Doesn't have the permanent "classic" feel of For Emma, but it's as good in its
own right. |
| 3 |  | Jets To Brazil
Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Sea Anemone is such a fantastic song. Was on a 90s emo kick. (One of my favorite genres, now. Diary by Sunny Day
Real Estate has made it's way nto my top 10 albums.) |
| 4 |  | The Mountain Goats
Tallahassee
The lyrics to "No Children" hooked me immediately. Who doesn't love a good
song about hating your wife? |
| 5 |  | The Weakerthans
Reconstruction Site
Was always a huge fan of "Left And Leaving", didn't give this a chance till
recently but I'm glad I did. |
| 6 |  | Thrice
Major/Minor
Some don't like it, but I think it's fucking great, definitely one of the better
releases of this year. Treading Paper is fucking great. |
| 7 |  | Dangers
Anger
Discovered this band this year. One of the best and most pissed off hardcore
bands out there right now. |
| 8 |  | Helios
Eingya
Reminds me of a more ambient/slowed down Sigur Ros, beautiful stuff. Really is
something else. |
| 9 |  | sleepmakeswaves
...and so we destroyed everything
So far, my second favorite post rock release of the year. |
| 10 |  | *shels
Plains Of The Purple Buffalo
And this would be 1st favorite. |
| 11 |  | Embrace (US)
Embrace
Was always a big fan of Ian Mackaye's stuff, but hadn't listened to Embrace till
recently, and now they're probably my favorite of his band'\s. The bridge
between Minor Threat and Fugazi, both sound wise and chronologically. |
| 12 |  | Converge
Axe To Fall
Have always listened to Converge, but I didn't really come to absolutely adore
them till this year. |
| 13 |  | Converge
Jane Doe
Now in my top 10 of all time, see above note. |
| 14 |  | Envy
Recitation
If I could scream for any band..... |
| 15 |  | Hot Water Music
Caution
I've typed a lot and don't want to type anymore but yeah this album is great. |
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