Pop & Rock 2011: 30 Best Albums

I love that Dog Day made this list, Deformer is one awesome album!

But where are Other Lives???????????

http://youtu.be/ngNpXyaZD...

Where is Katy Perry? She4's cool isnt she?

No Bjork = bullshit.

Dudes, Kurt Vile shoulda been at the top of this shit! And no love for Josh T Pearson and David Lynch? Jeeeeeez

no fleet foxes ... what a joke !

That Fleet Foxes record SUCKED

WTF is this dog shit? where are the ROCK bands on this list? no doubt this was put together by some asshole with a beard, for assholes with beards. i thought rock albums were supposed to you know, ROCK. this is all stuff i'd want to put on at night to help me fall asleep.

Yuck? Yes.
Austra? Terrible choice... for anything... to do with listening to things.
Toronto's scene needs to let go of their ego on that one.

1 Colin StetsonNew History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
2 Oneohtrix Point NeverReplica
3 GirlsFather, Son, Holy Ghost
4 James BlakeJames Blake
5 M83Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
6 Shabazz PalacesBlack Up
7 Fucked UpDavid Comes To Life
8 The FieldLooping State Of Mind
9 Tune-YardsW H O K I L L
10 PJ HarveyLet England Shake
11 Bon IverBon Iver, Bon Iver
12 Panda BearTomboy
13 DestroyerKaputt
14 St. VincentStrange Mercy
15 RadioheadThe King Of Limbs
16 Cass McCombsWIT'S END
17 Atlas SoundParallax
18 Tim HeckerRavedeath, 1972
19 Sandro PerriImpossible Spaces
20 BraidsNative Speaker
21 Gang Gang DanceEye Contact
22 The CaretakerAn Empty Bliss Beyond This World
23 EMAPast Life Martyred Saints
24 Peaking Lights936
25 Bill CallahanApocalypse
26 Ford & LopatinChannel Pressure
27 Mikal CroninMikal Cronin
28 Dirty BeachesBadlands
29 Real EstateDays
30 Smith WesternsDye It Blonde
31 The WeekndHouse of Balloons
32 WU LYFGo Tell Fire To The Mountain
33 Youth LagoonThe Year of Hibernation
34 GrouperA I A
35 The Pains Of Being Pure...Belong
36 PonytailDo Whatever You Want All The Time
37 Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues
38 Cass McCombsHumor Risk
39 John MausWe Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
40 ThundercatThe Golden Age of Apocalypse
41 The Rural Alberta AdvantageDeparting
42 Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XXWe're New Here
43 BattlesGloss Drop
44 ByetoneSymeta
45 Jürgen MüllerScience Of The Sea
46 FeistMetals
47 Dum Dum GirlsOnly in Dreams
48 DrakeTake Care
49 Kurt VileSmoke Ring for My Halo
50 Nicolas JaarSpace Is Only Noise

Where the f$%k are Demons Claws & Tandoori Knights?

I like reading through peoples comments with this guide. http://www.npr.org/blogs/...-20-unhappiest-people-you-meet-in-the-comments-sections-of-year-end-lists?sc=tw&cc=share

See NPR link two posts back. A must read after reading this list (or any list) comment thread

My (humble) best of 2011:
ludditestereo.net

Here is a top 10 albums of 2011 list for the classic rock type of music crowd. Thoughts? www.tmakworld.com

too much of this list is populated by that ethereal indie pop crap that sounds like it's a 3 minute intro with 30 seconds of an actual song. The bands that got that sound and do it right are few and far in between. I've heard the majority of these bands and I couldn't sit through more than 3 or 4 of their songs before my mind drifts off and I totally disregard the music. Not that the music is in the background and my mind drifts, just that my ears stop paying attention because it's so minimalistic and just plain boring.

lets hope 2012 is gonna be a much better year in music

Strike Hard, Young Diamond by WILDLIFE should be here!!! Amazing record, I can't believe it's not on every list everywhere. Better than most of the stuff here really...