my top 5 (in no particular order, although I am comfortable with slotting Civilian as my AOTY)

1) Wye Oak- Civilian
2) The Rosebuds- Loud Planes Fly Low
3) Future Islands- On The Water
4) M83- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
5) St. Vincent- Strange Mercy

honorable mention

Bon Iver- Bon Iver
Feist- Metals
Girls- Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Megafaun- Megafaun
The Weeknd- House Of Balloons

[Edited on November 17, 2011 at 2:23 PM. Reason : to make it an even 5]

11/17/2011 2:13:00 PM

My favorite 5, in no order

War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Yuck s/t
Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
Holy Ghost! s/t

I also really liked Girls, Bon Iver, Future Islands, etc.

11/17/2011 2:56:04 PM

total control - henge beat

11/17/2011 3:14:27 PM

i have all these albums in my top 5 as well

11/17/2011 3:20:32 PM

1. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
2. Marissa Nadler - Marissa Nadler
3. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic
4. The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low
5. Washed Out - Within and Without
6. Male Bonding - Endless Now
7. Beirut - The Rip Tide
8. Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
9. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. Times New Viking - Dancer Equired

11/17/2011 5:57:21 PM

St. Vincent
Wye Oak
Black Lips

11/17/2011 6:13:34 PM

the antlers-burst apart

11/17/2011 6:37:14 PM

Battles - Gloss Drop
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
Radiohead - King of Limbs
Protest the Hero - Scurrilous

11/17/2011 6:41:47 PM

Wye Oak was the only album I'd consider as the best of the year

Boring year for music, or maybe I just slacked off

11/17/2011 7:03:16 PM

thought about this a little. initial thoughts on stuff that's already out...

total control - henge beat
brown recluse - evening tapestry
cold cave - cherish the light years
brain f - sleep rough
the spits - v


eps:
shitty limits - speculate/accumulate
pc worship - dread head
total control side of the oh sees split
double negative - hardcore confusion vol 1 & 2

what were good rap and electronic records?

11/17/2011 7:33:33 PM

in no order
joker - the vision
SBTRKT - SBTRKT
hugh laurie - let them talk
j cole - cole world: the sideline story
james blake - james blake
miles kane - colour of the trap
nero - welcome reality
radiohead - king of limbs
rustie - glass swords

11/17/2011 7:40:26 PM

hmm

st vincent
yeezy and jay -- not a great album, but it's gotten a lot of replay
did beach fossils come out this year?
girls i guess
also been bumping that a$ap rocky pretty consistently for a while now

11/17/2011 8:09:01 PM

Lemme listen to all this shit y'all posted here and I'll get back to you in a week or two. I can't think of anything off the top of my head except woo life.

11/17/2011 8:18:02 PM

will get back to you in December

11/17/2011 10:07:04 PM

thread over

11/17/2011 11:14:57 PM

My favorite might be Phonte - Charity Starts at Home...it's definitely near the top.

11/18/2011 12:19:43 AM

Avett Brothers/Ramseur Christmas Compilation. No doubt.

11/18/2011 12:22:28 AM

No order

Mastodon - The Hunter
Trivium - In Waves
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
Anthrax - Worship Music

11/18/2011 8:58:01 AM

Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Childish Gambino - Camp

11/18/2011 9:13:31 AM

Best Albums IMO:

Destroyer - Kaputt
M83- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Albums that deserved multiple listens:

Yuck s/t
Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine
Wild Flag s/t
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Washed Out - Within And Without
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Tune-Yards - whokill
The Rosebuds- Loud Planes Fly Low

Still need to listen to the new Atlas Sound, Wye Oak, and Future Islands

11/18/2011 9:39:36 AM

Shit, I forgot about Yuck

Probably listened to that album more than anything this year. If it weren't 25% boring, it would be my #1

11/18/2011 9:52:27 AM

saw Yuck in DC back in the spring. It was in fact, about 25% boring. Weird.

11/18/2011 10:37:51 AM

I mean like 25% of the album is boring Elliot Smith stuff

Not like it pushed the boring-o-meter up to 25%

FYI

11/18/2011 10:40:11 AM

Group therapy!

11/18/2011 10:41:08 AM

Whoever puts Bon Iver on their list has no place in music and is better served with magazines.

11/18/2011 10:44:05 AM

surprised by the lack of love for Atlas Sound- Parallax. That's the front-runner for AOTY for me at the moment

^ evidently, there are murmerings of a deluxe edition. perhaps it will be called bon iver, bon iver, bon iver?

[Edited on November 18, 2011 at 11:42 AM. Reason : g]

[Edited on November 18, 2011 at 11:42 AM. Reason : gg]

11/18/2011 11:40:36 AM

this thread was worth reading just to see radiohead between BTBAM and Protest the Hero. I laughed (though I also have diverse tastes).

11/18/2011 11:49:10 AM

For a genre of music that is almost entirely dead now I thought Machine Head's Unto the Locust was pretty good.

11/18/2011 12:08:08 PM

I think the biggest disconnect ever exists with me and trying to fathom what people get out of the Bon Iver album. I have never been this baffled with an album and I never will be again. It is total worthless crap.

I have no idea what emotions are trying to be honed/expressed/drawn out of the listener, and I have no idea why anybody would think bringing back Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby and Steve Winwood would ever be remotely considered "cool."

And after that album, that band doesn't even deserve me saying their name right. Forever Bonn Eye-ver.

[Edited on November 18, 2011 at 12:28 PM. Reason : k]

11/18/2011 12:23:50 PM

ffs people

http://open.spotify.com/user/nothing282/playlist/6n77oddlccPRvb0raDNB0j

11/18/2011 12:36:01 PM

dude post what album you think is top according to you and stfu! dont be that guy!!!

11/18/2011 12:36:21 PM

i would like to spend the day with Scrumples just to see what makes him tick.

[Edited on November 18, 2011 at 12:58 PM. Reason : and no, this doesn't mean i support Bon Iver for AOTY.]

11/18/2011 12:56:21 PM

WATCHING THE THRONEEEEEEE

11/18/2011 1:30:56 PM

Steel Panther - Balls Out

11/18/2011 1:34:42 PM

is somebody shit talking bonnie raitt?

I'm Krallum and i approved this message.

11/18/2011 1:34:57 PM

Quote :

"yeezy and jay -- not a great album, but it's gotten a lot of replay"

I agree with this 100%

11/18/2011 1:35:01 PM

James Blake.

11/18/2011 2:20:55 PM

I like listening to the Yuck record, but it's way too Gin Blossoms-y in spots.

11/18/2011 2:23:43 PM

Quote :

"James Blake."

the way you feel about Bon Iver?

that's how i feel about that James Blake record.

11/18/2011 2:25:07 PM

I don't like the guy either, but I love his shit-talking about dubstep/brostep. It's a total mindfuck.

11/18/2011 2:32:29 PM

and, my list:

1. Girls -- father, son, holy ghost

2. Radiohead - King of Limbs

3. The Rosebuds -- Loud Planes Fly Low

4. Future Islands -- On the Water

5. Kurt Vile -- Smoke Ring for my Halo

-------------------------------------------------

Honorable Mention, in no order:

Antlers -- Burst Apart

My Morning Jacket -- Circuital (this record grew on me a lot as the year went on)

Fleet Foxes -- Helplessness Blues -- same as MMJ... not big on it at first, but it rewarded me with more listens

Real Estate -- Days

Beirut --Rip Tide

Dinosaur Feathers -- Fantasy Memorial

11/18/2011 2:33:23 PM

Quote :

" it's way too Gin Blossoms-y in spots."

Exactly

Guilt-free Gin Blossoms

Or Dinosaur Jr. Lite

Or something

11/18/2011 2:37:05 PM

^^ solid list, although that Dinosaur Feathers album came out in 2010

11/18/2011 2:46:19 PM

damn, my bad on that one. i didn't listen to it at all until just around Hopscotch.

11/18/2011 3:18:51 PM

Quote :

"surprised by the lack of love for Atlas Sound- Parallax. That's the front-runner for AOTY for me at the moment"

i gave it love in the music of 2011 thread and will give it more here.

here's my top 11 in no particular order. was hard enough to narrow down to that so definitely not even going to try to rank them.

fucked up - david comes to life
girls - father, son, holy ghost
wu lyf - go tell fire to the mountain
m83 - hurry up, we're dreaming
atlas sound - parallax
snowman - absence
panda bear - tomboy
future islands - on the water
braids - native speaker
bon iver - bon iver
destroyer - kaputt
akron/family - st II

i am surprised by the lack of love for fucked up. david comes to life is a fantastic album. seeing them live for the first time this year made me appreciate them even more.

11/18/2011 5:24:19 PM

Quote :

"I like listening to the Yuck record, but it's way too Gin Blossoms-y in spots."

despite this, "rubber" is one of my favorite songs of the year. that song fucking rules. anyway, in no particular order other than girls and st. vincent being my favorites

girls - father, son, holy ghost
st. vincent - strange mercy
youth lagoon - the year of hibernation
megafaun - megafaun
the antlers - burst apart
future islands - on the water
m83 - hurry up, we're dreaming
the rosebuds - loud planes fly low
pokey lafarge and the south city three - middle of everywhere
real estate - days
tom waits - bad as me
black lips - arabia mountain
wye oak - civilian

[Edited on November 18, 2011 at 9:09 PM. Reason : wye oak]

11/18/2011 9:08:34 PM

LOL the only band I've heard of on here is Radiohead. but I'll check out everyone's number one band and if I'm ambitious enough post the result.

[Edited on November 18, 2011 at 9:37 PM. Reason : and fleet foxes]

11/18/2011 9:36:35 PM

childish gambino - camp
lupe fiasco - lasers

11/18/2011 10:33:23 PM

11/18/2011 10:45:45 PM

Wasn't a big fan of Bon Iver until my wife took me to see them live, absolutely amazing show. Would put that album on a top list along with Radiohead's King of Limbs.

11/19/2011 10:54:59 AM