what a difficult thing to do
can you pick a few you truly loved? most of my listening came from older stuff but for 2011

earth- angels of darkness, demons of light
james blake- s/t
tim hecker- ravedeath 1972
six organs of admittance- asleep on the floodplain
akron/family- st ii
the weeknd- house of balloons
botanist- suicide tree/a rose from the dead

plus all u guys' music

- Rashad and Confidence- The Element of Surprise
- Nick Wiz- Cellar Sounds Vols. 2 and 3
- Raekwon- Shaolin vs Wu-Tang
- Wu-Tang- Legendary Weapons
- A LOT of stuff posted from this here forum..too many to go through and list

I really hated music this year so instead of a top albums heres what I actually did enjoy

Youth Lagoon- Year of Hibernation
Watch The Throne
Beach Boys' Smile Sessions
The Smith Westerns- Dye It Blonde

now thats a weird ass list but fuck it.

Clams Casino - Rainforest EP
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Cunninlynguists - Oneirology
Danny Brown - XXX
Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain, In the Cloud
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
The Black Keys - El Camino
The Strokes - Angles
TV on the Radio - Nine types of light

danny brown XXX

13 & God: Own Yr Ghost
James Blake: S/T
Balam Acab: Wander / Wonder
Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble: From the Stairwell
Tarwater: Inside the Ships
Jamie Woon: Mirrorwriting

and a lotta stuff from last year (which was a great year for chunes)

To be honest i havent downlaoded much thing this year other than SP-Forum/Soundcloud releases

Or...

Moonface - Organ music not vibraphone like I hoped
Shlohmo - Bad Vibes
Panda Bear - Tomboy

...

I seriously don,t know what else..

Was this year a good/bad/indifferent year? Can't make up my mind... Spent most of the year revisiting older music. Here's some memorable albums:

Rustie- Glass Swords
Clams Casino- Instrumental
Africa Hitech- 93 Million Miles
Matthewdavid- Outmind
Indian- Guiltless
Various- Turkish Freakout Volume 2
Wow- first name dropped was Earth. Didn't see that coming, IIII! Its good (its Earth!) but I'm still hung up on Hex & Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull... Looking forward to Angels pt 2?

Dissappointed by Ford & Lopatin- Channel Pressure. Their stuff as Games was next level retro & hard to follow, pity their sound is such a love/hate thing. Thankfully Com Truise more than made up for Channel Pressure.
Didn't get James Blake, I just can't get past his voice. I tried to like his album, but he oversings everything.
Didn't like Bibio- Mind Bokeh because he missed the point of what made Ambivalence Avenue so impressive- consistency and album flow.

björk-biophilia

Angels... is full of these really weepy strings that take everything to the next level. seems people were a bit disappointed by it. its a bit freeform sounding, lions skull was the tree trunk going up and angels like roots spreading. for me its what i've been waiting for from them, really love it.

been meaning to check this out, i liked the single.
anyone listen to random axe? havn't gotten a chance

Christ...does anyone in hear actually listen to hip hop or are people just trying to out do eachother with the most trendy electronica crap

evidence - cats and dogs

lol hip hop really hasn't been that good this year compared to other genres, lottttta whacky shit coming out, mainstream and underground. juz my opinion tho. listened to a lot of currensy this year for some reason. i could list my fav hip hop from the year but i wouldn't stack it up against what i posted