favorite albums of 2011
In no particular order, incomplete and maybe too long*?
- Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey
- Belong by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- Coastal Grooves by Blood Orange
- Cloud Nothings by Cloud Nothings
- Idle Labor by Craft Spells
- Double Cross by Sloan
- Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns
- Veronica Falls by Veronica Falls
- Smoke Ring For My Halo by Kurt Vile
- Cults by Cults
- Castlemania by Thee Oh See
- David Comes to Life by Fucked Up
- Nine Types of Light by TV on the Radio
- We Are the Champions by Jeff the Brotherhood
- Last Summer by Eleanor Friedberger
- Out of Love by Mister Heavenly
- Past Life Martyred Saints by EMA
- Howly of the Lonely Crowd by Comet Gain
- Zonoscope by Cut Copy
(The thing is I liked basically everyone one of the 90 albums I bought. That’s why I, one of the last men on earth who buys music, bought them.)