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TOP 50 OF 2011
1. Shabazz Palaces - ''Black Up'' [Sub Pop]
2. Gang Gang Dance - ''Eye Contact'' [4AD]
3. M83 - ''Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'' [Mute]
4. tUnE-YaRdS - ''W H O K I L L'' [4AD]
5. Fleet Foxes - ''Helplessness Blues'' [Sub Pop]
6. James Blake - ''James Blake'' [ATLAS]
7. John Maus - ''We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves'' [Ribbon]
8. Radiohead - ''The King Of Limbs'' [Self-Released]
9. Cass McCombs - ''Wit's End'' [Domino]
10. Amon Tobin - ''ISAM'' [Ninja Tune]
11. Bon Iver - ''Bon Iver, Bon Iver'' [4AD]
12. Cut Copy - ''Zonoscope'' [Modular]
13. Washed Out - ''Within And Without'' [Sub Pop]
14. James Ferraro - ''Far Side Virtual'' [Hippos In Tanks]
15. Jane Jane Pollock - ''Jane Jane Pollock'' [Self-Released]
16. Bjork - ''Biophilia'' [Nonesuch]
17. Oneohtrix Point Never - ''Replica'' [Mexican Summer]
18. Liturgy - ''Aesthetica'' [Thrill Jockey]
19. Austra - ''Feel It Break'' [Domino]
20. The Decemberists - ''The King Is Dead'' [Rough Trade]
21. The Advisory Circle - ''As The Crow Flies'' [Ghost Box]
22. Panda Bear - ''Tomboy'' [Paw Tracks]
23. Destroyer - ''Kaputt'' [Merge]
24. Kate Bush - ''50 Words For Snow'' [Anti-]
25. The Caretaker - ''An Empty Bliss Beyond This World'' [History Always Favours The Winners]
26. Battles - ''Gloss Drop'' [Warp]
27. Peaking Lights - ''936'' [Not Not Fun]
28. Wolves In The Throne Room - ''Celestial Lineage'' [Southern Lord]
29. Tim Hecker - ''Ravedeath, 1972'' [Kranky]
30. Yuck - ''Yuck'' [Fat Possum]
31. Alvarius B. - ''Baroque Primitiva'' [Abduction]
32. Demdike Stare - ''Tryptych'' [Modern Love]
33. Colin Stetson - ''New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges'' [Constellation]
34. SBTRKT - ''SBTRKT'' [Young Turks]
35. Fucked Up - ''David Comes To Life'' [Matador]
36. Atlas Sound - ''Parallax'' [4AD]
37. Boris - ''New Album'' [Sargent House]
38. Lykke Li - ''Wounded Rhymes'' [Atlantic]
39. WU LYF - ''Go Tell Fire To The Mountain'' [L Y F]
40. Hertta Lussu Assa - ''Hertta Lussu Assa'' [De Stijl]
41. Beirut - ''The Rip Tide'' [Pompeii]
42. Dirty Beaches - ''Badlands'' [Zoo]
43. Dirty Projectors & Bjork - ''Mount Wittenberg Orca'' [Self-Released]
44. Woods - ''Sun And Shade'' [Woodsist]
45. Ilaiyaraaja - ''Solla Solla: The Electronic Pop Sound of Kollywood 1977-1983'' [Finders Keepers/B-Music]
46. Wiley - ''100% Publishing'' [Virgin]
47. Tom Waits - ''Bad As Me'' [Anti]
48. Real Estate - ''Days'' [Domino]
49. Trayer - ''Afterlife An Abandoned Theme Park'' [Porter]
50. St. Vincent - ''Strange Mercy'' [4AD]
2011 Superlatives
Best 7" Release: CS Yeh - In The Blink Of An Eye/Condo Stress [De Stijl]Best Punk Release: Fucked Up - David Comes To Life [Matador]
Best Electronic Release:Tie: SBTRKT - SBTRKT [Young Turks] & James Blake - James Blake [ATLAS]
Best Local Release: Jane Jane Pollock - Jane Jane Pollock [Self-Released]
Best Singer-Songwriter/Folk Release: Bill Callahan - Apocalypse [Drag City]
Best Metal Release: Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage [Southern Lord]
Best Soul/Funk/R&B Release: (Tie) Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind [Soundway]
Best Latin Release: Various Artists - Red Hot + Rio 2: Nova Tropicalia [eOne]
Best Obscuro Release: Don Gere - Werewolves On Wheels [Finders Keepers/B-Music]
Best Experimental Release: The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World [History Always Favours The Winners]
Best Jazz Release: Tie: William Parker - Crumbling In The Shadows Is Fraulein Miller's Stale Cake [AUM Fidelity] & Austin Peralta - Endless Planets [Brainfeeder]
Best Blues Release: Tie: Pokey LaFarge - Middle Of Everywhere [Free Dirt] & The Black Keys - El Camino [Nonesuch]
Best Re-Issue: Mickey Newbury - Heaven Help The Child/Better Days [Drag City]
Best Hip-Hop Release: Shabazz Palaces - Black Up [Sub Pop]
Best Reggae Release: Grace Jones - Hurricane Dub [Wall Of Sound]
Best World Music Release: Ilaiyaraaja - Solla Solla: The Electronic Pop Sound Of Kollywood [Finders Keepers/B-Music]
Best Compilation:
1. Various Artists - Daptone 45 Singles Spring/Summer 2011 [Daptone]
2. Various Artists - Thai? Dye! [Finders Keepers]
3. Various Artists - Not The Spaces You Know, But Between Them [Three Lobed]
Best Debut Release: James Blake - James Blake [ATLAS]
Best EP Release: Mi Ami - Dolphins [Thrill Jockey]
Most Annoying Release: Childish Gambino - Camp [Glassnote]
Most Disappointing Release: Justice - Audio, Video, Disco [Ed Banger]
Best Album Art:Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact [4AD]
Worst Band Name: Mister Heavenly
Best/Most Consistent Record Label: Not Not Fun
Best Specialty Show: Underground Railroad
Best Region for Music: New York
Best Local Show of the Year: Sir Richard Bishop & Swans @ The Engine Room
Best WVFS In-Studio Performance: Bonnie "Prince" Billie & The Cairo Gang
Best Deejay: Tim E.
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