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1. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
2. Rasputina - Thanks For The Ether
3. Elysian Fields - Bleed Your Cedar
4. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
5. Lamb - Lamb
6. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
7. Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
8. Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
9. Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor / Sleater-Kinney
10. Tricky - Nearly God / Pre-Millenium Tension

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LuweW7BKxE

11. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
12. LFO - Advance
13. Nas - It Was Written
14. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
15. Various Artists - Hackers
16. Bethany Curve - Skies A Crossed Sky
17. black tape for a blue girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity
18. Bikini Kill - Reject All American
19. Fiona Apple - Tidal
20. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

Also:

Björk - Telegram
Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses
Cynthia Dall - Untitled
Emily Haines - Cut In Half and Also Double
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBEKd2ef_Hg

1. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
2. The Lawrence Arms - Apathy and Exhaustion
3. Neko Case - Blacklisted
4. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
5. Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
6. El-P - Fantastic Damage
7. The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
8. Anti-Flag - Mobilize / Split with Bouncing Souls
9. Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live
10. DJ Shadow - Private Press

11. Norma Jean - Bless The Martyr & Kiss The Child
12. Clipse - Lord Willin
13. Hatebreed - Perseverance
14. Venetian Snares - Winter in the Belly of a Snake
15. Tsunami Bomb - The Ultimate Escape
16. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Good Health
17. Rasputina - Cabin Fever!
18. Ellen Allien - Weiss Mix
19. MRI- All That Glitters
20. Paul Wall & Chamillionaire - Get Ya Mind Correct

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3I4qaEXuU

These are also extremely good:

Aesop Rock - Daylight
Akufen - My Way
Benjamin Wild- With Compliments
The Birthday Massacre - Nothing and Nowhere
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These are my favorite albums of the year. I could keep tweaking it forever. I know in the next few months I'm going to find albums I missed and albums that I didn't appreciate enough, so please tell me what you think I need to check out.

Anyone who thought 2011 was disappointing for music needs to dig a bit deeper. Some major artists disappointed and complete unknowns blew up.


It's time to move on to 2012 though, so here's what I liked in 2011. If an artist had multiple, noteworthy releases I grouped them.

1. Washed Out - Within and Without
2. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
3. Deafheaven - Roads to Judah
4. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
5. And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
6. James Blake - James Blake/Enough Thunder
7. Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
8. Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
9. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
10. Nero - Welcome Reality
11. The Weeknd - House of Balloons/Thursday/Echoes Of Silence
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Here are my favorite 40 Hip-Hop songs of 2011. Many are obviously NSFW and may contain objectionable lyrics, but the music is just too good to omit.

My favorite non- hip-hop tracks of the year can be found here: http://www.last.fm/user/aerytwo/journal/2012/01/14/5acfw7_top_100_songs_of_2011.


1. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis
2. The Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
3. The Roots - Kool On
4. Talib Kweli - Palookas (feat. Sean Price)
5. The Cool Kids - Roll Call
6. The Beastie Boys - Here's A Little Something For Ya
7. Talib Kweli - Wait For You (feat. Kendra Ross)
8. Common - Lovin' I Lost
9. The Beastie Boys - Too Many Rappers (New Reactionaries Version)
10. Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear
11. Wugazi - Ghetto Afterthought
12. Theophilus London - Flying Overseas (feat. Devonte Hynes And Solange Knowles)
13. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Murder to Excellence
14. Pharoahe Monch - Let My People Go
15. The Roots - I Remember
16. The Beastie Boys - OK
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I don't know if I should be surprised or not by the fact that the albums I most anticipated turned out to be the ones I liked the most, but I kind of am. I hope this is not because I'm growing older and less open minded, but because the established artists actually created the best music. Anyways, my favorite albums of 2011:


Album of the Year: Feist - Metals

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

The Roots - Undun

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome


I'll update when I find out more about which of my favorite music of 2011 was actually released in 2011.


Favorite discoveries of 2011 (not released in 2011):

Jonathan Richman
Gonzales
Talk Talk
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Onra
MF DOOM


Releases I look especially forward to in 2012:

OutKast
Regina Spektor
The Knife
The xx
Look out for March 6th: Bowerbirds and Andrew Bird


Ignore this part:

My 2011 scrobbling statistics (Because I like statistic):

Top Artists

Radiohead - 220
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32. Peter Bjorn and John – Breaker Breaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACC0geNL0QI

Kawałek może nie miecie, ale jakie urocze słowa ma :D

31. Conner Youngblood – Australia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_iY2wNJlM

Urocze, takie delikatne.

30.Arctic Monkeys – Don’t Sit Down Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqTI6S-pMI

Małpy w nieco cięższej odsłonie, bardzo fajny tekst, ponoć tytuł wymyślony przez przypadek.

29. YACHT – Dystopia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZYYRQjR40Q
Apokalipsa w imprezowym stylu.

28.Zoo Kid – Out Getting Ribs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wLrAtcd6Y

Siedemnastolatek!

27. Ty Segall – you make the sun fry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBR2wE8vqBA

Ładne gitarowe granie, fajny głos.

26. Is Tropical – I Think We’re Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5lQxk6yXeE

Damn addictive! Refren w sensie.

25. Baths – Aminals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swKcEG3f3GQ

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