#40
Artist:Drake
Album:Take Care
Genre:Hip Hop
Sample:You should know who the fuck Drake is.
#39
Artist:Touche Amore
Album:Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me
Genre:Post-Hardcore
Sample:http://youtu.be/7pk_Mxrfrp0
#38
Artist:St. Vincent
Album:Strange Mercy
Genre:Indie Pop
Sample: http://youtu.be/Itt0rALeHE8
#37
Artist:Liturgy
Album:Aesthethica
Genre:Transcedental Black Metal
Sample:http://youtu.be/t65Li7hLDpI
#36
Artist:Grouper
Album:AIA Alien Observer/Dream Loss
Genre:Ambient
Sample:http://youtu.be/5Gckfokc1h8
#35
Artist:Kurt Vile
Album:Smoke Ring for My Halo
Genre:Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock
Sample:http://youtu.be/enTY6AITe1Q
#34
Artist:Toro y Moi
Album:Underneath the Pine
Genre:(Post)-Chillwave
Sample:http://youtu.be/W4J6bFDvvwY
#33
Artist:Yuck
Album:Yuck
Genre:Indie Rock
Sample:http://youtu.be/Kz7vyrFhFE8
#32
Artist:Big K.R.I.T.
Album:Return of 4eva
Genre:Hip Hop
Sample:http://youtu.be/R5b1KQatcdE
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#31
Artist:Iroha
Album:Iroha
Genre:Shoegaze, Drone, Doom
Sample:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usXnYeaD2Kw
#30
Artist:M83
Album:Hurry up, We’re Dreaming
Genre:Electrpop
Sample:http://youtu.be/EDyonn3mQj8
#29
Artist:Snowmine
Album:Laminate Pet Animal
Genre:Indie Pop
Sample:http://youtu.be/iIqqcjMzavM
#28
Artist:Gridlink
Album:Orphan
Genre:Grindcore
Sample:http://youtu.be/_KZbdGCIHAU
#27
Artist:Citives Aviv
Album:Digital Lows
Genre:Hip Hop
Sample:http://youtu.be/LoF_95lXSVM
#26
Artist:Real Estate
Album:Days
Genre:Twinkly Indie Pop
Sample:http://youtu.be/4HWcViTXdYc
#25
Artist:Fleet Foxes
Album:Helplessness Blues
Genre:Folk
Sample:http://youtu.be/cdN2bfov9JQ
#24
Artist:Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX
Album:We’re New Here
Genre:Electronic Soul?
Sample:http://youtu.be/rm4zJSyxlOQ
#23
Artist:Deafheaven
Album:Roads to Judah
Genre:Black Metal
Sample:http://youtu.be/rUJoPoNYQQI
#22
Artist:The Field
Album:Looping State of Mind
Genre:IDM, Electronic
Sample:http://youtu.be/YVNqWZPqxDE
Looping state of mind mind mind mind mind mind mind mind
#21
Artist:PJ Harvey
Album:Let England Shake
Genre:Singer-Songwriter
Sample:http://youtu.be/RV3Soul18iE
#20
Artist:Araabmuzik
Album:Electronic Dream
Genre:Instrumental Hip Hop
Sample:http://youtu.be/C2hW6WJ_goM
#19
Artist:Alex Turner
Album:Submarine EP
Genre:Singer-Songwriter
Sample:http://youtu.be/Bwhm3HrGA68
#18
Artist:ASAP Rocky
Album:LiveLoveA$AP
Genre:Hip Hop
Sample:http://youtu.be/EB7bmQg6m3Q
That pretty motherfucker brings that trill shit.
#17
Artist:Destroyer
Album:Kaputt
Genre:Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
Sample:http://youtu.be/qz7oaUUWWYk
#16
Artist:This Will Destroy You
Album:Tunnel Blanket
Genre:Post-Rock, Drone, Ambient
Sample:http://youtu.be/2fV9mXWMDqs
#15
Artist:The Weeknd
Album:House of Balloons
Genre:R&B
Sample:http://youtu.be/o9PuAm7d0PA
#14
Artist:WU-LYF
Album:Go Tell Fire To the Mountain
Genre:Heavy Pop
Sample:http://youtu.be/3QWxviSD79c
#13
Artist:Andrew Jackson Jihad
Album:Knife Man
Genre:Folk Punk
Sample:http://youtu.be/sLg5POTvVzs
#12
Artist:Wolves in the Throne Room
Album:Celestial Lineage
Genre:Black Metal
Sample:http://youtu.be/1AdfkejJDao
One of my favorite bands that seems to have a perfect discography. Every record they have released has been amazing. Check em out.
#11
Artist:The Men
Album:Leave Home
Genre:Noise Punk
Sample:http://youtu.be/26psxrhO1hQ
#10
Artist:Kendrick Lamar
Album:Section 80
Genre:Hip Hop, Rap
Sample:http://youtu.be/XEIkwH9STCc
#9
Artist:Wye Oak
Album:Civilian
Genre:Shoegaze
Sample:http://youtu.be/J2uSO4jgIHg
#8
Artist:Ash Borer
Album:Ash Borer
Genre:Black Metal
Sample:http://youtu.be/9vN_G9NFwJU
Last year Ash Borer had one of my favorite releases along with Fell voices on their split. Their proper debut album does not disappoint either.
#7
Artist:Death Grips
Album:Exmilitary
Genre:Experimental Hip Hop
Sample:http://youtu.be/uqcTVVUFnKQ
IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES.
#6
Artist:Young and In the Way
Album:I am Not What I Am
Genre:Blackened Crust
Sample:http://youtu.be/yy9XObBX0Pw
The type of record that will rip your face off and leave you to die slowly on top of a white mountain. Heavily influenced by both Crust punk bands like Cursed and black metal records. This is one band that does not disappoint. You can download their album for free on their bandcamp.
#5
Artist:Algernon Cadwallader
Album:Parrot Flies
Genre:Twinkly Mathy Emo
Sample:http://youtu.be/NhPd4Xwbjrk
The closest thing to having another Cap’n Jazz record, yet so fucking good.
#4
Artist:Iceage
Album:White Rune
Genre:Punk
Sample:http://youtu.be/p4cI7WzCAq0
If you like lo-fi, raw, Joy Division influenced punk. This band is for you.
#3
Artist:Shabazz Palaces
Album:Black Up
Genre:Hip Hop
Sample:http://youtu.be/UnoBIQWS5bs
“Clear some space out so we can space out”
#2
Artist:Giles Corey
Album:Giles Corey
Genre:Sadfolk, depressing stuff.
Sample:http://youtu.be/EAhQzXpBTfA
I can’t put into words at how amazing this album is, but I found a review that does. http://heavybootsmusic.tumblr.com/post/5754290725/giles-corey-self-titled Seriously, do yourself a favor and read this.
#1
Artist:Joyce Manor
Album:Joyce Manor
Genre:Post-hardcore, Pop-Punk
Sample:http://youtu.be/nJm2rWcC_fc
Debut album by this Californian group. Every song is so catchy but yet oh so short, 10 songs clocking in under 20 minutes long. This is Pop-punk done the right way, short, fun, catchy and memorable.
Honorable Mentions
Battles-Gloss Drop
James Blake-James Blake
Cults-Cults
Danny Brown-XXX
Girls-Father, Son, Holy ghost
Oneohtrix Point Never-Replica
SpaceGhostPurrp-Blackland Radio 66.6
Kanye West and Jay-z-Watch the Throne
Lykke Li-Wounded Rhymes
The Vaccines-What Did you expect from the Vaccines
Washed Out-Within and Without
……. and other amazing stuff released this year.
Endnotes
If you haven’t listened to this record you have not lived, AOTYAY.
My only regret for 2011 is not listening to more music.
