These are the 30 records I couldn’t live without in 2011. Some more than others, but they all deserve a mention.
- The Indelicates – David Koresh Superstar
- Destroyer – Kaputt
- Radiohead – The King of Limbs
- Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
- PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
- Marissa Nadler – Marissa Nadler
- The Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps
- British Sea Power – Valhalla Dancehall
- Luke Haines – 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling Of The 1970s and Early 80s
- 8in8 – Nighty Night
- Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
- Craft Spells – Idle Labor
- Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls
- Widowspeak – Widowspeak
- EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
- Wilco – The Whole Love
- Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine
- Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
- Amanda Palmer – Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under
- Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
- Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin’ On
- The Horrible Crowes – Elsie
- Dum Dum Girls – Always in Dreams
- Grails – Deep Politics
- Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
- The Horrors – Skying
- Tori Amos – Night Of Hunters
- Soft Metals – Soft Metals
- Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness
- The Decemberists – The King Is Dead