AUDITIEST POLL 2011: Best of 2011

Here's my top 40. I know only the top 20 count, but I love finding things I
might have missed on these lists.

1 Ryan Adams-Ashes And Fire (pax am)

2 Yuck-s/t (fat possum)

3 British Sea Power-Vahalla Dancehall (rough trade)

4 Bats-Free All The Monsters (flying nun)

5 Ron Sexsmith-Long Player Late Bloomer (yep roc)

6 Peter Astor-Songbox (second language)

7 Jayhawks-Mockingbird Time (rounder)

8 Tommy Keene-Behind The Parade (second motion)

9 Buffalo Tom-Skins (scrawny)

10 Twerps-s/t (chapter music)


11 Cut Off Your Hands-Hollow (frenchkiss)

12 Genuine Fakes-The Striped Album (pristine songs)

13 Feelies-Here Before (bar none)

14 Robyn Hitchcock-Tromso, Kaptein (hype city)

15 Dum Dum Girls-Only In Dreams (sub pop)

16 Real Estate-Days (domino)

17 Ringo Deathstarr-Colour Trip (sonic unyon)

18 Andreas Mattson-Kick Death's Ass (razzia)

19 Matthew Sweet-Modern Art (missing piece)

20 Veronica Falls-s/t (slumberland)


21 Bevis Frond-The Leaving Of London (woronzow)

22 Peter Bjorn & John-Gimme Some (almost gold)

23 Tommy Stinson-One Man Mutiny (done to death)

24 Brilliant Colors-Again And Again (slumberland)

25 Papercuts-Fading Parade (sub pop)

26 Shirley Lee-Winter Autumn Summer Spring (missing page)

27 Pains Of Being Pure At Heart-Belong (slumberland)

28 Cynics-Spinning Wheel Motel (get hip)

29 Green Pajamas-Green Pajamas Country (green monkey)

30 Sea Lions-Everything You Wanted To Know (slumberland)


31 Jonny-self titled (merge)

32 Seapony-Go With Me (hardly art)

33 Amor de Dias-Street O The Love Of Days (merge)

34 Black Lips-Arabia Mountain (vice)

35 Steve Earle-I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (new west)

36 Wilco-The Whole Love (dbpm)

37 Stevie Jackson-(I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson (self released)

38 James Walbourne-The Hill (heavenly)

39 Sloan-The Double Cross (yep roc)

40 Fleshtones-Brooklyn Sound Solution (yep roc)


Thanks for compiling this stuff!


Eric Van Rysdam