Best Albums 2011
1. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
3. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
4. tUnE-YaRds – whokill
5. Zun Zun Egui – Katang
6. The Antlers – Burst Apart
7. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
8. Beirut – The Rip Tide
9. Akron/Family – The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
10. Let’s Wrestle – Nursing Home
11. Radiohead – King Of Limbs
12. Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
13. Kanye West and Jay-Z – Watch the Throne
14. Darren Hayman – Ship’s Piano
15. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
16. Ganglians – Still Living
17. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
18. Wilco – The Whole Love
19. Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin’ On
20. Metronomy – The English Riviera
Honourable Mentions
We All Have Hooks for Hands – Girls EP
Awesome Wells – Awesome Wells and Friends EP
Dez Mona – Saga
Bjork – Biophilia
Songs
Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice
Bon Chat, Bon Rat – Blackbird
Sandro Perry – Changes
Battles – Icecream
Little Dragon – Ritual Union
M83 – Raconte-Moi Une Histoire
Tyler the Creator – Yonkers
Gigs of the Year 2011
1. Yo La Tengo, 02 Academy, Oxford
2. Sleigh Bells, Digital, Brighton
3. Song Yuzhe and Yang Jima,Jianghu Bar, Beijing
4. Boyz Noise, Tango, Beijing