THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2011

Paul Farahvar:

Bon Iver › Bon Iver
Rachael Yamagata › Chesapeake
Ryan Adams › Ashes & Fire
My Morning Jacket › Circuital
Iron & Wine › Kiss Each Other Cleanly
Wilco › The Whole Love
The Head & the Heart › Self Titled
Mumford & Sons › Sigh No More
Adele › 21
Foo Fighters › Wasted Light
Farraday › Fear of Missing Out
Chris Buehrle Band › Self titled
Florence &the Machines › Ceremonials
Dawes › Nothing is Wrong

Micah from Micah Walk:

Dawes › Nothing is Wrong
Ryan Adams › Ashes & Fire
Blitzen Trapper › American Goldwing
Wilco › The Whole Love
Gillian Welch › The Harrow and the Harvest
Jessica Lea Mayfield › Tell Me
Laura Marling › A Creature I Don't Know
Fleet Foxes › Helplessness Blues
Steve Earle › I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Those Darlins › Screws Get Loose

Aubyn Beth of Farraday:

He is We › My Forever
Ian Axel › This is the New Year
Katy Perry › Teenage Dream
Owl City › All Things Bright and Beautiful
Ke$ha › Cannibal
Devon Kay & The Solution › Never Punt
The Super Happy Fun Club › Go Fun Yourself
Breathe Electric › Love Struck
The Band Perry › Self Titled
Verona Red › Pound

Jeffrey David of Jeffrey David:

Black Keys › El Camino
Mayer Hawthorne › How Do You Do
NeedToBreathe › The Recoking
Coldplay › Mylo Xylto
Marc Broussard › Marc Broussard
Mumford and Sons › Sign No More (2010)
The Civil Wars › Barton Hallow
Aloe Blacc › Good Things
Fitz and The tantrums › Picking Up The Pieces
Robin Thicke › Love After War

Joe Goodkin of Paper Arrows:

Bon Iver › Bon Iver
TV on the Radio › Nine Types of Light
Laura Marling › I Speak Because I Can
Paul Simon › So Beautiful or So What
Wilco › The Whole Love
Death Cab for Cutie › Codes & Keys
Eddie Vedder › Ukulele Songs
Foo Fighters › Wasting Light
Iron & Wine › Kiss Each Other Clean
Ryan Adams › Ashes and Fire

Ben Bassett from Vintage Blue

Farraday › Fear Of Missing Out
Mat Kearney › Young Love
Foo Fighters › Wasted Light
Bon Iver › Bon Iver
M83 › Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
REM › Collapse Into New
Eddie Vedder › Ukelele Songs
Adele › 21
Ryan Adams › Ashes & Fire
My Morning Jacket › Circuital

Chris Buehrle from Chris Buehrle:

Black Keys › El Camino
The Civil Wars › Barton Hollow
Bon Iver › Bon Iver
Jay Z & Kanye West › Watch The Throne
The Roots › Undun
The Beatie Boys › Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Chris Buehrle Band › Chris Buehrle Band
The Smith Westerns › Dye It Blonde

Lucas Farran from Air This Side of Caution

MuteMath › Odd Souls
Foo Fighters › Wasting Light
Rachel Yamagata › Chesapeake
Elbow › Build a Rocket Boys!
Paul Simon › So Beautiful or So What
Red Hot Chili Peppers › I’m With You
Death Cab for Cutie › Codes and Keys
Garage A Trois › Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil
Wilco › The Whole Love
Primus › Green Naugahyde

Jason Paul from Air This Side of Caution

Bon Iver › Bon Iver
War on Drugs › Slave Ambient
WU LYF › Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Cults › Cults
Fleet Foxes › Helplessness Blues
Telekinesis › 12 Desperate Straight Lines
Wilco › The Whole Love
Elbow › Build A Rocket Boys!
The Joy Formidable › The Big Roar
J Mascus › Several Shades of Why

DBP from DBP

TV On the Radio › Nine Types of Light
James Blake › James Blake
Nikka Costa › Pro*Whoa!
Thundercat › The Golden Age...
King › The Story
The Roots › Undun
Radiohead › The King of Limbs
Kanye West › My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Bailiff › Red Balloon
DBP › On a Silver Platter

Matt Kysia from Matt Kysia

Adele › 21
Mat Kearney › Young Love
Kaskade › Fire & Ice
Bon Iver › Bon Iver
City and the Colour › Living Hell
Matt Nathanson › Modern Love
Van Hunt › What Were You Hoping For
Dave Guetta › Nothing But The Beat
Robin Thicke › Love After War
Brett Dennen › Loveryboy