Matt Jordan of You Ain’t No Picasso: 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
- My Morning Jacket — Circuital
- Handsome Furs — Sound Kapital
- Mister Heavenly — Out of Love
- St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
- Louis C.K. — Hilarious
- Patton Oswalt — Finest Hour
- Portugal. The Man — In the Mountain in the Cloud
- Cults — Cults
- Little Scream — Golden Record
- Beastie Boys — Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
- Tune-Yards — Whokill
- COOLRUNNINGS — Dracula Is Only The Beginning
- The Black Keys — El Camino
- Lykke Li — Wounded Rhymes
- Peter Bjorn and John — Gimme Some
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Yellow Ostrich — WHALE
- They Might Be Giants — Join Us
- The Decemberists — The King is Dead
- The Weeknd — House of Balloons
- Battles — Gloss Drop
- Deerhoof — Deerhoof vs Evil
- Idiot Glee — Paddywhack
- Wild Flag — Wild Flag
- Smith Westerns — Dye It Blonde
- Cass McCombs — WIT’S END
- Sleeper Agent — Celabrasion
- Cage the Elephant — Thank You, Happy Birthday
- Charlotte Gainsbourg — Stage Whisper
- Fishboy — Classic Creeps