Top Albums: 2011 version

Hot on the heels of the 2010 version, here's a list of my favorites for 2011:

1. Destroyer – Kaputt
2. Wye Oak – Civilian
3. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
4. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
5. James Blake – James Blake
6. M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
7. Braids – Native Speaker
8. Cass McCombs – Wit's End
9. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
10. The Cave Singers – No Witch

Honorable Mentions

• Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
• Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital
• Wilco – The Whole Love

Maybe more than in other years, there are a number of albums I'd still like to have had time (and $) for closer inspection, but that certainly doesn't diminish my enthusiasm for what's here.