Thursday, December 22, 2011

#1

Bon Iver- Bon Iver


"It's at once majestic and gentle, a deep breath and a sigh that declares Vernon's transcendence of the turmoil and technique of his unique breakout record and establishes him as an artist who knows exactly what he's doing. Hallelujah."- The Boston Phoenix

824/30/24720/8

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#2

Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues


"This album is destined to redraw the parameters, thanks to its sheer scale and detail, its recurring themes and imagery, and its creators' refusal to settle for less than they could achieve."- Mojo

723/31/22413/4

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#3

Wilco- The Whole Love


"The Whole Love feels like a truly audacious studio record, jam-packed with instruments, ideas, and the sort of restless creativity that marked 2002's game-changer, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."- The Boston Phoenix

647/26/16822

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#4

The Black Keys- El Camino


"The brilliance of El Camino lies in the fact that it is still perfectly modern, a step in the direction of legitimizing the use of vocal effects, multi-tracking and ultimately catchy choruses."- PopMatters

549/28/15372

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#5

Radiohead- The King of Limbs


"Like every other album, there are the trademarks we've all come to grow and love from the band and by the end of this, all of the most loving adjectives one could shower on an album will be spread all over The King of Limbs."- Delusions of Adequacy

520/27/14040

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#6

The Decemberists- The King is Dead


"It's a lavish aural luxury worn by Meloy, his limited range worked to its finest by the glorious Welch chiming in, the two matched like a 21st century Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris."- Austin Chronicle

427/24/10248/1

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#7

Destroyer- Kaputt


"While Bejar's arrangement decisions challenge popular notions of what delineates good and bad music, shaking off preconceptions in order to immerse yourself in Kaputt's nighttime world is worth the effort."- NOW Magazine

567/16/9072/2

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