Best of 2011 (Lps) Honorable Mention

DEMONAZ – March of the Norse (Nuclear Blast)
BARN OWL – Lost in the Glare (Thrill Jockey)
ZOLA JESUS – Conatus (Sacred Bones)
URAL UMBO – Delusion of Hope (Utech)
PRURIENT – Bermuda Drain (Hydra Head)
SHABAZZ PALACES – Black Up (Sub Pop)
PLANKS – The Darkest of Grays/Solicit to Fall (Southern Lord)
LOSS – Despond (Profound Lore)
JESU – Ascension (Caldo Verde)
MATT CHRISTENSEN - A Cradle in the Bowery (Under The Spire)
BORIS – Attention Please/Heavy Rocks 2011 (Sargent House)
XANDER HARRIS – Urban Gothic (Not Not Fun)
TRUE WIDOW - As High As the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth (Kemado)
LOW – C’mon (Sub Pop)
CLOUD NOTHINGS – S/T (Carpark)
RADIOHEAD – King of Limbs (self released)
MIKE WEIS – Loop Current/Raft (Barge)
DISMA – Towards the Megalith (Profound Lore)
MOGWAI – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Sub Pop)
DESTROYER – Kaputt (Merge)
WIRE – Red Barked Tree (Pink Flag)
GHOSTFACE KILLAH – Apollo Kids (Def Jam)
MASTODON – The Hunter (Reprise)
MAMALEEK – Kurdaitcha (Enemies List)
BURZUM – Fallen (Byelobog Productions)
YOUTH LAGOON – The Year of Hibernation (Fat Possum)
JON MUELLER – Alphabet of Movements (Type)
HORSEBACK/LOCRIAN - New Dominions (Utech)
WOLD - Freermasonry (Profound Lore)
BATILLUS - Furnace (Seventh Rule)
BLACK TUSK - Set The Dial (Relapse)
BLACK COBRA - Invernal (Southern Lord)
ANDY STOTT - We Stay Together/Passed Me By (Modern Love)
SUUM CUIQUE - Midden (Young Americans)