As 2011 draws to a close, it's time for this obligatory and annual thread.

Mine:


Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher
Yuck - Yuck
Velociraptor! - Kasabian
Hello Sadness - Los Campesinos
Different Gear, Still Speeding - Beady Eye
Bread and Circuses - The View
This Modern Glitch - The Wombats
Suck It and See - The Arctic Monkeys
EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\ - Glasvegas
Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 - Beastie Boys
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines - The Vaccines
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Killer Sounds - Hard Fi
Computers and Blues - The Streets


Might have forgotten a band or two. Overall, a very strong year musically.

In order:
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
Miles Kane - The Colour Of The Trap
The Sand Band – All Through The Night
Little Barrie - King Of The Waves
Beady Eye – Different Gear Still Speeding
Cast - Troubled Times
Kasabian - Velociraptor!
Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
The Sums - If Only

Honourary mentions:
Babybird - The Pleasures Of Self Destruction
John Stammers – John Stammers
Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing
Of Arrowe Hill - Suddenly, At Home And Other Rumours Of Misadventure
Hard-Fi - Killer Sounds
Viva Brother - Famous First Words

girls - father, son and holy gost
kasabian - velociraptor
arctic monkeys - suck it and see
miles kane - colour of the trap
vaccines - what did you expect from the vaccines?
beady eye - different gear still speeding
wombats - the wombats proudly present: this modern glitch
strokes - angles
is tropical - native to
yuck - yuck

@ the last list comment


I feel like I should listen to some of these since you seem to think this was a good year musically (realistically speaking this is my first year listening to actual music, so I have nothing to compare it to), but a lot of the music up there isn't strong at all. Hard-Fi and the Wombats albums are significantly worse than their predecessors IMO, and as much as I am a fan of BDI (Liam), I still can't call Different Gear a very good album.

Arctic Monkeys, Yuck and Noel Gallagher are (from those) the only ones which I think will last - although to be fair, I haven't really tried anything (or much in the case of Los Campesinos/the vaccines) from the others.


Of course, most names have to be reinforced a few times before I actually bother to sit through an album, Eva, I think yours was the pushing point, now, to the Black Keys!!!