Doesn’t 2011 seem like such along time ago now? Well as 2012 slowly starts to warm music wise there is still the small matter of the UYE album of the year list to sort out. Oh and as an added bonus we’ll throw in a playlist of 20 of 2011’s best songs too.
Top Ten Albums
10. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
9. Seasick Steve – You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
8. King Blues – Punk & Poetry
7. White Denim – D
6. Terrorvision – Super Delux
5. Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
4. Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction
3. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Tao Of The Dead
2. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
1. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead
The 2011 Playlist
Chicago – Tom Waits
Honda Civic – The Felice Brothers
Take ‘Em Down – Dropkick Murphys
Everything Happens For A Reason – King Blues
The Highwayman – Arbouretum
Weight of the Sun (Or, the Post-Modern Prometheus) – …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Promises, Promises – Incubus
St. Peter – Black Spiders
Juular – Devin Townsend Project
Renegade 86 – LetLive
Shiny Things – Terrorvision
48 Roses – Mariachi El Bronx
One Foot Before The Other – Frank Turner
Rox In The Box – The Decemberists
Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes
Breaking Hearts – James Vincent McMorrow
Molly-O – Steve Earle
Underneath A Blue And Cloudless Sky – Seasick Steve
Quail And Dumplings – Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Street Joy – White Denim
Use Your Ears 