I think we did this thread last year and it went over pretty well. I don't think there are any major
record releases the next few weeks so thought it was fair to put this little poll out there now before
the holidays. It was a pretty decent year for music so let's hear what you liked. For me it goes as
follows and since I can't limit myself to just 5 I'll include a few honorable mentions.

1. The Head and The Heart -- self titled
2. Bon Iver -- Bon Iver, Bon Iver
3. Fleet Foxes -- Helplessness Blues
4. My Morning Jacket -- Circuital
5. Amos Lee -- Mission Bell

Honorable Mentions

Adele -- 21
Cold War Kids -- Mine Is Yours
Foster The People -- Torches
Wild Flag -- self titled
Wilco -- The Whole Love
Radiohead -- The King of Limbs

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1. Panda Bear- Tomboy
2. Six Organs of Admittance- Asleep on the Floodplain
3. Meg Baird- Seasons on Earth
4. Oneida- Absolute II
5. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Minor Traffic

Mystery Palace - Nervio (can be d/l for free on soundcloud)
Rob Kleiner and the Satanics - Self Titled (I freaking love these guys...my buddy Rob from Tub Ring.)
Crossess - Self Titled (Chino from Deftones singing. also free...somewhere.)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You (Just a good rock record)
Incubus - If Not Now, When? (One of the surprises of 2011)
Between the Buried and Me - The Parrallax Hypersleep Dialogues. (It's ridiculous math metal. there's three songs and the album is 30 minutes long).

Honorable Mentions:
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (also a good rock record)
Primus - Green Naugahyde (nice and weird like the old stuff)
Puscifer - Conditions of My Parole (Maynard from Tool!)
Mastodon - The Hunter (Need to digest this one more)
Radiohead - The King of Limbs (I listened a lot in early 2011 and in the summer...not much since)
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (I liked it...kinda "dance club-ey" but, still cool)
Janes Addiction - The great escape artist. (they're back....)
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys (sad British songs...their first album "asleep in the back" is brilliant. highly recommend these guys.)

I can't wait for the new lamb of god album. january 2012

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5. Foster the People - Torches
4. The Black Keys - El Camino (I know it's been a week, but kiss my ass anyway)
3. RHCP - I'm With You
2. Wilco - The Whole Love
1. Foo Fighters - Wasted Light

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Math metal?? Last time I heard someone mention that particular musical genre it was "American Fucking Heritage," live at 2pm on a Saturday afternoon in the Fireside Bowl on Fullerton, and I was already lit...

Good times.

anything that is in 13/8th i tend to describe as "math metal."
I'm sure Imu would label it "post-aggressive geometry alt-rock"

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Anyone who uses the term math-metal is doing a poor job deflecting hipster accusations.

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the term "math metal" is so 2000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqbdnaPcT8

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The Roots - Undun
JayZ Kanye - Watch the Throne
Childish Gambino - Camp

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That shit is dope...

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1. Wild Flag (Wild Flag)
2. The King is Dead (Decemberists)
3. Screws get Loose (Those Darlins)
4. Relax (Das Racist)
5. Grand Theatre Vol 2 (Old 97's)

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meh...

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BTB&M - Alaska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE024YOfQNw

try counting this!

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lol - not trying to compare - the drummer is a old friend from a long time ago.

If it's not a reel or a jig, I'm already out of time...

drummer is decent...just not a fan of the music.

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1. Codes and Keys (Death Cab for Cutie)
2. The Whole Love (Wilco)

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team Meatpants

Loyola University math.

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It's hard

I only bought 5 albums this year (well after looking at ths thread 6) and only had 2 favorites... Despite the greatness that is Rocks in the Box, The King is Dead didn't do much for me. Pete Yorn dropped an early year dud after 5 straight great albums. And I'm still trying figure out what the fuck Matt & Kim is... and then there were 2.

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team Meatpants

1. Washed Out- Within and Without
2. Wilco-The Whole Love
3. The Weeknd- House of Baloons
4. DJ Quik- the Book of David
5. Common- The Dreamer/The Believer

Honrable Mention: The Roots- Undun

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build a rocket boys - elbow
the whole love - wilco
mylo xyloto - coldplay
wasting light - foo fighters
let england shake - pj harvey

honorable mentions:
the valley - eisley
sky full of holes - fountains of wayne
rock & roll submarine - UO
angles - the strokes
hurry up we're dreaming - M83

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I would nominate Angles by The Strokes for most disappointing album of the year. What a huge letdown after such a long hiatus.

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Wow, really?
Two Kinds of happiness, games, and under cover of darkness, imo, rank as great as anything they ever did in the past.
give it another shot.

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Gotta add Common The Dreamer/The Believer

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