Or the whiteness that your pen could write

To be honest I didn't hear too much music this past year, but here goes:

My Top 10 Albums of 2011 (alphabetically):

Austra - Feel It Break
Beirut - The Rip Tide
Braids - Native Speaker
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome
The Joy Formidible - The Big Roar
Hey Rosetta! – Seeds
Miracle Fortress - Was I The Wave
Peter Bjorn And John - Gimme Some
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient

Honourables:
Chemical Brothers – Hanna score
Childish Gambino – Camp
Deftones – Covers
Destroyer – Kaputt
Dream Jefferson - Punch Perm
Drive soundtrack

Swim until you can't see land...

Here is the list I thought I wouldn't do this year.

My Top 10 Albums of 2010 (alphabetically):

The Black Keys - Brothers
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Caribou - Swim
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher
The Morning Benders - Big Echo
The National - High Violet
PS I Love You - Meet Me At The Muster Station
Shout Out Louds - Work

Honourables:
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Beach House - Teen Dream
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy
The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
The Roots - How I Got Over

Nothing about you that don't please me...

The list, the list is the key.

Top 10 Albums of 2009 (alphabetically):


Attack In Black - Years
Dan Auerback - Keep It Hid
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Kram - Mixtape
Most Serene Republic - ...And the Ever Expanding Universe
Ohbijou - Beacons
Portugal, The Man - The Satanic Satnist
Said the Whale - Islands Disappear
Two Hours Traffic - Two Hours Traffic
The xx - xx


Honourables:
Alexi Murdoch - Away We Go ST
Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
various - War Child Presents Heroes
YACHT - See Mystery Lights
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz!

One night to be confused...

Here they are, my 2007 picks:

Top 10 Albums of 2007 (alphabetically):

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lkes are Dark Horse
Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Miracle Fortress - Miracle Fortress
The National – Boxer
Sea Wolf - Leaves In The River
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy

Honourable Mentions:

Feist - The Reminder
The Go Find - Stars On the Wall
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
Justice - Cross
Led Zeppelin – Mothership
New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom
The Sea & Cake - Everybody
She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge
Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots

A long time coming...

I can't believe it took me this long to do this. February 2nd, ritual vermin worshiping and my brother's b-day, and I have yet to post by music selections of the past year. Shame on me.

All had a North American release in Aught-six, so here they are.

Top 10 Albums of 2006 (alphabetically):

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
Cat Power - The Greatest
The Format - Dog Problems
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Grand National - Kicking The National Habit
Hot Chip - The Warning
Placebo - Meds
Small Sins - Small Sins
Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

Honourable Mentions:

Aberdeen City - The Freezing Atlantic
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
Sia - Colour The Small One
Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots

Most Over-hyped Albums of 2006:

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain