so far 2011 has been a great year for new albums list your top 5

[Oldrottenhead]

only 6 months in and some great albums
my top 5 so far.

1. let england shake by pj harvey
2. suck it and see by arctic monkeys
3. let's build a rocket boys by elbow
4. the king of limbs by radiohead
5. helplessness blues by fleet foxes

[Bluesberry]

great list man, I love that Fleet Foxes one, I put that at #1 for me, so far.  I need to check out the Artic monkeys =, haven't heard that one yet.  I am not fully there on the Radiohead one yet, it is a grower, and it is still growing for me.......but that Helpness Blues, hot damn thats good.

[Oldrottenhead]

let england shake is probably the best album of the century so far.

[Gritter]

Honestly, the best album I've heard this year is

Rainy Day Happy by Able Giant

I will try to come up with 4 more by the end of the day.

[Bluesberry]

I also like The Decemberists : The King is Dead

[Bluesberry]

WOW


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Qlb0qFLFE

The sum total of the song cycle suggests a macabre version of the Kinks' "Village Green Preservation Society," though despite the appearance of Music Hall tropes and theatrical flourishes, Harvey manages to avoid cliche at every turn. "Let England Shake" is a record steeped in the past, but Harvey is clearly singing about (and to) the present. It's a strange and often unsettling collection, but buried deep within it is the most fully formed musical statement Harvey has offered the world to date.

—Jeff Miers

[Oldrottenhead]

hi dave did you know that she was friends with captain beefheart, he was a big influence on her and would advice her regularly on the telephone. you couldnt call him he wouldnt answer the phone but apperently he called her regularly right up till he was too ill to.

check this one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va0w5pxFkAM

[Saijinn Maas]

Not too much that stuck out to me this year so far...

I would have to say...
1. Thank You, Happy Birthday by Cage the Elephant
2. Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes by Social Distortion
3. Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
4. The Fall by Gorillaz
5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Black Stone Cherry

Though I wouldn't be surprised if any one of these to get knocked off by anything else that grabs me.

[FuzzFace]

There is my forthcoming album, if I ever get it done... with the invaluable contributions of my fellow collaborators of course!

[henwrench]

cor, deary me. What year is it? lemme see now...

              i think it was released this year, but 'The World Is Yours' by Motorhead is on in the taxi right now...

                         yep, 'Rome' by Dangermouse and Daniele Luppi

                             erm, I don't know what the album is called without gettin' up and having a look, and I ain't doin' that for nobody, but I implore y'all to check out a fine young 'un called Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo, 'specially a song called 'Pause'....

                                I do like a bit of Bon Iver

                                        and who could pass up on King Creosote??


                                                                                 henwrench