- Active Child – You Are All I See (Vagrant)
- Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear (ESL)
- Hooray for Earth – True Loves (Secretly Canadian)
- SBTRKT – S/T (Young Turks)
- Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (LL)
- James Blake – S/T (Universal Republic)
- M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute)
- St. Vincent – Strange Mercy (4AD)
- Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain in the Cloud (Atlantic)
- tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l (4AD)
- Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)
11 Notable Tracks of 2011
- Austra – “Spellwork“
- Friends – “I’m His Girl”
- Gardens & Villa – “Orange Blossom”
- Grimes – “Oblivion”
- Jamie xx – “Far Nearer”
- Mr. Little Jeans – “The Suburbs”
- Purity Ring – “Lofticries“
- Theophilius London – “Why Even Try”
- Toro Y Moi – “New Beat”
- White Denim – “Street Joy”
- Zion I & the Grouch – “I Used to Be a Vegan”
