A list of our favorite albums of 2011. Below you’ll find the records that meant the most to me this year. A smaller list than in previous years which is a result of these records remaining in heavy rotation all year combined with an equal amount of time spent listening to records not released this year. [Note: this list does not include releases from the artists I work with directly]

Bon Iver | Bon Iver (buy)
MP3: Bon Iver – “Holocene”
MP3: Bon Iver – “Calgary”

Josh T. Pearson | Last Of The Country Gentlemen (buy)
Video: Josh T. Pearson – “Sweetheart I Ain’t Your Christ”

Feist | Metals (buy)
MP3: Feist – “How Come You Never Go There”

Wye Oak | Civilian (buy)
MP3: Wye Oak – “Civilian”

Conrad Plymouth | Comrade Pylmouth (buy)
Free Download: Conrad Plymouth – Comrade Pylmouth

Jessica Lea Mayfield | Tell Me (buy)
Video: Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Our Hears Are Wrong” (David Letterman)
Video: Jessica Lea Mayfield – “Sometimes At Night”

Nurses | Dracula (buy)
MP3: Nurses – “Trying To Reach You”
MP3: Nurses – “Fever Dreams”

Caveman – CoCo Beware (buy)
MP3: Caveman – “Old Friend”

EMA | Past Life Martyred Saints (buy)
MP3: EMA – “The Grey Ship”

James Blake | James Blake (buy)
Video: James Blake – “Limit To Your Love”
Video: James Blake – “The Wilhelm Scream”

Other Lives | Tamer Animals (buy)
MP3: Other Lives – “For 12″

The Black Keys performed “Lonely Boy” on Saturday Night Live. The New York Times features the band. The Black Keys new album, El Camino arrives next week.

Listen to Feist on World Cafe.

Icarus Himself’s new album, Career Culture, is now available digitally and on vinyl.

Spin has a great interview with Nick Lowe.

Aquarium Drunkard has a stunning download of Josh T. Pearson stretching out on “O Holy Night”

Altered Zones offers their favorite albums of 2011.

Download “Serpents” from Sharon Van Etten’s forthcoming album, Tramp, which arrives next year on Jagjaguwar.

Altered Zones has video of Atlas Sound from the New Museum.

Listen to a full session session with Tinariwen at KCRW.

Stereogum Presents Feist’s Tour Polaroids.

The Current in Minneapolis has a session with Joseph Arthur.

I received and have repeatedly listened to the forthcoming Laura Gibson record. It’s beautiful. Look for it next year on Barsuk.

Caveman shares what they’re reading with Fader.

Watch Feist’s new video for “How Come You Never Go There” at Pitchfork. The track is easily one of my favorite songs of the year.

All Things Considered interviews AA Bondy.

Real Estate perform a Take Away Show on Paris train tracks.

The GQ Music Issue is out and features some great interviews with Stephen Malkmus, Beck, The Black Keys, Nick Low and many more!

Listen to The Zombies on NPR’s World Cafe.

Watch M83 and Zola Jesus Perform “Intro” Together in Los Angeles at Pitchfork.

Stereogum has videos of Feist On Kimmel.

Toro Y Moi performs “Light Black” for Pitchfork.TV.

Listen to Feist’s full session From KCRW at NPR.

The Milwaukee Journtal-Sentinel interviews Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers. Milwaukee friends, don’t miss their show with Strand of Oaks and Testa Rosa supporting at the Cactus Club on Saturday, November 12th.

Conrad Plymouth covers Strand of Oaks’ “Two Kids” here.

Pitchfork interviews Bradford Cox of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound.

Download J. Tillman doing Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night at Aquarium Drunkard.

Check out the new EP from Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven, which is up for pay-what-you-want download on their bandcamp page.