| Artist | Album | Title | Label | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensemble | Excerpts | Things I Forget | Fat Cat | No |
| Atlas Sound | Parallax | Mona Lisa | 4AD | Yes |
| Nat Baldwin | People Changes | Weights | Western Vinyl | No |
| Papercuts | Fading Parade | Marie Says You've Changed | Sub Pop | No |
| Cass McCombs | Humor Risk | Mariah | Domino | Yes |
| The Alps | Easy Action | For Isabel | Mexican Summer | No |
| Neon Indian | Era Extrana | Era Extrana | Mom + Pop | No |
| Mmoss | single | Another Day | Self Released | No |
| Sidney Lindner | Holy Brother of the Mountain Sun | Golden Hour | Broken Sparrow | No |
| My Disco | Little Joy | Sun Bear | Temporary Residence | No |
| Crystal Stilts | In Love With Oblivion | Shake the Shackles | Slumberland | No |
| Ugly Buggs | Ugly Buggs | You Can't Hurt Me Anymore | Stonebow Records | Yes |
| Jonathan Wilson | Gentle Spirit | Desert Raven | Bella Union | No |
| Shannon & the Clams | Sleep Talk | The Cult Song | 1-2-3-4-Go! Records | No |
| Twin Sister | Bad Street EP | In Heaven | Domino | No |
| Lumerians | Transmalinnia | Hashshashin | Partisan | No |
| Dave Cloud & the Gospel of Power | Practice in the Milky Way | The Nudist Camp | Fire Records | No |
| John Maus | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Believer | Domino | No |
| Dreamers of the Ghetto | Enemy/Lover | State of a Dream | Temporary Residence | Yes |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Thought Ballune | Fat Possum | No |
| Shine 2009 | Realism | New Rules | Cascine | No |
| Loka | Passing Place | Sam Star | Ninja Tune | No |
| Casiokids | Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen | Det Haster! | Polyvinyl | Yes |
| Gruff Rhys | Hotel Shampoo | Shark Ridden Waters | Wichita | No |
| Bobb Trimble | The Crippled Dog Band | Live Wire | Yoga Records | No |
| Iceage | New Brigade | White Rune | What's Your Rupture? | No |
**My fave tracks of 2011**