The Top 15 of the year at the half way mark

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1. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
2. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
3. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
4. Justin Townes Earle – Nothing’s Gonna Change the way You Feel About Me Now
5. Jack White – Blunderbuss
6. Todd Snider – Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
7. Dr. John – Locked Down
8. Amy Stroup & Trent Dabbs – Sugar + the High-Lows
9. Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
10. Best Coast – the Only Place
11. Howlin Rain – The Russian Wilds
12. Diamond Rugs – Diamond Rugs
13. Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
14. Tennis – Young and Old
15. Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts

Critics Best of 2011

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Critics Picks 2011
It’s like a movie.
Not one that folks on this list wrote.
Or, perhaps.
A number of friends, who at one time all touched flesh. Exchanged aluminum?
Still connected.
Connected via love of music. Yes, most of these folks have lives, but
they all cherish time with their ears. We all gather here – at years’ end to
trade eardrum bumps.
And, we share them with you.
You lucky people.
Take this all as an easy Amazon wish list. Fiddle on the internets and
listen. Discover. Love. And remember, IT STILL SOUNDS BETTER ON VINYL.
The individual critics lists:

Anthony | Daniel | Larry | Lee | Michael | Jack | Randy | Shawn