WLFY's Best Of The First Half (2011)

BEST ALBUMS

1.) The Antlers - "Burst Apart"

2.) Mountain Goats - "All Eternals Deck"

3.) Mother Mother - "Eureka"

4.) Radiohead - "The King Of Limbs"

5.) Other Lives - "Tamer Animals"

BEST TRACKS

1.) Radiohead - "Codex"

2.) The Deloreans - "Buffalo"

3.) The ACBs - "Be Professional"

4.) Cults - "Bumper"

5.) Mother Mother - "The Stand"

6.) The Antlers - "Putting The Dog To Sleep"

7.) Nerves Junior - "As Bright As Your Night Light"

8.) Shabazz Palaces - "Swerve..."

9.) Other Lives "For 12"

10.) The Mountain Goats - "High Hawk Season"

BEST SELF-RELEASED ALBUMS

1.) The Deloreans - "American Craze"

2.) The ACBs - "Stona Rosa"

3.) Marissa Nadler - "Marissa Nadler"

4.) The Glass Canoe - "Chimera"

5.) Evening Man - "The Last Night"

BEST EPs

1.) Beach Fossils - "What A Pleasure EP"

2.) The Henry Clay People "This Is A Desert EP"

3.) Conveyor - "Sun Ray EP"

4.) Airlines - "Visions EP"

5.) Marvelous Toy - "Moving"

BEST DEBUT ALBUM

Cults - "Cults"

BEST PUNK ALBUM

Fucked Up - "David Comes To Life"

BEST HIP HOP/RAP ALBUM

Shabazz Palaces - "Black Up"

BEST DANCE ALBUM

Starfucker - Reptillians

ALBUM THAT DEMANDS MULTIPLE SPINS

Deerhoof - "Deerhoof vs. Evil"

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

BEST VINYL 

Matthew Friedberger - "Solos"

BEST 7"

The Deloreans - "Buffalo"

BEST ALBUM COVER

Cut Copy - "Zonoscope"

BEST LIVE SHOWS

1.) Fiery Furnaces (Largo / Los Angles)

2.) Other Lives (The Satellite / Los Angeles)

3.) Beach Fossils (SXSW / Austin)

4.) Mother Mother (The Satellite / Los Angeles)

5.) Marissa Nadler (The Bootleg / Los Angeles)

MOST ANTICIPATED OF 2011

(in no specific order)

The Avalanches - TBA
Arms - TBA
Caveman - TBA
Nas - "Life Is Good"
The Pass - TBA
Slow Animal - TBA
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - TBA
Nerves Junior - TBA
Morning Benders - TBA
M83 - TBA
Eleanor Friedberger - "Last Summer"
Ty Segall - "Goodbye Bread"

NOTE:  We're using the word BEST as WLFY's FAVORITE.  Opinions.

What are your picks for each category?  Let me know in the comments.