Best Music (and More) of 2011

Albums

• Head and the Heart, The Head and the Heart
• The Decemberists, The King Is Dead
• Kronos Quartet, Uniko
• TV On The Radio, Nine Types Of Light
• Gretchen Parloto, Lost and Found
• The Joy Formidable, The Big Roar
• Jessica Lea Mayfield, Tell Me
• Frank Turner, England Keep My Bones
• Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Rome
• The Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
• Moby, Destroyed
• Bon Iver, Bon Iver 
• Rose Buds, Loud Planes Fly Low

Songs:

• "Will Do," TV On The Radio from  Nine Types Of Light
• "Rivers and Roads," The Head and the Heart from The Head and the Heart
• "Holding Back The Years," Gretchen Parlato from Lost and Found
• "Rise To Me," Decemberists from The King Is Dead 
• "Make Some Noise," The Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
• "Season's Trees," Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Rome
• "The Everchanging Spectrum Of A Lie," The Joy Formidable, The Big Roar
• "Holocene,"  Bon Iver, Bon Iver 
• "Blue Skies," Jessica Lea Mayfield, Tell Me
• "Never Quite Free," The Mountain Goats, All Eternals Deck

Concerts:

• The Head and the Heart at Castaways--February 22, 2011
• Jessica Lea Mayfield at Delilah’s on Cayuga--August 12, 2011
  

Books:
The Passage, Justin Cronin