Short and/or sweet, with seven out of nine tracks released in 2011.
To the Box!
- Fucked Up - Queen of Hearts
- Sleater-Kinney - Light Rail Coyote
- Times New Viking - Ways To Go
- Cults - Oh My God
- Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air
- Passion Pit - Eyes As Candles
- Battles - Wall Street
- Bon Iver - Calgary
- The Antlers - Corsicana
And did I mention it's a heated race for MPC's second-favorite album of the year? The King of Limbs probably won't get unseated as no. 1, but the second slot is a cage match between Fucked Up's gloriously-confusing but shit-hot David Comes To Life, Battles' Gloss Drop, and Bon Iver's self-titled.
Rookies:
Cults