ktru top 35 albums – December 18, 2011

1 – m83 – hurry up, we’re dreaming – mute
2 – dj shadow – the less you know, the better – island
3 – tim hecker – dropped pianos – kranky
4 – kable – the hand – deep dot records
5 – group inerane – guitars from agadez, volume 3 – sublime frequencies
6 – led bib – bring your own – cuneiform
7 – the twenty-three string band – catch twenty-three – s/r
8 – the men – leave home – sacred bones
9 – jonti – twirligig – stones throw
10 – helado negro – canta lechuza – asthmatic kitty
11 – gauntlet hair – s/t – dead oceans
12 – fennesz – seven stars – touch
13 – the headhunters – platinum – owl studios
14 – build an ark – the stars are singing too – disques corde
15 – highlife – best bless – new high records
16 – indian jewelry – totaled – we are free
17 – the big pink – a brief history of love – 4ad
18 – clinic – bubblegum – domino
19 – charalambides – exile – kranky
20 – film school – fission – hi-speed soul
21 – dungen – skit i allt – kemado records
22 – wild flag – wild flag – merge
23 – tobacco – maniac meat – anticon
24 – olof arnalds – vid og vid – one little indian
25 – akira sakata & jim o’rourke with chikamorachi – and that’s the story of jazz – family vineyard
26 – street chant – means – arch hill
27 – baths – cerulean – anticon
28 – da cruz – sistema subversiva – six degrees
29 – gang gang dance – eye contact – 4ad
30 – tinariwen – tassili – anti-
31 – staff benda bilili – tres tres fort – crammed discs
32 – ykokta, susumu and rothko – distant sounds of summer – lo recordings
33 – they might be giants – join us – rounder records
34 – carsick cars – s/t – maybe mars
35 – grody, danny paul – fountain – root strata