ktru top 35 albums – december 5, 2011

1 – dj shadow – the less you know, the better – island
2 – m83 – hurry up, we’re dreaming – mute
3 – group inerane – guitars from agadez, volume 3 – sublime frequencies
4 – tim hecker – dropped pianos – kranky
5 – bodies of water – twist again – thousand tongues
6 – indian jewelry – totaled – we are free
7 – kable – the hand – deep dot records
8 – led bib – bring your own – cuneiform
9 – the headhunters – platinum – owl studios
10 – mogwai – earth division – sub pop
11 – jonti – twirligig – stones throw
12 – helado negro – canta lechuza – asthmatic kitty
13 – the twenty-three string band – catch twenty-three – s/r
14 – gauntlet hair – s/t – dead oceans
15 – charalambides – exile – kranky
16 – the men – leave home – sacred bones
17 – highlife – best bless – new high records
18 – the big pink – a brief history of love – 4ad
19 – clinic – bubblegum – domino
20 – fennesz – seven stars – touch
21 – film school – fission – hi-speed soul
22 – da cruz – sistema subversiva – six degrees
23 – gang gang dance – eye contact – 4ad
24 – street chant – means – arch hill
25 – marissa nadler – marissa nadler – box of cedar
26 – tobacco – maniac meat – anticon
27 – olof arnalds – vid og vid – one little indian
28 – build an ark – the stars are singing too – disques corde
29 – malkovich – ayatollah presley – s/r
30 – asa – beautiful imperfection – naive
31 – baths – cerulean – anticon
32 – dungen – skit i allt – kemado records
33 – tinariwen – tassili – anti-
34 – wild flag – wild flag – merge
35 – akira sakata & jim o’rourke with chikamorachi – and that’s the story of jazz – family vineyard