ktru top 35 albums – August 7, 2011

1 – various – daptone 45 singles spring/ summer 2011 – daptone
2 – washed out – within and without – sub pop
3 – black lips – arabia mountain – vice
4 – booker t. jones – the road from memphis – anti
5 – ocote soul sounds – taurus – esl
6 – jorge ben – forca bruta – dusty groove america
7 – mice parade – what it means to be left-handed – fatcat records
8 – grieves – together/apart – rhymesayers
9 – deaf center – owl splinters – type
10 – bon iver – bon iver – jagjaguwar
11 – unknown mortal orchestra – unknown mortal orchestra – fat possum
12 – the whitefield brothers – in the raw – now again
13 – biosphere – n-plants – touch
14 – various – 101 things to do in bongolia – electric cowbell
15 – boris – heavy rocks – sargent house
16 – handsome furs – sound kapital – sub pop
17 – the third twin – direkttt – s/r
18 – various – new breed jumbo pack vol. two – new breed
19 – fucked up – david comes to life – matador
20 – brian lavelle – suburban electrification – overland shark
21 – panda bear – tomboy – paw tracks
22 – psychedelic horseshit – laced – fat cat
23 – infant mortality rate – down in waves of ether – mayday records
24 – one, two, three – new heaven – frenchkiss
25 – afrocubanismo – afrocubanism – world circuit
26 – wooden wand – horus of the horizon – three-love
27 – to rococo rot – speculation – domino
28 – deerhoof – deerhoof vs. evil – polyvinyl
29 – blurt – blurt + singles – ltm
30 – blake, james – james blake – universal republic records
31 – femi kuti – africa for africa – knitting factory
32 – john surman – flashpoint: ndr jazz workshop – april 1969 – cuneiform
33 – john chantler – the luminous ground – room 40
34 – mem1 and stephen vitiello – age of insects – dragon’s eye
35 – altar eagle – mechanical gardens – type