Best Albums of 2011

I'm not a music writer so I have a hard time explaining exactly why I like the albums below but I did want to share them to whoever might be interested and/or is looking for new music to check out. Let me know if you think I'm right or wrong. My picks for best albums of 2011:

20. Wild Flag – Wild Flag
19. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean

18. The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar

17. Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys

16. Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne

15. Bon Iver – Bon Iver

14. Destroyer – Kaputt

13. The Lonely Island – Turtleneck and Chain

12. Real Estate - Days

11. Low – C’mon

Best Songs of 2011

Here are my picks for Best Songs of 2011:

Guilty Pleasure: The Warblers - Misery

25. Wild Flag – Romance

24. Foster the People – Helena Beat

23. Real Estate – Out of Tune

22. Jay-Z and Kanye West – N****s in Paris

21. Wye Oak - Plains

20. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy

19. Death Cab for Cutie – You Are a Tourist

18. St. Vincent - Cruel

17. Beirut – East Harlem

16. Bon Iver - Holocene

15. The War on Drugs – Baby Missiles

14. The Joy Formidable – Whirring

13. Iron & Wine – Tree By the River

12. The Lonely Island – Jack Sparrow

11. TV on the Radio – Will Do

10. The National – Think You Can Wait

9. Madison Violet – Christy Ellen Francis

8. Low – Especially Me

7. Feist – The Circle Married the Line

6. Destroyer – Savage Night at the Opera

5. M83 – Midnight City

4. Beirut – Santa Fe

3. Wye Oak – Civilian

2. The Antlers – I Don’t Want Love

1. Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks

Best Music of 2010

Before I post my picks for Best Music of 2011, I thought I'd put up the lists I meant to post last year for Best of 2010.

Best Albums of 2010

1. The National - High Violet

2. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

3. Beach House – Teen Dream

4. The Black Keys – Brothers

5. Vampire Weekend - Contra

6. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

7. Broken Bells - Broken Bells

8. Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away

9. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

10. Seabear – We Built a Fire

Best Songs of 2010

1. Josh Ritter – "The Curse"

2. The Black Keys – "Tighten Up"

3. LCD Soundsystem – "Home"

4. Kanye West – "Monster" (ft. Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver, Jay-Z, Rick Ross)

5. Broken Bells – "The Ghost Inside"

6. Vampire Weekend – "White Sky"

7. Tokyo Police Club – "Bambi"

8. Sarah Harmer – "Late Bloomer"

9. The Arcade Fire – "We Used to Wait"

10. The National – "Bloodbuzz Ohio"