Staff Picks: Our Favorite Records of 2011

We asked everyone who works at Crooked Beat for their top releases of the year.

Angie

1. The Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/ The Dream
2. Typhoon - A New Kind of House
3. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
4. Wild Flag - S/T
5. Tom Waits - Bad as Me
6. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic
7. Radiation City - The Hand that Takes You
8. Telekinesis- Twelve Desperate Straight Lines
9. Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs. Evil
10. The Pains of Being Pure at Heat - Belong

Bill

1. The Bats - Free All The Monsters
2. We Are Augustines - Rise Ye Sunken Ships
3. Wild Flag - S/T
4. Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
5. Dexter Romweber Duo - Blues That Defy My Soul
6. Stephin Merritt - Obscurities
7. My Disco - Little Joy
8. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
9. Möbius Strip - Escalate
10. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Erik

1. Yuck – S/T
2. Grails – Deep Politics
3. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
4. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
5. Thee Oh Sees – Carrion Crawler/The Dream
6. Coma Cinema – Blue Suicide
7. Russain Circles - Empros
8. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown S/T
9. Battles – Gloss Drop
10. Wild Flag – S/T

Frank

• Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle (reissue)
• Leatherface - Viva La Arthouse (Live In Melbourne)
• Max Levine Ensemble - Mr. Gikokovich 2000-2005: A Retrospective
• Stephin Merritt - Obscurities
• Regents - 4 Song 7"
• Wild Flag - S/T

Holly

1. Telekinesis - Twelve Desperate Straight Lines
2. Wild Flag - S/T
3. Bats - Free All the Monsters
4. Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs. Evil
5. Veronica Falls - S/T

Favorites from previous years