Romantic & Square’s 15 Best Albums of 2011

A long long time ago, I used to manage a music site called AekiTuesday.com. The site focused on local music news, reviews and views. Every year I would painstakingly work on my best of music list. I figured I should start this tradition on this lonely tumblr site. Perhaps it will give me the nudge I need to get back into the music blogging world (maybe). I am modestly starting with a top 15 list of 2011.

ROMANTIC & SQUARE - 15 Best Albums of 2011 
1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2. Adele - 21
3. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
4. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
5. Feist - Metals
6. Real Estate - Days
7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
9. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. Washed Out - Within and Without
11. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
12. Wilco - The Whole Love
13. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
14. The Decemberists -The King Is Dead
15. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

Notable Mentions:
* Radiohead - The King of Limbs
* Wild Flag - Wild Flag
* Destroyer - Kaputt
* Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne
* Tom Waits - Bad As Me
* Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
* Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials
* Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant
* The Weeknd - House of Balloons
* The Horrors - Skying

Here is a Spotify playlist of the albums I’ve enjoyed this year: [TUMBLR] Romantic & Square - Best of 2011

Albert Nobbs Directed by Rodrigo García Written by Glenn Close, John Banville Based on “The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs” by George Moore Starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Maria Doyle Kennedy Distributed by Roadside Attractions Running time: 113 minutes This strange and sad film is not the best in 2011 but it deserves a notable mention especially for Glenn Close and Janet McTeer’s performances.
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Albert Nobbs

Directed by Rodrigo García Written by Glenn Close, John Banville Based on “The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs” by George Moore Starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Maria Doyle Kennedy Distributed by Roadside Attractions Running time: 113 minutes This strange and sad film is not the best in 2011 but it deserves a notable mention especially for Glenn Close and Janet McTeer’s performances.