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My favorite albums of 2011 are above — click on text to enlarge — and an incomplete Spotify playlist of my favorite singles is here. Commentary on all of this will materialize over here.
Sasha Frere-Jones, who writes the pop music column for The New Yorker, is one of those useful critics who turns me on to new artists I’ve never heard (or heard of) before. His year-end lists are eclectic and creative. Try something on his list you’ve never heard before; chances are you’ll love it, if you have an ear for new sounds.