10. The Black Keys - El Camino
8. The Boy Who Could Fly - Brain Cloud
7. Total Babes - Swimming Through The Sunlight
6. Underground Railroad to Candyland - Knows Your Sins
5. Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor
4. Herzog - Cartoon Violence
3. Tin Armor - Life of Abundance
2. Vacation - Vacation
1. Tenement - Napalm Dream
Honorable Mentions:
The Slow Death - Born Ugly Got Worse
Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings
Reverse The Curse - Hither and Yon
Best Songs of 2011
10. Cloud Nothings - "Understand At All"
9. Acid Fast - "Rainy Treason"
8. Joyce Manor - "Leather Jacket"
7. The Boy Who Could Fly - "Weather"
6. Vacation - "Better Days"
5. Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Our Hearts are Wrong"
4. Herzog - "Rich People Ballad"
3. The Sidekicks - "Little James"
2. Tin Armor - "Queen Mob"
1. Tenement - "Taking Everything"
Best Shows of 2011
Library Time, Frankie Rose and The Outs, JJ Magazine
Friday, January 14, 2011 at Happy Dog
Solid Attitude, Beardo Bandini, Total Babes
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Happy Dog
Brick Mower, What Gives, Asinine, Basement Attic
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Soggy Dog House
Paul Baribeau, The Boy Who Could Fly, Richard Wehrenberg Jr. Lightning Yin-Yang, Time and Temperature
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Soggy Dog House
Cake
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Cleveland Masonic Auditorium
Ghost Town Trio, Delay, RVIVR, American War, Reverse The Curse
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at Grog Shop
Bomb The Music Industry, The Sidekicks, Signals Midwest, Worship This
Monday, August 29, 2011 at Grog Shop
The Dreadful Yawns, Tadpoles, Mild Mannered
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Happy Dog
Village Bicycle, Extra Medium Pony, 28 Degrees Taurus
Friday, October 7, 2011 at Happy Dog
Herzog, Spacer Ace, Shoreway
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Oboe
Screaming Females, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Founding Fathers
Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Beachland Tavern
Built To Spill, White Pines
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Musica
The Max Levine Ensemble, Traveling, Annabel, Crain Willow Lake
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Stone Tavern
Delay, The Sidekicks, Tin Armor, Asinine, Northwestern
Friday, December 23, 2011 at Dag House
Total Babes, Village Bicycle, Smooth Brain, The Greater Outdoors
Friday, December 30, 2011 at Double Feature Gallery
