2011 favorites (best of)
- Washed Out - Within And Without
- dreamy drowsy synth-pop
- Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
- indie folk-rock, singer-songwriter
- Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
- woozy bedroom synth-pop
- Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
- indie nu-rock
- I Break Horses - Hearts
- gauzy shoegaze pop
- High Places - Original Colors
- moody electro-pop
- Fink - Perfect Darkness
- atmospheric singer/songwriter indie-rock
- Zola Jesus - Conatus
- dark gothy industrial electronic synch-pop, like Fever Ray
- Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
- psychedelic folk-rock
- Blue Sky Black Death - Noir
- downtempo synth-pop
- Apparat - The Devil's Walk
- atmospheric dreamy synth-pop
- Shankles - Gully Foil
- bedroom downtempo electronica
- Arrange - Plantation
- dark mellow bedroom synth-pop
- Bon Iver - Bon Iver
- atmospheric folk-rock
- John Hughes - The Black Monk EP
- atmospheric cosmic beatcraft soundscapes
- Other Lives - Tamer Animals
- cinematic indie-rock
- Peaking Lights - 936
- lo-fi electronic dub groove
- Kuedo - Severant
- cinematic analog synth idm electronica
- Tycho - Dive
- lush electronica ala Boards of Canada
- Blouse - Blouse
- ethereal dark new wave electro-pop
- The Antlers - Burst Apart
- glossy indie-pop
- J Rocc - Some Cold Rock Stuf
- atmospheric hip-hop
- Goran Kajfes - X & Y
- atmospheric electronic jazz-n-groove