Favorites of 2011: Covers

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Aesthetics constitute much of an album's initial appeal, and 2011 housed some prime examples-- some enigmatic, simple, and/or remarkable. The following 25 covers are a display of what we felt ticked all said boxes:


Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well-Done (DCide)


AIDS Wolf - Ma vie banale avant-garde (Lovepump United)


Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence (Polyvinyl)


Boris - New Album (Sargent House)


Cut/Copy - Zonoscope


The Drums - Portamento (Frenchkiss)


Kyle Bobby Dunn - Ways of Meaning (Desire Path)


Helm - Cryptography (Kye)


Hobo Cubes - Timeless/Mindless (Debacle)


Holiday Shores - New Masses For Squaw Peak (twosyllable)


Jesu - Ascension (Caldo Verde)


J. Mascis - Several Shades of Why (Jagjaguwar)


John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (Upset the Rhythm)


Sean McCann - The Capital (Aguirre)


Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Sub Pop)


Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania (In the Red)


Radio People - Hazel (Mexican Summer)


Serengeti - Family & Friends (Anticon)


Seziki Tetrasheaf/Quiet Evenings - Split (Hooker Vision)


Mark Sultan - Whatever/Whenever


Tomutonttu - Elävänä Planeetalla (New Images Ltd.)


Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine (Carpark)


Total Abuse - Prison Sweat (Post Present Medium)


U.S. Girls - Island Song (Calico Corp)


Young Widows - In and Out of Youth and Lightness (Temporary Residence)