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Whether we came around to a great record too late in the year or a few simply missed the cut by a hair, these are the best of the rest.

2011 was one of the strongest years in music of late and quite a few first-class offerings also came in the form of EPs. Check ‘em out.

Check out our staff’s 10 favorite albums from a truly terrific year in music. With so many great 2011 releases, it was a tough decision.

Albums #20 through 11 reflect the year’s preponderance of stellar R&B and rock ‘n’ roll releases. Stay tuned for the final installment!

Garage rock, hip hop, dub techno, jazz, Scandi-pop, Americana, and more. There’s enough here to satisfy music fans 10 times over.

From funky to frenetic to forlorn, these are some of Sun On The Sand’s very favorite records of the past year. Happy reading/listening!

2011 is finally winding to a close, and what better way to celebrate the holidays than by running down some of the year’s finest releases?

Now that we’ve had some time to sit back and digest, here are our top five sets from Pitchfork Fest 2011.

After releasing one of the most buzzed-about records of the past decade, Bon Iver is back with a confident sophomore full-length.

Five of Sun On The Sand’s staffers convened for an online listening party of sorts to assess Bill Callahan’s latest full-length.

We didn’t get to cover every individual favorite of 2010 via our top 50 albums list, so here are our honorable mentions. The best of the rest.

The cream of the past year’s sonic crop demonstrates a banner outing for artists residing in the pop and underground spectra.

Indie-rock may be over-saturated, but our penultimate set of favorites proves there’s still great music emanating from the genre.

Continuing our countdown of 2010′s best, we turn our gaze to torch-bearers in IDM, jazz, plunderphonics, and garage rock.

Jazz, post-punk, folk, ambient, psychedelic, and of course, indie-rock releases are scattered throughout albums 40-31 of 2010.