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The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2011
“Indie rock” is a huge catch-all term. 2011’s best indie rock albums list focuses on artists who are more rock-oriented, taking their cues from the genre’s styles and traditions.
A “Best of Indie Rock” list, by definition, will be an eclectic bunch. The term, itself “indie rock” serves as a catch-all, a way to scoop up an enormous collection of acts who eschew, either by choice or by default, major labels and the big business dealings of the music industry that accompany them. Like 2010, 2011’s Best of Indie Rock list narrows things down by focusing on acts who are more rock-oriented, taking their cues from the genre’s styles and traditions. We have to trim things down somehow, don’t we?