The 2011 Jimmy Awards

It took some time to tally the votes, but the results are in for the Bi-Annual Jimmy Awards. This year, the Jimmy's will be presented to the top 10 albums of the year in two categories. For one of the categories, NLG commissioned the help of a very special guest judge, longtime No-Look-Gunner Doc Roberts. And what great job he did. Using a highly subjective and cryptic set of criteria, Dr Roberts came up with a selection of choices that were so unique to the selections of NLG that it only seemed fair for the Doc to have his very own category. Without further ado, here are the awards:

Doc Roberts' "The 10 best albums of situational/emotional relevance that doesn't necessarily mean they are stylistically/musically the best just the best albums of the year" category:

1. Beirut - The Rip Tide
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
4. WU LYF - Go tell fire to the mountain
5. Destroyer - Kaputt
6. Drive OST
7. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
8. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
9. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
10. Girls - Father, Son and Holy Ghost

Beirut - The Rip Tide

And NLG's "The 10 albums that came out in 2011 that we actually listened to" category:

1. Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing
2. Radiohead - King of Limbs
3. The Roots - Undun
4. The Antlers - Burst Apart
5. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
6. Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
7. The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
8. Justice - Audio, Video, Disco.
9. Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming
10. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

RAA - Stamp