Category: BEST OF 2011

The much-anticipated Best Movies Of 2011 feature by MAGNET's Eric T. Miller & Jud Cost is down to just Cost's

All the hype that’s enveloped Yuck’s self-titled debut can mean one of two things: that the relative youngsters in this

MAGNET's A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues of the year. 1. VARIOUS ARTISTS Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero) 2.

MAGNET's Raymond Cummings picks the best noise releases of the year. 1. CHRISTINA KUBISCH Magnetic Flights (Important) 2. TELECULT POWERS

MAGNET's Justin Hampton picks the best electronic releases of the year. 1. AÉREA NEGROT Arabxilla (B-Pitch) 2. THUNDERCAT The Golden

MAGNET's Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year. 1. RYAN ADAMS Ashes And Fire (PAX-AM/Capitol)2. IRON &

MAGNET's Bill Meyer picks the best jazz releases of the year. 1. MATT BAUDER Day In Pictures (Clean Feed) 2.

MAGNET's Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year. 1. BLACK COBRA Invernal (Southern Lord) 2. BLACK TUSK

MAGNET's Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year. 1. GILLIAN WELCH The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony) 2.

MAGNET's j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year. 1. TIKEN JAH FAKOLY African Revolution (Wrasse/Universal) 2. HOSSAM

MAGNET's Bryan C. Reed picks the best punk/hardcore releases of the year. 1. THE MEN Leave Home (Sacred Bones) 2.

MAGNET's Elliott Sharp picks the best hip-hop releases of the year. 1. CURREN$Y Weekend At Burnie’s (Warner Bros.)2. STALLEY Lincoln