Category: BEST OF 2011

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