Favorite Albums of 2011 So Far

Because the year is more than half over, it's time for a provisional list. To be ruthlessly refined and pruned to a top 5 in December. Special mention for The Magnetic Fields "I", which came out in 2004, but I just discovered.

• Iron & Wine, Kiss Each Other Clean
• James Blake, James Blake
• The Antlers, Burst Apart
• Vetiver, The Errant Charm
• Bon Iver, Bon Iver
• Gillian Welch, The Harrow and the Harvest
• The Decemberists, The King is Dead
• Allen Toussaint, The Bring Mississippi