Folk/alt country/americana/singer-songwriter/alternative/indie folk/folk rock
A.A. Bondy, Believers folk
Abigail Washburn, City of Refuge alt country/bluegrass
Alela Diane, Alela Diane & Wild Divine folk
Alison Krauss And Union Station, Paper Airplanes bluegrass
Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm folk/s/s
Bill Callahan, Apocalypse indie folk
Bonjah, Go Go Chaos folk/funk/roots
Boy & Bear, Moonfire indie folk
Bry Webb, Provider indie folk/s/s
Butcher The Bar, For Each a Future Tethered indie folk s/s
City and Colour, Little Hell indie rock/alt s/s
The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow folk-pop, americana
Dark Captain, Dead Legs and Alibis folk/electronic/pstrock
The Dark Water Hymnal, Collapse The…

(I cut down a list of 700 to 312 albums, listed alphabetically by artist. Genres include alt country/americana, alternative, indie, garage, lo fi, indie pop, shoegaze, dream pop, singer songwriter, psychedelic, folk, indie rock, alternative rock, electronic, experimental.)

A.A. Bondy, Believers
Abigail Washburn, City of Refuge
Acid House Kings, Music Sounds Better With You
Alela Diane, Alela Diane & Wild Devine
Alexander, Alexander
Alina Simone, Make Your Own Danger
Alison Krauss And Union Station, Paper Airplanes
Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under
Amor Dias, Street of the Love of Days
Anna Calvi, Anna Calvi
The Antlers, Burst Apart
Apex…

This is a partial list of 2011 releases in my favorite genres. I'm using it as the foundation for my upcoming favorite albums of 2011 list. Am I missing anything important in indie/alternative/folk/americana/acoustic/singer-songwriter/rock, etc.?

2011 Album Releases

A.A. Bondy, Believers
Abigail Washburn, City of Refuge
Acid House Kings, Music Sounds Better With You
Adele, 21
The Airborne Toxic Event, All At Once
Alela Diane, Alela Diane & Wild Devine
Alex Clare, The Lateness of the Hour
Alexander, Alexander
Alexi Murdoch, Towards The Sun
Alina Simone, Make Your Own Danger
Alison Krauss And Union Station, Paper Airplanes
Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer…

The Acorn, No Ghost
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody, I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years
Alejandro Escovedo, Street Songs of Love
Allo Darlin’, Allo Darlin’
Angus & Julia Stone, Down The Way
Annuals, Count The Rings
The Apples in Stereo, Travellers in Space and Time
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
The Art Museums, Rough Frame
Atlas Sound, Bedroom Databank, Vols. 1-4
Autolux, Transit Transit
Avi Buffalo, Avi Buffalo
Azure Ray, Drawing Down the Moon
Band of Horses, Infinite Arms
Basia Bulat, Heart of My Own
Beach Fossils, Beach Fossils
Beach House, Teen Dream
Belle and Sebastian, Write About Love…