Here are some 2011 music honorable mentions that were only posted on Tiny Mix Tapes’ twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/tinymixtapes

V/A - Bangs and Works Vol 2 (I love this one)
Cass McCombs- Witt’s End
Radu Malfatti/Keith Rowe -Φ  
Kangding Ray - Or
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Sparkling Wide Pressure - Fragments of Sounds I Can Not Erase
Atlas Sound - Parallax
Belong - Common Era
Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts 

Also, I liked these even though they didn’t make the list:
Abner Jay - Last Ol’ Minstrel Man
Tines New Viking - Dancer Equired
Hertta Lussu Assa - Hertta Lussu Assa 
Tara Jane O’Neil and Nikaido Kazumi - s/t
AIDS Wolf - Ma Vie Banale Avant-Garde
Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time 
Alvarius B - Baroque Primitiva
Maria Minerva - Cabaret Cixous
Sic Alps - Napa Asylum
Windowspeak - Windowspeak