Mightier Than Sword Records has had a killer 2011, and we’re stoked to be teaming up with the label to bring you a whole slew of 10Of’11 End Of The Year Lists from bands currently on the label, alumni of the label, and friends of the label. Check out 10Of’11s from RJ himself, Transit, Such Gold, Citizen, So Many Ways, Last Call, The Hotel Year, No Trigger, I Hate Our Freedom, Nightmares For A Week, After The Fall, and Tall Ships and check back for more every day!

From Tall Ships:

The Antlers -  Burst Apart -  Putting The Dog to Sleep
Tubelord -  R O M A N C E -  My First Castle
Siriusmo -  Mosaik -  High Together
Battles -  Gloss Drop -  Futura
Dad Rocks -  Mount Modern -  Pants
M83 -  Hurry Up -  We’re Dreaming -  Steve McQueen
Three Trapped Tigers -  Route One or Die -  Reset
Tom Vek -  Leisure Seizure -  Aroused
Bon Iver -  Bon Iver -  Calgary 
Low -  C’mon -  Try To Sleep

From After The Fall:

Thieves and Assassins -Patterned Lives - Narcoticism
Capital - Givers / Takers LP - Bog Road
The Stereo State - Have all my friends gone deaf  - Soldier’s Home
Iron Chic - Split n Shit - Longiers
Coughing Fit - S/T LP - lack of effort
Anchors - Bad Ju Ju (vinyl re-press) - We are Oscar Mike
Tightrope - S/T “7 - admit defeat
Weak Teeth - what a plague you are - get a life, read a book, eat a dick
Make do and Mend - Part and Parcel - Transparent Seas
Man without Plan - sounds too loud, lights too bright - Canada Stand

From Nightmares For A Week:

Fucked Up - David Comes To Life - Queen Of Hearts
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead - Down By The Water
Mogwai - Earth Division EP - Get To France
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming - Wait
Polar Bear Club - Clash Battle Guilt Pride - Kneel On Nails
Samiam - Trips - Dead
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - Dear Rosemary
My Morning Jacket – Circuital - Holding On To Black Metal
Aficionado - S/T - The Things You Like
Hot Water Music - The Fire, The Steel, The Tread/Adds Up To Nothing EP - The Fire, The Steel, The Tread

From I Hate Our Freedom:

All Pigs Must Die - God Is War - God Is War
Gallows - Death Is Birth EP - Mondo Chaos
Ryan Adams - Ashes And Fire - Chains Of Love
Hull - Beyond The Lightless Sky - False Priest
Mastodon - The Hunter - Curl Of The Burl
Thursday - No Devolucion  - Turnpike Divides
Rival Schools - Pedals - Wring It Out
The Goddamn Rattlesnake - Stay Sweet - Slow Down Romeo
Bayonet - EP - Nightmare
I Am The Avalanche - Avalanche United - Brooklyn Dodgers 

From No Trigger:

Small Brown Bike - Fell and Found - Onward and Overboard 
Title Fight - Shed. - You Can’t Say Kingston Doesn’t Love You
Polar Bear Club - Clash Battle Guilt Pride - Pawnerz
Basement - I Wish I Could Stay Here - Crickets Throw Their Voice
Touché Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me - Pathfinder
Crosses - ST - Options
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - Bridge Burning 
Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra - Gold Cobra
Set Your Goals - Burning At Both Ends - Start The Reactor 
Heartsounds - Drifter - Drifter 

From The Hotel Year:

Joyce Manor - S/T - Beach Community
Saves The Day – Daybreak - Daybreak
Weatherbox - Follow the Rattle of the Afghan Guitar - Secret Muslim
Bright Eyes - The People’s Key - Beginners Mind
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody’s Business - Gold Rush - Had To Be There
TWIABP/ Dear Leap - Split - Bread For Brett
Born Without Bones - Say Hello - Privileges
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys - Doors Unlocked and Open
Russian Circles - Empros - Mládek
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - Paradise

From Adam Blasco of Last Call:

Balance & Composure - Separation - I Tore You Apart In My Head
Bayonet - S/T - Nightmare
Fireworks - Gospel - Life Is Killing Me
Imagine Dragons - It’s Time - America
Into It. Over It. - Proper - No Good Before Noon
Polar Bear Club - Clash Battle Guilt Pride - Screams In Caves
Such Gold - Split w/ IIOI - The World That You Live In
The Swellers - Good For Me - The Damage
Transit - Something Left Behind - Just Go, Just Leave
Turnover - S/T - Waiting

From Jason Milbank of So Many Ways:

Revocation - Chaos Of Forms - No Funeral
Animals As Leaders – Weightless - To Lead You To An Overwhelming Question
The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual - On Stirring Seas Of Salted Blood
Scale The Summit - The Collective - The Levitated
Obscura – Omnivium - Septuagint
Crowbar - Sever The Wicked Hand - Cemetery Angels
Bayside - Killing Time - It’s Not A Bad Little War
Darkest Hour - The Human Romance - Violent By Nature
The Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction - Deconstruction
Protest The Hero – Scurrilous - Tapestry

From Murphy Welch of So Many Ways:

Animals as Leaders - Weightless  - Do Not Go Gently
Revocation - Chaos of Forms  - Chaos of Forms
The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual  - The Window
Mastodon - The Hunter  - Curl of the Burl
Darkest Hour - The Human Romance  - Savor the Kill
Bad Rabbits - Stick Up Kids – Neverland
This Is Hell - Black Mass - Demons
Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues  - Specular Reflection
Fireworks - Gospel  - Oh, Why Can’t We Start Old and Get Younger
Protest the Hero - Scurrilous  - Hair Trigger

From Nick Hamm of Citizen:

Fireworks - Gospel - I Was Born in the Dark
Yuck - S/T - Stutter
Title Fight - Shed - Crescent Shaped Depression
Out Crowd - Out Crowd / Written Off Split - Society’s Burden
Into It. Over It. - Proper - Fortunate Friends
Foundation - When the Smoke Clears - Anthem for Redemption
Joyce Manor - S/T - Derailed 
Louder Than Bombs - This Can’t Be Everything - King of Pain
The Eeries - Comes Alive - Listen Baby
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life - Queen of Hearts

From Such Gold:

Hidden Hospitals - EP 001 - “Controlled Chaos”
Samiam – Trips - “80 West”
La Dispute – Wildlife - “Harder Harmonies”
Small Brown Bike - Fell and Found- “In Need Of Everything”
All Teeth - Young Love - “Caller ID”
Maker – Mirrors - “Earthquakes”
Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me - “Method Act”
Into It. Over It – Proper - “Midnight: Carroll Street”
Diamond – EP - “fix of mine”
A Loss For Words - No Sanctuary - “the lost cause I used to be”

From Joe B of Transit:

Gary Clark Jr. - The Bright Lights EP - Don’t Owe You A Thang
Into It. Over It. - Proper - Descretion & Depressing People
Banner Pilot - Heart Beats Pacific - Alchemy
Saves The Day - Daybreak - 1984
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’ - Heart Attack
I Am The Avalanche - Avalanche United - Dead Friends
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde - Weekend
Chuck Ragan - Covering Ground - Lost And Found
Owen - Ghost Town - I Believe
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones - Glory Hallelujah 

From Torre Cioffi of Transit:

Saves The Day - Daybreak - Daybreak
Owen - Ghost Towns - No Language
Title Fight - Shed - 27
La Dispute - Wildfire - A Letter
Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies - Springing Leaks
Death Cab For Cutie - Codes And Keys - Underneath The Sycamore
The Story So Far - Under Soil And Dirt - Quicksand
Yellowcard - When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes - Hang You Up
Balance And Composure - Separation - Void
I Am The Avalanche - Avalanche United - Brooklyn Dodgers

From RJ Crowder-Schaefer of Mightier Than Sword Records:

J. Cole - Cole World: A Sideline Story -Dollar And A Dream III
Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me – Condolences
Transit - Listen & Forgive - Long Lost Friends
Blink-182 – Neighborhoods - Heart’s All Gone
Comeback Kid - Symptoms + Cures - Because Of All
Drake - Take Care - Lord Knows
Such Gold – Split - The World That You Live In
Such Gold - Split - Scoreboard
Real Estate – Days - Wonder Years
M83 - Hurry Up We’re Dreaming - Outro
Balance And Composure – Separation - Stonehands