2011 in Music: Songs

Here, with some delay, is part two of seven!

  1. Favorite Albums
  2. Favorite Songs
  3. Last.fm Stats
  4. Favorite Sounds
  5. Favorite Music Writing
  6. My Friends and Myself
  7. Miscellany

In alphabetical order, here are the 155 songs that meant the most to me this year.

There is a Spotify playlist if you’d like to listen along. (If the song can’t be found on Spotify, I’ve linked the song title to SoundCloud or YouTube so you can listen.)

  • Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle)
  • Akron/Family – Silly Bears
  • The Alps – For Isabel
  • The Antlers – French Exit
  • The Antlers – No Widows
  • Araabmuzik – Streetz Tonight
  • Atlas Sound – Te Amo
  • Atlas Sound – Mona Lisa
  • Austra – Lose It
  • Azealia Banks – 212
  • Baths – Flux
  • Beirut – Santa Fe
  • Beirut – Payne’s Bay
  • Belong – Perfect Life
  • Beyoncé – I Care
  • Blanck Mass – Raw Deal
  • BOBBY – Sore Spores
  • Bon Iver – Michicant
  • Bon Iver – Wash.
  • Born Gold – Lawn Knives
  • Braids – Lemonade
  • Burial – Street Halo
  • CANT – Bang
  • Cass McCombs – Love Thine Enemy
  • Cass McCombs – County Line
  • Catwalk – One by Words
  • Clams Casino – I’m God
  • Colin Stetson – A Dream of Water
  • Cornershop – Topknot
  • Cults – Walk at Night
  • Cut Copy – Alisa
  • Daphni – Ye Ye
  • Darkside – A1
  • Das Racist – Michael Jackson
  • Deakin – Country Report
  • Deerhoof – Super Duper Rescue Heads!
  • Deerhunter – Nosebleed
  • Delicate Steve – Butterfly
  • Destroyer – Savage Night at the Opera
  • Destroyer – Kaputt
  • Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best
  • The Dø – Too Insistent
  • The Dodos – Black Night (Magik Version)
  • Dum Dum Girls – Wrong Feels Right
  • Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes
  • Egyptrixx – Chrysalis Records
  • Eleanor Friedberger – My Mistakes
  • Elite Gymnastics – Omamori
  • FaltyDL – Hip Love (Jamie xx Remix)
  • The Field – Burned Out
  • The Field – Then It’s White
  • Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
  • Ford & Lopatin – Emergency Room
  • Four Tet – Pinnacles
  • Future Islands – The Great Fire
  • Future Islands – Balance
  • Gang Gang Dance – Glass Jar
  • Gauntlet Hair – Top Bunk
  • The Go! Team – Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix)
  • The Go! Team – Buy Nothing Day
  • Grimes – Oblivion
  • Grouper – Moving Machine
  • Handsome Furs – Repatriated
  • Holy Ghost! – Jam for Jerry
  • Hooray for Earth – True Loves
  • Hooray for Earth – Black Trees
  • How to Dress Well – Suicide Dream 3 (Solar Bears Remix)
  • Hudson Mohawke – Cbat
  • I Break Horses – Winter Beats
  • Iron & Wine – Tree by the River
  • Jacques Greene – Another Girl
  • Jai Paul – BTSTU
  • James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
  • James Blake – I Mind
  • Jamie xx – Far Nearer
  • John Maus – Hey Moon
  • John Maus – Believer
  • Julian Lynch – Terra
  • Junior Boys – The Reservoir
  • Kathryn Calder – Who Are You?
  • Korallreven – As Young As Yesterday
  • Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever
  • Little Dragon – Please Turn
  • Low – You See Everything
  • Lower Dens – Batman
  • M83 – Midnight City
  • Machinedrum – Sacred Frequency
  • Matthewdavid – Like You Mean It
  • Mighty Moon – Love Ocean
  • Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – I Don’t Want to Believe in Anything
  • Miracle Fortress – Miscalculations
  • Moa Pillar – Water Lily
  • Modeselektor – Blue Clouds
  • Moonface – Fast Peter
  • Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – Huzzah! (Remix)
  • My Morning Jacket – Circuital
  • The National – Exile Vilify
  • Neon Indian – Polish Girl
  • Nocow – Struggle
  • Noveller – Glacial Wave
  • Panda Bear – Surfer’s Hymn (Actress Primitive Patterns Remix)
  • Panda Bear – Alsatian Darn
  • Panda Bear – Afterburner
  • Pantha Du Prince – Stick to My Side (Four Tet Version)
  • Papercuts – The Messenger
  • Peaking Lights – Amazing and Wonderful
  • Peter Bjorn and John – I Know You Don’t Love Me
  • Phantogram – Don’t Move
  • PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
  • Planningtorock – The One
  • Pure X – Voices
  • Purity Ring – Ungirthed
  • Radiohead – Codex
  • The Rapture – It Takes Time to Be a Man
  • The Raveonettes – Forget That You’re Young
  • Real Estate – Green Aisles
  • Real Estate – It’s Real
  • The Revival Hour – Run Away
  • Rustie – City Star
  • Sandro Perri – Changes
  • SBTRKT – Wildfire
  • Shabazz Palaces – An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum
  • Shlohmo – Just Us
  • Shlohmo – Sink
  • Siriusmo – Einmal In Der Woche Schreien
  • Sleeping Bag – Slime
  • Smith Westerns – Only One
  • Ssaliva – Laker
  • St. Vincent – Cruel
  • Tammar – Deep Witness
  • Tape – Companions
  • Taragana Pyjarama – Ocean
  • Tennis – Pigeon
  • The Throne – Niggas in Paris
  • Thundercat – For Love (I Come Your Friend)
  • Toro Y Moi – How I Know
  • tUnE-YaRdS – Powa
  • tUnE-YaRdS – Bizness
  • Twin Sister – Kimmi in a Rice Field
  • Tycho – Hours
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Ffrends
  • Washed Out – Eyes Be Closed
  • Weekend – Hazel
  • The Weeknd – House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
  • Wild Beasts – End Come Too Soon
  • Wild Flag – Romance
  • Wye Oak – The Alter
  • Wye Oak – Holy Holy
  • XXXY – Ordinary Things
  • YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN – Hoshi Neko
  • Yelle – Safari Disco Club
  • Young Man – Nothing
  • Young Montana? – Sacre Cool
  • Zomby – Natalia’s Song
  • Zomby – Things Fall Apart
  1. adamfunari said: narwhal??? jk! great list!
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