Best Tracks Of 2011

[dragonboy]

Good luck getting it down to just 10...

In no particular order:

MMJ - Victory Dance/Circuital
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Richmond Fontaine - The Chainsaw Sea/On A Spree
Emeli Sande - Heaven
Elbow - The Birds
Noel Gallagher - A.K.A. What a Life
Ema - California
The Antlers - I Don't Want Love
War On Drugs - I Was There
EITS - Be Comfortable Creature
GnR - Paradise City
Bon Iver - Wash
Ryan Adams - Do I Wait
Arbouretum - Waxing Crescents
PJ Harvery - On Battleship Hill/In the Dark Places
Jonathan Wilson - Desert Raven/Natural Rhapsody
King Creosote & John Hopkins - Bats In The Attic
Adele - Someone Like You/Rolling In Deep
Radiohead - Codex
Zomby - Moziak

[MarkW]

Arbouretum - Waxing Crescents

Yup.

[gardenparty]

tried to listen to a shitload of records over the past 3 months.  These are the songs/albums that i enjoyed the most (note: limit 1 song per artist)

50 - Peace in Hermosa – OFF! 
49. Universe is Worse – Braid
48. The Michael Jordan of Drunk Driving – Andrew Jackson Jihad
47. Places – Schlohmo –
46. Lopussa – Blueneck
45. Million Dollar Bill – Dawes
44. Asking Price – Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
43. Don't Get Stuck – Delicate Steve
42. One Hundred Other Lovers – Devotchka
41. A Broken Jar – La Dispute
40. Cast A Net – Akron/Family
39. Swim Club – The Cave Singers
38. Rattle And Confuse Me – Shapes Have Fangs
37. Summer Home – Typhoon
36. Little Hell – City And Colour
35. Conquerer – shells
34. White Limo – Foo Fighters
33. Rolled Together – The Antlers
32. All My Favorite People – Over the Rhine
31. Green Valley – Puscifer
30. The Saddest of All Keys – Tapes & Tapes
29. Don't Carry it All – The Decemberists
28. Bullfrog Blues – The Donkeys
27. the Listening Surround – Around The Parenthesis
26. Jewels And the Dross – Old Californio
25. Variations – Nicolas Jaar
24. All Our Ends – Vessels
23. That Wolf – Gomez
22. Crash – Arms & Sleepers
21. Octopus – Penpal
20. Clearly Severely – Ben Harper
19. Holocene – Bon Iver
18. Reckless – Liam Finn
17. Slight Domestic – Mogwai
16. Burnished – White Denim
15. N5 Coda – The Psychic Paramount
14. The Rip Tide – Beirut
13. Right Before My Eyes(Acoustic Hidden Track) – Cage The Elephant
12. Leave It Alone – Manchester Orchestra
11. In The Dark Places – PJ Harvey
10. Broken Heart – Ed Vedder
9. Double Bass In Love – Long Arm
8. Fish Out of Water – Headtraffic, LLC
7. Hell Broke Luce – Tom Waits
6. Almost Grew My Hair – Grails
5. Get It Wrong, Get It Right – Feist
4. Lotus Flower – Radiohead
3. Slow Slow Tune – My Morning Jacket
2. Under Cover of Darkness – The Strokes
1. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye

[Ruckus]

Arbouretum - Waxing Crescents

Yup.

I was hanging out last night at the local watering hole (faux swank hipster bar) and Dave Heumann walks in.  I'd spoken to him prior to the last time I saw them but I was pretty sauced this time so I just ran up to him and thanked him for writing my favorite album of the year.  It's really odd when your favorite album comes from a dude that lives in your neighborhood.  Anyways, I really hope they stick with it and get a decent following.

[j_rud]

Arbouretum - Waxing Crescents

Yup.

I was hanging out last night at the local watering hole (faux swank hipster bar) and Dave Heumann walks in.  I'd spoken to him prior to the last time I saw them but I was pretty sauced this time so I just ran up to him and thanked him for writing my favorite album of the year.  It's really odd when your favorite album comes from a dude that lives in your neighborhood.  Anyways, I really hope they stick with it and get a decent following.

I was looking for them the other day in a few stores but couldn't find anything. In any case, I knew you'd be proud...

[dragonboy]

Good luck getting it down to just 10...

In no particular order:

Jessie J - Price Tag
MMJ - Victory Dance/Circuital
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Richmond Fontaine - The Chainsaw Sea/On A Spree
Emeli Sande - Heaven
Elbow - The Birds
Noel Gallagher - A.K.A. What a Life
Ema - California
The Antlers - I Don't Want Love
War On Drugs - I Was There
EITS - Be Comfortable Creature
GnR - Paradise City
Bon Iver - Wash
Ryan Adams - Do I Wait
Arbouretum - Waxing Crescents
PJ Harvery - On Battleship Hill/In the Dark Places
Jonathan Wilson - Desert Raven/Natural Rhapsody
King Creosote & John Hopkins - Bats In The Attic
Adele - Someone Like You/Rolling In Deep
Radiohead - Codex
Zomby - Moziak

Shame on me for forgetting this...top of my list!

Jessie J - Price Tag ft. B.o.B.

[mjk73]

Shit, forgot to work on this. Tonight. I swear I'll do it.

[mjk73]

For those that Spotify

http://open.spotify.com/user/mjk73/playlist/3GqPMX6aGfn8WzLdEWowZq

Frank Turner – On Foot Before the Other
Anna Calvi – Desire
Yuck – Operation
Elbow – Lippy Kids
MMJ – Victory Dance
White Denim – It's Him!
Fucked Up – The Other Shoe
Smith Westerns – End Of The Night
Glasvegas – Euphoria Take My Hand
Austra – Lose It
Battles – White Electric
DBT – Used To Be A Cop
Mogwai – Rano Pano
Frankie & The Heartstrings – Hunger
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
TV On The Radio – Second Song
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone
Kurt Vile – Baby's Arms
Arctic Monkeys – She's Thunderstorm
Yuck – Get Away
The Death Set – I Miss You Beau Velasco
The Belle Brigade – Where Not To Look For Freedom
Telekinesis – 50 Ways
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – My Terrible Friend
Timber Timbre – Bad Ritual
The Twilight Singers – Last Night In Town
Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray
Social D – Road Zombie
The Go! Team – TORNADO
Wild Beasts – Lion's Share
EITS – Let Me Back In
Cage The Elephant – Aberdeen
Yellowbirds – Our Good Days Are Gone
Esben & The Witch – Marching Song
Tune-Yards – Bizness
The Vaccines – Wolf Pack
Lykke Li – Youth Knows No Pain
EMA – California
Cut Copy – Blink & You'll Miss a Revolution
Yuck – The Wall
Widowspeak – Harsh Realm
The Vaccines – Wetsuit
Mates of State – Total Serendipity
The Horrors – Moving Further Away
The Horrors – I Can See Through You
Wild Flag – Romance
Suuns – Pie IX
Suuns – Up Past The Nursery
Noah And The Whale – Life Is Life
Satin Gum – last Call Blues
Arctic Monkeys – Black Treacle
Anna Calvi – Rider To The Sea

[ironmike]

Youth lagoon - seventeen
Wu lyf-heavy pop
War on drugs-blackwater falls
Deer tick-chevy express
Mmj-slow slow tune

[Ob1jacobe]

Girls - Vomit
Yuck - Georgia
M83 - Midnight City
Black Keys - Little Black Submarine
Real Estate - It's Real
Manchester Orchestra - Virgin
White Denim - Street Joy
War on Drugs - Baby Missiles
Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
The Antlers - Every night my teeth are falling out
Dawes - So Well
Decemberists - Dear Avery
St. Vincent - Cruel
Wilco - Art of Almost
Smith Westerns - All Dye Young
MMJ - Victory Dance
MMJ - Circuital

[Murph]

Most of my favorite songs have been mentioned already, id add this one though:

Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down

[ALady]

Love that song, love that record.  Great call.

[MarkW]

I just mentally confused Dum Dum Girls and Goo Goo Dolls in my head.  Sigh.