Top 100 Songs of 2011

I spent a lot of time fine tuning the song list this year, to ultimately get to the same conclusion. The Top 20-30 are likely most representative of what my ears respnded best to over the last 12 months. After that, it's a  lot of cool songs that could be sequenced lots of different ways. This always seems more like an exercise in curation than critique, but it continues to be fun nonethlesss. One song per artist. Also, I did not purposely choose a 9 minute dance track by a Canadian elctro pop duo from the Hammer, but it's sort of cool how that worked out.  Here goes.

	Title	Artist
100	Cave Song	Wu Lyf
99	Phantoms	Young Galaxy
98	New Lands	Justice
97	Then It's White	The Field
96	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People
95	Get Together	The Human League
94	Into The Trees	Still Corners
93	My House	Hercules & Love Affair
92	First Light	My Morning Jacket
91	Badaboom	Tapes N Tapes
90	Night is Young	Southern Shores
89	When I Start (To Break It All Down)	Erasure
88	Got It All (This Can'r Be Living Now)	Portugal. The Man
87	Rider	Okkervil River
86	You Was Me	Jonny
85	Every Tear Is A Waterfall	Coldplay
84	I Walked Alone	Yacht
83	She Walks In So Many Ways	The Jayhawks
82	Fragments	Thievery Corporation
81	Magic	The Sound of Arrows
80	Over You	Cat's Eyes
79	One Time	The Roots
78	Bigger Than Us	White Lies
77	Towers	Bon Iver
76	Woods	The Rosebuds
75	Katzenjammer	Big Talk
74	Bizness	tUnE-yArDs
73	Caffeinated Consciousness	TV On The Radio
72	Funny Word	Deer Tick
71	Heart Attack	Raphael Saadiq
70	Keep You	Class Actress
69	Under Cover of Darkness	The Strokes
68	In The Grace Of Your Love	The Rapture
67	End of The Night	Smith Westerns
66	Solid Ground	PNAU
65	Where Are You	J Mascis
64	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah and the Whale
63	San Pedro	Mogwai
62	Baby Missiles	The War On Drugs
61	If You Wanna	The Vaccines
60	The Look	Metronomy
59	Beat & The Pulse	Austra
58	Gutter Rainbows	Talib Kweli
57	Annihilation Eyes	Maritime
56	Turn Off This Song and Go Outside	The Lonely Forest
55	Wilderness	The Horror The Horror
54	Palomino	Mates of State
53	Shine Like Stars	Glasvegas
52	Forever In Armitron	BOAT
51	Omega Dog	The Dears
50	Austere	The Joy Formidable
49	Alex	Girls
48	Memories of The Future	Handsome Furs
47	Living Is So Easy	British Sea Power
46	Positive	Dog Day
45	Ice Cream	Battles
44	Shuffle	Bombay Bicycle Club
43	It	Rich Aucoin
42	Able	Gavin Friday
41	Blue Cassette	Friendly Fires
40	Abducted	Cults
39	Open Arms	Elbow
38	Itchin' On A Photograph	Grouplove
37	Blue Jeans	Lana Del Rey
36	Queen Of Hearts	Fucked Up
35	Black Hand Style	Pharoahe Monche
34	Unkind	Sloan
33	Last Night At The Jetty	Panda Bear
32	Everything Works	Miracle Fortress
31	Electric Band	Wild Flag
30	Bed of Nails	Wild Beasts
29	I Might	Wilco
28	Ungrateful	Frankie & The Heartstrings
27	Days	The Drums
26	Amor Fati	Washed Out
25	Do It Again	Holy Ghost!
24	Young Glass	Hey Rosetta!
23	Bedroom Eyes	Dum Dum Girls
22	Underneath The Sycamore	Death Cab For Cutie
21	The Last Living Rose	PJ Harvey
20	Punching In A Dream	The Naked & Famous
19	How'd You Like That	The Kooks
18	Baby Don't Dance	Mother Mother
17	Get Some	Lykke Li
16	Please Ask For Help	Telekinesis
15	Pacing Around The Church	Cold Cave
14	Re-Wired	Kasabian
13	Somebody That I Used to Know	Gotye
12	The Long Goodbye	Army Navy
11	New Beat	Toro Y Moi
10	Get Away	Yuck
9	Second Chance	Peter Bjorn & John
8	Future Starts Slow	The Kills
7	Heaven's Gonna Happen Now	The Pains of Being Pure Heart
6	Take Me Over	Cut Copy
5	It's Real	Real Estate
4	Lotus Flower	Radiohead
3	Midnight City	M83
2	Still Life	The Horrors
1	Banana Ripple	Junior Boys