Sunday, December 18, 2011

My Top Twenty Tracks of 2011

20.  Toro y Moi - New Beat


19.  Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean



18.  A$AP Rocky - Peso



17.  The Black Keys - Lonely Boy


16.  Adele - Set Fire to the Rain



15.  Phantogram - Don't Move



14.  Destroyer - Kaputt


13.  WU LYF - Go Tell Fire



12.  Austra - Lose It


11.  Rihanna - We Found Love


10.  Gem Club - 252
Simple & brilliant.


9.  Lady Gaga - Edge of Glory
Audible sugar.



8.  LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
Audible meth.


7.  tUnE yArDs - Bizness
Cacophonously brilliant.


6.  Bon Iver - Wash.
Proof that good songs don't need a good video.


5.  Nicki Minaj - Superbass
A beat as smooth and synthetic as, well, Nicki.


4.  Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis (Feat. Otis Redding)
I'll just put this here.


3.  Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as in Paris
Yes, they deserve two in the top five.


2. M83 - Midnight City
Finally, a saxophone solo that rivals the one in Eddie Money's 'Take Me Home Tonight'.


1. Bon Iver - Calgary
What's ridiculous is they are BETTER than this live.


And album of the year - Bon Iver.

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