Best of 2011: Tracks
Time for the second - and perhaps more important - end of year list; the best songs of 2011. It was hard work whittling it down to a top 50, so I’ve included a few extra selections down the bottom that didn’t quite make the cut. Please let me know if you think I’ve missed anything amazing, I’m always keen to hear great new music, or thing’s that might have passed me by from my favourite artists. Anyway, here they are, my festive 50:
50. Metronomy – The Look / Everything Goes My Way
49. Canblaster – Clockworks
48. Scuba – Feel It
47. Digitalism – Stratosphere / Blitz
46. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden (Joe Goddard Mix)
45. Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX – The Crutch
44. SBTRKT – Ready Set Loop
43. Tom Vek – A Chore
42. Washed Out – Eyes be Closed
41. Marcelo Plex – Can’t Leave You
40. Death in Vegas – Your Loft, My Acid
39. Drumman – White Tie, Black Hole
38. Jamie XX – Far Nearer (Chris Woodward Mix)
37. Mickey Moonlight – Close to Everything (Martinez Brothers Mix)
36. Black Lips – Family Tree / Modern Art
35. Four Tet – Locked
34. Dels featuring Joe Godard – Trumpalump
33. Machinedrum – Sacred Frequency
32. Midland – Through Motion
31. James Pants – Every Night
30. Icebird – Going and Going and Going
29. Modeselektor – Blue Clouds / Pretentious Friends
28. Spank Rock – Energy / Car Song
27. Sasha – Cut Me Down (Ryan Davis Mix)
26. Roc Marciano – Hoard 90 / Papercuts
25. Wagon Christ – Manalyze This
24. Soul Clap – Lonely C / Fried Chicken
23. Kuedo – Salt Lake Cuts / Vectoral
22. Action Bronson – Shiraz
21. Friendly Fires – Live Those Days Tonight
20. TV on the Radio – Second Song
19. M83 – Midnight City
18. Hudson Mohawke – Thank You
17. Bibio – Pretentious / Anything New
16. Gui Boratto – Stems From Hell / The Drill
15. Mount Kimbie – Carbonated
14. Dominik Eulberg – Die 3 Millionen Musketiere
13. Alias – Wanna Let it Go
12. Com Truise – Flightwave
11. Chemical Brothers – Container Park / Escape 700
10. Todd Terje – Snooze 4 Love
9. Martyn – We Are You In The Future / Viper (Ghost People Edit)
8. The Horrors – Still Life / Moving Further Away
7. Daphni – Ye Ye / Yes, I Know / Ahora
6. Conan Mockasin – Forver Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Rework)
5. The Strokes – Machu Picchu / Two Kinds of Happiness
4. Siriusmo – High Together
3. Holy Ghost! – Wait and See / Hold My Breath
2. Julio Bashmore – Battle For Middle You
1. Radiohead – Separator
And the also rans:
Amon Tobin – Journeyman, The Rapture – How Deep is Your Love (Wax Motif & Neoteric Mix), Noir & Haze – Around (Solumun Vox Mix), Mogwai – White Noise, Beastie Boys – OK, Motor City Drum Ensemble – L.O.V.E, Cut Copy – Alisa, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA… What A Life, Gold Panda – MPB, Kenny Larkin – Glob (Claude VonStroke Mix), 2 Bears – Church (Midland Sunday Service Dub), Battles – Futura, GusGus – Benched, DJ Shadow – I Gotta Rock, Psychemagik – Valley of Paradise, Talib Kweli – Cold Rain, Shabazz Palaces – Are You…Can You…Were You?, Danny Brown – Pac Blood, A1 Bassline – Falsehood, Housemeister – Sommer, Joe Goddard – Gabriel, Oliver Huntemann – Tranquilizer, Onsunlade – Envision (Ame Mix),
