04 1 / 2012

100 Favorite Tracks of 2011: PART ONE

100 Little Wings “Fall Skull”
99 Minks “Our Ritual”
98 Braids “Lemonade”
97 Smith Westerns “All Die Young”
96 Com Truise: “Futureworld”
95 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks “Senator”
94 Blue Sky Black Death “Our Hearts of Ruin”
93 The Mountain Goats “Damn These Vampires”
92 Deptford Goth “Youth II”
91 Destroyer “Blue Eyes”
90 Bon Iver “Hinnom, TX”
89 Small Black “Moon Killer”
88 Arrange “Turnpike”
87 Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx “Nightcall”
86 Alela Diane & Wild Divine “Long Way Down”
85 Cass McCombs “The Living Word”
84 Beach Fossils “Fall Right in”
83 Feist “Anti-Pioneer”
82 Beirut “A Candle’s Fire”
81 Toro Y Moi “Divina”
80 Darkside “A2”
79 St. Vincent “Cruel”
78 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “New Tibet”
77 Kurt Vile “Puppet to the Man”
76 CANT “The Edge”
75 Tom Waits “Hell Broke Luce”
74 Class Actress “Hangin’ On”
73 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart “Anne With an E”
72 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks “Forever 28”
71 King Krule “Bleak Bake”
70 Thurston Moore “Benediction”
69 Braids “Little Hand”
68 The Strokes “Under Cover of Darkness”
67 Dodos “Black Night”
66 Blouse “They Always Fly Away”
65 Jessica Lea Mayfield “Trouble”
64 J Mascis “Listen to Me”
63 Lana Del Ray “Video Games”
62 Soft Skills “Suitcase”
61 Jay-Z & Kanye West “Why I Love You”
60 James Blake “Unluck”
59 M83 “OK Pal”
58 St. Vincent “Surgeon”
57 Youth Lagoon “Bobby”
56 California Wives “Tokyo”
55 Jens Lekman “An Argument With Myself”
54 Class Actress “Weekend”
53 Bon Iver “Towers”
52 Drive-By Truckers “Ray’s Automatic Weapon
51 Radiohead “Give Up the Ghost”