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. Black Lips – Family Tree / Modern Art
49. Canblaster – Clockworks
48. Digitalism – Blitz / Stratosphere
47. Scuba – Feel It
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. Onsunlade – Envision (Ame Mix)
40. Death in Vegas – Your Loft, My Acid
39. Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Soulwax Mix)
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37. Mickey Moonlight – Close to Everything (Martinez Brothers Mix)
36. The 2 Bears - Church (Midland's Sunday Service Dub)
35. Four Tet – Locked
34. Gui Boratto – Stems From Hell / The Drill
33. Machinedrum – Sacred Frequency
32. Midland – Through Motion
31. Cut Copy - Alisa
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. Metronomy – The Look / Everything Goes My Way
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 – Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan Extended Rework)
5. The Strokes – Machu Picchu / Two Kinds of Happiness
4. Siriusmo – High Together
3. Holy Ghost! – Wait and See / Hold My Breath
2. Radiohead – Separator
1. Julio Bashmore – Battle For Middle You
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, James Pants - Every Night, Gold Panda – MPB, Kenny Larkin – Glob (Claude VonStroke Mix), 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, Drumman - White Tie, Black Hole, Oliver Huntemann – Tranquilizer, Maceo Plex - I Can't Leave You Alone, Dels - Trumpalump (Joe Goddard Mix).