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Derek
07-29-2011, 02:11 AM
So I usually put together a top 25 tracks for the first half of the year and arbitrarily rank them, but the latter part seemed way too absurd this year since I've heard too much great music. Instead, I upped it to 30 tracks, broke it up into 2 disks and put the tracks in an order that should hopefully have a slightly better flow than complete randomness.

The whole mess of mp3's, labelled and tagged correctly, can be downloaded from here (http://www.sendspace.com/file/oalo5h). And you know, use this thread to post your own favorite songs of the year so far and bitch or not bitch about my picks.

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Side 1 (Darker Stuff)

1) Crystal Stilts - "Alien Rivers"
2) The Feeling of Love - "Numboy"
3) The Psychic Paramount - "Intro_sp"
4) Snowman - "Memory Lost"
5) Dirty Beaches - "A Hundred Highways"
6) Horrid Red - "Pink Flowers"
7) PJ Harvey - "The Words That Maketh Murder"
8) EMA - "Grey Ship"
9) Jesu - "Fools"
10) 13 & God - "Armored Scarves"
11) The Antlers - "Parentheses"
12) John Maus - "Believer"
13) Deaf Center - "New Beginning (Tidal Darkness)
14) Radiohead - "Codex"
15) Demdike Stare - "Forest of Evil - "Dawn"

Side 2 (Lighter stuff)

1) Chad VanGaalen - "Burning Photographs"
2) The Men - "()"
3) The Stargazer Lilies - "Endless Days"
4) Panda Bear - "Slow Motion"
5) Gang Gang Dance - "Adult Goth"
6) David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - "Autumn Sun"
7) Fleet Foxes - "Grown Ocean"
8) Destroyer - "Savage Night at the Opera"
9) Reks - "This or That"
10) Cunninlynguists - "Enemies With Benefits" (ft. Tonedeff)
11) Deerhoof - "I Did Crimes for You"
12) Wet Hair - "Fade Till Morning"
13) Taragana Pyjarama - "Ocean"
14) Roommate - "Snow Globe"
15) Charles Bradley - "The World (Is Going Up in Flames)"

Milky Joe
07-29-2011, 05:05 AM
Cool. My only quibble would be that "Believer" is not really dark. It's the most uplifting song I've heard in ages.

right_for_the_moment
07-29-2011, 07:53 AM
Going to download your list in the morning when my internet connection is better. There's lots here I haven't heard/heard of. I absolutely loved the Altar Eagle album from your year-end list last year.

I think mine would go something like this...

Cut Copy - Need You Now
Wu Lyf - Heavy Pop
EMA - California
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
The War on Drugs - Baby Missiles

James Blake - I Never Learnt To Share
Yuck - The Wall
M83 - Midnight City
The Weeknd - Wicked Games
Nas - Nasty

Smith Westerns - Weekend
Tim Hecker - Studio Suicide, 1980
Destroyer - Blue Eyes
Charlie XCX - Stay Away
Laura Marling - Sophia

Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar
Wild Beasts - End Come Too Soon
Okkervil River - White Shadow Waltz
Bodies of Water - One Hands Loves the Other
Grinderman - Evil (Silver Alert remix feat. Matt Berninger)

Jay-Z/Kanye - Otis
Keep Shelly in Athens - Song To Cheer You Up
Cold Cave - The Great Pan Is Dead
Here We Go Magic - Hands in the Sky
Cults - Abducted

Acapelli
07-29-2011, 03:59 PM
my list (spoilered for length):

Acid House Kings - Would You Say Stop?
Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Jamie xx Shuffle)
Aeroplane – My Enemy (Rex The Dog Remix)
Art Imperial – When I'm With You (I Feel Dumb)
Battles - Ice Cream feat. Matias Aguayo
Beyoncé – Schoolin‚ Life
British Sea Power - Observe The Skies
Cam'ron & Vado - Sour Life
Cassius - I <3 U So (Skream's Made Zdar Feel Like He Was 20 Again Remix)
Chris Brown – Look At Me Now feat. Lil' Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Craft Spells – After the Moment
Cults – Go Outside
The Death Set – I Miss You Beau Velasco
Delorean – Grow (Taragana Pyjarama remix)
Digitalism – 2 Hearts
Elite Gymnastics - WΛKΛ
Florrie – Begging Me
G-Side – How Far feat. Victoria Tate & Kaylan Parham
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – I'll Take Care of U
Green Ova Undergrounds – Cloud Skatin feat. Danny Brown
Gucci Mane – This What I Do feat. Waka Flocka Flame & OJ Da Juiceman
Horrid Red – Pink Flowers
Iceage – White Rune
James Blake - Tep And The Logic
Jamie Woon – Lady Luck (Hudson Mohawke's Schmink-Wolf Re-Fix)
Jamie xx – Far Nearer
Jay-Z & Kanye West - H.A.M.
Johan Agebjörn – Watch The World Go By feat. Lake Heartbeat
Junior Boys – Itchy Fingers
Justice – Civilization
Katy B - Broken Record
Kelly Rowland – Motivation (Remix) Feat. The-Dream & Lil' Wayne
Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci
Lil B – Illusions of Grandeur
Let's Wrestle – In Dreams, Part II
Lower Dens - Batman
Martin Solveig – Hello feat. Dragonette
Metronomy – The Look
Mike G – Forest Green
Nicola Roberts - Beat Of My Drum
Savage Skulls & Douster – Bad Gal feat. Robyn
Smith Westerns – Weekend
Soulja Boy – Zan With That Lean
The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness
Taragana Pyjarama – Ocean
The-Dream – Body Work/Fuck My Brains Out
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble
Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
Washed Out – Amor Fati
Yuck – Georgia
that's too many songs, but i actually like them all a fair bit. lots of artists i like that released stuff this year aren't represented on this list, mainly because i'd rather listen to their songs in the context of their respective albums, which is why this list skews heavily toward pop and dance-oriented tracks

ledfloyd
07-29-2011, 05:14 PM
songs i've been hung up on at various points over the course of the year:

Akron/Family - So It Goes & Another Sky
Beyonce - Countdown
Bon Iver - the entire Bon Iver, Bon Iver album
Brad Mehldau - Trailer Park Ghost
Britney Spears - Til The World Ends
Cass McCombs - County Line
Cults - Oh My God, You Know What I Mean, Go Outside
Destroyer - Kaputt, Chinatown
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Gang Gang Dance - Mindkilla
In One Wind - Water's Looking Fine, Go Follow John
Iron & Wine - Your Fake Name Is Good Enough For Me
James Blake - The Wilhem Scream, Limit to Your Love
Katy B - Katy On a Mission
Lady Gaga - Judas, Scheisse
My Morning Jacket - Holding On To Black Metal
Panda Bear - Last Night at the Jetty
PJ Harvey - The Words that Maketh Murder
St. Vincent - Surgeon
Toro y Moi - New Beat, Still Sound
Tune-Yards - Bizness
TV on the Radio - Will Do
The Weeknd - What You Need
Yelle - Safari Disco Club

D_Davis
08-04-2011, 05:10 PM
Good stuff, D.

endingcredits
08-04-2011, 05:54 PM
Awesome list. I'm listening now. This year has indeed been awesome for music releases. My girlfriend is out of town and I'm nearing completion of my thesis so I should have a list together to post soon.

Kurious Jorge v3.1
08-04-2011, 07:57 PM
Julianna Barwick - Vow
Shabazz Palaces - Free Press and Curl
Clams Casino - Drowning
WU LYF - Such a Sad Puppy Dog
Holy Other - Yr Love
Destroyer - Suicide Demo For Kara Walker
PJ Harvey - The Last Living Rose
Wild Beasts - End Come Too Soon
How to Dress Well - Suicide Dream 1 (Orchestral Version)
St. Vincent - Surgeon
Cass McCombs - The Lonely Doll
Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar
Radiohead - Codex

Idioteque Stalker
08-05-2011, 05:50 PM
I like your style, Kurious Jorge.

endingcredits
08-07-2011, 12:42 AM
Here's my first 15 of potentially 30.

Chad VanGaalen - Blonde Hash
Deaf Center - The Day I Would Never Have
Demdike Stare - Hashshashin Chant
EMA - Milkman
Faust - Tell the Bitch to Go Home
J Mascis - Can I
John Maus - Believer
Mogwai - San Pedro
PJ Harvey - The Last Living Rose
The Joy Formidable - Austere
The Men - If You Leave
The Psychic Paramount - N6
Thurston Moore - Orchard Street
Tim Hecker - Hatred of Music I
WU LYF - Dirt

I uploaded them here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7SPBUB6W)