An entire year seemed like too long of a wait to share our favorite songs. For that reason, we’ve compiled a list of the best of 2011 thus far according to me, Lauren, Hannah, Kim, and Ben. For your listening pleasure, we’ve made a YouTube playlist for songs 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, and of course, 10-1. Whenever legally possible, we’ve included free MP3 downloads.
Let us know what you think. What songs are you glad to see on this list? Which songs did we miss? And, of course, check out our list of top 15 albums of 2011 thus far here.
50. “Giant Hands” – Dog & Panther — Free Download
49. “Wild Thing” – Noah & The Whale — Buy
48. “Three Car Garage” – You Won’t — Buy
47. “Book of James” – We Are Augustines — Free Download
46. “Grown Unknown” – Lia Ices — Buy
45. “Chorus” – COOLRUNNINGS — Free Download
44. “Penny” – SNOWMINE — Buy
43. “Small Hands” – Keaton Henson — Buy
42. “Work” – 1,2,3 — Free Download
41. “Some Boys” – Death Cab for Cutie — Buy
40. “Sun Room” – J. Irvín Dally — Buy
39. “Shimmychick” – Bobby — Buy
38. “Ceiling Of Plankton” – GIVERS — Buy
37. “On Land” – TV Girl — Free Download
36. “Radio” – Raphael Saadiq — Buy
35. “The Lament Of Coronado Brown” – Pearl and the Beard — Buy
34. “Atlantic” – GIVERS — Buy
33. “Greenleaf” – Generationals — Free Download
32. “Last Friday Night (TGIF)” – Katy Perry — Buy
31. “No Love” – Hooray for Earth — Free Download
30. “World Around You” – Rubik — Buy
29. “Matter of Time” – The Low Anthem — Buy
28. “California Sunrise” – Dirty Gold — Free Download
27. “Black And White” – Generationals — Buy
26. “Black Night” – The Dodos — Buy
25. “Ivory Teeth Golden Tusk” – Monogold — Buy
24. “No Widows” – The Antlers — Buy
23. “Doubt” – Wye Oak — Buy
22. “Last Night At the Jetty” – Panda Bear – Free Download
21. “Crystiline” – Bjork — Buy
20. “Battery Kinzie” – Fleet Foxes — Buy
19. “Pigeon” – Tennis — Buy
18. “Yonkers” – Tyler, The Creator — Buy
17. “Shell Games” – Bright Eyes — Buy
16. “Civilian” – Wye Oak — Buy
15. “St. Peter’s Cathedral” – Death Cab for Cutie – Buy
14. “True Loves” – Hooray For Earth — Buy
13. “Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster the People — Buy
12. “Bizness” – tUnE-yARds — Buy
11. “Sister Wife” – Alex Winston — Buy
10. “A Chore” – Tom Vek — Buy
9. “East Harlem” – Beirut — Buy
8. “Don’t Stop” – The Dodos — Free Download
7. “Up Up Up” – GIVERS — Free Download
6. “Limit to Your Love” – James Blake — Buy
5. “Lotus Flower” – Radiohead — Buy
4. “Rolling in the Deep” – Adele — Buy
3. “Holocene” – Bon Iver — Buy
2. “Helplessness Blues” – Fleet Foxes — Free Download
1. “Putting the Dog to Sleep” – The Antlers — Buy
