“Bloom” – The Veils from Troubles Of The BrainEP “The Piano Lesson” – John Vanderslice from White Wilderness “The Unfazed” – Dolorean from The Unfazed “Discipline Your Hands” – Dearling Physique from DeadEye Dyealer “Slow Peels” – Com Truise from Cyanide Sisters EP “From Now Till…” – Paper Diamond from The Levitate EP “Down By The Water” – The Decemberists from The King Is Dead
“The Merry Barracks” – Deerhoof from Deerhoof vs. “Cemetery Rain” – Minks from By The Hedge “Louder Than Ever” – Cold War Kids from Mine Is Yours “It Goes Down” – Tape Deck Mountain from Secret Serf “Synapses” – Papercranes from Let’s Make Babies in the Woods “Understand At All” – Cloud Nothings from Cloud Nothings “A Darkness Rises Up” – Broken Records from Let Me Come Home “Around My Head” – Cage the Elephant from Thank You Happy Birthday Here’s the first of 12 volumes for the Best Songs of 2011. These songs are totally in random order, and are not listed as most favorite to least favorite. So, without further delay, here are more of our favorite songs of January 2011 – great tracks that were either released as advance singles, or as the lead track of new albums that dropped in January. We hope you agree just remember to vote for your favorite song below, and bookmark this page so you can see how the vote count is going – these polls we be closed four weeks after they are published. We will be balancing between songs that made the Top 10 Songs lists, and other favorite songs of 2011 that didn’t make the Top 10 lists – for one or more reasons. 1 songs that will be included with each 12 volumes of the Best Songs of 2011 mixtape series. There were also plenty of other terrific tracks from 2011 besides the No. From now until the end of the year, on a near weekly basis, we’ll be publishing playlist mixes highlighting the songs in 2011 that IRC readers and visitors have been listening to, and downloading, the most. So quickly that time has come again – where it’s time to put together the Best Songs of 2011 mixtapes series. Note: There was no Top 10 list for the first week of January due to the holidays from Passive Aggressive: The Singles 2002-2010 “June Hymn”– The Decemberists from The King Is Dead “Shell Games” – Bright Eyes from The People’s Key 1’s for January came off of some of the best albums of the year – albums so good that they remain among our favorites, and many other people’s as well, even this late into the year. Note: Some of the Top 10 Songs lists include advance singles that were released sometimes months before the official album itself dropped many of those come from the popular playlist series, Fresh Tracks. Also, look out for the Best Rarely Heard Songs of 2011 playlist series, coming soon. At the end of each of volume, we’re including a poll so that readers can vote for their favorite song in each of the 12 volumes. 1’s from the Top Ten Songs lists at the very top, with a link back to the original post they were featured in. Plus, for each best songs of the year mixtape, we’re listing the four (only three for January) No. We decided this year to do it chronologically, that way it’s that much easier to manage. So, with all of that in mind, it’s not too early to start putting up IRC’s Best Songs of 2011.
Today we kick off our Best Songs of 2011 series, albeit a bit early – but there are hundreds and hundreds of songs that we have to post in the coming months, so, no sense in waiting too long.Īfterall, with the kids back in school, and summer over, 2011 is hurdling to conclusion.