my top 20 favorite tracks of 2011.
the full list in no particular order:
- “CRUEL” - ST. VINCENT
- “LONELY BOY” - THE BLACK KEYS
- “SCHOOLIN’ LIFE” - BEYONCE
- “I WROTE THE BOOK” - BETH DITTO
- “HEAVY METAL LOVER” - LADY GAGA
- “RITUAL UNION” - LITTLE DRAGON
- “WE FOUND LOVE” - RIHANNA
- “LIVE THOSE DAYS TONIGHT” - FRIENDLY FIRES
- “THE BEAST” - LAURA MARLING
- “PERTH” - BON IVER
- “THE CIRCLE MARRIED THE LINE” - FEIST
- “THE LAST LIVING ROSE” - PJ HARVEY
- “LOVE OUT OF LUST” - LYKKE LI
- “YOU MAY BE THE ONE” - STEVIE NICKS
- “SUPER BASS” - NICKI MINAJ
- “WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU (STRONGER)” - KELLY CLARKSON
- “CIVILIAN” - WYE OAK
- “VIDEO GAMES” - LANA DEL REY
- “SHAKE IT OUT [ACOUSTIC]” FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
- “HELPLESSNESS BLUES” - FLEET FOXES
