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Top 25 Songs of 2011

Top 25 Songs of 2011


       This list was compiled of music found and listened to (a lot) by me in 2011.  Although the majority was, not every song was technically released in 2011, they were just consumed by various mediums such as iTunes, Amazon, Turntable.fm, Rdio, Spotify, Google Music Beta, my iPod (R.I.P.), Earbits and discovered through various blogs/magazines such as Pitchfork, WeAreHunted, Spin, Rolling Stone, the talented core of musicians/artists I know, The Project Matters and of course friends and family.


The links are to the bands’ respective Facebook pages.


M83 – Steve McQueen


Grouplove – Betty’s Bomb Shell


Youth Lagoon – Montana


M83 – Outro


Hooray For Earth  Bringing Us Closer Together


Mates of State – Palomino


College – A Real Hero feat. Electric Youth


Crystal Stilts – Flying Into The Sun


The Naked and Famous – Young Blood


10 Hurter – Gray


11 The Naked and Famous  – Girls Like You


12 Green Arrows – 1,2,3


13 Death Cab For Cutie – Stay Young Go Dancing


14 Lana Del Rey – Video Games


15 Perfume Genius – All Waters


16 Drake – Marvin’s Room


17 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years


18 Escape Directors – The War Outside


19 Justice – Civilization


20 Coldplay – Don’t Let It Break Your Heart


21 Kimbra – Cameo Lover


22 Foster The People – Waste


23 Cymbals Eat Guitars – Keep Me Waiting


24 Runaway Dorothy  – Takes Alot of Love


25 Phantogram – When I’m Small


Honorable Mention(s):

Hooray For Earth – Same

M83 – Wait

Angels & Airwaves – All That We Are

To each and everyone of these bands and artists that touched my life this year; Thank You.  Most of these songs I will be listening to 25 years from now in one form or another.   (Form: TBD, right now its iTunes/iTunes Match)

matt

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