2011 Tracks

I spend every year building a narrative playlist of my favorite music released that year. I only include one song per artist, and usually it's a single if they've denoted them, but, you'll see on this list, often not. I'm blogging about each individual song on my tumblr.  This mix is somewhat inverse: it starts with the end of the world, and moves on relentlessly from there.  I aim for a smooth flow through genres, with the occasional necessary leap.  Contact limnrix at gmail for an 80-minute gift mix customized to your taste.
 
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1 Deerhoof Super Duper Rescue Heads! Deerhoof vs. Evil 2:36
2 Ponytail Easy Peasy Do Whatever You Want All The Time 5:48
3 Battles Wall Street Gloss Drop 5:25
4 Does it Offend You, Yeah? Yeah Don't Say We Didn't Warn You 4:13
5 Fucked Up The Other Shoe David Comes To Life 4:57
6 Man Man Piranhas Club Life Fantastic 3:52
7 Tom Waits Bad As Me Bad As Me 3:10
8 The Builders And The Butchers Black Elevator Dead Reckoning 5:37
9 Eleanor Friedberger My Mistakes Last Summer 4:29
10 The Kills You Don't Own The Road Blood Pressures 3:23
11 David Lynch Pinky's Dream Crazy Clown Time 4:01
12 Thee Oh Sees The Dream Carrion Crawler / The Dream 6:52
13 The Antlers Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out Burst Apart 3:25
14 The Decemberists Calamity Song The King Is Dead 3:50
15 Yacht Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) Shangri-La 4:01


16 Gang Gang Dance MindKilla Eye Contact 5:17
17 Rainbow Arabia Mechanical Boys And Diamonds 4:13
18 Zola Jesus Vessel Conatus 4:42
19 Björk Mutual Core Biophilia 5:06
20 Esben and the Witch Marching Song Violet Cries 3:56
21 PJ Harvey The Words That Maketh Murder Let England Shake 3:41
22 Tori Amos The Chase Night Of Hunters 3:03
23 Kate Bush Wild Man 50 Words For Snow 7:17
24 St. Vincent Cruel Strange Mercy 3:35
25 Braids Plath Heart Native Speaker 4:26
26 Thao & Mirah Eleven Thao & Mirah 4:01
27 Tune-Yards Bizness W H O K I L L 4:26
28 Dengue Fever Family Business Cannibal Courtship 3:38
29 MEN Boom Boom Boom Talk About Body 4:07
30 Wild Flag Boom Wild Flag 2:45
31 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Maniac Hysterical 3:04
32 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks Torches 4:00


33 They Might Be Giants Cloisonne´ Join Us 2:38
34 Jens Lekman An Argument with Myself An Argument with Myself 3:49
35 CSS Hits Me Like A Rock La Liberacion 3:36
36 Hooray For Earth True Loves True Loves 3:30
37 Memory Tapes Sun Hits Player Piano 3:34
38 Dum Dum Girls He Gets Me High He Gets Me High 3:00
39 Tennis Seafarer Cape Dory 3:03
40 EMA Milkman Past Life Martyred Saints 3:21
41 Cults Abducted Cults 2:53
42 Summer Camp Down Welcome to Condale 2:33
43 Vivian Girls Take It As It Comes Share The Joy 3:01
44 Lykke Li Sadness Is A Blessing Wounded Rhymes 4:01
45 Adele Rolling In The Deep 21 3:49
46 Beth Ditto Open Heart Surgery - Original Mix Solo EP 5:40
47 Lady Gaga Scheiße Born This Way (Standard Edition) 3:46
48 きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ PONPONPON もしもし原宿 4:05
49 Monarchy Love Get Out Of My Way Monarchy 3:20
50 Oh Land Sun Of A Gun Oh Land 3:27
51 Iamamiwhoami ; John ; John - Single 6:39
52 Ladytron Mirage Gravity The Seducer 4:22

53 Glass Candy Beautiful Object Warm in the Winter 6:08
54 Neon Indian Polish Girl Era Extraña 4:24
55 John Maus Quantum Leap We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves 2:53
56 Cold Cave Underworld USA Cherish the Light Years 4:59
57 M83 Midnight City Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 4:03
58 The Naked and Famous Young Blood Passive Me, Aggressive You 4:07
59 The Raveonettes Ignite Raven in the Grave 3:06
60 SBTRKT Wildfire SBTRKT 3:25
61 Little Dragon Shuffle A Dream Ritual Union 2:55
62 Pictureplane Post Physical Thee Physical 4:17
63 Starfucker Hungry Ghost Reptilians 2:10
64 Planningtorock The Breaks W 4:38
65 Austra Lose It Feel It Break 4:29
66 Metronomy Corinne The English Riviera 3:16
67 Wild Beasts Loop The Loop Smother 4:07
68 Radiohead Lotus Flower The King Of Limbs 5:00
69 Panda Bear Slow Motion Tomboy 4:37
70 Moonface Shit-Hawk in the Snow Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped 7:29

Here's the short version:
1. Deerhoof - Super Duper Rescue Heads!
2. Ponytail - Easy Peasy
3. Memory Tapes - Sun Hits
4. Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
5. Man Man - Pirahnas Club
6. Hooray for Earth - True Loves
7. Gang Gang Dance - Mindkilla
8. Yacht - Dystopia
9. MEN - Boom Boom Boom
10. Dengue Fever - Family Business
11. tUnE-YaRdS - Bizness
12. PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder
13. Metronomy - Corinne
14. Antlers - Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
15. Thee Oh Sees - The Dream
16. Austra - Lose It
17. Cold Cave - Underworld USA
18. M83 - Midnight City
19. Pictureplane - Post-Physical