11 in 2011

I love year end lists, but I find music very hard to rank, or even winnow down to manageable. So this is a list of 11 songs that got caught in my ears this year that I don't think I've mentioned before.


Storms (Fleetwood Mac cover) by Jessie Baylin
America, Bill Callahan
Vomit by Girls
Cruel/Kind by Gold Leaves
Thunder Rail, Austin Lucas
Not Enough by J Mascis
Novacane, Frank Ocean NSFW
Straight Into Darkness, Tom Petty
Downbound Train cover, Kurt Vile
History of Plastic, War on Drugs
Holy Holy, Wye Oak