Presenting our 100 favorite songs of 2011. Like our albums of the year list, we had to leave off a ton of great jams, but this is a pretty thorough representation of what we were most into this year. Turns out it was a pretty great one. Check the list after the jump…


GORILLA vs. BEAR's SONGS of 2011

TOP 50:

50 John Maus + Molly Nilsson - Hey Moon
49 Pure X - Dry Ice
48 Joe Goddard - Gabriel feat. Valentina
47 Twin Sister - Kimmi in a Ricefield
46 Smith Westerns - All Die Young
45 Azealia Banks - 212
44 Neon Indian - The Blindside Kiss
43 Puro Instinct - Vapor Girls
42 Big K.R.I.T. - Dreamin
41 Bleached - Think of You

40 White Denim - No Real Reason
39 Kindness - Cyan
38 RUN DMT - Dreaming / Romantic
37 Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down
36 Massive Attack vs. Burial - Paradise Circus
35 Gang Gang Dance - Mindkilla
34 Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers
33 The Sandwitches - Joe Says
32 Beyonce - Countdown
31 Freddie Gibbs + Madlib - Thuggin'

30 Darkside - A1
29 James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream
28 Grouper - Moving Machine
27 M83 - Midnight City
26 Toro y Moi - How I Know
25 Jamie xx - Far Nearer
24 Diplo / Busta / Weezy, etc. - Look at Me Now
23 Korallreven - As Young As Yesterday
22 Jhene Aiko - Stranger
21 araabMUZIK - Streetz Tonight

20 Clams Casino - I'm God (instrumental)
19 Ford & Lopatin - Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me)
18 John Maus - Believer
17 The Weeknd - House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
16 Grimes - Oblivion
15 Cass McCombs - County Line
14 Kurt Vile - Baby's Arms
13 Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning
12 Real Estate - Green Aisles
11 Charli XCX - Stay Away / Nuclear Seasons

10 Girls - Vomit
09 Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter
08 A$AP Rocky - Peso
07 Purity Ring - Lofticries
06 Girls - Honey Bunny
05 Shabazz Palaces - Are you... Can you... Were you? (Felt)
04 Peaking Lights - All The Sun That Shines
03 Lana Del Rey - Video Games
02 White Denim - Street Joy
01 Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn
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NEXT 50 (alphabetical):

Adele x Jamie xx - Rolling in the Heat (the Heatwave refix)
Africa Hitech - Out in the Streets
Air France - It Feels Good to Be Around You
A$AP Rocky - Bass
Atlas Sound - Terra Incognita
Balam Acab - Oh, Why
Blouse - Videotapes
Bodies of Water - Open Rhythms
Danny Brown - XXX / Fields
Catcall - Satellites

Chromatics - Kill For Love
ceo - ave maria
Coasting - Portland
Elite Gymnastics - h e r e , i n h e a v e n 2
Friends - I'm His Girl
Jacques Greene - Another Girl
Grimes - Vanessa
Hotel Mexico - Dear Les Friends
Jai Paul - Flip Out
Jesse Ruins - Dream Analysis

Juicy J - A Zip and a Double Cup
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
Major Lazer - Original Don
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
Octo Octa - I'm Trying
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Panda Bear - Last Night at the Jetty
Peaking Lights - Tiger Eyes (Laid Back)
Perfume - Glitter (album mix)
Planningtorock - The Breaks

Rainbow Arabia - Without You
SBTRKT - Wildfire (feat. Yukimi of Little Dragon)
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - I'll Take Care of U
Shlohmo - Seriously
Silky Johnson - Chasin Paper
Sleep ∞ Over - Romantic Streams
Soft Metals - Psychic Driving
Summer Camp - Better Off Without You
The Babies - Caroline
The Caretaker - Libet's Delay / I Feel As If I Might Be Vanishing

The Field :: Then It's White
Thundercat - For Love I Come
Mina Tindle - To Carry Many Small Things
Toro y Moi - Still Sound
Twerps - Dreamin
Vivian Girls - Sixteen Ways
Washed Out - Amor Fati
Widowspeak - Harsh Realm
Young Galaxy - Peripheral Visionaries
Zomby - Natalia's Song
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related:

gorilla vs. bear's ALBUMS of 2011
gorilla vs. bear's VIDEOS of 2011
cool 2k11