Every year we post our Top 10 most listened to tracks on our site & facebook.
This year we asked our bands what tunes they have been listening to also. This serves as a excellent reminder of what we have all been listening to individually, and in some cases introduces some lesser known talent to everyone.
This year I used my top listened to tunes on iTunes, the outcome of which actually surprised me. There has been a lot of amazing new releases in 2011 which have been played pretty much on constant repeat at various times in the year and as I've been hammering a lot of older tunes this year too I really didn't know what to expect.
Anyway, here's the results...
1:- Tiltwheel - Make Like A Tree And Fuck Off
2:- Shot Baker - Short On Time
3:- Worship This! - Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
4:- Signals Midwest - Family Crest
5:- Comeback Kid - Pull Back The Reins
6:- Belvedere - Quicksand
7:- Struck A Nerve - Can't Lose Out
8:- Wax Phantom - White Widow
9:- Worship This! - The Best Parts
10:- Drive Like Jehu - Do You Compute
I was going to stick down my Top 25 as I've listened to a lot of amazing tunes this year, but I stuck with my Top 10 to keep it fair to everyone else. Just bubbling under are tracks from Watch Commander, Astpai, Dividers, Hot Snakes, Dalek, Iron Chic, Sombulance, Atlas Losing Grip, Calvinball, Go Rydell & Pulley. Check them all out as they are all amazing bands!
Rich - Seven Inch Records
1:- Tiltwheel - The High Hate Us
2:- The Slow Death - Born Ugly Got Worse
3:- Static Radio NJ - We are all beasts
4:- Iron Chic - Iron Chic/Pacer split 7"
5:- Samiam - Trips
6:- Red City Radio - The Dangers of standing still
7:- Hot Water Music - The Fire, The Steel, The Tread 7"
8:- Calvinball - Atlanta/Dancing in the dark (download)
9:- Worship This - Demo
10:- Make Do And Mend - End Measured Mile
No way I could pick a top ten songs of 2011 far too many, so I did my favourite records from 2011.
Tim - Seven Inch Records / Question The Mark
1:- Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
2:- Title Fight - Flood of '72
3:- Beastie Boys - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
4:- Balance and Composure - Stone Hands
5:- Converge - Runaway
6:- Defeater - Brothers
7:- Self Defense Family - I'm Going Through Some Shot
8:- Red Fang - Hank is Dead
9:- Owen - O, Evelyn
10:- Funeral for a Friend - Man Alive
Leigh - Struck A Nerve / A Thousand Arrows / Hell Money
1:- Samiam -Clean Up The Mess
2:- Title Fight-Symmetry
3:- More Than Life - Closed Curtains
4:- Sick of it All - Consumed
5:- Down to Nothing -Conquer The World
6:- Superchunk - Mower
7:- Wolves Like Us - Deathless
8:- Afghan Whigs - My Enemy
9:- Seaweed - Baggage
10:- Touche Amore - Home Away From Here
Matt - Struck A Nerve
1:- Des Ark - Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker
2:- Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
3:- Reverse the Curse - Hither and Yon
4:- Joyce Manor - s/t
5:- Banner Pilot - Heart Beats Pacific
6:- Two Hand Fools - Believeland
7:- Dead to Me - Moscow Penny Ante
8:- Grown Ups - Handholder
9:- Mansions - Dig Up the Dead
10:- Signals Midwest - Latitudes and Longitudes
Jeremy - Worship This!
1:- Our Time Down Here – The Midnight Hour
2:- Sharks Dont Sleep – Save You
3:- Asher Roth – I Love College
4:- Our Time Down Here – Requiem
5:- The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
6:- Latterman – Fear And Loathing On Long Island
7:- Saves the Day – At Your Funeral
8:- Basement – 1104 Porter St
9:- Set Your Goals – We Do It for the Money, Obviously!
10:- Snowing – Sam Rudich
BT - Question The Mark / Pipedream
1:- Title Fight - Coxton Yard
2:- Against Me - White People For Peace
3:- The Flatliners - Bleed
4:- Gaslight Anthem - Orphans
5:- The Swellers - Sleeper
6:- Story So Far - Quicksand
7:- Balance & Composure - I Tore You Apart In My Head
8:- H2O - One Life, One Chance
9:- Sick Of It All - Step Down
10:- Riverboat Gamblers - Victory Lap
Daniel - Middle Finger Salute
1:- Cave In - Sing My Loves
2:- My Morning Jacket - Holdin On To Black Metal
3:- Mastadon - Octopus Has No Friends
4:- Bon Iver - Perth
5:- Pearl Jam - Habit
6:- Converge - Slave Driver
7:- Foo Fighters - White Limo
8:- Unsane - Last Man Standing
9:- Rival Schools - Wring It Out
10:- Led Zeppelin - Friends
Daf - A Thousand Arrows
1:- Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith - I'm Not In Love
2:- Cave In - Sing My Loves
3:- Former Cell Mates - Right at Surrey Ridge
4:- Castles - Diamond Heel
5:- Bjork - Crystalline
6:- Hunger Artist - Magister Ludi
7:- Red Fang - Prehistoric Dog
8:- Radiohead - Morning Mr Magpie
9:- Trial - One Step Away
10:- Harbour - Mercurial
Hugh - A Thousand Arrows
1:- Polar Bear Club - My Best Days
2:- Set Your Goals - Certain
3:- Junior Battles - Nostalgic At 23
4:- Basement - Crickets Throw Their Voice
5:- The Living Daylights - Maybe Escapes
6:- Our Time Down Here - The Midnight Hour
7:- I Am The Avalanche - You've Got Spiders
8:- Landmines - Black Tide
9:- The Tower And The Fool - New Roads
10:- Fights And Fires - Better Dreams
Jon - Without Fire
