top 30 tracks of 2011:
1. irrepressibles - in this shirt
2. holy ghost - i wanted to tell her
3. jai paul - btstsu
4. hercules and love affair - my house
5. cut copy - need you now
6. young galaxy - cover your tracks
7. austra - lose it
8. ssion - psy-chich
9. the rapture - how deep is your love
10. beth ditto - i wrote the book
11. azealia banks - 212
12. irrepressibles - forget the past
13. patrick wolf - the city
14. tom waits - bad as me
15. austra - beat and the pulse
16. men - who am i to feel so free (feat. antony)
17. lana del rey - video games
18. kim ann foxman - creature
19. men - off our backs
20. cults - you know what i mean
21. vhs or beta - i found a reason
22. leonard cohen - show me the place
23. charli xcx - nuclear season
24. alexander -  truth
25. midnight city - m83
26. alex turner - piledriver waltz
27. jessica 6 - prisoner of love
28. yelle - safari disco club
29. trust - candy walls
30. finesse - elevate

top 31-50 (in no particular order)
discodeine - synchronize (extended feat. jarvis cocker)
wolfram - hold my breath
friends - i’m his girl
cant - too late too far
peter bjorn & john - second chance
patrick wolf - together
men - life’s half prince
grimes - vanessa
hercules - i can’t wait
beth ditto & simian mobile disco - do you need someone
saul williams - dance
black ghosts - even in the darkness
creep - you
grimes - oblivion
st. vincent - northern lights
fleet foxes - helplessness blues
replicate - fanfarlo
ssion - blonde with u
hercules and love affair - blue song
jesse ruins  - dream analysis

this was hard. i actually gave up on the numbering system at some point, resigning myself to clusters of favorites and a +/- action based on if they should jump up or down a section. i am pretty pleased with the list, though still frustrated with all the excellent songs in the 31-50 list. 2011: you were pretty cool.

xo