Paste Top Songs

Yesterday, it was top albums. Today Paste offers their take on the top songs of 2011. 

What I like/own on the list?

1. Fleet Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”
2. M83. "Midnight City”
6. Generationals – “Ten-Twenty-Ten”
8. Wilco – “Art of Almost”
9. Cults – “Go Outside”
10. Bon Iver – “Calgary”
12. Blitzen Trapper – “Fletcher”
15. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
16. Beirut – “East Harlem”
18. Real Estate – “It’s Real”
19. TV on the Radio – “Second Song”
20. The Black Keys – “Lonely Boy”
21. Middle Brother – “Blue Eyes”
22. The Decemberists – “This Is Why We Fight”
24. Those Darlins – “Be Your Bro” (eh)
25. The Head and The Heart – “Down In The Valley” (from last year!!)
26. My Morning Jacket – “Circuital”
27. The Antlers – “Rolled Together”
28. Wye Oak – “Holy Holy”
29. Givers – “Up Up Up”
30. James Blake – “The Wilhelm Scream”
31. Dawes – “A Little Bit of Everything”
32. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
34. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
36. Seryn – “We Will All Be Changed”
38. The Belle Brigade – “Losers”
43. Peter Bjorn and John – “Dig a Little Deeper”
46. Fitz & The Tantrums – “Moneygrabber”
47. Chris Bathgate – “Salt Year”
48. Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”
50. Lykke Li – “Love Out of Lust”

I bolded some songs that I particularly liked. There is, of course, loads missing that will make my best of list for the year. Some of the choices are not going to be as critically appealing but I just "like" them. (I mean, "All the Usual Suspects" and "Last Summer" and "Rider" are no brainers. I don't want to scoop myself.) And there may be some overlap. I was very pleased to see Middle Brother, Dawes, Lykee Li, and Seryn on here. Overall, it is a pretty good list. Looking forward to the others!