1. How – Regina Spektor – Her best song since "Ink Stain" is similar in a sense: the desperate anti-Semitism of the latter is mirror'd in the desperate heartbreak of "How", And both chill on the idiosyncrasies.
2. Ruin – Cat Power – This song has the best chorus of the year, beaten only by Friends. And this one has better singing.
3. . Look The Other Way – Justin Townes Earle
4. New Year's Eve AT The Gates Of Hell – Ray Wylie Hubbard
5. Some Nights – gun. Their live performance of this song at T5 was an exact evocation of a bands breakthrough hit. It was a joy.
6. Sorry – Friends – Actually from 2010 but is second in the lineup on their debut album.
7. I Feel Good – Fred Hammond
8. Hot Knife – Fiona Apple – Sexy as fuck.
9. R.A.P. Music – Killer Mike – The best rap song of the year.
10. You Won't regret It – Ceu
11. Honolulu Blues – Craig Finn
12. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen – BREAKTHROUGH!!!
6. Around My Way – Lupe Fiasco
8.. Trash Tongue Talk – Jack White
10. The Best Place – Best Coast – Best line? "We have fun when we please…"
11.. Snow White – Odd Future
12.. The House That Heaven Built – Japandriods – best indie rocker since Superchunk's "Digging For Something".
13.. VIP – Sinead O'Connor
14. . Crying/Laughing – Wesley Wolfe
15.. One Note (Excerpt One) – Dr. D.R. – Catch the Buzzcocks sample.
16. Unforgivable Blackness – Diggy
18. As Is – Van Halen
19. Sidecars – Kathleen Edwards – I like her more now I've seen her live
20. .Ray Charles – Chiddy Bang
21. Wasted Days – Cloud Nothings – A great collab with Steve Albini
22. Die In Your Heart – Justin Bieber – Channels MJ better than Mikes brothers managed.
22. Am I That Lonely Tonight – Justin Townes Earle – Hears his Dad on the radio and wants to call him on the phone.
23. Get A Job – Neil Young
23. .Boyfriend – Justin Bieber
24.. Born At Zero – Deer Tick
25. Honeycomb – Animal Collective
26.. Eyes Open – Taylor Swift
27. My God – James Fortuna
28. Old And Gray – Maps And Atlases
29. Comeback Kid – Sleigh Bells
30.. Moving On – Justin Townes Earle
31. It All Belongs To Me – Monica And Brandy – The surprise r&b album of the year and an equally surprising reunion.
32.. Girl Gone Wild – Madonna
33.. Simple Feeling – Heartless Bastards
34. WHo – David Byrne And St. Vincent – So good I immediately bought a tix for their show at the Beacon
35.. Balcony – Craig Finn
36. .Emmylou – First Aid Kit
37. No Love Lost – Wiley
38.. Terminally Unique – Lamb Of God
39.. Gone Tomorrow – Lambchop
40.. Disease tobacco Free – Margot and the Nuclear So And Sos
41.. Pointed Into Zoom – Love On A Real Train
42. Welcome To The Ballroom – Rufus Wainwright
43.. Sex On The Regular Train – Miniature Trees
44. 88 – Diggy
45. Spiteful Intervention – Of Montreal
46.. Open Your Heart – The Men – Off a great old school rock album.
47.. Everybody Talks – Neon Trees
48.. Secrets – Obie Trice
49. Greenway – The Fall
50.. Celebration – Tyga
51. Vampires – Maps & Atlases – Should be a very big song for them
52. I Fink You Freaky – Die Antwood
53.. These Days – Dr. Dog
54.. Stay Useless – Cloud Nothings – So, yes, they can still nail a melody.
56.. Intersteller – Frankie Rose
57. Mira – Melody Gardot
58. Runaway – Imperial Teen
59.. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go – Miley Cyrus
60.. She's Gold – Josh Blaze
61.. Starships – Nicki Minaj
62.. Ruby Are You Mad At your Man – Carolina Chocolate Drops
63.. It All Means Nothing – Screaming Females
64.. We Made It – de La Soul
65.. Hysteria – Ceremony
66. Amnesia – Jon B
67.. Back In Time – Pitbull
68. Following – Phenomenal Handclap Band
69. Am I the Only One – Dierks Bentley
71. Simple Twist Of Fate – Diana Krall
71. Silence – The Ting Tings
72. Turn It Round – The Men
73.. Show Me The Place – Leonard Cohen
74. Boom Boom – Rye Rye
75. You Can Keep The Wheels – Toddlers
76.. There's A Key – M. Ward
77. Easy Money – Bruce Springsteen
78. High Of Life – WZRD
79. You Don't Have To Love Me – Blues Travellers
79. Payphone – Maroon 5
80.. Maps – Macy Gray
81.. The Whip Hand – the Mars Volta
82.. Small Town Moon – Regina Spektor – Stop, stop, what's you're hurry?
83. You Don't Have To Love Me – Blues Travellers
83.. Dreamer – Elizabeta
84.. P – Odd Future
85.. International (Serious) – Estelle
86. Cool Breeze – Long Miles- Gorgeous reggae
87. When Your Garden's Overgrown -Paul Weller
88. You, Man? Human??? – The Flaming Lips – Nick Cave sounds terrific.
88. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction – Make em a star
89.. Beekeeper's Daughter – The All American rejects
90. Wide Awake – Katy Perry – Very real
91. Sleeping Ute – Grizzly Bear
92. Pride – Amy McDonald
93. The Thief – Liann Smith
91. Out Of Time – Elvis Costello – One of the best Stones covers I've ever heard, up there with Steve Earle's "Dead Flowers".
92. Control – Garbage
93. .Va Va Voom – Bassnectar – Along with Rye Rye, pure pop as electronic dance.
94. Jackson – Florence + The Machine
95.. Lost – Joker
96.. Time To Move On – Monica
97.. Me And Bobby McGee (Demo) – Janis Joplin
98. Fall Of 82 – The Shins
99. All The Rowboars – Regina Spektor – Down here only because it's the THIRD track I've pulled off the album. Only Justin has an equal amount. Two from Craig Finn and Maps And Atlases.
115 -. Let's Have A Kiki – Scissor Sisters The album is new to me