From seminal sophomore records to breakthrough hits, 2011 has been a great year for indie music. With the help of friends, music industry insiders and artists, the Noise Pop Podcast Team says goodbye to 2011 with their favorite tracks of the year.
Tracklist:
1. "Midnight City" -- M83, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Jaime Nabrysnski
2. "Gangsta" -- tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l Ian Port, Music Editor at SF Weekly
3. "Terra" -- Julian Lynch, Terra Martin Courtney singer/guitarist of Real Estate
4. "Belispeak" -- Purity Ring, Purity Ring/Braids split 7" Peter Arko of Ears of the Beholder
5. "Speech" -- Cousins, Secret Weapon/Speech 7" Megan James of Purity Ring
6. "Putting the Dog to Sleep" -- The Antlers, Burst Apart Jesse Fox
7. "Jam For Jerry" -- Holy Ghost!, Holy Ghost! Paul Hanly of Frenchkiss Records
8. "Chinatown" -- Destroyer, Kaputt Joe Goldberg of Zeitgeist Artist Management
9. "The Whip" -- Locksley, Locksley Dan Strachota, Talent Buyer for the Noise Pop Music Festival
10. "Now That I'm Real (How Does it Feel?) -- Chad Valley, Equatorial Ultravox EP Kayvon Siadat, Music Director at KSCU
11. "Civilian" -- Wye Oak, Civilian Olivia LaRoche
12. "Cannons" -- Youth Lagoon, The Year of Hibernation Dawson Ludwig
13. "Holocene" -- Bon Iver, Bon Iver Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon