Before the comeback show today at 15:00, it really is time for this.

It comes a bit late, yes. But it would be a crime to just skip it before continuing in 2012. So, what about 2011 in music?

Sure, it was Adele's year, no doubt about it. Adele's great. Regardless of personal taste, no one can deny that, right? With that said, I have to admit that I never checked out her album. And I only really bought "Rolling in the Deep", which I surely included in my 2010 list.

Anyway, there was a lot of great music released in 2011. And here are the best 100 songs according to me. 100 songs you really shouldn't have missed in 2011.

I listed them in no particular order. Most of them I like a lot. And then there's Howler (are they maybe just a cheap Strokes copy?), for example. And The Kooks, where I first just thought: Corny, corny, corny. But then still kept listening, until I really did like 2 songs.

Anyway. If you missed some of the songs, go to youtube and check them out. A few of them might take a few listens, and it's all a matter of taste, yeah yeah. But really, if you like indie music at all (most surely classifies as indie), you gotta give it a try.

Here we go:

miles kane - come closer
the vaccines - norgaard
life in film - get closer
dan parsons - firestarter
beady eye - the roller
beatsteaks - milk & honey
beatsteaks - let's see
pigeon john - the bomb
friska viljor - what you gonna do?
friska viljor - come on
noah and the whale - l.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n.
the naked & famous - young blood
peter bjorn and john - tomorrow has to wait
peter bjorn and john - dig a little deeper
peter bjorn and john - second chance
two door cinema club - kids
brother - still here
chuckamuck - ostsee
the submarines - shoelaces
veronica maggio - jag kommer
veronica maggio - välkommen in
smith westerns - weekend
smith westerns - smile
smith westerns - fallen in love
miles kane - quicksand
miles kane - the inhaler
BOY - little numbers
bing ji ling - a little love
the black lips - modern art
the black lips - go out and get it
css feat. bobby gillespie - hits me like a rock
cults - go outside
cults - OMG
stephen malkmus & the jicks - senator
hanni el khatib - loved one
hanni el khatib - dead wrong
pete & the pirates - united
fitz & the tantrums - don't gotta work it out
razika - taste my dream
hard-fi - good for nothing
r.e.m. - überlin
lykke li - i follow rivers
arctic monkeys - brick by brick
the strokes - under cover of darkness
the go! team - ready to go steady
razika - why we have to wait
flødeklinikken - piger med pistoler
frankie & the heartstrings - hunger
miles kane - the responsible
little barrie - how come
effi - mars
the vaccines - if you wanna
the black box revelation - rattle my heart
the wombats - techno fan
spector - what you wanted
howler - i told you once
the crookes - carnabetian charms
the black lips - new direction
the kills - future starts slow
veronica falls - beachy head
veronica falls - come on over
bloons - i won't be on time
the vaccines - tiger blood
grouplove - tongue tied
grouplove - lovely cup
grouplove - colours
grouplove - love will save your soul
baxter dury - trellic
slow club - gold mountain
friends - i'm his girl
caged animals - teflon heart
tribes - we were children
noel gallagher's high flying birds - AKA... what a life
little dragon - ritual union
the subways - we don't need money to have a good time
ganglians - jungle
the dead trees - world gone global
bb brunes - green is the word for sun
la femme - sur la planche
the baikal paradise - summer breeze
the drums - money
the kooks - how'd you like that
king louie's missing monuments - the girl of the nite
king charles - love lust
black joe lewis and the honeybears - booty city
the kooks - junk of the heart (happy)
bombay bicycle club - shuffle
crystal fighters - plage
stephen malkmus & the jicks - tigers
noel gallagher's high flying birds - if i had a gun
is tropical - lies
the view - sunday
friska viljor - malou
friska viljor - my thing
friska viljor - you meant nothing
amy winehouse - valerie (68 version)
coldplay - paradise
the subways - it's a party

"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People I had on my 2010 list, by the way. Although it was 2011 when you could hear it everywhere. I have to say though that lyrics about shooting kids never were that nice to sing along to anyway. Especially after Utøya. However it was meant (yes, it's critical, of course), it's strange humming or singing it. Plus the band's personal taste did put me off a bit - fans of Kanye, and they mistake The Vaccines for Good Charlotte (seriously...).

Lana Del Rey I didn't include either. Pretty good, actually. But not my kind of mood, most of the time. And maybe I'm not into video games, I can't relate. Write a song about playing table football and I'm in.

Yes, rerun time today, German music. Listen if you missed it the first time.
Next week: Time for lists and stuff. 2011 songs!

I said that there will be more infos about the songs here already while you can listen to them. Well, more infos coming later, for now you can just follow which songs you are listening to and who did the original version:

1. Miles Kane - The Responsible (Jacques Dutronc)
2. The Rolling Stones - Come On (Chuck Berry)
3. Babyshambles & friends - Janie Jones (The Clash)
4. The Who - Shout and Shimmy (James Brown)
5. Fabienne Delsol - Le Roi Des Fourmis (Michel Polnareff)
6. The Bristols - My Bonnie (traditional, but this one surely inspired by The Beatles' version)
7. Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine (Girls Aloud)
8. The Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want) (Barrett Strong)
9. Madness - It Must Be Love (Labi Siffre)
10. The Sonics - Have Love Will Travel (Richard Berry & The Pharaos)
11. Los Apson - Por Tu Amor (The Yardbirds)
12. Sid Vicious - Somethin' Else (eddie Cochran)
13. Eileen - Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher (Nancy Sinatra)
14. Willy Mason - Nobody Told Me (John Lennon)
15. Lissy Trullie - Ready For The Floor (Hot Chip)
16. The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love (Kate Bush)
17. Remi Nicole - Teenage Kicks (The Undertones)
18. Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Sam & Dave)
19. Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (Jackie Edwards)
20. Emmy The Great vs Young Husband - Burn Baby Burn (Ash)
21. The Libertines - Lazy Sunday (Small Faces)

These Boots Are Made For Walking in French? Check. Miles Kane covering a French 60s song? Check. Arctic Monkeys covering Girls Aloud? Check. Sid Vicious' take on Eddie Cochran Rock'n'Roll? Check. The Libertines giving their best Cockney effort on a Small Faces cover? Check. All that and more, today at 14:00.

Note though that it's not a regular show, as I had planned. I didn't have time for a real show this week, so this one's a playlist with a short introduction.

If you missed it last week, here's a second chance to listen to awesome live recordings.
Next Friday it's time for a new show then. Have a great weekend!

Here's the playlist for last Friday's show, featuring only amazing live recordings.

1. The Clash - Complete Control (from the "From Here To Eternity" live album)
2. Miles Kane - Come Closer (from the iTunes Festival London 2011 EP)
3. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (iTunes Session)
4. Phoenix - Lasso (iTunes Festival London 2010 EP)
5. Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen (acoustic live session somewhere - to be found only on youtube)
6. The Who - Substitute (from "Live at Leeds", 1970)
7. Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band - I Get So Excited (from the album "Foot Stompin' Soul")
8. Morrissey - First Of The Gang To Die (from "Live At Earls Court", released 2005)
9. Blur - Song 2 (live At Peel Acres, 8 May 1997, to be found on The 10 Year Anniversary Box Set)
10. Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God (from "Employment", special edition with bonus disc)
11. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (BBC Radio 2 Session 2007, only to be found on youtube)
12. The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love (iTunes Festival London 2010 EP)
13. Mumford & Sons - The Cave(iTunes Festival London 2010 EP)
14. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)(BBC Radio 2 Session 2007, only to be found on youtube)

Note that with the videos below, for Gorillaz, Phoenix, Morrissey, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs and The Futureheads, the versions I played on the show are not the ones you can see here.

Today at 14:00 it's time for 60mins of awesome live recordings, featuring The Clash, The Who, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Futureheads, Phoenix, Arcade Fire and many more!

And one more video... to a Berlin song. By the Beatsteaks from Berlin. Unfortunately, this one was never released as a single and there is absolutely no video with the studio audio version. But there's a video from a concert in Amsterdam. And I just have to post it.

No, wait... gonna post a few more songs as well, actually. The Beatsteaks really are quite an interesting German band, I think. Within Germany, they are one of the absolutely biggest bands.

What's quite interesting about them is that it's not really possible to tell what genre their music is.
They started as a pure punk band. After having released two albums in the late 90s, they got signed by Epitaph Records, home of US West Coast Punk Rock, and they were even on the Vans Warped Tour across the USA, where they apparently got quite a lot of attention because of their high energy performances.
The 2002 album "Living Targets" on Epitaph followed, featuring the first minor hits "Summer" and "Let Me In".

Next came the breakthrough album in Germany, "Smack Smash", in 2004. The first time I saw the video for the lead single "Hand In Hand" my thought was: "Amazing! This is actually the same league as The Hives. These guys have the songs, and they're as fun and entertaining as The Hives. Needs to be exported!" I went straight to the record store and bought the single. Next came "I Don't Care As Long As You Sing", and the whole country seemed to love the band.

After "Smack Smash" they decided to experiment a bit more with their sound, as the follow-up album "Limbo Messiah" from 2007 featured some indie and electronic sound as well, and even almost soulish sound with falsetto vocals. Very good decision, as far as I'm concerned. Not being that punk band staying with their trademark sound all the way, getting boring. But actually daring to do something different, to try out things and be creative. And they succeeded with it and stayed relevant.

On the latest album "Boombox" (2011), there is punk rock, new wave, ska and more experimental stuff. Like on all of their albums - in my opinion - not all of it is just great, but a few of the songs are really good.

So, check out a few of the videos below. It's the Beatsteaks' evolution. Or a bit of it, at least.

Also, make sure to check out the second last video. It's the final 2 minutes of a Beatsteaks concert in Camden, London. And it tells a lot about the band. I never thought it would be possible for a German band to do anything like that and do it in London. Whether it's singer Arnim crowdsurfing on a guitar case or ending a concert like in that video - putting up a good show is a big part of the Beatsteaks' charm.

Yes, and in the end, you find the song I originally intended to post, the amateur video of "Let's See" from an Amsterdam concert. Wait for the organ at 1:56 there!

Deutschlandreise pt. 1 - the playlist for the November 18 show

Finally, it was time to promote some German music. Gonna do a second part sometime soon, too much not in the show that should have been there. If you missed the show, check out the videos below. Germany has a bit more to offer than techno and trashy pop sh*t, right?

1 Beatsteaks - Milk & Honey
2 Chuckamuck - Ostsee
3 Boy - Little Numbers
4 Kilians - Fight The Start
5 Beat!Beat!Beat! - Fireworks
6 Bonaparte - Who Took The Pill?
7 Bonaparte - Anti Anti
8 Beatsteaks - Cut off the Top
9 Nneka - Heartbeat
10 Beatsteaks - Let's See
11 Frittenbude - Mindestens in 1000 Jahren
12 Digitalism - Pogo
13 Wir Sind Helden - Nur ein Wort
14 Superpunk - Neue Zähne für meinen Bruder und mich
15 Die Sterne - Big in Berlin
16 Beatsteaks - I Don't Care As Long As You Sing

Yes, Zeit für eine Deutschlandreise. Think Germany can just do techno and awful trash pop shit? Think again. There's a lot of good music, most of it just doesn't get exported.

I had the show prepared a few weeks already, but I'll probably make some changes. Expect both English language and German language indie music. And probably a lot of Berlin and a lot of Hamburg music.

Next Friday, 14:00!