100 songs you shouldn't have missed in 2011

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, sure. But really, if you like indie music at all (most surely classifies as indie), you gotta give it a try. So, 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/if we're still alive
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/junk of the heart (happy)
king louie's missing monuments - the girl of the nite
king charles - love lust
black joe lewis and the honeybears - booty city
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/my thing/you meant nothing
san cisco - golden revolver
new navy - zimbabwe
drc music - k-town
wild flag - romance/electric band
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, 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 is critical), 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.