Here’s the top 50 of 2011 based on Canadian music. As usual, I don’t repeat songs from the same album. The top 50 was aired in 3 parts, two were aired live on CKCU and the other was not.
It was a tough choice to pick out the best of 2011.
(From part 3 – #1 to #11. Aired live on CKCU-FM on December 28, 2011)
1. Peripheral Visionaires – Young Galaxy (Shapeshifting)
2. Stamp – The Rural Alberta Advantage (Departing)
3. Lose It – Austra (Feel It Break)
4. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan (Oh Fortune)
5. How Come You Never Go There – Feist (Metals)
6. Niagara – Ohbijou (Metal Meets)
7. Plath Heart – Braids (Native Speaker)
8. How I Met You – Jenn Grant (Honeymoon Punch)
9. Welcome – Hey Rosetta! (Seeds)
10. What Do You Wanna Do – Louise Burns (Mellow Drama)
11. Adieu – Coeur de Pirate (Blonde)
(From Part 2 – #12 to #29 – Aired as a podcast)
12. Northern Air – Elliott Brood (Days Into Years)
13. Little Voice – Rebekah Higgs (Odd Fellowship)
14. Tell Me – Jill Barber (Mischievous Moon)
15. Bad Ritual – Timber Timbre (Creep On Creepin’ On)
16. Paper Airplane (featuring Jenn Grant) – Buck 65 (20 Odd Years)
17. Kill Count – The Balconies (Kill Count EP)
18. Sara – Chad VanGaalen (Diaper Island)
19. I Want The Lights On After Dark – Memphis (Here Comes a City)
20. I Feel You – Sam Roberts Band (Collider)
21. Chinatown – Destroyer (Kaputt)
22. Generation Handclap – Library Voice (Summer of Lust)
23. Miracles – Ron Sexsmith (Long Player Late Bloomer)
24. Rivers of Gold – Bry Webb (Provider)
25. In Your Light – Bruce Peninsula (Open Flames)
26. It – Rich Aucoin (We’re Dying To Live)
27. Shaking Down The Old Bones – The Darcys (The Darcys)
28. Take Me Out – The Wooden Sky (City of Light EP)
29. Leftovers – Graham Wright (Shirts Vs. Skins)
(From Part 1 – #30 to 50. Aired Live at CKCU-FM on December 14, 2011)
30. The Other Shoe – Fucked Up (David Comes To Life)
31. What About Us – Handsome Furs (Sound Kapital)
32. Night Owls – Whitehorse (Whitehorse)
33. Don’t Be Afraid of The Spark – Sunparlour Players (Us Little Devils)
34. Sentimental Gentleman – Snailhouse (Sentimental Gentleman)
35. Fire – Yukon Blonde (Fire/Water EP)
36. Count On Me – Cuff The Duke (Morning Comes)
37. Awe – Miracle Fortress (Was I The Wave?)
38. The Whale – Will Currie & The Country French (Awake! You Sleepers)
39. Kiss Cam – Arkells (Michigan Left)
40. Prophecy – Adam & The Amethysts (Flickering Flashlight)
41. Ooh, Belle – The Barr Brothers (The Barr Brothers)
42. Who Are You? – Kathryn Calder (Bright & Vivid)
43. Too Beautiful To Work – The Luyas (Too Beautiful To Work)
44. ESP – Hooded Fang (Tosta Mista)
45. Give You All I Can – Shad & Skratch Bastid
46. Lonely Acorn – Charlotte Cornfield (Two Horses)
47. Grey – Andrea Simms-Karp (Hibernation Nation)
48. It Was Good – Sound of Lion (11:44)
49. We Only Go – HonHeeHonHee (Shouts)
50. Drunk as a Sailor – Oh Susanna (Soon The Birds)