Best of 2011 - Tracks, 26-50.

26. Friend Crush by Friends

27. The Look by Metronomy

28. The Wilhelm Scream by James Blake

29. Harsh Realm by Widowspeak

30. Jerome by Lykke Li

31. Good Intent by Kimbra

32. Original Don by Major Lazer & The Partysquad

33. Que Que (Feat. Maluca) by Dillon Francis & Diplo

34. Nightlight by Little Dragon

35. The Bad In Each Other by Feist

36. Take Care (ft. Rihanna) by Drake

37. Changed My Mind by e-dubble

38. Vanessa by Grimes

39. Art of almost by Wilco

40. Fun girl by Jessica 6

41. Two against one (feat. Jack White) by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

42. Strangeness And Charm by Florence and the Machine

43. Lotus Flower by Radiohead

44. Rock With You by Dominique Young Unique

45. Bad as me by Tom Waits

46. I don’t know what to do with this information by Jens Lekman

47. Lovers Lane by Hunx & His Punx

48. Dinner by Blood Orange

49. Bay of Pigs (Detail) by Destroyer

50. Someone Like You by Adele

21. LLL - Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

My 50 ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FEMALE VOCALISTS list continues! The criteria are simple: they are female of the species, I love their voice, and they have attempted to sing in English at one point in their career. The present list is focused mostly on the quality/uniqueness of their tone (voice box), and their ability to emote the hell out of the songs.

22. The second time around - Etta Jones

23. Ooh la la - Goldfrapp (Alison Goldfrapp)

24. I put a spell on you (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover) - Natacha Atlas

25. We need a resolution (feat. Timbaland) - Aaliyah

26. Shadow Boxer (NPA live) - Fiona Apple

27. Feather - Little Dragon (Yukimi Nagano)

28. Ó Gente da Minha Terra - Mariza

29. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover; Vancouver Olympics live) - k d lang

30. Johnny Guitar - Peggy Lee

Nightlight - Little Dragon (Ritual Union, 2011)

The coolest little-band-that-could coming out of Sweden right now? It’s hard to believe they’re on their way to the third album already (coming out in July). Fly, little dragon, fly!

Bonus: Ritual Union debuted on Jimmy Fallon

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Hypnotize U - N.E.R.D. (Album: Nothing @Amazon; track via Cause=Time)

Best of 2010 .::. 100 tracks | 11-25 (DL)

11. Hypnotize U – N.E.R.D.

12. Cupid Boy – Kylie Minogue

13. It Must Be Love – Monarchy

14. Turnt Out – The-Dream

15 . Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval) – Massive Attack

16.  Royal T (Ft. Roisin Murphy) – Crookers

17. 10 Mile Stereo – Beach House

18. To Binge (featuring Little Dragon) – Gorillaz

19. Baptism – Crystal Castles

20.  Elastic Love (Feat M.I.A.) – Christina Aguilera 

21. Thunderbird – The Golden Filter

22. Sorrow – The National

23. Tornado – Jónsi

24. Stepping Up – M.I.A.

25. Paris Blue – Lykke Li

Runabout - Little Dragon (Amazon)

The Swedish indie electronic pop group released their second album just last month (Aug. 31), entitled Machine Dreams. It’s a rather pleasing effort, delving into different sonic textures. The song Runabout is the album’s catchiest and upbeat number, with most of the other songs on the album more down tempo in rhythm and mood.