1 > 1 Sahara Hotnights "Hot Night Crash" Kiss And Tell 1 4 3 ^ 2 Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out" Franz Ferdinand 1 21 2 v 3 The Killers "Somebody Told Me" Hot Fuss 1 14 6 ^ 4 Paris, Texas "Like You Like An Arsonist" Like You Like An Arsonist 4 9 4 v 5 Metric "Combat Baby" Old World Underground, Where Are You Now 4 17 5 v 6 By Divine Right "Soft Machine" Sweet Confusion 3 3 8 ^ 7 Old Crow Medicine Show "Wagon Wheel" OCMS 1 6 7 v 8 Dresden Dolls "Girl Anachronism" Dresden Dolls 2 9 12 ^ 9 Caviar "On The DL" The Thin Mercury Sound 1 13 18 ^ 10 Simple Kid "Staring At The Sun" 1 10 12 16 ^ 11 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Y Control" Fever To Tell 3 5 13 ^ 12 Matthew Good "Alert Status Red" White Light Rock And Roll Review 6 9 - ^ 13 The Wildhearts "Vanilla Radio" The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed! 13 1 14 > 14 TV On The Radio "Staring At The Sun" Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes 3 9 11 v 15 Supersuckers "Hey Ya" n/a 8 3 23 ^ 16 The Pixies "Bam Thwok" n/a 16 4 15 v 17 Jesse Malin "Mona Lisa" The Heat 7 5 41 ^ 18 Keane "Somewhere Only We Know" Hopes And Fears 18 6 21 ^ 19 My Morning Jacket "One Big Holiday" It Still Moves 18 16 19 v 20 Muse "Time Is Running Out" Absolution 1 41 - ^ 21 Muse "Hysteria" Absolution 4 11 10 v 22 The Presidents Of The United States Of America "Some Postman" Extra Super Double Bonus Thrill Pack 3 15 29 ^ 23 Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon" Pawn Shoppe Heart 1 25 24 > 24 Jet "Rollover DJ" Get Born 24 16 17 v 25 Bumblebeez 81 "Pony Ride" The Printz 4 13 30 ^ 26 Digby "Too Late" Falling Up 26 6 25 v 27 The Hives "Walk Idiot Walk" Tyrannosaurus Hives 9 5 22 v 28 Sondre Lerche "Two Way Monologue" Two Way Monologue 1 19 20 v 29 Local H "California Songs" What Ever Happened To PJ Soles 2 17 - ^ 30 Snow Patrol "Run" Final Straw 30 1 34 ^ 31 Scissor Sisters "Take Your Mama" Scissor Sisters 11 10 31 v 32 Fountains Of Wayne "Hey Julie" Welcome Interstate Managers 10 9 35 ^ 33 The Walkmen "The Rat" Bows And Arrows 8 24 26 v 34 The Features "The Way It's Meant To Be" The Beginning EP 1 12 69 ^ 35 Rachel Yamagata "Worn Me Down" Happenstance 35 3 28 v 36 Beastie Boys "Triple Trouble" To The 5 Boroughs 28 2 44 ^ 37 Faithless "Mass Destruction" No Roots 37 2 33 v 38 Wilco "I'm A Wheel" A Ghost Is Born 33 2 38 v 39 Lit "Looks Like They Were Right" Lit 38 14 46 ^ 40 My Chemical Romance "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge 40 3 ---------- BOTTOM FORTY (Hey, I feel like it again)
LW TW Artist Song Album 2 ^ 1 Limp Bizkit "Almost Over" Results May Vary 3 ^ 2 Yellowcard "Only One" Ocean Avenue 1 v 3 Zug Izland "Saved" 3:33 4 > 4 Dashboard Confessional "Vindicated" Spider-Man 2 OST 6 ^ 5 Puddle Of Mudd "Spin You Around" Life On Display 8 ^ 6 Saliva "Survival Of The Sickest" Survival Of The Sickest 19 ^ 7 Matchbook Romance "Promise" Stories And Alibis 12 ^ 8 Linkin Park "Breaking The Habit" Meteora 9 > 9 Kittie "Into The Darkness" Until The End 11 ^ 10 Story Of The Year "Anthem Of Our Dying Day" Page Avenue 13 ^ 11 Lacuna Coil "Swamped" Comalies 10 v 12 Dropbox "Wishbone" Dropbox 23 ^ 13 Drowning Pool "Step Up" Desensitized 17 ^ 14 Slipknot "Duality" Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses 20 ^ 15 Van Halen "It's About Time" The Best Of Both Worlds 18 ^ 16 Default "All She Wrote" Elocation - ^ 17 OPM "Rollin'" Forthemasses 14 v 18 Big Dismal "Remember (I.O.U.)" Believe 15 v 19 Flaw "Recognize" Endangered Species 22 ^ 20 Crossfade "Cold" Crossfade 24 ^ 21 Everlast "Broken" White Trash Beautiful 21 v 22 Shinedown "45" Leave A Whisper 16 v 23 Seether f/Amy Lee "Broken" The Punisher OST - ^ 24 Frickin' A "Trend" Frickin' A 25 > 25 Dust For Life "Degrees Of Black" Degrees Of Black 29 ^ 26 Thrice "The Artist In The Ambulance" The Artist In The Ambulance 28 ^ 27 Fear Factory "Archetype" Archetype 31 ^ 28 Nickelback "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" The Long Road 30 ^ 29 finger eleven "Stay In Shadow" finger eleven - ^ 30 Moments In Grace "Stratus" Moonlight Survived 33 ^ 31 Donavon Frankenreiter f/Jack Johnson "Free" Donavon Frankenreiter 36 ^ 32 311 "First Straw" Greatest Hits 93-03 26 v 33 Damageplan "Pride" New Found Power 35 ^ 34 Shinedown "Simple Man" Leave A Whisper 34 v 35 Taking Back Sunday "A Decade Under The Influence" Where You Want To Be 37 ^ 36 Authority Zero "Revolution" Andiamo 42 ^ 37 Tantric "After We Go" After We Go 48 ^ 38 Three Days Grace "Just Like You" Three Days Grace 44 ^ 39 Gene Simmons "Firestarter" Asshole 38 v 40 Brand New "I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light" Deja Entendu
3 ^ 2 Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out" Franz Ferdinand 1 21
I saw these guys on some late-night talk several weeks back and, having never heard them before, was instantly hooked after they finished playing "Take Me Out." I especially dig the breakdown in the middle where they slowly change the tempo to a deliberately driving, funky beat. Great song.
8 ^ 7 Old Crow Medicine Show "Wagon Wheel" OCMS 1 6
This is another one of those cases where I never would have heard of the band unless I saw it on your list. Great, great stuff.
41 ^ 18 Keane "Somewhere Only We Know" Hopes And Fears 18 6
Probably my favorite band of the moment. Has a real nice Coldplay vibe, but I especially like the piano-heavy melodies they've got.
Have you heard the Nickelback mashup of "Someday" and "How You Remind Me?" Absolutely classic stuff.
Here's a Grooveshark playlist of 28 tracks which I either marked "loved" on last.fm and/or played a ton of times in 2011. I wouldn't say I finally embraced dubstep, but I don't hate it as much as I used to, either.