(photo by Steph Byrne)

After we saw the Dutch music/media site 3voor12 put together their Song Of The Year 2011, we thought that’s the only list left we didn’t pay attention to. So we made one.

Incubate’s Song Of The Year 2011 is a Youtube playlist with 100 songs. We didn’t make a top 100, because we didn’t know how to compare the drones of Natural Snow Buildings to the indiepop of Metronomy, to name two. So it’s no top 100 list, but it’s a nice way to get to know some music that the media kinda forgot about most of the time. We only had one rule while putting this together: only 1 song per band/act.

You cannot possibly like EVERY song here. It ranges from the death-metal of Ulcerate to the happy-pop of Retro Stefson. From the ambient of Tim Hecker to the indierock of The War On Drugs. And from the acoustics of Stranded Horse to the blunt hardcore of Trash Talk. Luckily for you, there’s a skip button, when you click ‘play all’ :-)

Have fun with it! Under the video is the complete list with all of the 100 songs.

(When you click the rectangle left of ’360p’ you can skip through the playlist)

In no particular order:
1. U.S. Girls – Island Song
2. The War On Drugs – Baby Missiles
3. Suuns – Bambi
4. Trash Talk – Awake
5. Rubik – Laws Of Gravity
6. Odonis Odonis – Blood Feast
7. Metronomy – The Look
8. Future Of The Left – Polymers Are Forever
9. Black Lips – Mr. Driver
10. Austra – Lose It
11. Rustie – After Light
12. Atlantis – She Loves All
13. M+A – Liko Lene Lisa
14. Esben And The Witch – Marching Song
15. True Widow – Blooden Horse
16. Cave In – Serpents
17. Zomby – Natalia’s Song
18. Battles ft. Matias Aguayo – Ice Cream
19. Blut Aus Nord – Epitome II
20. Boef En De Gelogeerde Aap – Echte Helden
21. Russian Circles – Mladek
22. Burial/Four Tet/Thom Yorke – Mirror
23. Teen Radiation – Surfer’s Paradise
24. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bats In The Attic
25. Sleepingdog – Scary Movie
26. LUIK – A Fool
27. Touché Amoré – Home Away From Here
28. Stranded Horse – Jolting Moon (Live Acoustic)
29. Textures – Reaching Home
30. The Weeknd – Wicked Games
31. Balam Acab – Oh Why
32. Pterodactyl – School Glue
33. John Maus – Believer
34. Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best
35. Oathbreaker – Origin
36. HEALTH – Goth Star (Pictureplane cover)
37. Wooden Shjips – Lazy Bones
38. The Men – Bataille
39. EMA – California
40.  Charalambides – Before You Go
41. Korallreven ft. Julianna Barwick – Sa Sa Samoa
42. YOB – Prepare The Ground
43. Pinch & Shackleton – Burning Blood
44. Man Man – Piranhas Club
45. Ice Age – Broken Bones
46. Purling Hiss – The Hoodoo
47. Baby Dee – Brother Slug And Sister Snail
48. Holy Other – YR Love
49. Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
50. Ulcerate – The Destroyers Of All
51. Retro Stefson – Kimba
52. Traumahelikopter – Roomservice
53.  Dead Neanderthals – Cubic Aesthetics
54. Rats On Rafts – Lalalala
55. Pariso – Birds
56. Julio Bashmore – Battle For Middle You
57. Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever
58. Rivulets – No Talking
59. Actress – Rainy Dub
60. Thurston Moore – Circulation
61. The Caretaker – Camaraderie At Arms Length
62. Graveyard – Hisingen Blues
63. Glassjaw – Gold
64. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
65. Necros Christos – Doom Of Kali Maa/Pyramid Of Shakti Love /Flame Of Master Shiva
66. Gallops – Eukodol
67. Fair Ohs – Everything Is Dancing
68. Shazalakazoo – La Inconformable
69. Tombs – To Cross The Land
70. Leyland Kirby – They Are All Dead, There Are No Skip At All
71. Red Fang – Wires
72. Motor City Drum Ensemble – L.O.V.E.
73. Jürgen Müller – Sea Bed Meditation
74. Laurel Halo – Hour Logic
75. Peaking Lights – Amazing And Wonderful
76. Angel Olsen – Tiniest Lights
77. Kerouac – Fiends
78. Naked On The Vogue – Clock Of 12′s
79. Tim Hecker – Piano Drop
80. Light Asylum – Dark Allies
81. Wolves In The Throne Room – Astral Blood
82. Grouper – She Loves Me That Way
83. Royal Headache – Surprise
84. The Black Atlantic – Darkling, I Listen
85.The Soft Moon – Total Decay
86. Scooter – David Doesn’t Eat
87. Zola Jesus – Vessel
88. The Skull Defekts – Peer Amid
89. Memory Tapes – Yes, I Know
90. Nguzunguzu – Water Bass Power (Timesup Sand Mix)
91. The Fall – Mask Search
92. Circle Takes The Square – Enter By The Narrow Gates
93. Slugabed – Moonbeam Rider
94. Gross Magic – Sweetest Touch
95. Rainbow Arabia – Boys And Diamonds
96. Mastodon – Black Tongue
97. Klaus Beyer – Jedermann Hat Was Zu Verstecken Ausser Mir Und Mein Affen
98. Miracle Fortress – Miscalculations
99. Touchy Mob – Crooked Mist
100. Natural Snow Buildings – This Ice Fortress