The Top 40 of 2011

What a crazy year 2011 has been. Fortunately, there has been an abundance of great music to be found in the metroplex this past year. I have compiled my forty favorite tracks of the year, and counted them down yesterday on Deep Ellum Radio. The show will rebroadcast tonight at about 6 pm 8 pm or so, but now you can follow along with the official list. And let's hope that 2012 brings us as much quality local music as this past year did!

40. "Get It on the Floor", LehtMoJoe
    
39. "Space Blanket", Darstar
    
38. "Good to Hear Your Voice", Homespun Remedies
    
37. "16 Candles", Morning Elephant
    
36. "Wired to Make Waves", Nervous Curtains
    
35. "Bonnie & Clyde", Goodnight Ned
    
34. "San Francisco", Dead Beat Poetry
    
33. "Fake Museum", Raised by Tigers
    
32. "Someone Else's Blues", Greg Schroeder
    
31. "Steampunk Jetpack", Sealion
    
30. "Daylight", El Cento
    
29. "Eyes Get Bigger", Oil Boom
    
28. "So, Within", Seryn
    
27. "Tight Wound Gears", Camille Cortinas
    
26. "Wimbledon", Soviet
    
25. "I Know a Thing or Two (About You)", Tweed EQ
    
24. "Girl Watchin'", The King Bucks
    
23. "Dial M for Snack", Old Snack
    
22. "Open the Night", One Red Martian
    
21. "Nazarene", Madison King
    
20. "I'm Goin' Nowhere", The Chloes
    
19. "On the Ground", Rude King
    
18. "When You Rest", Sarah Jaffe
    
17. "Fortune Teller", Jessie Frye
    
16. "to the 9's", hormones
    
15. "Mine", Emmeline
    
14. "Low Wishes", Air Review
    
13. "Like a Charm", Here Holy Spain
    
12. "Father Abraham", Analog Rebellion
    
11. "German Chocolate Cake", Bravo, Max!
    
10. "Red Palomino", The Demigs
    
9. "Tryin' to Have a Good Time", The O's
   
8. "Turn on Your Radio", THe BAcksliders
   
7. "Schoolboy", Kirby Brown
   
6. "Skull Eyes", True Widow
   
5. "Set Me Free", The Red 100's
   
4. "You Pressed the Crash Button", Novaak
   
3. "Never Too Late", The Electro-Magnetics
   
2. "With You I'll Travel", Menkena
   
1. "Indian Melody", Calhoun

Finally, as a bonus, I leave you a video of Calhoun performing "Indian Melody" last June at the Kessler Theater. Enjoy!