The Best Tracks of 2011 (According to KXSC Staffers)

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Jessie Helgesen
1. "Télégraphe" - La Femme
2. "The Shakes" - Atlas Sound
3. "Lord Knows Best" - Dirty Beaches
4. "Wet and Dripping" - AAN
5. "You Will Always Bring Me Flowers" - Shannon and The Clams 

Alex Yen
1. "Daydream" - Youth Lagoon
2. "Death as A Fetish" - STRFKR
3. "Heaven's Gonna Happen Now" - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
4. "Butterfly" - Delicate Steve
5. "It's Real" - Real Estate

Zach Nivens
1. "Bay of Pigs" - Destroyer
2. "Art of Almost" - Wilco
3. "Bloom" - Radiohead
4. "My Machines" - Battles
5. "The Shrine / An Argument" - Fleet Foxes

Da Hip Hop Crew
1. "ADHD" - Kendrick Lamar
2. "Blue Sky" - Common
3. "Lost Ones (Original)" - J. Cole
4. "Stars Shine Brightest (In The Darkest Of Night)" - CunninLynguists
5. "Littlemanbigcity" - Sam Lachow 

Jason Adams
1. "BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION" - And So I Watch You From Afar
2. "Wet and Dripping" - AAN
3. "The Wilhelm Scream" - James Blake
4. "Bronx Sniper" - Mister Heavenly
5. "The Bad In Each Other" - Feist

Alex Dealy
1. "Steve McQueen" - M83
2. "I Never Learnt to Share" - James Blake
3. "Suicide Demo for Kara Walker" - Destroyer
4. "Hex Girlfriend" - Neon Indian
5. "Cannons" - Youth Lagoon

Sachi Kobayashi
1. "Montana" - Youth Lagoon
2. "Sleep" - The Dodos
3. "Nassau" - Oneohtrix Point Never
4. "Definite Darkness" - Cymbals Eat Guitars
5. "Call It Off" - Washed Out

Jace Brittain
1. "Strange Mercy" - St. Vincent
2. "America!" - Bill Callahan
3. "Coast to Coast" - Twerps
4. "Feral" - Radiohead
5. "Believe" - Cher The fifth best song of every year since 1998.

Kyle Mansfield
1. "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire" - M83
2. "Please Turn" - Little Dragon
3. "Mystery Cloud" - STRFKR
4. "Cruel" - St. Vincent
5. "Don't Move" - Phantogram

Kat Bouza
1. "Wake Bake Skate" - FIDLAR
2. "My Head Explodes" - Ty Segall
3. "Not Enough" - J. Mascis
4. "Diamond Way" - Jeff the Brotherhood
5. "Breaking the Law" - The Babies

Candice Aman
1. "Lights Out, Words Gone" - Bombay Bicycle Club
2. "Days" - The Drums
3. "Santa Fe" - Beirut
4. "Polish Girl" - Neon Indian
5. "Someone I Used to Know" - Gotye

Robert Fogg
1. "Fogg" - WHY?
2. "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire" - M83
3. "Butterfly" - Delicate Steve
4. "Bizness" - tUnE-yArDs
5. "Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out" - The Antlers

Mikayla Cowley
1. "Ghost Town" - Kurt Vile
2. "The Shrine / An Argument" - Fleet Foxes
3. "Sweet 17" - Dirty Beaches
4. "I Am With You" - Ty Segall
5. "Get Lost" - Tom Waits

Angela Asistio
1. "Portaling" - Prince Rama
2. "The Noose of Jah City" - King Krule
3. "Wake Bake Skate" - Fidlar
4. "Chinatown" - Destroyer
5. "Northern Lights" - St. Vincent 

Philip Meyer
1. "Untitled" - Hype Williams
2. "I Mind" - James Blake
3. "Powa" - tUnE-yArDs
4. "Portaling" - Prince Rama
5. "Cop Killer" - Jon Maus
6. "I'm New Here" - Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX
7. "Electromagnetique" - Bix Medard 

And some very honorable mentions for some very honorable artists:
"Montezuma" - Fleet Foxes
"Me and You" - The Strange Boys
"Trust" - Prince Rama
"Fire Fly" - Childish Gambino
"Take Off Your Shirt" - Bibio
"Someone Like You" - Adele