Nialler9′s top 100 songs of 2011
- tUnE-yArDs – ‘Bizness’
- M83 – ‘Midnight City’
- Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’ Jamie xx remix
- Active Child – ‘Hanging On’
- Austra – ‘Lose It’
- The Weeknd – ‘The Morning’
- Active Child – ‘Playing House’ feat. How To Dress Well
- Hudson Mohawke – ‘Thunder Bay’
- Holy Ghost! – ‘Do It Again’
- Blawan – ‘Getting Me Down’
- Bon Iver – ‘Holocene’
- SBTRKT – ‘Wildfire’ feat. Little Dragon
- Yelle – ‘Safari Disco Club’
- Friendly Fires – ‘Hurting’
- Frank Ocean – ‘Thinking About You’
- Daughter – ‘Love’
- James Blake – ‘Measurements’
- Moths – ‘<3’
- Joe Goddard – ‘Gabriel feat. Valentina’
- Bibio – ‘K is For Kelson’
- Drake – ‘Headlines’
- Beastie Boys – ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win’ feat. Santigold
- Jai Paul – ‘BTSU‘
- Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx – ‘I’ll Take Care Of U’
- Icona Pop – ‘Manners’
- Katy B – ‘On a Mission’
- Actress – ‘Parallel World’
- Lil Wayne – ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’
- Holy Ghost – ‘Wait & See’
- Neon Indian – ‘Polish Girl’
- Tyler, the Creator – ‘Yonkers’
- Modeselektor – ‘Evil Twin’
- The Go! Team – ‘Apollo Throwdown’ (Starslinger remix)
- The Bullitts – ‘Close Your Eyes’ feat. Jay Electronica and Lucy Liu
- Rewards – ‘Equal Dreams’
- Twin Sister – ‘Gene Ciampi’
- Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire ft. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, EL-P – ‘The Last Huzzah’
- SBTRKT – ‘Pharoahs’
- The Horrors – ‘Still Life’
- WU LYF – ‘LYF’
- Young Montana – ‘Sacré Cool’
- Wiley – ‘Numbers in Action’
- King Krule – ‘The Noose of Jah City’
- Therapies Son – ‘Touching Down’
- When Saints Go Machine – ‘Kelly’
- Penguin Prison – ‘Don’t Fuck With My Money’
- Nicolas Jaar – ‘Don’t Break My Love’
- New Look – ‘Nap On The Bow’
- Lunice – ‘Hitmane’s Anthem’ x Drake’s ‘Over’ (Duncan Gerow mashup)
- Mogwai – ‘Rano Pano’
- Little Green Cars – ‘My Love Took Me Down to The River to Silence Me’
- Kurt Vile – ‘Baby’s Arms’
- Beth Ditto – ‘Open Heart Surgery’
- Darkside – ‘A1’
- Kimbra – ‘Settle Down’
- We Are Losers – ‘Cheerleader’
- Jamie xx – ‘Far Nearer’
- Jape – ‘The Oldest Mind’
- BIG K.R.I.T – ‘Country Sh*t’
- Azealia Banks – ‘212’
- tUnE-yArDs – ‘Powa’
- Battles – ‘Ice Cream’
- Burial & Four Tet – ‘I Got Ego’ (Nate Dogg mashup)
- Wild Beasts – ‘Lion’s Share’
- Charli XCX – ‘Nuclear Seasons’
- Disclosure – ‘My Intention is War!’
- Feist – ‘How Come You Never Go There’
- Givers – ‘Up Up Up’
- Julianna Barwick – ‘Prizewinning’
- Koreless – ‘4D’
- Outfit – ‘Two Islands’
- Planningtorock – ‘Living It Out’
- Beirut – ‘East Harlem’
- SebastiAn – ‘Love in Motion’ feat. Mayer Hawthorne
- James Blake – ‘The Wilhelm Scream’
- Hush War Cry – ‘Lily’
- The Knocks – ‘Dancing With the DJ’
- Motor City Drum Ensemble – ‘L.O.V.E’
- Blondes – ‘Lover’
- And So I Watch You From Afar – ‘BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION’
- Alabama Shakes – ‘Hold On’
- Ciara – ‘Deuces’ (Nguzunguzu Remix)
- Clock Opera – ‘Belongings’
- Civil Civic – ‘Airspray’
- Gang Gang Dance – ‘Mindkilla’
- Funeral Suits – ‘Colour Fade’
- Cut Copy – ‘Take Me Over’
- Jay-Z & Kanye West – ‘Ni***z in Paris’
- Black Lips – ‘Modern Art’
- James Blake – ‘I Never Learnt to Share’
- Kindness – ‘Cyan’
- Lykke Li – ‘I Follow Rivers’
- Korallreven – ‘As Young As Yesterday’
- St. Vincent – ‘Cruel’
- The Black Keys – ‘Lonely Boy’
- Vondelpark – ‘TV’
- Tieranniesaur – ‘Here Be Monsters’
- The Weeknd – ‘Trust Issues’
- Bjork – ‘Crystalline’
- Generationals – ‘Ten Twenty Ten’
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