We’ve arrived at the final week of Buzz Bands LA’s annual local-music countdown. Starting at 11 a.m. today on Moheak Radio on a special two-plus-hour edition of the Buzz Bands LA show, I’ll play my 40 favorite songs of the year, finishing up with No. 1 just in time for your holiday weekend. After the jump, the complete playlist.
And below, a stream of the show (starts at the 1:10 mark):
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Week 1 countdown (Dec. 9)
100. Voxhaul Broadcast, “Broken Nerve”
99. Caught a Ghost, “Sleeping at Night”
98. Maxime Sokolinski, “Feels Like”
97. Light FM, “Mercy”
96. Olin & the Moon, “Repeat”
95. Miracle Parade, “Son Son (Son)”
94. The Submarines, “Birds”
93. Arrica Rose & the …’s, “Nothing Nada Nothing”
92. The Ross Sea Party, “Broken Arrows”
91. Rademacher, “They Are Always Into That”
90. yOya, “Lovers On”
89. Post War Quartet, “Contemporary Nightmare”
88. Two Guns, “Happening”
87. Mia Doi Todd, “My Baby Lives in Paris”
86. Liquid Love Letter, “Everyone Said”
85. Abandoned Pools, “In Silence”
84. Davis Fetter, “Euphoria”
83. Minutes ’Til Midnight, “Medicate or Stimulate”
82. The Lonely Wild, “Out of My Mind”
81. David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels, “Paint the Town”
80. Little Brutes, “Do It All Again”
79. The Airborne Toxic Event, “All I Ever Wanted”
78. Judson McKinney, “People Grow Up So Slow”
77. The Janks, “Hands of Time”
76. Nightmare & the Cat, “The Missing Year”
75. Imperial Mammoth, “Eyes”
74. Jonathan Wilson, “Ballad of the Pines”
73. Monstro Flora, “21″
72. If By Yes, “You Feel Right”
71. Electric Flower, “Four16″
70. Hands, “Warm Night Home”
69. Tennis System, “Arcane”
Week 2 countdown (Dec. 16)
68. League, “How Do I Know”
67. Frankel, “Cartoon Heart”
66. Grouplove, “Love Will Save Your Soul”
65. Y LUV, “Earthquakes”
64. Cassettes Won’t Listen, “Perfect Day”
63. Am & Shawn Lee, “Dark Into Light”
62. Nick Waterhouse, “i Can Only Give You Everything”
61. Nicholas Ruth, “Try Again”
60. A House for Lions, “Ease My Mind”
59. Youngblood Hawke, “Rootless”
58. Correatown, “Further”
57. The One AM Radio, “Sunlight”
56. Cillie Barnes, “Hey Hi”
55. Bikos, “You Want It”
54. KING, “The Story”
53. HoneyHoney, “Let’s Get Wrecked”
52. Monte Mar, “Wine and Camouflage”
51. Pollyn, “How Small We Are”
50. David Shane Smith, “Shampoo”
49. Chasing Kings, “Maybe It’s the Distance”
48. Jenny O, “Well OK Honey”
47. 2 Hearts and Chemicals, “Coming Home”
46. Flora & Fauna, “Secret Preference”
45. Saint Motel, “Puzzle Pieces”
44. United Ghosts, “Holes Into the Night”
43. Ximena Sarinana, “Different”
42. LA Font, “Sharks”
41. The Spires, “Waves”
Week 3 countdown (Dec. 23)
40. White Arrows, “Get Gone”
39. Fool’s Gold, “Wild Window”
38. Victory, “Kickers”
37. The Belle Brigade, “Losers”
36. Alexander, “Truth”
35. Mariachi El Bronx, “48 Roses”
34. Gardens & Villa, “Black Hills”
33. Foster the People, “Helena Beat”
32. Dead Sara, “Weatherman”
31. Everest, “Into the Grey”
30. Active Child, “Hanging On”
29. Francisco the Man, “Broken Arrows”
28. Hanni El Khatib, “Build. Detroy. Rebuild.”
27. Just an Animal, “Kamikaze”
26. FIDLAR, “Max Can’t Surf”
25. The New Division, “Munich”
24. The Sister Ruby Band, “Straight Into Your Heart”
23. Papa, “I Am the Lion King”
22. Zola Jesus, “Vessel”
21. Soft Swells, “Every Little Thing”
20. The Ruby Friedman Orchestra, “Hang Around”
19. Races, “Big Broom”
18. The Sea of Cortez, “Rewind”
17. Army Navy, “The Long Goodbye”
16. Dawes, “Times Spent in Los Angeles”
15. Holloys, “#25″
14. NO, “Stay With Me”
13. Letting Up Despite Great Faults, “Teenage Tide”
12. The Henry Clay People, “California Wildfire”
11. Princeton, “Clamoring for Your Heart”
10. Vanaprasta, “Self-Indulgent Feeling”
9. Cold War Kids, “Skip the Charades”
8. Apex Manor, “Under the Gun”
7. Milo Greene, “Don’t You Give Up on Me”
6. Fonda, “Better Days”
5. Soft Pipes, “Stay Pretty”
4. Eastern Conference Champions, “Hell or High Water”
3. Superhumanoids, “Mikelah”
2. Dum Dum Girls, “Bedroom Eyes”
1. Big Black Delta, “Huggin & Kissin”
thanks to everybody who listened ….
{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
That’s quite a list, but no 400 Blows?
No Useless Keys? Bah Humbug.
Don’t think Useless Keys actually released any music in 2011 … Expecting something good from them in ’12.
what about the fling? they killed it this year