As cheesy as Destroyer lead man Daniel Bejar is; he's got sangfroid. "Kaputt" has this uncanny ability to sound dancey, sophisticated, jazzy, and on top of all that sensual. This is sophisti-pop at its best with eerie trumpet outbursts, a disco-esque beat, and the silky smooth vocals of Bejar.
14. WU LYF - "We Bros"
As abrasive as WU LYF's lead singer Elley Roberts voice is, he has some tenacity to just straight out yell into the mic on "We Bros." The rest of WU LYF fill the space with bombastic drums, post-rock-like guitars, and a very heavy organ. "We Bros" is the defining track for WU LYF on Go Tell Fire To the Mountain and a future directive for WU LYF to see itself in the future.
13. PJ Harvey - "The Glorious Land"
PJ Harvey made a tremendous comeback in 2011. Let England Shake is full of post-war anthems and "The Glorious Land" is a catchy one; as Harvey wails, "what is the glorious fruit of our land?" ominous bugles call out and excellent harpsichord work is done by Harvey.
12. Girls - "Honey Bunny"
"Momma, she really loved me," croons Christopher Owens, Girls lead man, on the fast paced and bitter surfy-punk rocker "Honey Bunny." The genre-skipping Owens does is tremendous and "Honey Bunny" is a mixture of punk, surf-rock, and '50s-esque jangle pop, it's all fun.
11. Radiohead - "Lotus Flower"
When Radiohead released one of their arguably best music videos for "Lotus Flower", Thom Yorke was the face of all new internet memes, critic evaluations, Youtube remixes, etc. One thing is undisputed about "Lotus Flower" it's unique. It's that one song you fall in love with on a Radiohead LP, it's that "Paranoid Android" or "Nude", it's quintessentially monumental, unfortunately The King of Limbs couldn't have been as era-defining.
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