Year In Review 2011: XPN2 Host Picks

Mike Vasilikos

WXPN Assistant Music Director and Host, New Music Tuesdays and The Monday 8 O'Clock News

• Songs
  
• 1. TV on the Radio - "Will Do"
  2. Laura Marling - "Sophia"
  3. Dawes - "Little Bit of Everything"
  4. Kanye West & JayZ - "Otis"
  5. Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
  6. Bombay Bicycle Club - "Shuffle"
  7. tUnE-yArDs - "Gangsta"
  8. Lupe Fiasco - "The Show Goes On"
  9. Black Keys - "Lonely Boy"
  10. Fleet Foxes - "Battery Kinzie"

• Albums
• 1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
  2. Kanye West & JayZ - Watch The Throne
  3. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
  4. Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
  5. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
  6. Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
  7. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
  8. Foster the People - Torches
  9. Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
  10. Adele - 21

Eddie Austin

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
  2. JEFF the Brotherhood - Whatever I Want
  3. Wild Flag - Racehorse
  4. Hunx and His - Punx Lover's Lane
  5. Natural Child - Hard Working Man
  6. Total Slacker - Secret VHS Collection
  7. Eleanore Friedberger - Roosevelt Island
  8. Bleached - Think of You
  9. Diarrhea Planet - Warm Ridin'
  10. Ty Segall - My Head Explodes

• Albums
• 1. Natural Child - 1971 -Infinity Cat
  2. Hunx And His Punx - Too Young To Be In Love
  3. JEFF the brotherhood - We Are The Champions
  4. Shannon And The Clams - Sleep Talk
  5. Diarrhea Planet - Loose Jewels
  6. Eleanore Friedberger - Last Summer
  7. Far Out Fangtooth -Pure and Disinterested
  8. Ty Segall - Ty Rex
  9. Little Ann - Deep Shadows
  10. Queens of the Stone Age Self Titled

Reid Benditt

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. PJ Harvey - The Last Living Rose
  2. College Feat. Electric Youth - A Real Hero
  3. Jonquil - Sunday Night
  4. Childish Gambino - Lights Turned On
  5. The Joy Formidable - Whirring
  6. Allo Darlin' - My Heart is a Drummer
  7. The Dears - Omega Dog
  8. tUnE-yArDs - Powa
  9. The War On Drugs - Comin' Through
  10. Hooray For Earth - Hotel

• Albums
• 1. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
  2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
  3. Jonquil - One Hundred Suns EP
  4. Idiot Glee - Paddywhack
  5. Battles - Gloss Drop
  6. Metronomy - The English Riviera
  7. Girls Names - Dead To Me
  8. Allo Darlin' - Allo Darlin'
  9. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
  10. Mastodon - The Hunter

Nick Bookbinder

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Foster The People - Miss You
  2. Tedeschi Trucks - Come See About Me
  3. Adele - Set Fire To Rain
  4. The Decemberists - This is Why We Fight
  5. My Morning Jacket - Holding On to Black Metal
  6. YACHT - Dystopia (The Earth is On Fire)
  7. Bon Iver - Perth" -
  8. The Rapture - How Deep is Your Love
  9. Amos Lee - Jesus
  10. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers

• Albums
• 1. Foster The People - Torches
  2. Tedeschi Trucks - Revelator
  3. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
  4. Adele - 21
  5. Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
  6. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
  7. Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours
  8. Amos Lee - Mission Bell
  9. Bon Iver - Bon Iver Bon Iver
  10. YACHT - Shangri La

Kate Bracaglia

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Cults - Go Outside
  2. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
  3. Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk
  4. Black Lips - Time
  5. YACHT - Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire)
  6. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi feat. Jack White - Two Against One
  7. The Babies - Breakin' the Law
  8. The War on Drugs - Baby Missiles
  9. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - How Can You Luv Me
  10. Bodies of Water - Like a Stranger

• Albums
• 1. Cults - Cults
  2. Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
  3. Yuck - Yuck
  4. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
  5. Sonny and the Sunsets - Hit After Hit
  6. Tennis - Cape Dory
  7. YACHT - Shangri-La
  8. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
  9. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
  10. Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings

Adam Blyweiss

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
  2. Adele - Rumor Has It
  3. James Blake - Limit to Your Love
  4. Africa Hitech - Light the Way
  5. Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - NY is Killing Me
  6. Cee-Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City
  7. My Morning Jacket - Holding on to Black Metal
  8. Pusha T - Trouble on My Mind (ft. Tyler, the Creator)
  9. Beastie Boys - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (ft. Santigold)
  10. Icebird - Going and Going. And Going.

• Albums
• 1. Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles
  2. Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We're New Here
  3. The Death Set - Michel Pouccard
  4. The Horrors - Skying
  5. SBTRKT - SBTRKT
  6. Wugazi - 13 Chambers
  7. Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
  8. James Blake - James Blake
  9. Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine
  10. Austra - Feel It Break

Billy DeCristofano

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. TV On The Radio - Will Do
  2. Toro Y Moi - Still Sound
  3. Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
  4. Cut Copy - Take Me Over
  5. Neon Indian - Polish Girl
  6. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
  7. Phantogram - Don't Move
  8. Portugal. The Man - Got It All
  9. White Denim - Anvil Everything
  10. Peter Bjorn and John - Second Chance

• Albums
• 1. Portugal. The Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud
  2. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
  3. Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine
  4. Real Estate - Days
  5. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
  6. Neon Indian - Era Extrana
  7. White Denim - D
  8. The Dodos - No Color
  9. G. Love - Fixin' To Die
  10. Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some

Adam Gould

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Panda Bear – You Can Count On Me
  2. Dom – Damn
  3. Delicate Steve – Wondervisions
  4. The War on Drugs – Best Night
  5. Mazes – Bowie Knives
  6. Man Man - Spooky Jookie
  7. Radical Face – Always Gold
  8. Gold Panda – Quitter's Raga
  9. Jens Lekman – An Argument with Myself
  10. Ghost/Light – So Prone

• Albums
• 1. Destroyer - Kaputt
  2. Miracle Fortress – Was I The Wave?
  3. David Bazan – Strange Negotiations
  4. James Blake – James Blake
  5. Vetiver – The Errant Charm
  6. The Front Bottoms – The Front Bottoms
  7. Algernon Cadwallader – Parrot Flies
  8. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
  9. William Elliot Whitmore – Field Songs
  10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It's A Corporate World

Jaclyn Hardgrove

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. James Blake - Why Don't You Call Me
  2. M83 - Midnight City
  3. St. Vincent - Cruel
  4. Ladytron - White Elephant
  5. Eleanor Friedberger - My Mistakes
  6. Fleet Foxes - Battery Kinzie
  7. Bjork - Biophilia
  8. Battles - Ice Cream
  9. Bobby - Tomb Bloom
  10. Oh Land - White Nights

• Albums
• 1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
  2. Beirut - The Rip Tide
  3. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
  4. Vetiver - The Errant Charm
  5. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
  6. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
  7. Tripper - Fruit Bats
  8. James Blake - James Blake
  9. Bobby- Bobby
  10. Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine

Joey Ippolito

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
  2. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
  3. The Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
  4. Lykke Li - Get Some
  5. Florence + The Machine - What The Water Gave Me
  6. Childish Gambino - Bonfire
  7. Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
  8. Foo Fighters - Walk
  9. Radiohead - Lotus Flower
  10. The Joy Formidable - Cradle

• Albums
• 1. The Black Keys - El Camino
  2. Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
  3. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
  4. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
  5. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
  6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
  7. Foster The People - Torches
  8. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
  9. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
  10. Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Keith Kelleher

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Adele-Rumour Has It
  2. Foster The People-Pumped Up Kicks
  3. Beirut-Santa Fe
  4. Cults-Go Outside
  5. Cars-Sad Song
  6. Gil-Scott Heron-My Cloud
  7. Peter Bjorn & John-Second Chance
  8. Gang Of Four-You Never Pay For The Farm
  9. Elbow-Neat Little Rows
  10. The Kooks-Junk Of The Heart [Happy]

• Albums
• 1. Beirut-The Rip Tide
  2. Foster The People-Torches
  3. Adele-21
  4. Horrors-Skying
  5. Clap Your Hands-Hysterical
  6. Cars-Move Like This
  7. Elbow-Build A Rocket Boys!
  8. Gang Of Four-Content
  9. Gil-Scott Heron & Jamie xx-We're New Here
  10. Peter Bjorn & John-Gimme Some

Fred Knittel

On-air Host

• Songs
  (in no particular order)
• 2. Low - Done
  3. Cold Cave - Confetti
  4. Case Studies - My Silver Hand
  5. Destroyer - Blue Eyes
  6. Vetiver - Wonder Why
  7. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  8. Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
  9. Thousands - On and On
  10. Yuck - Shook Down
  11. The Loom - For All My Friends in Spring, For All My Friends in Fall

• Albums
  (in no particular order)
• 2. Meg Baird - Seasons on Earth
  3. Yuck - Yuck
  4. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
  5. Various Artists - Drive
  6. Destroyer - Kaputt
  7. Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings
  8. Josh T. Pearson - Last of the Country Gentleman
  9. Marissa Nadler - Marissa Nadler
  10. Thousands - The Sound of Everything
  11. Honey Watts - Honey Watts

Madeleine Lesperance

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Destroyer - Chinatown
  2. Maritime- Out Numbering
  3. St. Vincent- Surgeon
  4. Football, Etc- Safety
  5. Spraynard- O.R. They?
  6. Restorations- Neighborhood Song
  7. The Only Ghost In Town - I Know
  8. Monument- Glass House
  9. Sun Airway - Wild Palms
  10. David Bazan- Don't Change

• Albums
• 1. Maritime- Human Hearts
  2. Spraynard- Funtitled
  3. Destroyer- Kaputt
  4. Bon Iver- S/T
  5. Restorations- Restorations
  6. Twin Sister- In Heaven
  7. F'ed Up- David Comes To Life
  8. Owen- Ghost Town
  9. Hurry- Hurry
  10. By Surprise- Mountain Smashers

Shamus McGroggan

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Lana Del Rey - Video Games / Blue Jeans
  2. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Senator
  3. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve...The Reeping of All That Is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)
  4. Tune-Yards - Gangsta
  5. White Denim - Street Joy
  6. St. Vincent - Surgeon
  7. Alexander - Truth
  8. Beirut - Santa Fe
  9. Destroyer - Chinatown
  10. Drive-By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop

• Albums
• 1. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic
  2. Astronautalis - This Is Our Science
  3. Battles - Gloss Drop
  4. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
  5. Yuck - Yuck
  6. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life
  7. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
  8. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  9. Russian Circles - Empros
  10. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Jake Nisenfeld

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Crills Wilson - Cell Song
  2. Writtenhouse- Puttin' In Werk
  3. Dead Milkmen- Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song
  4. Mean Lady - Why d'ya have to be?
  5. Catnaps - Vanilla Vodka
  6. The War On Drugs - Come To The City
  7. The Young Werewolves - Twelve Steps To Rock N Roll
  8. Writtenhouse- The Sequal
  9. Slutever - No Offense
  10. The Warhawkes - Fortress

• Albums
• 1. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambiant
  2. Crils Wilson - self titled
  3. Black Landlord - What You Mean To We
  4. Writtenhouse- While You Were Sleeping
  5. The Dead Milkmen- The King In Yellow
  6. Dave Hause - Resolutions
  7. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
  8. Dangerous Ponies - self titled
  9. Creepoid - Horse Heaven
  10. Duhmi - The Whole World's Watching

Eric Schuman

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. The Vaccines - If You Wanna
  2. Wild Flag - Romance
  3. Foster The People - Houdini
  4. Dominant Legs - Hoop Of Love
  5. The Raveonettes - Apparitions
  6. Destroyer - Savage Night At The Opera
  7. Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
  8. Cut Copy - Take Me Over
  9. Elbow - Lippy Kids
  10. Mariachi El Bronx - 48 Roses

• Albums
• 1. Cults - Cults
  2. The Baseball Project - Volume 2: High And Inside
  3. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
  4. Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
  5. Battles - Gloss Drop
  6. Middle Brother - Middle Brother
  7. Dum Dum Girls - Only In Dreams
  8. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
  9. Peter Bjorn And John - Gimme Some
  10. TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light

J.P. Slaski

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. Beady Eye – Wigwam
  2. Noel Gallagher- If I Had A Gun
  3. The Kooks – Junk of The Heart
  4. Florence and The Machine- Shake It Out
  5. The Decemberists- Down By The Water
  6. Black Box Revelation –My Perception
  7. My Morning Jacket - Holdin' On to Black Metal
  8. Foster the People- Pumped Up Kicks
  9. Zola Jesus- Seekir
  10. Oregon Bike Trails- High School Lover
  11. (Honorable mention) The Cars- Blue Tip

• Albums
• 1. Beady Eye Different -Gear Still Speeding
  2. Noel Gallagher and The High Flying Birds- self titled
  3. R.E.M.- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011
  4. The Kooks- Junk of the Heart
  5. Florence and the Machine- Ceremonials
  6. The Decemberists- The King is Dead
  7. Black Box Revelation- My Perception
  8. My Morning Jacket- Circuital
  9. Foster the People- Torches
  10. Zola Jesus- Conatus

John Stanley

On-air Host

• Songs

• Albums
• 1. Wild Beasts - Smother
  2. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
  3. The Horrors - Skying
  4. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
  5. The Head and the Heart - S/T
  6. Iceage - New Brigade
  7. Junior Boys - It's All True
  8. Austra - Feel it Break
  9. Idiot Glee - Paddywhacking
  10. Anna Calvi - S/t

Erin Szrankowski

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. The Mantles - Raspberry Thighs
  2. Geoffrey O'Connor - Whatever Leads Me To You
  3. The Art Museums - Dancing With A Hole In Your Heart
  4. Dirty Beaches - True Blue
  5. Ty Segall - Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart
  6. Sea Lions - Grown Up
  7. Razika - Why We Have To Wait
  8. Brave Irene - No Fun
  9. Sourpatch - Salt
  10. Crystal Stilts - Shake The Shackles

• Albums
• 1. Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls
  2. Wax Idols - No Future
  3. Royal Headache – Royal Headache
  4. White Fence - Is Growing Faith
  5. Sea Pinks - Dead Seas
  6. The Twerps – The Twerps
  7. Dreamdate - Melody Walk
  8. Comet Gain - Howl Of The Lonely Crowd
  9. Mikal Cronin – Mikal Cronin
  10. Iceage - New Brigade

John Vettese

On-air Host

• Songs
• 1. tUnE-yArDs - Bizness
  2. Gang Gang Dance - Mindkilla
  3. The War on Drugs - Your Love is Calling My Name
  4. Battles - Ice Cream
  5. Creepoid - Dream Out
  6. Yuck - Georgia
  7. Beirut - Santa Fe
  8. Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes
  9. Bright Eyes - Shell Games
  10. Strand of Oaks - Last to Swim

• Albums
• 1. The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
  2. Creepoid - Horse Heaven
  3. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
  4. Low - C'Mon
  5. Zakee - Assimilations
  6. Washed Out - Within and Without
  7. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
  8. Meg Baird - Seasons on Earth
  9. F'ed Up - David Comes to Life
  10. Saturn Never Sleeps - Yesterday's Machine