2011 Review: Top 50 Songs (50-41)

The 2011 year in review continues with the top 50 songs. Over the next 5 days I will be revealing my top 50 songs of this year 10 at a time. In making this list I only followed one real rule; one song per artist. When I started making it, I had over 200 songs in contention and in a painstaking process (actually it was kind of enjoyable revisiting all the songs) whittled it down to the 50 you will see over the next few days. Now without further ado, here are numbers 50-41.

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons

If you're going to borrow your style from someone, why wouldn't you borrow it from the best? Ezra Furman reminds me of a modern day Bob Dylan who's very in touch with 80s punk (The Replacements, Husker Du, Fugazi). I saw him open for Delta Spirit about a year ago and have been a big big fan ever since. Check out "Take Off Your Sunglasses" below and then go pick up the album Inside the Human Body. Enjoy!