When you dissect 2011, one arguable statement rears its head at you – music videos are the new radio. Whereas albums have the power to present to you your favourite new band, there have been viral underground stars (ASAP Rocky, Danny Brown), pop legends (Coldplay, Rihanna) and fan favourites (Fleet Foxes, Lykke Li) who have used the Internet stage to help shape their material. Drawing from that medium along with EPs, mixtapes and the conclusions of albums, below are 40 tracks from 2011 that aren’t genre bias and don’t display any “hipster-like major label hate” – they’re simply songs we think are worth spinning on repeat (maybe once, twice, or all night long).

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KING KRULE – “THE NOOSE OF JAH CITY”

FRANK TURNER – “REDEMPTION”

ASAP ROCKY – “PURPLE SWAG CHAPTER 2″

DEFEATER – “WHITE KNUCKLES”

WAVVES – “NODDING OFF” (FT. BEST COAST)

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JAMES BLAKE – “LIMIT TO YOUR LOVE”

EISLEY – “AMBULANCE”

DAN MANGAN – “ABOUT AS HELPFUL AS YOU CAN BE..”

SET YOUR GOALS – “CURE FOR APATHY”

SMITH WESTERNS – “WEEKEND”

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RADIOHEAD – “LITTLE BY LITTLE”

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TRASH TALK – “AWAKE”

TY SEGALL – “THE FLOOR”

YELLOWCARD – “WITH YOU AROUND”

JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD – “TROUBLE”

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FEIST – “THE UNDISCOVERED FIRST”

OH, SLEEPER – “HUSH YAEL”

FIREWORKS – “I LOCKED MY TIME CAPSULE”

YUCK – “SUCK”

TRANSIT – “YOU CAN’T MISS IT”

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CHILDISH GAMBINO - “BONFIRE”

TINY DANZA - “HINDSIGHT”

RIHANNA – “YOU DA ONE”

CUT COPY – “NEED YOU NOW”

GLASSJAW – “STARS”

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PARAMORE – “RENEGADE”

THE GET UP KIDS – “REGENTS COURT”

MELLOWHYPE – “64″

LA DISPUTE – “KING PARK”

BRIGHT EYES – “LADDER SONG”

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YELAWOLF – “ANIMAL” (FT. FEFE DOBSON)

OFF! – “ROTTEN APPLE”

DANNY BROWN – “PAC BLOOD”

THE DANGEROUS SUMMER – “WAVES”

BALANCE & COMPOSURE – “I TORE YOU APART IN MY HEAD”

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PORTUGAL. THE MAN – “EVERYTHING YOU SEE”

KREAYSHAWN – “GUCCI GUCCI”

DOMO GENESIS – “WHOLE CITY BEHIND US” (ft. ACE)

CARTEL – “LESSONS IN LOVE”

THE SWELLERS – “NOTHING MORE TO ME”

[Want more music? Look out for our Top 50 Albums Of 2011 list this week]