Busy Season Soundtrack 2011 Edition: Relevant?

FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2:

Timeliness, that is, having information available to decision makers before it loses its capacity to influence decisions, is an ancillary aspect of relevance. If information is not available when it is needed or becomes available so long after the reported events that it has no value for future action, it lacks relevance and is of little or no use. Timeliness alone cannot make information relevant, but a lack of timeliness can rob information of relevance it might otherwise have had.

Considering the text above, this post hardly appears relevant considering I have flipped the calendar page and am about to kick-off busy season 2012. But even though these songs reach back eight to twelve months, I assert that they are relevant since my musical tastes have not diverged significantly from this time.

I fully acknowledge this should have been posted sooner, but a benefit to the timing of the post is that it is giving me something exciting to think about: new tunes I'll be rocking out to in 2012 are on their way.

Without further ado, I present the 2011 Busy Season Soundtrack (direct link and Grooveshark widget) along with comments on selected tracks:

Busy Season Soundtrack 2011



"Animal" by Neon Trees - I actually don't remember if they played this on the Current or not, but it was more or less the audio equivalent of taking four shots of espresso with two five-hour energy drink chasers.

"Second Chance" by Peter, Bjorn, and John - Peter Bjorn? Or Pete Yorn? This won't help clear things up:


"Wait So Long" by Trampled by Turtles - I'm guessing Mumford and Sons paved the Current's airwaves for these.

"Walking Far from Home" by Iron and Wine - This song lulled me into an hypnotic state and forced me to add it to the list.

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes - I wonder how many millenials heard this song, threw all their participation trophies and 10th place medals into the trash, and had a "what does it all mean" crisis?

"I Want the World to Stop" by Belle and Sebastian - I've heard them be described as "sad bastard music," but these guys are pretty good.

What awesome songs of 2011 did I miss?