Green Light Go Fresh MP3 Friday

If you're like me, you always remember a band who should have made it on your Best of the Year list a few weeks into the following year. We thought we'd help keep that tradition going with a few bands you may have missed with a snapshot of GLG bands that made it on critics Best of 2011 lists for the year.

For fans of: The Pixies, New Pornographers  

Genre: Grunge  

Song: "Banged In The Heart" from X is for Love   

Song: "Me Where" from X is for Love   

Song: "Smooth Sailing Ahead" from X is for Love   

Song: "I Don't Wanna Go Home (I Wanna Go Home)" from X is for Love   Release Date:  April 12, 2011   

Golden Bloom  

For fans of: Ben Kweller, Wilco (Summerteeth era)  

Genre: Indie/Rock/Pop  

Song: "You Go On (& On)" from March to the Drums  Release Date: August 26, 2011

Gwyneth & Monko  

For fans of: Emmy Lou Harris, Jenny Lewis, Gillian Welch  Genre: Americana/Roots Music/Alternative   

Song: "Get In The Sun" from Gwyneth & Monko   

Song: "Found In Benson" from Gwyneth & Monko   

Song:  "Down" from Gwyneth & Monko   

Release Date: February 11, 2011

Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library   

For fans of: Belle & Sebastian, Magnetic Fields, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros   

Genre: Baroque Indie Pop  

Song: "Amylee" from Volume One  

Song: "The Weeping Song" from Volume One  

Release Date: May 10, 2011