We’re down to the last couple weeks of the year, and I don’t see anything on the horizon that’s gonna blow me away (even if Yeezy does decide to drop his new album before the new year, I probably won’t care). This was a tough year for ranking songs, with no real clear number one. The difference between my top 1-5 songs is negligible. The list is a very of-the-moment kind of thing, with some fluidity from top to bottom as to which I prefer at any given time. There is one song that isn’t available on Spotify so I didn’t include it here: “Loveletting” by Sons Of An Illustrious Father. Go find it if you can-totally worth a quick look. Hope you enjoy! Looking forward to another great year in 2015!
(This list starts at 50 and works down to number 1. Pay no attention to the track numbers.)
50. Why I Wait-Kitten
49. Out Of The Black-Neneh Cherry (Featuring Robyn)
48. Nothing Better-Tangerine
47. Stone’s Throw-Shareef Ali
46. Put Your Number In My Phone-Ariel Pink
45. These Lips-The Smittens
44. Party Line-Belle & Sebastian
43. Blue Moon-Beck
42. Crockpot-Slothrust
41. Collard Greens-Schoolboy Q (Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
40. Got It All-Michele McGuire
39. Severed Crossed Fingers-St. Vincent
38. Ready/Set-Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes
37. Did I Ever Love You?-Leonard Cohen
36. From The Night-Stars
35. Cherry Licorice-The Felice Brothers
34. Really Wanna See You-Lydia Loveless
33. Right Time-Nikki Lane
32. Bothered No More-Briar Rabbit
31. Getting Naked, Playing With Guns-Andrew Jackson Jihad
30. Artifact #1-Conor Oberst
29. The Heart It Beats, The Thunder It Rolls-The Wind + The Wave
28. i-Kendrick Lamar
27. Have You Seen My Son-Benjamin Booker
26. Goshen ’97-Strand Of Oaks
25. Keep On Shining-Curtis Harding
24. Summer of ’79-Spider Bags
23. Ten-Ultimate Painting
22. Fire Squad-J. Cole
21. Super Rat-Honeyblood
20. 0 To 100/The Catch Up-Drake
19. Kiss And Not Tell-La Roux
18. ART OFFICIAL CAGE-Prince
17. Blind Faze-TOPS
16. Ruckus In B Minor-Wu Tang
15. Low Key-Tweedy
14. Dress It Up, Better Have It All-Bob Dylan & The Band
13. Master Pretender-First Aid Kit
12. American Dream Plan B-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
11. Dead Man’s Tetris-Flying Lotus
10. FIXURLIFEUP-Prince/3RDEYEGIRL
9. Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)-Run The Jewels (Featuring Zach De La Rocha)
8. Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me-Blake Mills
7. I Know It’s Wrong (But That’s Alright)-Hurray For The Riff Raff
6. Dearly Departed-Shakey Graves
5. Human Sadness-JC+The Voidz
4. Water Fountain-tUnE-yArDs
3. Uptown Funk-Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
2. Evil-Shovels & Rope
1. Queen-Perfume Genius