It’s been a pretty good year for music so far. Last week I posted my top albums that have come out this year (up to Friday of last week). Now it’s time for the best songs list, which I’ve limited to 25 (and yes, two of those spots are taken by Leon Bridges so deal with it).

25. The Decemberists-“The Singer Addresses His Audience”

24. St. Lenox-“Just Friends”

23. Of Montreal-“Virgilian Lots”

22. Hiatus Kaiyote-“Shaolin Monk Motherfunk”

21. Leon Bridges-“Lisa Sawyer”

20. St. Vincent-“Teenage Talk”

19. Fort Frances-“Anonymous”

18. Ivan & Alyosha-“Easy To Love”

17. Molehill-“Gain Green”

16. The Mountain Goats-“Heel Turn 2”

15. Torres-“Cowboy Guilt”
14. California Wives-“Over & Over”

13. Natalie Prass-“My Baby Don’t Understand Me”

12. Gloom Balloon-“You Are Shadowless, I Am Windowless”

11. July Talk-“Summer Dress”

10. Shilpa Ray-“Shilpa Ray On Broadway”

9. Ike Reilly-“Born On Fire”

8. Bhi Bhiman-“Moving To Brussells”

7. Thundercat-“Them Changes”

6. Desaparecidos-“Backsell”

5. Ezra Furman-“Lousy Connection”

4. Beck-“Dreams”

3. Kendrick Lamar-“King Kunta”

2. Leon Bridges-“Pull Away”

1. Tobias Jesso, jr.-“How Could You Babe”