Here’s a list of some of my favorite tunes this year, ranked in approximate order. You can listen with the Spotify playlist or take a look at the text based list below. What were your favorite songs this year?

1. Caveman – “In the City”
2. Vampire Weekend – “Diane Young”
3. Haim – “The Wire”
4. Frightened Rabbit – “Holy”
5. Low – “Clarence White”
6. Paul McCartney – “New”
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Beautiful Dream”
8. Phosphorescent – “Song For Zula”
9. Kurt Vile – “Wakin on a Pretty Day”
10. Arade Fire – “Reflektor”
11. Queens Of The Stone Age – “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”
12. Man Man – “Head On (Hold On To Your Heart)”
13. Janelle Monae – “Dance Apocalyptic”
14. Big Scary – “Twin Rivers”
15. Vampire Weekend – “Step”
16. Yo La Tengo – “Ohm”
17. Caveman – “Shut You Down”
18. Dismemberment Plan – “Invisible”
19. Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”
20. San Fermin – “Sonsick”
21. Smith Westerns – “3am Spiritual”
22. Ra Ra Riot – “Beta Love”
23. Elvis Costello And The Roots – “Refuse To Be Saved”
24. The National – “Sea of Love”
25. Lorde – “Royals”
26. Dr. Dog – “The Truth”
27. Eels – “New Alphabet”
28. Queens Of The Stone Age – “If I Had A Tail”
29. Sigur Ros – “Stormur”
30. Telekinesis – “Wires”
31. Toro Y Moi – “Say That”
32. Chvrches – “Gun”
33. James Blake – “Retrograde”
34. Daft Punk – “Get Lucky”
35. Vampire Weekend – “Unbelievers”
36. Charles Bradley – “Strictly Reserved For You”
37. M.I.A. – “Bad Girls”
38. Baths – “Ironworks”
39. Volcano Choir – “Byegone”
40. The Dodos – “Confidence”
41. Washed Out – “It All Feels Right”
42. Cloud Cult – “Meet Me Where You’re Going”
43. What Made Milwaukee Famous – “Just Run”
44. Grouplove – “Borderlines And Aliens”
45. The Spinto Band – “Shake It Off”
46. Tennis – “Cured of Youth”
47. David Bowie – “Where Are We Now?”
48. The Strokes – “One Way Trigger”
49. The Postal Service – “A Tattered Line of String”
50. Franz Ferdinand – “Right Action”

Link to Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/121154176/playlist/7AvS9NxhTZkfNB2CC1EF0P