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?
- Caveman – “In the City”
- Vampire Weekend – “Diane Young”
- Haim – “The Wire”
- Frightened Rabbit – “Holy”
- Low – “Clarence White”
- Paul McCartney – “New”
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Beautiful Dream”
- Phosphorescent – “Song For Zula”
- Kurt Vile – “Wakin on a Pretty Day”
- Arade Fire – “Reflektor”
- Queens Of The Stone Age – “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”
- Man Man – “Head On (Hold On To Your Heart)”
- Janelle Monae – “Dance Apocalyptic”
- Big Scary – “Twin Rivers”
- Vampire Weekend – “Step”
- Yo La Tengo – “Ohm”
- Caveman – “Shut You Down”
- Dismemberment Plan – “Invisible”
- Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”
- San Fermin – “Sonsick”
- Smith Westerns – “3am Spiritual”
- Ra Ra Riot – “Beta Love”
- Elvis Costello And The Roots – “Refuse To Be Saved”
- The National – “Sea of Love”
- Lorde – “Royals”
- Dr. Dog – “The Truth”
- Eels – “New Alphabet”
- Queens Of The Stone Age – “If I Had A Tail”
- Sigur Ros – “Stormur”
- Telekinesis – “Wires”
- Toro Y Moi – “Say That”
- Chvrches – “Gun”
- James Blake – “Retrograde”
- Daft Punk – “Get Lucky”
- Vampire Weekend – “Unbelievers”
- Charles Bradley – “Strictly Reserved For You”
- M.I.A. – “Bad Girls”
- Baths – “Ironworks”
- Volcano Choir – “Byegone”
- The Dodos – “Confidence”
- Washed Out – “It All Feels Right”
- Cloud Cult – “Meet Me Where You’re Going”
- What Made Milwaukee Famous – “Just Run”
- Grouplove – “Borderlines And Aliens”
- The Spinto Band – “Shake It Off”
- Tennis – “Cured of Youth”
- David Bowie – “Where Are We Now?”
- The Strokes – “One Way Trigger”
- The Postal Service – “A Tattered Line of String”
- Franz Ferdinand – “Right Action”
Link to Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/121154176/playlist/7AvS9NxhTZkfNB2CC1EF0P