Music lists - What is on our shuffle . . .
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SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Pretty Vicious The Struts Rock tune with some outstanding keys in the last minute! California The Courettes (feat. La La Brooks) A throwback to 50/60s and of course, Camera Obscura. Starburster FONTAINES D.C. Have to admit this is a pretty rockin' tune. The Sunshine Infinity Song A lovely, lovely song. Vocal harmonies and acoustics. Freeway Night Cap An upbeat alt-rock indie tune. Sometimes you win/lose. Wreckage Pearl Jam Actually a perfectly listenable little rock tune. Last of My Kind Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit A reboot of a classic. Yellowstone. Don't You Want To Sleep With Someone Normal? Love Fame Tragedy There is always a place for songs like this. Right? ColdReactor EverythingEverything No spaces. That's there deal. shanty Slowdive Reboot from 2023. Their ambient synth sound is great. Will Anybody Ever Love Me Sufjan Stevens Sad? Yes. Sometimes sad songs say so much. Bliss Arab Strapp Can't get over the accent. It is so awesome! Morning Zoo Ratboys This sounds like it could be a Shovels & Rope song. Nice. Party Crashers Tony Xenos Apart from the great last name, a nice folk/rock tune. Satisfied Abby Hamilton The pedal steel is lovely on top of everything else. Boys Ellur We think it rocks and it is fun for the college years. Train Full of Gasoline Ducks Ltd. This album is so good..... Us Against the World Little Lies Every Song literally sounds like Fleetwood Mac Dead On The Money Starsailor They are back with a new album. Very nice rock tune. Day All The Lights Went Out James Vincent McMorrow Every playlist MUST end with a song like this.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS hot girls in hell LØLØ Taylor Swift with a little more edge (and F-bombs). Tiny Moves Bleachers Fun tune that reminds us of wanting to Wang Chung a little tonight. Beautiful People (Say High) The Black Keys The triumphant new album, "Ohio Players." Big Time Nothing St. Vincent Creativity abounds yet again. Let it wash over you a few times. Care Hana Vu It's a heart wrenching folk song accentuated by deep guitar and bass riffs. Lotus Infinity Song Don't miss out on these guys. Ananda Strand of Oaks Brilliant artist and song writer changes it up. Take a sonic journey. Good Together Lake Street Dive Can you imagine spending a night with a light cocktail and live listening? Exactly. Holding On, Together Savoir Adore This feels like youth sports carpooling. A little. April Local Natives This song is a masterpiece. A little Vampire Weekend; a little Tame Impala. Jacked Heartworms Goth new wave noire. Love it. The Hardest Part Washed Out GA sonic machine has 5-6 genre (chillwave) defining tunes. This is another. Heartless Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats If it did not seemingly come so easy to them.... bloom Sjowgen Just a very lovely song Discount Agent blå Melodic with dark and sinister overtones that definitely strikes a mood. Flowers By The Roadside The Felice Brothers When they just do their thing, there is almost nothing better. Naked And Alive Milky Chance They don't do much to change it up, but it is so addictively chill. Eyes Closed Imagine Dragons So truly Imagine Dragons. And that's cool. Too bad. Intermission Bonomi Between Chaos and Chaos. Take an intermission and play this. Sun Girl Julia Holter Music Professor keeps the avant garde sound alive.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Stella The Begonia Rubblebucket Impossible not to love this song. Impossibly fun baritone sax....Toth talent abounds. Broadview Slow Pulp Alt rock music with folk sensibility. Idle Hands Slow Hollows It is not downtrodden but it is melodically somber. When It Rains Savoir Adore Whenever they have something new, we pounce on it. Home Bat For Lashes Oddly fits perfectly fine in an alt-folk genre-centric playlist. Born In The Morning Noelle & The Deserters Great and very refreshing honky tonk country tune. faceplant LOLO Very up beat straightforward Taylor Swift pop. Heat Tove Lo, SG Lewis Not just for spin class, but it will do for that as well. Party At Monster Lake Strand of Oaks If you recognize this as Strand of Oaks, you are amazing. SEVEN meija and Hand Habits Interesting how it builds and fuses some twang guitar and sax into the mix Every Time the Sun Comes Up Sharon Van Etten Utterly amazing song. That's all. Then and Now Darksoft Soft and melodic. Don't You Forget Starwolf Spanish guitar transitions into a contemporary Spyro Gyro mix. Enjoy. Burial Ground The Decemberists They are back and just as refreshing as ever. Truly. All That For Nothing John Grant Speaking of refreshing. Never ever predictable. The Living Thing Monsters of Folk A reissue with some new songs. Very nice. Your Apartment Wallows Maybe the best from their latest. Tumblin Down Bonny Light Horseman An extraordinarily talented ensemble of musicians led by the Fruit Bats dude. The Craving twenty one pilots No reason to thumb one's nose just because they are "popular." It is a good tune. Wide Open Horses James Vincent McMorrow Prolific? Yes. Consistently good? Yes.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Projections Night Tapes What would it be like to have a conversation with her? Keep Going Guster Tremendously consistent sound. Love it. Sweet Jobi Riccio Pure, authentic, country folk-rock. She is very good. Anywhere But Here Silverada A Teamster's treasure for sure. Just fun road trip sounds. Loaded Fun Make Friends Shifting gears to a Silversun Pickups sound with a few nice twists. big, if true maxime. You ever feel like strutting into a deep house nightclub party.....? Coasting Ten Fe Rediscovered tune recalling early '90s and Springsteen-esque Americana. Frog In Boiling Water DIIV Love the cliché, but also like much of the album. Cardinal Kacey Musgraves Every song is viable for anyone's playlist, but this is particularly for a Virginia playlist. Shell Ethan Tasch It sounds like something from the early 2000s. The banjo... a nice touch. Hugging Horizons Lightheaded Dialed back vocals does not ruin the tantalizing and whimsical experience. Special Treat Hello Mary The psychedelic guitar sounds permeate your bones! All You'll Ever Be The Native Transforms into an old school rock song. That's very much needed these days. Don't Forget Me Maggie Rogers We won't. She is a wonderful breath of fresh air. Calling After Me Wallows Can't quite figure out what they want to be, but we dig it. Solid alt-rock, indie sound. Look Around (With Maggie Rose) The Mavericks Greatest mix of sound we've heard in years. A must listen. The whole album. Neverender Justice with Tame Impala What you would expect. Fun and upbeat. Always Sideways Lightheaded If you like the first song on this list, you will enjoy the second. The Wish Ra Ra Riot The Magnetic Fields comes to mind. Shiloh (James River Version) Night Beds There should be a Tennessee River version... A nice acoustic folk song.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Mood Ring Dehd Nostalgic, 50's-like soft punk rock. Whatever that is. Plastic Pyramid Omni Interesting avant garde sound with some time changes and counter vocals. Echoes Rachel Sumner Lovely folk Americana. This is the best off her new release. Who Will You Believe Pernice Brothers A sound so true and honest. We've missed these guys. Great tune. Politics of Living Big Black Delta An unleashing of sound and composition for true connection of 80s to the 21st Century. Exodus Close Talker Lo-fi but not dull. A great lyrical and sonic build with piano and percussion. Interesting. Son Palace Ethereal acoustics. Lovely song with meaning for someone dear. Doing It Again Baby girl in red Follow-up release to a tough to beat first album. It's cool. You're Golden The Polyphonic Spree The piece begins with the piano and finishes with some horns and nice touches. Ice Cream Piano Vampire Weekend A dynamic album. The F-bomb is unnecessary, but the rest fills the ears. Dolly Geowulf Maybe we just can't get enough of this Australian alt-folk sound. It is awesome. Day Old News Lo Moon Old wooden rocking chair, with a smooth mint julip on a hot summer afternoon. By The End Of The Night Old 97's Y'all will be whistling by the time this great tune is over. Enjoy. Look To The East, Look To Th West Camera Obscura Progenitors of a generation of sound from the U.K. As compelling as they were in early 2000s. Cosmic Backseat Education Blitzen Trapper One of the last real southern rock bands left. Mr. Isbell would approve. Life Is Jessica Pratt The indie rock intelligentsia adore her. It is kind of nostalgic. A good listen. Literary Mind SPRINTS Your would not be off if you mistook this one for a Grace Potter rocker. Lucky Abby Hamilton You just want to sway along and belt it out with her. Country Kid The Avett Brothers One of the best live bands of all time. Easily. Add this one to the catalogue.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Nosebleeds MisterWives Great alt-pop tune. When she sounds annoyed by the tickets, it is the best. Tarkovski Bodega Take me to the zone! So Long, London Taylor Swift There are several gems to be sure. This is one. Euphoria Savoir Adore Looking for love in all the right places. This is off of a great little EP. Gone Pillow Queens Still Rockin. We got into them from their lives performance on a late show during COVID. Vessel Big Black Delta Once you wind us up, it is tough to let go. Very talented band under the radar. Sweet Talk Iron &Wine He was getting too sweet. This album is much, much better. Meant Hovvdy Pitchfork loves it. The sound is great, but our favorite is their last release. Falling Consciously Unknown Vagabond Diminutive, but builds nicely into lovely, finger picking guitar Now We're Getting There Walter the Producer Coming into some Tame Impala. Just a little upbeat ensemble of sounds. Caroline Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD This is like a late 60s nostalgic R&B tune. Beautiful. Say! TOLEDO We won't hold it against them (being from OH). Signs of talent here. What's Going On With Ordinary People The Reds, Pinks & Purples Can't resist the songwriting. His voice is like a folkish Psychedelic Furs vibe. Hold Yourself Up The Polyphonic Spree There are layers of composition going on here. Enjoy. Turtleneck Weather JW Francis My oh my. If Dylan had more groove. The "uhhh" is so cool. Pop Goes Pop Camera Obscura A dream pop band that defined a mid 2000s era. Irresistible. Hard Luck & Circumstances Charley Crocket Magnificently authentic country voice. This genre is winning the air waves. Dreams Hana Vu Does not take long to get hooked. Upbeat and "alive." Violent Times St. Vincent Formerly part of the Polyphonic Spree. Like it or leave it. Talented. Wild To Be Sharing This Moment Emily Barker One of the finest songwriters of our time.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Capricorn Vampire Weekend This may be the album that has us back. Backsliders Sarah Shook & The Disarmers Just a really great Americana sound. Thoroughly enjoyable Money Rain Down Big Black Delta Stumbled upon this in a live performance YouTube video. AMAZING!! Talking Heads? May Ninth Khruangbin So chill. So good. So relaxing. Where'd All My Friends Go? The Greeting Committee & Flipturn Ok, we may be going overboard here with Flipturn, but they're damn good! Second Gear Illiterate Light Another really great tune off their latest EP. Enjoy. I Don't Need That Anymore Pernice Brothers Remember these guys from the early to mid 2000s? They are back and sound great. A Moon Behind the Clouds Phosphorescent Unbearably good from start to finish. Good Stuff Bnny Give it a few measures. The songwriting and accompaniment really comes nicely together. Waiting A Lifetime Lo Moon Really full sound with several voices making a nice alt/rock package. The Dream Still Corners Never disappointing and always has something unexpected. From Dark to Lightness Close Talker This the kind of band you check what's playing and say, "huh, that's good." Weak, In Your Light Nation of Language How did we not include this last year? No idea. It's very, very good. Bleach Palace New single with a different, edgier sound than their last release. Dustine Empty Country Dylan-inspired post punk folk rock revivalists. Too Much girl in red Evolving as expected. Could be simple, but it is effective and a great listen. Never Going Home Maggie Rogers Not just another voice in the musical maze. Where The Road Goes Old 97's These guys rock. Just so solid. This album is broad and one of their best. Halfway Flipturn The keys and his voice carry this tune the whole way.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Say No More Real Estate Modern day America- the band with great hooks and a very relaxing modern tone. Reasons To Stay Alive Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict a Riot" stadium thumpers are back for their 8th. Bored Waxahatchee Also an amazing song from her new album. A World Is Waiting Slow Hollows Very interesting combination of pedal steel and some twang, but dark and apocalyptical. Make It Feel Like the Garden Eliza & the Delusionals The background musical accompaniment to the chorus is phenomenal. It's Time A Place To Bury Strangers Somewhat discordant, but it grows on you because it feels fresh and new. Sad Disco flipturn A bit different from the EP, but just as enjoyable. Killer Not a Lover Illiterate Light Great new song off their new EP. Really builds at the end. apartment402 maxime. There is something commendable about a tune that reminds us of days past. Crazing Newmoon Very fuzzy. Chords upon chords. Cloud gazing. Worrymind Deathsport New wave, dark pop. When The Laughter Stops Yard Act feat. Katy J. Pearson It's a very smart and a bit satirical at times. It is a fun listen. Jade Green Kacey Musgraves Not even one of the best ones on the new album, but very nice. Evelyn Bear's Den This song evokes a feeling of another band. A bit of Coldplay clocks but that's not it. Vampire Empire Adrianne Lenker At some point one has to cave and admit she can write some tunes. Metamorphisis Infinity Song Among best new band discoveries of the year for us. Really, really good stuff. I Don't Say It, But I Feel It The Staves How often is that so true! If you don't know the Staves yet, you should. Orbit JW Francis An upbeat song that you can move along with on a hot summer afternoon. Paperweight The Secret Sisters Great song. Americana. There is some edge to it and great songwriting. Wild Days Sam Evian Jury is still out on this dude, but interesting. Not just another run of the mill rock tune.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Run Away MISSIO Great tune. These are just rock songs. Fantasneeze Bombay Bicycle Club & Matilda Mann Very catchy and whimsical. "I do; I do; I do." shrooms Coral Moons If others have a good time and want to share in song? Ok. Love, "she's a little self-absorbed." Change Your God A Place To Bury Strangers Veteran New Wave hypnotics. Right Back To It Waxahatchee (feat. MJ Lenderman) Easily the best song of the year. Nearly perfection. Lip Mama Zu Posthumous release. Sad, but a great song. Walk These Streets Collins Beach Has sort of an English feel to it not unlike Paolo Nutini (a la "New Shoes") Poppies Flipturn Sort of addicted to this EP. Each song builds and they are just lovely. I Lied housewife This is a modern day teen movie theme song. Man on the Moon Hotel Fiction Just a nice feel good tune. Soap Slow Hollows A little fuzzy and lo-fi but has an old Red House Painters feel to it. Modern Girl Bleachers Saxophones right off the first downbeat sets the tone. We didn't start the fire... Adeline Shane Smith & The Saints Americana/Country. In the Stapleton school of real country. Nice Town (Original) Metronomy and Pan Amsterdam This is like "nnnn...19, 19" from the 80s but then lets the trumpets kick in. Love it. No Safe & Sound July Talk New single from a great Indie band. They feed off one another really well. Sway Kacey Musgraves She is back with the songwriting and her sweet spot. Refreshing. Homesick Noah Kahan Want to hate this dude, but we can't help but get into, "I'm mean b/c I grew up in NE!" Can't Believe We're Here J Mascis Too much like Dinosaur Jr.? Maybe, but he is still a very talented dude. Doubt Slow Pulp This may be getting a lot of play as part of the maudlin music of the university station. The Pain Another Sky Another refreshing and rock'n sound that's very hard to pin down. Give it a try!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Magic meija and JAWNY Not what one would expect. Gently rock'n and gently pleasant. Highlands Middle Kids Just great songwriting every time. Anywhere Seaside A driving Pop song with some Garbage overtones. On Our Way To The Rave Ducks Ltd. So not our jam, but the tune is subtle and really nostalgic. (substitute your "__" for "rave"). Didn't Want To San Fermin Best song off of their new album. Subtle horns and great songwriting. Alibi Hurray For The Riff Raff Probably one of the hardest working American Folk artists out there. Mother Nature MGMT Great song. Wonder though if they are trying to become musicians now? Interesting. Chances Grouplove Love how angry this tune is. Willow Bombay Bicycle Club & Lucy Rose The song sort of feels like you are trampling through some willows. Showtime Catfish & the Bottlemen Stadium romper. Bad words, but it is kind of funny and works just fine. Somebody New Real Estate This band has captured the feel of 70s songwriting. Not quite Yacht Rock. Did I Love You (Like I Promised To) Flipturn Off of an amazing EP. The voice; the composition; and the build. All excellent. Hawkmoon Hurray For the Riff Raff Two on the same mix. Just been spinning this record for weeks. Very listenable. St. Lou Matt Pond PA & Alexa Rose Absolutely wonderful song. May be the best one off of the new EP. Mostly Alexa. Dream Job Yard Act Ok, may not be for everyone, but tough not to rock to the cockney grooves. Forever Together STRFKR We love these guys because they are consistent. Whimsical and musical. Baja Goth Babe Kind of wish we could live in the mountains and make great tunes from a van too. Kicking Up Daisies Yumi Zouma Did we mention this EP is awesome? Love To Walk Away The Vaccines Contemporary visuals and everyday life in an alt-rock format Paper Cranes Grizfolk New single picks up as it goes. A nice relaxing groove.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Main Thing Ducks Ltd. Canadian version of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Melodic, Beatles-based. Spinnaker Days Goth Babe Slacker new wave rock for today. Great melodies and fused sounds. In My Head NewDad Unexpectedly great tune along the guitar rock, female voice genre. Liquid Gold The Rubens Simply one of the catchiest tunes so far this year Radio (feat. Sharon Van Etten) Margo Price A lovely and fun little country-rock song. Anna Lunar Vacation Keep forgetting to stick this on a mix. Just pure nostalgia, Similar to the band, "Ivy." Side Eye Rolls Matt Pond PA Tom Petty, and WILCO. Enjoying this EP immensely. Weird Environment San Fermin One of our fav favs. Dramamine Middle Kids Last album was a MASTERPIECE. New one is so far so good. Any Given Day The Holy Fast paced shoegaze rock. The lower end is well represented. (bass clef). be okay Yumi Zouma Some bad words, but one can understand. Very good tune. WARZ0NE Stand Atlantic A little edgy. That's ok. We need some edge sometimes. (it is a 0 in the title) Something You Needed Flipturn Great band from JAX. That's right, JAX. This EP is gorgeous. We listen cover to cover. How Does the Horse Go Home? Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover A question work asking. Water Underground Real Estate Is this not the best 70s songwriting of the 2020s? Yep. Awesome. gravity (alt. version) SAD DAD This version is just irresistible. Floating not to the ground, but on the ocean. All You'll Ever Catch Remo Drive A strange one, but some good points made, actually. Waffles Cayucas This is what's in my head every time we eat waffles and could never quite place it. drifting Night Tapes There is a little groove in there. Worth a listen for a quick pick-me-up. Azalea Blackberry Smoke Pure gnawing southern rock. This one is a bit sweeter but still has a punch.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS So Many Plans Beirut The Magnetic Fields' sound. The horns and relaxing build is all... Rattle My Heart Ilsey Sound of a heartbeat transforms into a song that feels like sharing a drink with an old friend. Suburban Solutions Wild Nothing Pure 80's sound complete with electro-funk talk-singing. Simply awesome. Desert Mile Yumi Zouma One of the best songs of the year from the New Zealanders. Hunter Jess Williamson A masterpiece off of her new album. Discount De Kooning (Last One Standing) The Vaccines Surprisingly perfect in some ways. Thoroughly addictive for sure. As You Are Day Wave Oh, the yearning is so well heard on this tune. Reckless Child Milky Chance Unmistakable groove. It sort of washes over you. The Beach junodream A familiar sound, played from the evening deck of your favorite beach house. Guess You Knew Wax Owls Very nice folk/rock song. Goes great with a late afternoon, Sunday drive. Crocodile Goth Babe Another from his full album. There are many good ones. Down, down, down MATILDA LYN Admittedly odd voice at first. Finishes warmly and leaves a lovely aftertaste. Someday Best Dolores Forever Love this tune! Eat the friggin pasta! Imagining Everything Matt Pond PA Emphatically recommend this EP. Care was taken. Gold Rush Stella Explorer Need to check the Euro beat box every now and then. Iris Future Islands Simple, yet consistent and soulful in a way. Jealous Moon Sarah Jarosz Phenomenal. Read The Room The Smile Radiohead. Very good. Maybe not quite as good as the last. Right On Time Chatham County Line A bit more accessible Americana from the band's latest.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Someone Else Ilsey Beautiful soliloquy of heartbreak and new beginnings. Girl Supreme Σtella The band name is pronounced "Stella" with the sum sign. Yes, a Greek based artist with Swedish alt-rock sensibility. Section 52 (Morning Sun, I Built The Stairs) The Polyphonic Spree Makes our hearts blush with the nerdy sonic brilliance. Care was taken. Dial Tone Wild Nothing Get over the unnecessary auto tune. They can sing just fine and the song is great. Make Way Protomartyr Art rock. There is a punk rock aspect, but love how it comes right at you. Uncertain Country Great Lake Swimmers Early "Band of Horses" vibe and maybe a little "America." Excellent. KPR Yumi Zouma New Zealanders have a great sound bella EKKSTACY The belle of the maudlin music of the university station. Holiday House Beach House From 2023, but it is amazing. Hypnotic. Say It Like You Mean It Sleater-Kinney Some may say they've changed for the worse. We say, much more accessible. Night Vision Kiwi jr. Sort of a combination of "the Terms," and the "Lemonheads." No Caffeine Marika Hackman Good advice. Very good niche singer-songwriter. Fun Police Swoon Awesome find from 2018ish. Before the current alt-punk surge. This Is Gonna Hurt Dirty Nice Yes, from the soundtrack of our lives. Too good to isolate. Headlines Islands Anthem for a person's eventful day and for the signs of the times. Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) The National Normally not so big on them, but they really nailed their last two albums. Lunar Eclipse The Vaccines Really great upbeat, rockin' album. No More Tragedies The Natural Lines Just a really enjoyable album. Subtle instrumental builds. Love the discreet keyboards. Chasing Spirits Jess Williamson She is kind of off the charts talented and versatile. This is from her latest. Enjoy.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Life In The Time Ben Howard Soulful, meaningful singer-songwriter. Love this. A Gun In Every Home Wings of Desire A manifesto on the world of what's completely unnecessary. Great sound. Great song. Space Invader The National From their second album of 2023. A great year for the National. Intheskatepark Squirrel Flower For Ro Ro. Post punk tune captures the mindset a young skatepark dude. Powdered Sugar The Boxer Rebellion Not sure what exactly they are getting at, but it is a great sound and looking forward to the full album. Evidence Lo Moon Such suckers for simplicity of structure, but complexity of sound! CURSED ALIAS A very strange tune. Love it. Mix it up. Always/Never STRFKR A revealing acronym for a band name. Their tunes are refreshing like the Charlatans U.K. I only I sing about food Runner A little white lie for the name of the song does not take away from the listening enjoyment. Not My Fault MISSIO Always thought these guys were just skateboard punks. Not true at all. I'll Be Here Colbie Caillat & Sheryl Crow Such a nice song. Nearly flawless. Spirit The Killers Anyone else think these guys are better than when they first started?! Children WhoMadeWho Not a trace of Angus Young with these guys. The pulsating high fret bass line is awesome. Bluebird Singing John Vincent III A singer-songwriter of the highest caliber. Enjoy. My Love Is A Loneliness San Fermin Play it over and over. Melodic and addictive. Can't wait for their 2024 full releae! Lauren Holly Humberstone So promising. She has a series of single releases that are exceptional. This is like those. Reflecting Everything Mapache You fly into town on a business trip somewhere. Not a big town. Mapache is playing. Go see it. The Sun Joseph Title track off of their 2023 album. It is good. Really, it is. Tennessee On You Larry Fleet We are probably Larry Fleet fans now. Lol, seriously.
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES 2023 (something new- discoveries/overlooked songs until the very end of the year in the order they were heard)
SONG ARTIST Cactus People Mega Bog Summer (feat. Jim James) Steady Holiday The Wild Gabe Lee Titanic Stella and Redinho Won't You Give Me One More Chance Turnpike Troubadours I Think I Knew The Church Abandon All Hope Ethan P. Flynn More Rachel Bobbitt Heating's On The Pale Blue Eyes It's Alive Ratboys Indigo Beach Lab When It's Gone Blonde Bones Silver Moon Boy & Bear I Am Mine Beta Radio (from 2014) Hungersite Goose Horse To Water Tall Heights (from 2016) Every Day Like The Last Wye Oak Glistening Flipturn (from 2020) Suburbia Krooked Kings (from 2021) Me & My Sunshine Motel Radio A Good Thing Claud Days Move Slow Bully I Let The Plant Die Alicia Clara Abandon All Hope Ethan P. Flynn This Is Gonna Hurt Dirty Nice
ALBUM ARTIST Weathervanes Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Time Will Wait For No One Local Natives Remember Never Before July Talk Living In A Haze Milky Chance Nothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again Lydia Loveless A River Running To You Fruit Bats The Record Boygenius The Waeve The Waeve 1988 Lori McKenna As Glenn Butch Walker Life Is Infinite Wings of Desire Formenta II Metric The Natural Lines The Natural Lines Heatherhead Generationals Everything Is Alive Darlingside The Sun Joseph Become (EP) Beach House Hold Wild Nothing I Want It All Right Now Grouplove At The Roadhouse The Paper Kites Cracker Island Gorillaz A Cat Is In The Rain Turnpike Troubadours Bunny Beach Fossils Laugh Track The National The First Two Pages of Frankenstein The National Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? Lana Del Rey Uncertain Country The Great Lake Swimmers Hinterland Jealous Of The Birds Versions Of Us Lanterns On The Lake Strange Disciple Nation Of Language Hadsel Beirut Love Lines LP
SONGS ARTISTS new body rhumba (from the film White Noise) LCD Soundsystem Wide Eyes The Big Moon (from 2022) Hold July Talk Thinking About You Beck Roll Away (Like A Stone) Butch Walker Not Strong Enough Boygenius Me Person Deathsport Wings of Time (From the Motion Picture Dungeons & Dragons) Tame Impala Amnesia M83 Geometry Rubblebucket (from 2022) Lovestruck Geowulf Hang The Cedar Morningsiders Running Wings of Desire The Likes Of Us Lanterns On The Lake Tropic Morning News The National When We Were Close Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Cicada Temples Mary Magdalene In The Great Sky The Loyal Seas A Scene That Will Never Die The Natural Lines Not New The Bright Light Social Hour Oil Gorillaz (feat. Stevie Nicks) Psychos Jenny Lewis State of Flight Boy & Bear Nervous System Joseph Retributions Of An Awful Life Heartworms Dummy Portugal, The Man Radar Man Generationals I Was A Line Damien Jurado Kill Me Again The WAEVE Come Fetch My Soul! Sun Years (Feat. Jess Williamson) Desert Snow Local Natives Feeling For You Milky Chance Barbaric Blur Damage Gets Done Hozier & Brandi Carlile Salt Half Moon Run White Horse Chris Stapleton Hockey Skates Kathleen Edwards (from 2003) Bug Like An Angel Mitski Tryin' GROUPLOVE Heartbeat Highway Cannons Dial Tone Wild Nothing Holiday House Beach House Morse Code Jealous Of The Birds Closer Illiterate Light alife Slowdive Feel Lydia Loveless Good Night's Gone The Paper Kites No More Lies Thundercat and Tame Impala Who Would You Be For Me Metric Section 45 (Wishful, Brave, And True) The Polyphonic Spree
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Skipping Like A Stone The Chemical Brothers (feat. Beck) Unmistakable Beck intro transitions into an M83 staple. Golden LP Great songs top to bottom. The voice reaches a different level. Headlights Wild Nothing Firmly entrenched in the indie/pop royalty short list. Turn The World On Bombay Bicycle Club Everyone is supposed to have at least one of these songs on their lists, right? Life on Pause Strabe The sound of this band is so enjoyable. The music perfectly complements the vocals. Suckers Metric This is Metric getting back to their sound. It rocks, but is also interesting. Swimming Like Flying Great Lake Swimmers One of the greatest true contemporary folk-rock bands or our time. There is some Stephen Stills. Tryin' GROUPLOVE Can a modern indie-pop band have some crunch to it. You bet. Enjoy. Meant To Be Wilco There is humility in their music more than ever before. It is simple and just very good. Slowly Spilling Out Saint Motel It is a pop song. Not overwrought with anything. Just straight at you sound and harmonies. White Horse Chris Stapleton Not thrilled with the MNF gig, but hey, it is a living and this song proves he is one of a kind. The One Who Loves You Walker Lukens When you get to the chorus, you don't see it coming. It's like Hall & Oats jumped in. Get Enough Sun June "The Beatles getting back together. Gotta give the people what they want!" Great song. WC Bronx Black Mekon Need some guitars back in the music world. Oh, and maybe some "needles on the record." Nobody Ever Valley Queen Perhaps the allure of this song is that it reminds you of another song and you CANNOT place it. Big Songbirds Don't Cry Superviolet Fingerpicking guitar becomes an addictive listen, but do little songbirds not cry either? My Dad And His Truck Josh Abbott Band Shamelessly and unapologetically soliciting a truck commercial. Do The Right Thing Lydia Loveless There is not a bad tune to choose from. In fact, this one is exceptional. Eliza I See Darlingside At first you want them to rock a bit more, but then you realize they do what they do just fine. Bloom Baroness Obligatory homage to a metal group that does not feel the need to be so darn guttural.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Liftaway WALK THE MOON Energetic and a dead ringer for an old Saybia song. Deep End (Paul's In Pieces) The National A great one off of their second album of 2023. Burn It Down LP We love LP's beats and songwriting sensibility. The pitch is just a little shrieky. Heartbeat Highway Cannons Again, there are songs for car commercials. Driving late at night through "somewhere cities." Who Would You Be For Me Metric Getting back to contemporary life anthems. This is incredible. "saddest tune on the sixth of June." Carolina Rolling By Mipso An Americana heartbeat of life song. Enjoy the rolling hills of "Carolina" out of your car window. Runaway Lydia Loveless This album is a masterpiece. It's just good old fashioned songwriting. Oh, and she can sing too. alife Slowdive Evokes the 80's underground music mastery- New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc. Zeno Guster A pandemic gem. Reliably Guster. Jean Hovvdy One of the quintessential examples of 2020s indie music. The good parts anyway. Section 45 Wishful, Brave, And True) The Polyphonic Spree Sonically lovely, compositionally complex and the build to the end is worth the journey. The Wondering Hiss Golden Messenger Solid folk-rock singer/songwriter makes an album about his family. Lovely. Astral Plans Bad Suns Channeling some of the Milky Chance formula. Upbeat and catchy. Hadsel Beirut Amid a world of chaos at or near its eponymous region, this album is refreshing. Notting Hill The World of Birds Catching onto this band one single at a time. So far very nice. May I Comply Heartworms All over the full album release whenever that may be. Dark counterculture vibe. Exactly!! Bigger Than This Me Not You Brooklyn band cannot seem to put out a bad album. Started out as Little Daylight and grew! Weightless Big Wreck Great rockin tune with slight echoes of a melodic Chris Cornell. bike again Runner For some reason we've been coveting this grass roots banjo picking band's tunes all year.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Just the Once Metric Rarely is part 2 of an album as good as the first. This is great! Turning Onto You (HNNY Remix) First Aid Kit & HNNY An amazing song made even better. 80's Baby Jill Andrews Of all of the 80s songs out this year, this is the loveliest. Love On Your Side Dandelion Head Honestly, it is the alto sax at the end that does it. Gorgeous. Flailing Islet Is it because it is in seven? You are damn right! Geddy would approve. Six O'clock News Kathleen Edwards This is how we found "Hockey Skates." It may be her best album. (2003) Flame Leisure A great driving tune. (It has a beat to it) Rockstar The Struts So, the Struts rock a little. In the old howling genre. It's a little silly, but we like it. Attack of the Ghost Riders MO & The Raveonettes What a fun song. You have to be in some kind of mood to write a song like this! June's Stolen Car The Paper Kites A little rockin tune from them. Very good. Ghost Lydia Loveless May be our favorite album this year. At least at this point. At Least I Tried Sun Room A pulsating punk tune. Picture the average 20 something dude with no responsibilities. Let Me Down Easy Daisy Jones & The Six We're just suckers for a fake band with Elvis' granddaughter. Evicted Wilco Just another knee slapping good Wilco tune from Mr. Tweedy and co. No California Ilsey An upbeat pop tune of a more sophisticated order. Wrecked Lightning Dust Everyone should love these guys. They are really well thought-out compositions. Two Beer Plan Larry Fleet Love this dude. Yes a bit trite, but it is very fun and that's ok, right? Hello GROUPLOVE They are sort of yelling at us, but this album is easily their finest, most diverse work. Taste The Sun The Pale White We have this sweatshirt (not joking) Southern Star Brent Cobb Great song. The album is a little blah. But he is a magnificent songwriter/producer.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Closer Illiterate Light Slight sense of desperation anchors the sound and lyrics in this one. Nice. New Gold Gorillaz (feat. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown) A little suspicious of anyone who is unwilling to admit they are at least cooooool. Snowman Blonde Redhead A great listen since "23." The completely unnecessary background "whoop" is awesome! 80's Movie Morgan Wade "When Harry Met Sally" So nostalgic. Cannonball The World of Birds Utterly addictive. The boys enjoying rocking back and forth at the chorus. Animas Birds of Play While keeping with the winged creature theme, a completely different sound here. Hockey Skates Kathleen Edwards From 2003. A recently uncovered masterpiece. Evening Star Supercharger Sparklehorse An irresistible posthumous masterpiece. Bugs Like An Angel Mitski The resounding chills from the choral unity is worth every listen. Blue Over Blue The Clientele One of those bands, either you are in or you are out. A lovely tune. Sole Obsession Nation of Language The urgency moves this tune right along and even incorporates the album title in the lyrics! Feel Lydia Loveless Has all of the same musical sensibilities of the best singer songwriters of our times. Good Night's Gone The Paper Kites Another lovely tune showcasing the songwriting chops. Eucalyptus The National One could be forgiven for getting tired of these guys, but NOT this year. Hit Me Where It Hurts Lala Lala It has to rock a little, right? It does and is perfectly enjoyable. Away Pacifica Ok, it is much like the others, aka, Wet Leg, but it is still fun for the times. New York The Kills Refreshingly rockin'
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS A Little Bit Further Tourist The slow build of the synths is really the best part What A Summer Mapache This is very reminiscent of an early 70s folk singer/songwriter (pinka a pinka moon . . .) Vaporized Sea Lemon Just a nice little alt/indie tune with a subtle blending of sounds. Back on 74 Jungle A refreshingly soulful throwback to music that made you get up and move! Paradise Local Natives Easily one of the best and most enjoyable listens of the year. A Cat In The Rain Turnpike Troubadours Story telling with a relaxing sound. Country, but thoughtful country. 1988 Lori McKenna To go back 35 years. Maybe one of the most fun years ever. I Live in Small Town Flyying Colours One of our favorite new albums. Just very fun. Ends in Why Logan Mize A little bit hillbilly, but it is good, OK country. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey The title track from her new album is kind of a masterpiece. Hate to admit. Horizons Gus Dapperton Just a very good pop song. You know, it transcends the status quo. Don't Fade Out Cut Worms An old soul in the form of a modern folk rock artist. A very good listen. Morse Code Jealous of The Birds Irresistible songwriting in the backdrop of a great diversity of sounds. $20 Boygenius Still think Phoebe adds the crunch to the bunch, but are great trio all the same. Run To The Moon Beach Fossils Don't do drugs, but the landscape still resonates. A great tune. Salt Half Moon Run Always a bit too lovely, but they have some edge like the Boxer Rebellion. Time Is A Light Temples Spiraling circles give way to sonic congruity not unlike the Animal Collective. Mister Burns Kytes A very bouncy tune. A big pop sound, yet soulful. See The World By Night Fruit Bats A brisk night with a fire, stargazing and feet up on a nearby tree stump. Un Deux Trois Munya Unbearably addictive as soon as it starts
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Desert Snow Local Natives They incorporate 70s songwriting with 80s and contemporary sensibility. Very nice. My Grandma Says We Have No Future Cari Cari That must have been said by all grandmothers at some point since the dawn of time. Lose Yourself Ormiston Love the goofy background talking. It's like nnnnineteen, nineteen from the 80's. Lionel Richie The Jack Moves Let the funky groove pour all over you! A little Justin Timberlake going on. Ballad Of The Texas King Cut Worms Write a 60s-like song, and add piano, pedal steel, brushed percussion, and light guitar. The Coyote & The Cowboy Colter Wall Yeah, ok, so a country folk ballad. Totally old school. Dude is still only in his 20s. The Town In Your Heart Lori McKenna One of the greatest songwriters of this generation. Meeting the Master Greta Van Fleet Still holds the title of best/worst Pitchfork review! Awesome overblown 80s rock Barbaric Blur Back with a great song. No surprise the guitarist is behind much of the goodness. Sour Echosmith Gets sufficiently rockin' to make it very worthwhile Let It Ride Ryan Adams Blast from the past from the movie, Lucky You. Very good tune. Kill Me Again The WAEVE Blur guitarist's joint venture with Rose Elinor Dougall is a masterpiece. Eutropius (Give Me Lies) Generationals Might be the best tune of the lot from their latest. 70s horns and sounds give way to "acceptance." All The Lights In The City Darlingside A more diminutive sound highlights the voices and the excellent songwriting. Things That Never Change Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen It takes a moment to build, but just pure country fun. My Entire Life SUSTO All this while, we thought this was just a surfer dude. Folk/rock excellence. IYKYK New West Have to listen to the song to find out, which is really cheesy. A "sweet" song. Everything Sings Savoir Adore One of our favorite bands from the teens. a very clear, straightforward indie tune. Demise Cafune Something about the percussion makes this pop tune rise above the rest. Damage Gets Done Hozier & Brandi Carlile Fantastic tune off Hozier's latest. Tough to top this one.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Lie In The Sun Jack River As summer wanes and fall enters, this is a nice upbeat song longing for the warm sun. Feeling In You Milky Chance The greatest chorus of the year. Completely and utterly addictive. Death Wish Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit A lesson in tragedy avoidance. Summer of Luv Portugal. The Man (feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra) Short and sweet summer tune for the masses. Absolutely fine. NYE Local Natives This is one of at least a half dozen must listen songs off of their latest. Midwest Vacations A lovely pseudo breakup song if that makes any sense. mile end maxime. Avoid a band with a period at the end, but the song oddly works. Your Ghost San Fermin One of the best bands of the last decade. Hoping for more next year. Nothing But Love Songs Randy Rogers Band Missed this one last year. Just a great ole country song. Bring The Rain Wax Owls Has to be Canadian, right? Piano, songwriting, composition. L.A. Oh well. It's great. When Everything Was Lost Palace Will never figure out this band. Americana at times and Indie at others. Wrong Side Of The River Myron Elkins One of the young country artists who sounds 20 years older. Real country. Don't Let Me Down Gus Dapperton & BENEE Alright. Somewhat indulgent, but bumps nicely. All GROUPLOVE Off of their new album. There's clearly some angst. Love it. Love Invention Alison Goldfrapp There is no quit. Could be one of her best albums even with Goldfrapp. Everywhere I Go I Bring The Rain Caroline Rose Miami is an amazing song. This one is also very good. Bioluminescence Goth Babe Great name for a song. Like all the others, makes you want to be there. like I do Nightly This is in the Hippo Campus vein. Dreamin's Free Caitlyn Smith Absolutely. A great life anthem. On The Run Robert Ellis Quite lo-fi. That's ok. It is still a very good listen.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Living In a Haze Milky Chance Their formula is simple but thoroughly enjoyable and upbeat. If You Insist Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit So distinctively him and them. May be the best of the lot. Everyone's Moving Out East Half Moon Run A ponderous tune, which may be their thing. Very nice. Silver Girl Spoon Same ole train carrying Kennedy? Nah. Btw, Spoon is awesome. Radar Man Generationals Best tune from their new album. Has a 70s feel to it. The Likes of Us Lanterns On The Lake Florence and the Machine, just a little more rockin'. Once In A Lifetime Deer Tick Latest from their latest. Bluesy Americana. Odyssey Beck and Phoenix They sound great together. Let's hope Beck has a new one on the horizon. I Love Dawes Sort of a lullaby accounting for a great collection of relatable memories. Evergreen Wye Oak From a couple of years ago, but merely an oversight. Great tune. kisses Slowdive A revival of sorts. We may succumb to the album if all are this good. Gummi Samuel Nicholson A nice folk-rock song perhaps centered around a certain genre of gummi. Easy Love Pacific Avenue Spiraling colours. It rocks nicely. Dummy Portugal, The Man It may seem silly at first, but man is it catchy. Blame Brett The Beaches We once had a neighbor named Brett. Not so common anymore. Might as well blame him. Effort Pearla Such a sucker for emotionally laden tunes that are really well written. (Angel Olsen?) Come Fetch My Soul! SunYears (feat. Jess Williamson) Chamber folk rock blossoms into a very listenable duet. Peter Bjorn. Late model David Bowie? Don't Fade Away Beach Fossils We broke down and got this album. Probably because of this tune. Open Water From Your Eyes Different is beside the point. Creative as well. Benadryl Subreddit L.S. Dunes Ro got stung 7 times on the way... Guess what came in handy! This is a rock tune.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Ace Up My Sleeve Lord Huron From the Starling Girl Movie. Great folk-rock tune. Kid The Revivalists Americana and folk-rock joins together for a fun tune. Valley of the Ocean Sault The thing about this unnecessarily mysterious French band is they have some good songs! Retributions of An Awful Life Heartworms Oh man this is so goth, new wave, punk... good. Go the whole way. Help Me Kytes Spoon. If you like them you will love this. Drowning The WAEVE This is the album you hope everyone appreciates, but know some won't. So good. Dirt Diamond Generationals Someone would have a hard time convincing us there is anything wrong with this tune. Beginner's Luck Jealous of the Birds Best one so far off her latest album. Initially has an oddly CSNY feel. Save The World Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit So many good songs it is difficult not to just put the whole album in a mix. Alco Half Moon Run A lovely new tune. Great harmonies and a mix of well crafted sound. Nothing Matters The Last Dinner Party Select the "clean" version. It does not matter. It is perfectly fine to admit you kind of dig it. Unsocial Media Deathsport Do not let the name of the band deter you. It is upbeat. Inside Outside This Is The Kit An artist you just want to love so badly. This is a very good taste of her music. Lowlife YUNGBLUD Don't ever get too down on yourself. Sometimes, it sounds kind of fun. Suffer Me Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Still not sure if we are worthy. Little Bit Of Sun Semisonic Closing Time! Yep, the same dudes. Great new one. Dance With Everybody Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors & National Parks Alright, it is was it is. No pretention at least. James Hoskins Damien Jurado Who framed Roger Rabbit? Nope the other Hoskins who took news hostages. Macon If We Make It Lucero I don't know what is historically worse Rt. 16 or I-75.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS State of Flight Boy & Bear A trend towards Manchester Orchestra abounds, but this is very nice. Burnout Small Million The oohs and ahs capture a wonderful sample from a very good album Nervous System Joseph Just a simple old fashion indie-pop tune. Thoroughly enjoyable. It All Comes Back Fruit Bats Can this dude make a bad album or even a bad tune? Nope. Psychos Jenny Lewis So sinfully addictive. A must for your playlists. American Daughter Beach House I'm sorry. They defy musical genres. Composition and songwriting matters. Miracles Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters & Podsongs Like an old friend and a bottle of good bourbon. Simple and good. This Isn't Helping The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers May be their best tune in years. Anywhere Ellur Consistently great songs. Looking forward to another full release. Middle of the Morning Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Many tunes are like this, but none of them are this. Right? Tiny Helicopters (jackLNDN Remix) Sugar Nova Pure fun and indulgence. The drop goes full bass. Unusual. Running Wings of Desire May be the best song on the mix. What Are The Odds Death Valley Girls This is like punk rock music that's like accessible. It's like, cool. Younger Kytes This band has a new release of a small collection of great songs. Live, Learn, Die Lavin The song title is so very true. Interesting song. Something Like This Chet Faker Just a funky little dance tune for the deck or firepit. Smog Indigo De Souza Yes, okay. An interesting musician and that is good enough for us! Miami Caroline Rose Yikes, a little dirty at the beginning, but a powerful, emotional tune. Barley Water From Your Eyes Alright, alright. Completely discordant and off time. Absolutely love it!! Looking Glass Death and Vanilla Possibly too atmospheric, but enjoyable and relaxing. Out of Control (Bad Boy 2) Dragon Inn 3 Written for a movie maybe, but it builds nicely and the sax is so 80s.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Freedom Jadu Heart A perfect blend of Goth Babe and the Manchester Orchestra Tropic Morning News The National Best new tune off their latest. Fairly addictive. Mary Magdalene in the Great Sky The Loyal Seas There is something very special about this majestic folk-rock gem. Kick back and enjoy. Cicada Temples Awesome return for the psychedelia masses. It really is about cicadas btw. A Scene That Will Never Die The Natural Lines Gosh, this beckons notes from the early 2000s, i.e. The Perishers, Dawes, etc. When We Were Close Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit More of a straight-up southern rock sound for this record. Excellent. Alone in the Mountains Goth Babe I have to imagine traveling around in a camper writing songs and chillin in the Rockies is fun. homecoming New West Very simple sounds weave a pastoral backdrop to someone's anxious return. Golden Milky Chance These dudes have it figured out. It is modern and fresh, but not trite or faddish. Let's Make A Mistake Tonight Tennis A clean rinsing of indie music sound. Nothing fancy, but crisp and enjoyable. See Me Now Niko Rubio She has a very nice voice with some jazz overtones. Your Love (After Dark Remix) Future Utopia Just an extremely relaxing, soothing tune. Not New The Bright Light Social Hour Surprisingly, one of the best songs of the year. The chorus just stays with you. In a good way. dry news Nightly This song gets right into it. Really just a pop song, but no excess. Kick in the Teeth Hippo Campus A thinking person's band. An effort at a country-indie tune. Fireworks Joseph We love this band. Great songwriting and an even sound. Oil Gorillaz feat. Stevie Nicks One can always find something enjoyable about a tune with backing vocals from Stevie! Get It Back Wilder Woods A little tough but tender, but not too much. Voice is much like Amos Lee. Idol; Re-Run Westerman New record is slightly less melodic than the last, but we enjoy his distinctive sound. Dorothy Bay Tiny Ruins A slightly discordant tune that draws you in inexplicably. A good listen.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS History Channel The National Parks A combination of Manchester Orchestra and The New Pornographers. Let The Light In Lana Del Rey Feat. Father John Misty A decidedly different sound for her. Showcases her songwriting in the Angel Olsen style. I Was A Line Damien Jurado Prolific? Yes. This one is an absolute gem. Watching the Credits The Beths A new one -off single from the New Zealanders. Out of Your Mind MisterWives Upbeat every time. Looking forward to the new album this summer. I'll Never Need Anyone More (feat. Raul Malo) The Shootouts Just an easy-going, real country tune with sufficient pedal steel. Trouble The Big Moon A friggin' great record. Are You Okay? Arctic Lake Not necessarily distinguishable from very many voices, but it is a very good song. Stone The Path Starts with a nice, rolling alternating thumb on the acoustic guitars. Lovely. Gonna Go to Japan Scoobert Doobert As fun a song as it might seem from the title and artist name. Catchy. Flood Into Fazerdaze Subtly a very well crafted and composed indie tune. Burning Sunflowers The Reds, Pinks & Purples Distinctive sound may speak to some and not others. We love it. The Way Manchester Orchestra A somewhat lo-fi release stretches their catalogue nicely. Heya Yaha Maps Compositional genius' new album. Enjoy the sound. Tonight Phoenix The entire album is . . . .quite good. Rushin' River Valley Fruit Bats Still rockin' his Shins roots. Another good album. Loving You Cannons A thumper. The beat is uplifting and thoroughly enjoyable. Yippie Ki Yay Hippo Campus A great High West bourbon, a good movie quote, and a very nice tune. Maestro (Tears Don't Lie) Wilder Woods Furman football player/musician is not half bad with the Nathaniel Rateliff sound. Angel Olsen Holding On New EP is probably the remains of her last masterpiece.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Amnesia M83 New album. Sounds like Washed Out meets Tame Impala meets Girl in Red. Daily News Bartees Strange Has a My Morning Jacket sense of anticipation. Very nice. Another Quiet Sunday (Keep Moving On) Meltt Begins like the National and transitions to a heavier, somewhat fuzzier build. Tacoma Fruit Bats Off the latest record from a Folk-Rock genius. It is really good! Wings of Time Tame Impala A lo-fi Muse (Knights of Cydonia), sounding tune turns into a straightforward rock song. Really. Lights Light Up Fenne Lily One can be forgiven for wanting to adopt Big Thief 's great sound. I Don't Know What You See In Me Belle & Sebastian A very poppy song for them, but that's just fine. Very fun. The Last One First Aid Kit A really nice love song. Sunshine Niko Rubio Another lovely little folk-pop song with subtle strings and guitar strumming. Season 2 Phoenix This album is a masterpiece of pop culture. No Reason Sunny War Lovely. Makes you want more from her. To Be Yours (feat. Claud) ODESZA Mix it up. You won't find an easier song to blast out and provide a kick start to the day. Morning In The Sun Rubblebucket Indie-Art Rock. Absolutely infectious. Me Person Deathsport Not the most uplifting song (nor is the band's name), but still thoroughly enjoyable. Not Strong Enough Boygenius One of the best songs of the year cherry stems maxime. Dark Nouveau indie-rock. It is kind of cool sounding. Spoiled Softcult As you are watching all those other kids with the Fast Pass hop ahead of you in line.... Cat And Mouse With The Light The New Pornographers We will never get enough of this magnificent collection of voices and players. You're On Your Own, Kid Taylor Swift Addictive tune off of her latest. She's touring big time this summer! Strangers Nickel Creek A lively tune from their new masterpiece. Good to have them back.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Fade Away Rest for the Wicked Brit/Aussie Alt-Indie tune with familiar guitar tunings. Black Keys? The Bravery? I Will Be The Sun for You Sally Dige Florence & The Machine. Oak Hill Toledo Lo-fi, but still rich in sound and textures. Pinegrove with more polish. In Our Blood Redlight King Stadium rock with most assuredly no stadium. Geronimo Young Fathers Really interesting and addictive song making one nostalgic for Wes Studi. Pollen Song Tennis Really fun and thoroughly appropriate song for the Spring. Lovestruck Geowulf They sound so much like Imaginary Cities. Hard to resist the goodness. Thorns Yum Yuck Has a Connor Oberst feel, but then evolves into a blissful sounding folk-rock tune. Geometry Rubblebucket Smart, fun, indie-art-rock. The horns are great. The vibe is great. Over Chvrches Who would have thought simple, straight-forward hooks would be so much fun. Ghosts Again Depeche Mode A new one from the New Wave greats. This is really fresh and a nice listen. Glow Silver Springs A little fuzzy at times, but the voices come through nicely. Bless My Soul Rusty Truck Americana. Love it like you love Old Crowe Medicine Show. (If you like that sort of thing). Best Face On Ellur Welcome to the world of 90s Brit-pop/rock. This one builds and builds... Cracker Island Gorillaz (feat. Thundercat) Consistent and upbeat collection of head bopping tunes. This one has some Earth, Wind, and Fire. adios JAWNY The head bopping continues. This time driving down the strip and waiving "adios." Infatuation Future.Exboyfriend Just a very fun song with a lovely voice and plenty of sound. Repeat July Talk Another tune from the Canadians who interchange their voices brilliantly. The Night Ladytron Electronic melodies. Very interesting to see (and hear), how it all comes together. Can't Be By Myself Lowswimmer A lovely sort of love song in the Bon Iver style. It finishes perfectly with soft trumpet accents.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Too Drunk To Drive hey, nothing Great tune for those of us who've been there... Love And Motown Sweet Tempest One of the most addictive songs you will hear all year. Relaxing and groovy. Savannah The Spring Standards One of our favorite bands because of "Queen of the Lot." Great song from a couple of years back. u don't kno me Yot Club Song titles appear to be like text messages. Ok. Love the sound. Minimalist punk/indie music. Pana-Vision The Smile The thing is, not all of the songs are great, but none of them are bad. I Don't Give A Anima! Also addictive. Also groovy. And, thoroughly enjoyable. GOSSIP Maneskin feat. Tom Morello If you've ever seen the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame the last 10 yrs. This is all about Tom Morello. :) I Saw Young Fathers Along the lines of "Shame," but rocks a little easier. Infatuation SG Lewis A new album. Many, many good songs. A very upbeat and fun listen. Surfing in Iceland Goth Babe It is hard not to wonder what that might be like? Reliably nice song. Heaven Bends Illiterate Light Wow. This sound covers everything. Really enjoy the diversity. And, it rocks! Black Hills EVNTYD Would love to rumble around South Dakota one of these days listening to this tune. When You Stop July Talk This band falls somewhere between Of Monsters and Men and the Head and the Heart. champagne tears Faerie A very tweedy song with horns and doo-whops. Never cry over champagne. It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody Weyes Blood Joni Mitchell called and wants a chance to record songs with today's technology. There Is No Door Jadu Heart Another well crafted indie-rock tune. A Quiet Voice Rhye Sounds falsetto, but may not be. A truly lovely song and a lovely listen. Thinking About You Beck Seems like another masterpiece might be on its way soon...! Big Love H.C. McEntire Out of sheer respect. A brilliant songwriter.
DUNNY BRUSH DIVERS (FEBRUARY 2023)
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Feel This No More Death Valley Dreams 80s British Noir Goth/New Wave. Interesting. My Very Best The Big Moon One of the very best albums of 2022/2023. Hold July Talk An absolutely fantastic tune. Listen to how they introduce the voices and sounds... Enjoy. The Same The Smile A great Radiohead album. You Say My Name The Heavy Hours We enjoy this band. Reminiscent of the Lumineers. Love And Motown Sweet Tempest The keys open up with a "Chromatics" like sound. Really good after the drop. The Negotiator Butch Walker 70's station wagon rock. An Old Tune Anima! Just fun, upbeat, running, or exercise tunes, with melody and synths. Misery Remember Me Ladytron Electronic music with indie integrity. Quotidian EVNTYD Other than needing to buy a vowel, this tune fits perfectly in the late 2000s. Blame Jadu Heart Another new tune from the British psych duo. Good mix of genres. k-town Faerie For some reason this reminds me of my niece's Fantasy Football team. I walk this earth all by myself EKKSTACY On the regular rotation for the maudlin music of the university station. Dig it. Love Proceeding (Macroblank Remix) BADBADNOTGOOD (feat. Arthur Verocai) Always initially reluctant with a name like that, but it is Jazzy. Mix it up. Fleez Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah, ok. This album is really solid. Taking Over The Sun Goth Babe Dunno if this dude will ever release a proper album. May not need to. Great. Cahooting The Multiverse Wild Pink Very good song writing. A little lighter on the sounds, but a lovely tune. GOOD TIMES (Elephant Talk Remix) Jungle An amazingly soulful and upbeat tune with a new remix. Just go for it. Grey Veins L.S. Dunes No screaming. Just a rock song. Refreshing.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Another Change more* Sounds like the band Wanderlust from the mid '90s. Whatever Fits Together Skullcrusher Great name for kids' headphones. Odd name for an acoustic/shoegazing folk band Paths In The Sky Metric So reliably Emily Haines. That voice! Flowers Lissie A lovely song. Roll Away (Like A Stone) Butch Walker Dead lock for the Jackson Brown sound. Doctor My Eyes! Timelapse Clouds Reuben And The Dark One of those songs where the title represents the vibe. Cloud gazing. Artefact Phoenix They are just so groovy. Always an easy listen. Hang The Cedar Morningsiders The Head and the Heart with some horns. Awesome tune! The Room The Orielles Ok, a little art-nouveau in the Rubblebucket bucket. Nice. There'd Better Be A Mirrorball Arctic Monkeys Full credit for a completely different sound. Brit-rock turned late 60's Bond film backdrop. Edge of the Edge Panda Bear & Sonic Boom The Beach Boys. Completely refreshing and nostalgic. Wide Eyes The Big Moon This album is really great. Care was taken. Out Of My Head First Aid Kit They have gotten better and better. Can't find a bad tune on this one. You Will Never Work In Television Again The Smile Radiohead works just as well, but I guess we'll call this band, The Smile. Northern Attitude Noah Kahan Acoustic finger picking folk music where the voice and lyrics are great. New Body Rhumba (from the film White Noise) LCD Sound System "I need a new boddie. I need a new boddie!!" A favorite of Ro Ro's. Going Home to a Party JW Francis It is like having two Phoenix tunes in the same mix. Permanent Rebellion L.S. Dunes NOT for everyone, but man it is so fun to scream sometimes.
ALBUM ARTIST Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You Big Thief Small World Metronomy Sidelines Wild Rivers Once Twice Melody Beach House Kali Yuga Kama Sutra Westerner Big Time Angel Olsen Life Is Yours Foals Surrender Maggie Rogers As I Try Not To Fall Apart White Lies Laurel Hell Mitski Wet Leg Wet Leg Uncanny Valley Coin Endless Rooms Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (C.F.) We've Been Going About This All Wrong Sharon Van Etten Present Tense Yumi Zouma Blue Rev Alvvays Modern Fiction Ducks Ltd. We Arcade Fire Shoals Palace Cool It Down Yeah Yeah Yeahs Lucifer On The Sofa Spoon Here Is Everything The Big Moon Earth Worship Rubblebucket Formentera Metric Palimino First Aid Kit Blue Skies Dehd I Walked With You A Ways Plains Things Are Great Band of Horses This Mess Arlo McKinley Alpha Zulu Phoenix Cruel Country Wilco Every Shade of Blue The Head & The Heart Expert In A Dying Field The Beths Will of the People Muse A Light For Attracting Attention The Smile Night Roamers Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
SONGS ARTISTS The Overload Yard Act Take My Heart (I'll Take Yours Too) The Heavy Hours Valentine Snail Mail In Need Of Repair Band Of Horses Things Will Be Fine Metronomy Wasted The War on Drugs Weatherman Wild Rivers Wild Spoon Under the Rolling Moon Ducks Ltd. I Don't Want To Go To Mars White Lies Ride Or Die Hippo Campus Everything Hovvdy Little Things Big Thief Unconditional I Arcade Fire More or Less Wild Rivers Lie With Me In The Valley Below Where the Light Used to Lay Yumi Zouma No Choice Tame Impala 2am Foals All Comes Crashing Metric Unnecessary Drama Belle & Sebastian Synchronize Milky Chance Miles and Miles Me Not You All About You The Knocks (feat. Foster the People) It Doesn't Change Anything Sarah Shook & The Disarmers The Way It Shatters Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Porta Sharon Van Etten Clarity Vance Joy I Don't Have Control Sometimes Sunflower Bean Shotgun Soccer Mommy Alpha Zulu Phoenix Am I Really Going to Die White Lies Avalanche Butch Walker Anywhere With You Maggie Rogers All The Good Times Angel Olsen Simulation Swarm Big Thief Stealing Dark From The Night Sky Arlo McKinley Goodbye Mr. Blue Father John Misty Here Ever After Red Hot Chili Peppers Brad Pitt COIN Mistakes Sharon Van Etten the angel of 8th ave. Gang of Youths Many Mirrors Alvvays boy The Killers Restless Westerner Chasing the Sun Lissie Strange Conversations Let's Eat Grandma Eleanor Hot Chip Cherry Blossom Rubblebucket Expert in a Dying Field The Beths Simple Glyphs Wild Pink Ready To Run First Aid Kit Burning Yeah Yeah Yeahs Problem With It Plains Edge of the Edge Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Superstar Beach House Daydreaming The Big Moon Just Before The Morning Local Natives
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Melt Through The Floors Rubblebucket Trumpet and Tenor Sax pervade this Art Rock masterpiece. Wait for it (chorus). Winter Solstice Phoenix This is classic Phoenix. Tough not to like (as hard as we try)! Meteorite Anna of The North & Gus Dapperton An Indie Pop Song. A good collaboration. Woman on the Move More* Another nice single release from this formidable indie rock/folk band. Left the City Better Love Ringer for Nothing But Thieves Question...? Taylor Swift A teeny bopper tune. I now imagine every song with an acoustic guitar. Lifetime SG Lewis So good. Just an R&B-like soft dance tune. Unholy Appetite Barrie Tis the season for overeating! Cool song. Dig her sound. Afterworld Phantom Youth The Cure-like tunings with straightforward vocals. Very good. Julia Vox Rea Everyone knows someone named Julia. So, this is for all of the Julias. Kool Aid Royel Otis Phoenix vocals set to the War On Drugs music. Children Of The Empire Weyes Blood Beloved by the Indie universe. Not ready to anoint her, but a lovely voice. See You Better Now Wild Pink His lyrics are really salt of the earth. Observations brought to musical life. Blue Heaven Public Service Broadcasting Rock'n tune with some awesome German sprinkled in. MEMORY Whitney Laid back Indie tune. It is jazzy, but also melodic. I Was Neon Julia Jacklin We love her sound. This is off her latest album. Choose A Life Wings of Desire Refreshingly different! Some bad words, but really great sound. Strange Mornings In the Garden The Loyal Seas Lovely, whimsical tune for the holidays. A winter garden, perhaps. The Centre of Me (Is a Symphony of You) Tim Burgess A bit cheesy, but love the Charlatans U.K. Easy On Your Own? Alvvays Much played on SXMU and it is very good, but the album has many.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS TVI Surf Curse Post punk rock classic. Awesome kick at the 2:00 mark. Billie Toppy Men I Trust Tunings sound like a Wet Leg tune is coming, but takes a nice turn. What The Hell Blue Colors Song about The 500 Days of Summer, if you've seen that movie. Chasing The Sun Lissie Gorgeous tune off her latest album. Will add to collection of "Sun Songs!" Simple Glyphs Wild Pink Best lyrics of the year: "I'm not supposed to be here; I'm just showing up every day like Cal Ripken Jr." Snow On The Beach Taylor Swift (feat. Lana Del Rey) From the latest album. Her life experiences seem much more challenging than ours. Nothing Personal Westerner There are so many different sounds off this album. Falsetto turns into John Grant Misery Mountain Thea & The Wild For one of those surprisingly tough hikes you weren't counting on... Falling Apart (Right Now) Wilco A spectacular small venue album. Folk/country through and through. Spitting Off The Edge Of The World Yeah Yeah Yeahs Most played release off their latest. A really solid album Burlesque Desert Window Trampled By Turtles If the Fleet Foxes went a little more folksy, this might sound like them. Great song. Daydreaming The Big Moon Waited long enough. Wow, what an album. See Myself Cassia A bit more slacker rock than Jamaican-me crazy stylistically. Ready To Run First Aid Kit Wonderful song from their latest. This could be their best album. Cocoon Jadu Heart The second of two single releases this year. Maybe a shout out to Steve Guttenberg. One Night Broken Bells Another good tune from Danger Mouse and the Shins. Move The Lone Bellow Love this band and always will. This album is a little more precious than others. Folly [British] Sea Power A very modern Psychedelic Furs sound. Very nice. Clear Dehd Post-punk simplicity that is completely accessible. New Ways Bear's Den Sounds like Bruce Hornsby's piano with vocals from Real Estate or the Sample's, Sean Kelly.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Saturdays Broken Bells The Shins are fine, but there really is a great dimension added. Yesferatu Westerner L.A. band that has captured our attention. Just Before the Morning Local Natives An easy going, drifty tune. Very relaxing and full of great sound. Expert In A Dying Field The Beths Whether we felt this way about someone literally or figuratively, this is a very fine tune. Stick Season Noah Kahan Fun finger picking tune along the lines of the Lumineers. Hold My Hand Wild Pink (feat. Julien Baker) Lovely. Alright?! (In the Joan Cusak from School of Rock voice) Cherry Blossom Rubblebucket Sell crazy right here. The second half of this song is perfection. Burning Yeah Yeah Yeahs This is an amazing song. Retrospective or something. Dunno. Amazing. Too Bored To Run Ryan Adams We know. But, man, can he write a good song every now and then. October Passed Me By girl in red And, so did November. . . Time flies. Nice tune. ATK Bonobo Alright, let's kick it up a notch. Pure fun. Where Are You? New River Slim (feat. Vance) Listen to this one. Isn't it kind of cool? Really late 60s, early 70s. I Shimmer Jadu Heart Sort of hooked on this band for some reason. This tune is hazy. Hurricane The Plains A Jess Williamson collaboration. Very well done. I Promise That I'll Try To Give You All My Love Sunbeam Sound Machine Love this tune. It is not at all anything like you would expect. Stereo Driver Q R&B tune. No idea what stereo driving entails, but hey. It's all good. Belinda Says Alvvays This is what they do. They write about characters and it sounds so swell. We Can't Stay Wild Love Straightforward indie rock. Pronounces "stand" very indie-like. Weird Goodbyes The National (feat. Bon Iver) Frustrating to admit this is a very nice tune. Gary Ashby Dry Cleaning All the indie rage for some reason. Spoken word. I guess kind of cool?
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Avalanche Butch Walker Classic 70s style folk rock music your Dad told you about. Wrongside MisterWives Great band. This one sounds a little like Middle Kids. boy The Killers This might be their best song. Great bass and keys once it all kicks in. The Shiny One Big Girl This could be a more country Stevie Nicks tune. Swim Giant Waste of Man This is a ringer for The Airborne Toxic Event with a good vocal mixture. Fast Lane Cousin Simple Just power post modern punk pop rock. Whatever that is. The Days Pianos Become the Teeth Actually has some Morrissey tone to it, but far more rock'n. Du Ar Fin Black Light White Light This is kind of psychedelic with a French twist. American Teenager Ethel Cain A lovely tune that's about what it's called. Static Dream PENDANT Slightly overwrought with sound, but very interesting 80s-like song. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings The Smile It really is just Radiohead by another name. in the wake of your leave Gang of Youths Another one from a very good collection of tunes. Sucker Punch The Big Moon Wow. What an amazing album. This is one of many. Volcano The Moving Stills Coldplay or Phoenix at the chorus, but also has its upbeat distinctiveness. Albatross Ingrid and the Ministers Maybe an a lot more rock'n Ingrid Michaelson? Moving On Foreign Air This could easily be just an over the top Head and the Heart tune with horns. Want Want Maggie Rogers This is her Florence & the Machine track from her latest album. Waiting Outside Big Wild Nice chill wave tune to which you can dance. New Gold Gorillaz (feat. Tame Impala and Bootie Brown) It is so very hard not to dig these guys and what they do. Enjoy.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Restless Westerner A little like Hovvdy. This song is magnificent strawberry chainsaw JAWNY There is no much unique here, but for what it is, it is a good straightforward indie rock song. Swan Dives Dear Boy Great sound. Somewhat precious, but worth a listen. Wherever We Go The Brevet Where did this tune come from? It is great. It is pop/folk/rock for everyone. Lost & Found NOVA BLAST Fuzzy guitars and British fog rock. It is a good change of pace. Noise in the Forest Ripe It has some horns and some good hooks in the chorus. El Jardin The Black Angels The only band that dares to be a true modern rock and roll band. No b.s. Clean Pale Waves Latest from the British goth pop band. It is not trying to be anything than what it is. Head In the Clouds The Beths Probably New Zealand's most popular band at the moment. For good reason. Wet Clothes Dear Boy Very nice song and simple sound. It is not too rock'n but it is upbeat. Wolf Yeah Yeah Yeahs This album is absolutely excellent. REDNECKER Hardy Just really very funny. Need to be in your truck. (From a couple of years ago). Color of Heaven Bien I am guessing from the Quebec Province? Voice sounds like the lead for Imaginary Cities. Many Mirrors Alvvays Another top album. Not unicorns, (see, e.g. Camera Obscura), but they are refreshing. Just To Be Kind Boy & Bear So many bands with "bear" in their name. Yet, this one has their own sound. Dig it. Ur Mum Wet Leg Bad words. Just so we are clear. They will never have a better album than this. Right? California The Bonny Light Horseman Grammy winning folk/rock supergroup featuring dude from the Fruit Bats. the angel of 8th ave. Gang of Youths Has to be one of the most underrated albums of the year. Give it a listen. Great song. Coming Together Satsang Straightforward contemporary folk/rock music. Enjoy. Broken Hot Chip Years of great indie/electric tunes, hard to resist the latest. Has a Jens Lekman feel.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Fear That Closes The Heart Partner Pat Benatar. Plenty of guitar and plenty of hooks. Outlier Mellt Dark droning 80s New Wave Rock. Very interesting. Brad Pitt COIN Surprisingly infectious song. No chance you'll get this out of your head after a couple of listens. Motions Cassia English band with a Caribbean tinge. Strangely very cool. Sidelines Phoebe Bridgers A great new single. Not depressing, but not exactly a chin-lifter either. Loner Day Wave A good beat to this polished pop-indie tune. They do not miss much. Bones Soccer Mommy This song is as good as "Shotgun." A bit more subdued, but a great listen. Sidetracked Circa Waves Pre-release, one presumes, for their upcoming new album. It has a Phoenix sound at the chorus. Dog Eat Dog Tommy Lefroy Powerful female vocals accompany lush guitars. Enjoyable. Life is Yours Foals As noted, they lost their minds on this record. But, it is absolutely awesome. Where I'm Going Triptides I guess we really like these folks. The English in them comes out in this tune. Anywhere With You Maggie Rogers Another great song off a very balanced new record. Karaoke Cass McCombs Off of his latest album, which is fine. This is one of the best songs. I Don't Want Nobody Who Wants Me Westerner This band is a find. This record has 5 or six awesome tunes. A Lifetime to Find Wilco If all of Wilco's albums were like this, we would not complain. Shows their roots and their great. Empty Nest Silversun Pickups "Panic Room" band pushes out another couple of cool tunes on their latest. Ghosts (How Can I Move On) Muse A ballad. Yep. Brother can stick the ivories. Lie For Me Wax Owls The voice slightly resembles Amos Lee, but the composition is also very rich and enjoyable. Come Along, Rowan Rachel Sumner I like this album so much, I bought the t-shirt. Bluegrass.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Here to Forever Death Cab For Cutie SXMU did not need to bring him on to explain this song. Listenable. Stay Soft Mitski First couple of chords and you are waiting for "Come on Eileen!" It gets better quickly. Renegade Hearts Interpol A great new tune from Interpol's latest. Such a brooding voice. Shotgun Soccer Mommy Despite the cliché (ish) band name, continues to put out great, well written tunes. Love it. On My Knees Rufus Du Sol Reminds me of trying to defend the 20 something hockey players in the D league. Tend to the Thorns William the Conqueror Despite the profound band name, they have a very accessible and Hold Steady-like sound. Anything Can Happen More* Cannot think of the band, but the sound is familiar. Excellent! Nietzsche On The Beach DC Gore With a song name like that, one's normal nihilism just takes over. 80s-like British New Wave. Driving South Goth Babe and Blood Cultures Trying to take over the 21st Century Yacht Rock mantra? This is a relaxing chill tune. Better Coast Plastic Picnic Sonically dreamy. Light of Day ODESZA (Feat. Olafur Arnalds) Uplifting electronic music for the background to whatever you want. Family slideshow? So Many Days Triptides Not nearly as trippy as you might think. It is like 90s folk rock. If that ever existed. That's Where I Am Maggie Rogers We love this album. So many tunes to sing to. This Mess We're In Arlo McKinley Chris Stapleton also comes to mind. Bedrock Wild Rivers If you ever find an easier band to listen to this year. . . Thoroughly enjoyable. Problem With It The Plains A nearly perfect Americana song from a Katie Crutchfield collaboration. kids godz Once it gets going, you get it. It is chill rock and a fun listen. Hollow Moon Josh Rouse Great song. Simple recipe, but well executed. Eyes Wide Shut Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Intrigued by the band name and the need for the song with that title. Pretty cool.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Blood Pete Yorn Either a "Lola" or vampire like moment. A really cool song. Swing (Roosevelt Remix) Jose Gonzalez Simply irresistible for the Peloton dryland workouts. Solid Ground Vance Joy This is The Head and the Heart and the Lumineers. My Echo Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Melodic, structured, but very simple Australian guitar rock. Awesome. Stealing Dark From The Night Sky Arlo McKinley Lovely. Real Americana/Country music in the style of Sturgill Stinson et al. With You Nightlands David Hartley's Band. (Bassist for The War on Drugs). Great and very different sound. Miss Sundown Pink Mountaintops A little British Psychedelia for your afternoon commutes! Simulation Swarm Big Thief Frustratingly incredible. Probably the best album of the year. Paradigm The Head and the Heart They've gained a little more production, but the songwriting is still very much there. Cold Heart Elton John & Dua Lipa (PNAU Remix) Pure fun. Have to give him credit for being open to it. ($$ helped too) Morning Blue Giant Rooks An acoustic pop song with many layers of vocals and other assorted sounds. As Innocent Looking As Candy Night Moves A crusty ole blues/rock tune with some nods to Tom Petty. Goodbye Mr. Blue Father John Misty On a list for 2021. Now on the 2022 record. No one does nostalgic like this dude. Joke In There Somewhere Dawes Talk-singing folk music. Sucker for the weird sounds and lyrics. Stranded Starcrawler Post punk rock that is thoroughly listenable. Tired of Loving You San Fermin Random new single from one of our favorite bands. Gold The Lone Bellow Nice song off their newest release. They have a very inviting 70s soft rock vibe. Desert Snow Local Natives Another new single from another one of our favorite bands. On & On Superorganism She works so hard, we just had to give a listen. Thoughtful pop/rock. North of the Border Parkland Low-key folk rock with sufficient pedal steel.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Synchronize Milky Chance Sounds like a very hip Coldplay Dandelion Anna of the North A lovely and infectious tune from a nice voice. 1993 Mosa Wild Interesting take on an interesting time period. The best thing you've ever seen." Cure For Me (Vintage Culture Remix) Aurora The remix adds some ambiance to a great voice. Pillar On The Bridge Of You Bodega Resembles a raw Ramones sound. Oddly relaxing. By The River Pi Ja Ma This song is all about the underlying standup bass and harp. Blue Hours Bear's Den This is along the Reuben in the Dark and Manchester Orchestra genre. Nice. I Don't Have Control Sometimes Sunflower Bean Great song off their latest. We have become fans of their varied sounds. How You Run Amos Lee One of his best songs of all time. A tremendous voice. Angelica Wet Leg A whiney, deplorable song that is awesome. Age of Anxiety Arcade Fire Best effort in years. This one is a little prog, but builds very nicely.w Hearts & Minds Pillow Queens Saw them on a late-night show. They rock. Bad Tattoo Alex Amor Can't think of anything worse thing than being described as a bad tattoo. Am I Really Going To Die White Lies Sounds like Franz Ferdinand at their best. A really great tune. Wait Air Waves There is something about the hesitancy and the sax in this song. Very cool. Slow Song The Knocks (with Dragonette) Just a good old fashion dance tune. Nothing fancy. We dig it. Strange Conversations Let's Eat Grandma There's actually some nice acoustics and great vocals in this tune. Gloryland Old Crow Medicine Show Hard to ever resist these guys. From their latest album. Soundtrack to My Heartbeat One1even Just a piano. That's it, and yet it kind of rocks. From earlier in the 2010s. Running With the Hurricane Camp Cope Controversial Australian folk/rock band. Great howling!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Wake Up Young The Giant From the band that brought you, "Cough Syrup." A bit like The Silversun Pickups. Big Time Angel Olsen Another great Americana song. Wormwood Yum Yuck A nicely polished indie rock song. Coming Like A Storm Reuben and the Dark Reliably good sound and songwriting in the Manchester Orchestra style. Problemz Jungle 70s/80s R&B dance tunes. Really fun. I Believe in You More* So far, we've loved every song they've put out. Beleaguered Land Sea Fever New single following debut album from last year. Modern New Wave/Alternative. Window Dehd Capitalizing well off their unique sound. Simple, but the songwriting is there. Astral Humming Lo Talker The successors to Roadkill Ghost Choir! Great sound. Similar to original Head & the Heart. Alive Polica We love this sound from this Minnesota band. Deep synths give way to powerful vocals. 'til The End Pete Yorn Best album in years. Care was taken with the songwriting. Kismet Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band Undiscovered to us until recently. Very nice acoustic rock, with a rich sound. Parliaments Thank You, I'm Sorry Growing up, Parliaments were everywhere! Strangely nostalgic song. Pharmacist Alvvays Some Camera Obscura at the heart. Less polished, but the story telling is stellar. Call Me Home SASAMI Don't fear the album cover! Think a folkier Florence and the Machine. Here Ever After Red Hot Chili Peppers Our favorite from their new touring album. The Rodeo The Snuts A staple of the British indie scene. It has some roaring moments. False Dichotomy Metric From their latest album and best album in years. Crest of the Wave Foals Another from one of our surprisingly favorite albums of the year. It is just all so catchy. Feel It (Claptone Remix) Crooked Colours There is nothing wrong with getting a little bump in your step in the morning. W.I.F.I. Wilderness When I Fall In (W.I.F.I). This is just a pop tune. We will miss our Tinkertot.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS A Lot of Finding Out Big Nothing The first guitar lick sounds like Bryan Adams and then gets much better.... Bad Love Dehd Post-new wave, post-punk. Whatever category one wants. Irresistible in its simplicity. Lover Palace Similar to Real Estate and Local Natives. Really nice composition. A lovely song. Grand Final Day Ducks Ltd. Recall your last final exam at some point in your life. Cool soundtrack for that moment. Comes in Waves Dawes Best tune off the latest album. Dawes is as Dawes does. Ruby Hovvdy They have two "V"s in a row. Must be good? It is. Well-written song. Sunburn Sylvan Esso Another one of those bands that you don't want to like, but end up loving. It works. Back to the Radio Porridge Radio One of the more underappreciated bands. "All Tomorrow's Parties," comes to mind. Fire Escape in the Sea (British) Sea Power If you fast forwarded the Psychedelic Furs into this decade, they might sound like this... Hurts (But It Goes Away) The Head and the Heart It is a fun song and the music is great (esp. the piano), but is this really them? Dive Deep Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Our favorite Australian guitar rock band of this century. Alpha Zulu Phoenix They own their sound. "Whoo, ha, singing Hallelujah..!" Black Summer Red Hot Chili Peppers Touring this year! There are a couple of great new tunes off their latest two albums. Hurts to Love Beach House No one can make a church organ purr like Beach House. Incredible song. Like Exploding Stones Kurt Vile Takes slacker rock to a new level here. Very funny, but also a good listen. Over For Real Niko Rubio There is something about this artist that sets her apart from the sounds of the day. All About You The Knocks (feat. Foster The People) Just really enjoyable and uplifting tunes. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Don't Fight The Feeling Born Ruffians More directive than its REO Speedwagon (Can't), predecessor. Sounds a bit like Simple Minds. All the Good Times Angel Olsen She is starting to fall into the category of, "are you kidding me?" Uber-talented singer-songwriter. Good Times Jungle A very talented group of artists. Fun to listen to their tunes. Enjoy.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Whose Side You're On More* One of our favorite new hard to find bands. Somewhat psychedelic folk rock. Nobody But Me The Knocks (feat. Cold War Kids) "Until I find someone to share it with, who cares?" Upbeat singalong tune. Mistakes Sharon Van Etten One of the best tunes of the year and our youngest's favorite. We can all relate. The Foundations of Decay My Chemical Romance Long awaited return. Crunchy and epic guitar rock. Maelstrom Melts English drone rock music that sounds like it is part of a scene from Edward Scissorhands. Call Out My Name The Spring Standards Subtle horns and acoustics that build to a Caribbean tune from a John Candy movie. (You know the one). In Flight Sunflower Bean Great, easygoing tune from a band that is never quite perfect. That's what we like about them. Universe The Big Drink Finger snapping intro transitions into a Spoon-like classic. Apple Tree Blues Caamp If I ever had the VW van no one has (or needs), this would be blaring! CDMX Last Dinosaurs Very succinct synth-pop is similar to COIN and quite fun. Who Are We Jeff Cormack Intriguing and subdued indie tune that gets fuzzy at times. Relaxing Stoned Tomberlin Good expression of her experience. Slightly depressing, but with a hopeful sound. Exit Sign Teenage Dads The Strokes called and want their sound back. We love the Strokes. Kafka Carter Vail Thoroughly listenable, if slightly delicate, indie tune that carries a great upbeat sound. Night Soup Enengis (feat. Sju) Not sure this could have been done without Sju. This is mood music for chillaxing. Spiders Bear's Den Manchester Orchestra. If you like that band, you will love this sound. Flora Pinegrove It is like someone is pulling his vocal chords while he strums along, but it all works so well. Drown Geowulf Lock for the Canadian band, Imaginary Cities we miss so much. Love this. At The End of The Day Wallows Just when you've pinned them down, they come up with a distinct sound! Great tune. I Got This Sarah Shook & The Disarmers One of the best songs of the year. It is sooo addicting. Give it a listen.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Way It Shatters Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Swinging guitar rock from Down Under. Love it. Within You, Within Me Meltt Laid back and subtle pop/folk. It is nice. Anything Sharon Van Etten Thinking her collaboration with Angel Olsen had a very positive impact. Great album. Love Me Till U Hate Me Niko Rubio All the songs we've heard have been fun and really good. That's all. Superstar Beach House It may be the intricacy of the underlying sounds, but it is so good. Lie With Me In The Valley Below For a one off tune, this one is awesome. Sing along. Wet Dream Wet Leg Got it. It is filthy, but, just turn a blind ear. Very catchy. cant celebrate Yot Club No apostrophe? The underlying, droning beat is fantastic. Need Anyone The Strands These guys are good at just mixing sounds together for a great, up beat tune. Miles and Miles Me Not You One of their best tunes ever. Straightforward rock tune with good lyrics. White Buffalo Crown Lands Yearning for a modern prog rock staple. Very sorry. They even use, "sands of time." Unconditional I Arcade Fire Not sure yet how this album all fits together, but this a great song. Close Enough To Drive Home Stereophonics It is just a rock song. Sometimes that's very refreshing. Loneliness On The Run Metronomy Really diverse collection of tunes on this record. Simple and very catchy. Nikki Go Sudden Pink Mountaintops Rock song that has some My Morning Jacket qualities. Sunshower S. Carey From the Bon Iver style. A lovely song. Storm Around the World !!! Possibly one of the most underrated bands. A little T.V. on the Radio. Rosewood Morningsiders This sounds a lot like the way Lumineers used to sound. elastic Miloe The style is a bit like Westerman. Not vocally, but just the 70s vibe. Feel Another Day Night Moves Honestly, the Little River Band comes to mind.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS All Comes Crashing Down Metric Their best album in years. It rocks with Emily Haines' voice. The Motto Tiesto & Ava Max You will have a head tic for the rest of your life, but irresistibly addictive. Mona Lisa Yumi Zouma There is a big run on Mona Lisa for some reason this year. This is a lovely tune. More Or Less Wild Rivers Get this record! "First person you loved, last time you used algebra." Sleep Tight Holly Humberstone Great collection of singles from her. Looking forward to more. Q4 Father John Misty Insufferable, but just too good to resist. July 4 Modern Diet With the holiday so near, it fits well. Very beach/surf oriented. Flower of Blood Big Thief Probably the best album of the year. Folk rock with exquisite songwriting. Postman Toro Y Moi Very fun/funny song. Just really enjoyable. "Did I get a letta?" Watching You Go Let's Eat Grandma It just somehow all works. Sounds like Scottish electronic folk music? Reasons To Run Old Crow Medicine Show Man, so refreshing to just hear a good old fashioned folk song. Blood In The Snow Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs This one is a little strange with the atmospheric vocals, but nice ambiance. Unnecessary Drama Belle & Sebastian An awesome song. Whoever is crunching the harmonica must be smoked afterwards. Ice Night We're Having Band of Horses Classic BoH southern rock tune. There are some bad words. Nova Navah Sea, Phil Simmonds Another tune that is great to have in the background while working in the yard. Take Her Off Your Hands Midland If only it were that simple! Great (funny) little country tune. I Think I Hate It Here boyish Lured by the Hippo Campus song title for the band name. It is a fine tune. Hiraeth Fejka (feat. Kim Van Loo) Pure relaxation. Sometimes you just need to close your eyes and chill.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Where The Light Used To Lay Yumi Zouma This is as good as the Japanese Breakfast album from 2021. Very melodic. New Romance Beach House Sounds woven together over entrancing vocals. It just works very well. No Reason Big Thief This song is just excellent. Carefully orchestrated music matched beautifully with thoughtful lyrics. Meanwhile Midlake This one takes us back to where it also started with Midlake in the mid 2000s. Lights Band of Horses Simple, clear, and fun. Hold Me Tonight Metronomy This is another masterpiece from a great new album. Perfect Word Amanda Ann Platt & The Honeycutters Wonderful lyrics. A great sound and a beautiful voice. Love Letter (feat. The Knocks) ODESZA Could work well with a Mazda commercial. Not a lyrical masterpiece, but love the vibe and the jam. Million Ways Sally Shapiro More from your resident Euro ski resort mainstay. We actually find this supremely relaxing. Too Late Now Wet Leg Obnoxiously dirty, but you know what? It is a good tune. Hard Drive Gold (Maya Jane Coles Remix) alt-J Right out of the gate, you are thumping. What have they done? It's very cool. I Need You (Grimoose Remix) A Place to Bury Strangers There are times when one wonders whether a "remix" makes a tune better. This is not one of those times. Be By Your Side Pillow Queens This song totally rocks. By the second third of the song, you are ALL in. Then You Might See Calexico Most accessible tune from the new album. These guys are so awesome. Changes The Happy Fits A little bit upbeat and poppy, but uplifting and ready for summer to arrive. Leave Now Robin Kester Sort of creeps up on you from underneath, but her voice is somehow comforting I Can't Get Enough Katmaz One of those songs that is addictive. "Help me, I seem to be stuck in a loop..." Killing Me COIN This is a very fun band that mixes it up more and more. This is from their new album. Pyramids In The Clouds Melody's Echo Chamber This very art prog. In French for most of it. It is different and for that, we are thankful.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Things Will Be Fine Metronomy So much care is given. Wonderful album. Pretend Sooner I guess it is the different builds and lifts, with the lush guitars. Nice tune. Forever Stereophonics These guys make great, straight ahead rock songs. The chorus us perfect In The Eyes Of Our Love Yumi Zouma A lovely song from a great new album. Play It Safe Whitehorse From 2021. A folk/rock sing along. Great Confession Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Great storytelling and a beautiful voice. Big fans. Summertime Song Me Not You Straight up alternative tune from Brooklyn band that began as 'Little Daylight.' The Storm Dori Freeman A very talented singer/songwriter of the Kathleen Edwards and Jill Andrews genre. Bethel Woods Midlake Back with another mellow jazz/art rock album. Feudalism is back! Curious Franz Ferdinand New song off of their recent collective. They are fun. They just are. Can I Get It Adele Awesome song. Her voice is somewhat criminal. Missing It Wallows A little louder, but they work some composition in too. It Doesn't Change Anything Sarah Shook & The Disarmers Dunno what it is, but that voice..! So addictive. Great tune. Next High Mansionair & Kim Tee Just a good knee thumper with some good hooks. Blue Camp Cope Australian folk/rock. Around Again Hovvdy Voice somehow makes you feel like you are right there. Very pleasant 70s style. Drink at Sharlane's Street Hockey Camp A seaside shanty for swaying on a windy afternoon. Only In Your Eyes Meltt Melody builds to the end with synths and guitars wrapping the lyrics nicely. Far Rider Still Corners Has to be a dark country movie theme song from a Lynch, Tarantino, or Coen Bros. movie.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS In Need Of Repair Band of Horses Off of the new album. This is lounge chair folk/rock. Great tune. As I Try Not To Fall Apart White Lies This is a great a song. Rockn', but also completely accessible. Masquerade Beach House Maybe one of their most complete works yet. There is a lot going on with this double album. There Must Be More Than This Plastic Estate If you are a Depeche Mode hater, you will not like this band. Silvery (Shade Or Shadow) Lo Talker A little bit War on Drugs. So, that's cool. It's Good To Be Back Metronomy If you take a risk on no other new music this year, take it on this. Spectacularly addictive. Always There Ducks Ltd. Play this out on your porch/in your yard. Your head will move up/down. The Only Heartbreaker Mitski This is one of the best albums of the year. Stubborn Heart Wild Rivers The next one by this band is as good as the one before... Everything Hovvdy Modern 70s vibe. This one sounds like something out of a Nick Hornby book. Harmonia's Dream The War On Drugs If you like classic WOD, this is it. A complete folk song that builds into a great rock song. 2am Foals Want so badly to hate this, but you find yourself grooving right along. Flush Thyla Very Pale Wave, but they make all of the different sounds work. Love Me Til I'm Gone Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats There are bands that make you feel like you are not good enough to listen. So good. Semi Pro Hippo Campus This is probably the best song off the new album. It is pop music, but it is cool. Wound Up Tight Tallies Much more pent up energy here. A little more reverb and a little more rock'n. Shame on You Palace Midbeat. There is a forlorn feeling somehow. Very nice. New Light The Reds, Pinks and Purples This band is not vibrant. Sort of lo-fi, but it still has a very bright and optimistic feel. Astral Jacket Spoon So completely different from them. Love it.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Ride or Die Hippo Campus Hooked on this band ever since "Boyish". This is a great tune. Little Things Big Thief Officially and completely onboard with this band. How to write a folk tune in 7 that sounds cool? Pour The Light In The Reds, Pinks and Purples A folkish Psychedelic Furs. Pressing nostalgia. Once Twice Melody Beach House More to this album than this song, but this song is really good. Running Around Goth Babe Very consistent. Thoughtful arrangements. Good lyrics and a great listen. Fade Palace Songs run the spectrum: rock, folk. upbeat, midbeat and melancholy. This is a good one. Domino Shovels & Rope Feel like we owe it to this band to blast their tunes. They work very hard. Wild Spoon One of the best songs of the year. No Choice Tame Impala Off their B-sides. This is a grade-A Tame Impala tune of you like their sound. Beverly Flash Cards Guitar strumming, story telling about a gal named Beverly. I Don't Want To Go To Mars White Lies Love this song. It is a rock song. They kind of have a point? Beach Boy BENEE Sort of slacker pop/rock. Completely frivolous, but a thoroughly enjoyable listen. Worry No More Amos Lee Best tune since "Windows Are Rolled Down." Kissing Lessons Lucy Dacus Grunge/folk. If that is possible. Another great tune from Lucy of Virginia. King of Sweden Future Islands Sucker for these bass heavy indie stalwarts. No Dreams of Fayres Tallies They sound like a modern day, The Sundays. This song is absolutely lovely. Always On My Mind Big Nothing This has a 90s folk tinge to it. If that never existed, then maybe Big Head Todd? (Great album cover) Pop Candy Astra There are synths, but it is really good. Surprisingly rich sound and song about doing bad stuff. South By Somewhere The Band of Heathens Very underrated band. They are not southern rock, country or folk, but maybe all of the above.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Out of Reach Plastic Estate 80s New Wave bliss. Old Skin The War On Drugs Builds very well. Still one of the best albums of this year. Cutting Corners Lunar Vacation Uplifting Brit Pop-Rock. Gaslight Softcult Great background arrangement and lyrics. Alaska Pinegrove Swift moving folk/rock tune. They have a very mature and unique sound. 18 Cigarettes Ducks Ltd. Really great tune, but are cigarettes really still a thing?! Love Me More Mitski This appears to be a carefully arranged and well thought out album. Love this song. Hold On Tight A Place To Bury Strangers Starts out very LOUD, but stick with it and it all makes sense! Weatherman Wild Rivers This is an absolutely wonderful song. Best of the year so far. Valentine Snail Mail Caved in to a really good Chaos Space Marine Black Country, New Road Want to love them because they are different, but they may be trying too hard. 3 Thyla Dunno why, but love this English band. Not too derivative. She can sing. CANDU The Rural Alberta Advantage This band is a little Family of The Year and The Head and the Heart. Very good. What, Me Worry? Portugal. The Man They can probably do no wrong. It is funky, fun, and as usual, just different enough. Porta Sharon Van Etten Tough to top that masterpiece with Angel Olsen last year. This is great though. Mona Lisa mxmtoon Intrigued by this artist. Mona Lisa is making a comeback... Sister Saturn Strand of Oaks Ok, maybe the last one off the In Heaven album. Need to just get to a show! Cutie Coin Don't like a little thump in your jump? Coin is not for you. They're great. My Babe Spoon A new one of their latest album. Could be one of their best. Prester John Animal Collective Not what we expected. A little Indie/Prog folk tune. Very Modest Mousesque.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Short on Love Ronjo V Awesome nostalgic tune. Folk/rock genre Carbon Strands of Oak Still one of the best albums of the last couple of years. The Overload Yard Act A very fun alt/punk and spoken word style. Worth a listen. Running Away Cate Le Bon Best from avant garde indie artist. No relation to Simon... Pearl in the Palm W.H. Lung A synth charged rock tune. Great for walks or a run on a heavily wooded trail. Under the Rolling Moon Ducks Ltd. Bass heavy Brit Indie-Pop band. Melodic in a Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever way. Occasional Rain The War on Drugs Arguably the best tune off their late 2021 release. Iodine Pinegrove This band is for rainy days in your college dorm room. Excellent. Forget About You Sally Shapiro Why Euro-Electronic tunes? They are fun and so very euro-ski lodge cafeteria. Take your beanie off when eating! Loveland Pass Lionlimb Has a little Joe Jackson vibe. The piano really drives the harmony. Every Shade of Blue The Head and the Heart We'll see how the rest of the album goes. This is quite good. House of Mirrors Softcult A little fuzzy, but the voice is clear and the whole tune is thoroughly enjoyable. Wreck Cut Loose Single Girl, Married Girl An old fashioned country tune. By the end, the metamorphosis is complete like the band name. Take My Heart (I'll Take Yours Too) The Heavy Hours Super great tune. Really tough to get it out of your head. This Time Makthaverskan The band name just rolls off the tongue. Kraut rock at its finest. Brightside The Lumineers There are some good tunes and this is one of them, but otherwise latest is a little blah. Won't Stand Down Muse This one is a little heavier than normal, and a little less Freddy, but still awesome. Mold Lunar Vacation Great album. Great sound; great voices; great melodies. Today We're the Greatest Middle Kids Last one from easily the best album from 2021.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Leading Best Coast A little indie punk, e.g. Letters to Cleo Hey Baby The Cactus Blossoms California Country, if that is a genre. Change My Mind Anna Shoemaker This is just really good. A couple from her recently are very good. Whiskey Me Away Jason Aldean A little cheesy, but still fun. Paprika Japanese Breakfast One more from one of the best albums of 2021 Moment (Amperland, NY) Pinegrove A new album coming shortly. Very nostalgic sound. Built to Last Sea Fever Difficult to describe. Modern noir New Wave. Ramona Jukebox The Ghost Fun song from "schizophrenia" song-writers. Kid Fears Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (feat. Brandi Carlile & Julien Baker) Lovely. Wasted The War On Drugs Another really consistent, well-arranged album. Inferno The Felice Brothers You will have no doubt when you hear a Felice song. Americana narrative. Slipstream Strand of Oaks Phenomenal album. Song reminds me of a motor home for some reason. I'm On Your Side Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Best viewed and heard live, but an outstanding album. Surefire Wilderado Manchester Orchestra. Very tight alt/indie sound. Lyrical and full sounding. Before You Gotta Go Courtney Barnett Just so cool and so slackin', man. Reap A Hurricane The Hellacopters Straight up old fashioned guitar rock. New Eyes Looking Back Robert Francis Cannot get too much of this dude. It is folk music but sort of more than that. You Live My Dream San Fermin (feat. Wild Pink) One of our favorite bands. Incorporating all sorts of sounds. Only Love Tycho and Benjamin Gibbard An interesting turn for Gibbard. Dig it. Fall, Fall, Fall OZWALD Americana-ish. Somewhat Bon Iver, but without the falsetto.
ALBUM ARTIST Today We're The Greatest Middle Kids Heaven Strand of Oaks Ignorance The Weather Station Jubilee Japanese Breakfast Blue Weekend Wolf Alice The Million Masks of God Manchester Orchestra The Future Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats if I could make it go quiet girl in red I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs Home Video Lucy Dacus Screen Violence Chvrches In These Silent Days Brandi Carlile Pet Parade Fruit Bats A Billion Little Lights Wild Pink We Will Always Love You The Avalanches The End Times Vol. I Robert Francis (2020) The Golden Casket Modest Mouse How Long You Think It's Going to Last Big Red Machine Wilderado Wilderado Reckless Morgan Wade
SONGS ARTISTS The Dandelion Oracle Sisters The Steps Haim Interstellar Love The Avalanches All Of This Is True Melpo Mene Beautiful Hey, King Questions Middle Kids Not Dead Yet Lord Huron Rabbit Hole Cherry Glazerr Liberty Bell Darkside Loner Dehd Feuds With Guns The Besnard Lakes Wilder Days Morgan Wade Who You Are White Cliffs Tried to Tell You The Weather Station Hump the Beach Kalbells Handsome Wife Pillow Queens Feel Good (from YES DAY) Saint Motel Keel Timing Manchester Orchestra Fool's Luck Midland If It Happens We Were Promised Jetpacks Save Your Tears The Weeknd Right There Cassia Run To Pale Waves The Deeper End Palace Winter (feat. Jason Lytle) Space Girl Frances Forever The Balcony Fruit Bats Paradise Robert Francis Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast How Not To Drown CHVRCHES & Robert Smith Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight Crystal Cities Galacticana Strand of Oaks Locus Laced Sleigh Bells If It Wasn't For Trucks Riley Green Burn Out Luisa Sagittarius Superstar Coin Weekend Run Unknown Mortal Orchestra Planes In The Sky James Vincent McMorrow George Strait Songs Logan Mize On & On Half Moon Run How Can I Make It Ok? Wolfe Alice Hot & Heavy Lucy Dacus Russian Roulette Eric Church Bad Dream Cannons BLACKOUT Turnstile Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen The First Day Villagers Walking At A Downtown Pace Parquet Courts Phoenix Big Red Machine Change The War On Drugs Folding Lines Sea Fever Face Down In The Moment Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Some People Stay In Our Hearts Forever Middle Kids Mercy Generationals The Walls Are Way Too Thin Holly Humberstone Open Me Up Geowulf You Can Have It Back Wild Pink The Worst of It Wilderado
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Wake Me Up Foals Pumped Up Kicks sound. Thoroughly enjoyable. Write A List of Things to Look Forward to Courtney Barnett Slacker Rock! So cool, man. Right On Time Brandi Carlile A little Elton and Taylor in there? Your Eyes APRE So much 80s these days. It is amazing, but sounds great. Teardrinker Mastodon Yep. Don't care. They are awesome Penlop Saint Etienne Love this band. This is a little different, but dig it. Interesting. Party In My Mind Dolores Forever Cruise ship disco song. Want to bit the bottom lip and get out there. Fallacy Actually Night Moves Starts a little Psych Rock and then goes full Americana. It is nice. Ego Trip Freedom Fry The Beatles. Actually feels like the dude is going on a physical trip. Her Eyes Ok Cowgirl It starts out blah and then just love it. Great voice. Jimi & Stan Strand Of Oaks About his cat and Hendrix in heaven. Pretty cool. Jazz On The Autobahn The Felice Brothers In your face Americana. The narrative might not be for everyone. Love it. Howl Yumi And The Weather A little fuzzy. Very funny. Hair is....growing on my face..." Where Our Future Begins The Steel Wheels Blue Grass. Straight up. Either you are in, or you are out. Changed for the Better Weval Strange sounding keys that somehow sort of works. Just For Love Bully Has a slight Pretenders feel to it. Will sound great live. Florida Wild Pink Won't even realize how long this song is. It is great.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Folding Lines Sea Fever An interesting mix of backgrounds and collaboration in this band. Modern New Wave AWESOMENESS! All Mine Niko Rubio A good find. Interesting song writer and not confined to a particular genre. Let It Kick In Franc Moody So cool and so groovy. Let it kick in baby and relax. The Right Thing Is Hard To Do Lightning Bug Slow and yearning and then a very hopeful song. Lovely. Back to Oz Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine Insufferable Stevens occasionally. Chicago is an amazing song. This is very good. Where to Now Hippo Campus Hooked on this band ever since their song, Boyish. I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs (feat. Lucius) Thought no way this album could be as good as the last. Might be wrong. Empire Builder Typhoon Pinegrove. 1/3 chords over and over somehow works just fine. Face Down In The Moment Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Almost annoyingly awesome singer/songwriter. So much sound on this album. Hertz Amyl and the Sniffers Aussie punk rock. It is really great. Really. It will grown on you. Open Me Up Geowulf One of our favorite new bands (at least new to us). Hyperlandia deadmau5 (feat. Foster the People) First minute, ...? Then, it shifts into a groovy, synth heavy pop tune. Wilt Sloppy Jane Americana tune. Holds up nicely. Sunbathers Strand of Oaks There are at least 7 amazing tunes on this album. This another one. I hate People Deathsport Bass heavy. Not the greatest sentiment, but it is actually a very cool tune. Parallel Love Affair Big Image Love how they get right to it! Just pure indie/pop. Patch Valley Place A bit more nuanced, with 80s new wave guitar tunings. Interesting artist. You Can Have It Back Wild Pink Amazing tune with stand up bass. Drive 8 Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (feat. John Paul White) Thank you!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Inappropriate River Prefer not to think of this as creepy as it might be. Catchy tune though. Casita Goth Babe Simply breezy and whimsical. This dude has a knack. Horses At Night Strand of Oaks Close your eyes and imagine a pasture at night with horses grazing. Lovely feel. Certainty Big Thief On the fence overall with this band. Many accolades. This is song is nice. For Real Now People Years Really progresses into a nice keyboard driven indie tune. FLAG (Feel Like a Girl) Coach Party So punk rock. Like early Juliana Hatfield. Real Thing Bleach Lab Lovely song. Tint of the Sundays in there. True Love Hovvdy Keeping in the spirit of bands with double "v"s. A little lo-fi, but nice lyrics. Okay Porches Try an estimate how many times a day we use this word in the title. Gum Thyla Love this band and looking forward to album in January. 2000s New Wave. Breathe Glass Echoes Very textured and layered, which means heavy synths. Still a very interesting tune Mystery Inner Wave Starts out a little Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, then gets groovy. Dig it. Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them Yves Tumor We just like the title. It is actually like militant 80s new wave on the Flock of Seagulls train. Love Song Angus & Julia Stone Not an original title for a song, but a very sweet tune. Hold On Certain Animals Great tune. Definitely feels like a song you've heard before. Elvis Costello? Planes In The Sky James Vincent McMorrow He is a musical genius. The album, eh...This song is awesome. Am I Just Gonna Stand Here (While You Take My Girl) Whitehorse We say, no. If you think she is worth it, fight for her! Fixed Gear Snarls Alt/Pop, guitar driven song indicative of the times. Catchy. Uneasy Metronomy (w/ Spill Tab) So, this band is very interesting. Kind of diggin' Metronomy. Try them! Attempt Far Caspian Singing may be a bit gentle, but fits the lo-fi sound. It's nice enough.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Too Good (Unknown Mortal Orchestra Remix) Arlo Parks It is the keys that makes this a UMO remix and worthwhile. Very nice song. Fat Chance We Were Promised Jetpacks Awesome Scottish band with another great tune. You Never Know Heartless Bastards We just love this band and its lead singer. She is so good. Americana. simple times Kacey Musgraves Hard to follow up a perfect album. This is a little Taylor Swift Sick! Anna Shoemaker Long lost relative? Actually dig it. Jackie Yves Tumor Almost too cool for school, but this is actually a pretty cool song. Somewhere in Chicago Strand of Oaks Absolutely great song and a great album. Really. This Kinda Day Mild Orange A very fine story and while not terribly upbeat, sonically it feels upbeat. Nightingale Morningsiders Acoustic and sweet, but not too sweet. Some good texture there. During the Heatwave Yum Yuck Definitely good for July and August. Just could not get to it. I've Been Over It Geowulf Impressed with this duo. Going to try and soak up as much as we can. Moments Ellur Very clear and confident sound. Could be a good modern new wave band. Renegade Big Red Machine This has Taylor Swift as part of the collaboration. It is very good. Letter Dehd Featured in the I Used To Go Here soundtrack (2020). Great album. Hall of Mirrors Let's Eat Grandma This young duo can write songs and will eventually incorporate some instruments. Matter of time. Mercy Generationals Great song. One of the best of the year. Just really catchy. Mama Werewolf Brandi Carlile Another good album. Not as pumping as the last, but thoroughly enjoy it. Juanita Sturgill Simpson (Feat. Willie Nelson) Back to basics and that is just fine. Under Fire Django Django This is a headphones song for doing something around the house. Great bass at about 4:10.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Little Wren Backyard Tire Fire "You might be a redneck if your band is called..." Still, a nice song. Psychic The Goon Sax Goth rock and a little post-punk Ramones. George Strait Songs Logan Mize Waiting for that snare drum pop at about :40! Awesome pickup truck driving tune. Built to Last Robert Francis Quietly has made some of the best albums of the last two-three years. The Beach Wolf Alice That awful movie with Leo? Maybe. Great, diverse album. Deep In Love Bonny Light Horseman A collective featuring dude from the Fruit Bats. Lovely song. Punchline Jade Bird Neko Case. Just a little more melodic. Swimmer A Great Pile of Leaves Interesting song that reminds you of a nice trip to the river or to a lake for the weekend. You Got a Feeling Caveman A bit new wave. Very clear vocals and a lush chorus. Great song. Like I Used To Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen Turns out to be one of the best tunes of the year. Peach Future Islands These guys keep it simple, but it works very well. Love the bass in their songs. As I Rise Fruit Bats Banjo/Mandolin based Americana. A lovely tune. Shellstar Deafheaven Not for everyone because they are a "metal" band, but they are just prog dude. Try it. Operations Never Mind James McMurtry May not be the best off this album, nor his best album, but he is a good storyteller. The First Day Villagers Starkly out of tune at first and then emerges into a wonderful horn and piano backed soliloquy. Good Girls CHVRCHES This is another good one, more like their other releases. (Some bad words there...) Phoenix Big Red Machine This one has the Fleet Foxes dude. Really, pleasant song and a great collaboration. Say Goodbye The Brook & The Bluff Like a great old 70s song from like Dan Fogelberg or Bread, only it has a bit more complexity. Waste My Time The Moving Stills And, right back to the 2020s sound. Hoping this is about watching political shows.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Living Proof The War on Drugs Lovely new tune from the new album. Cannot wait for the rest. Afterglow Charming Liars Thought it might be just one liar, but it is plural. Very fun song. Cherry Flavored Stomach Ache (From the "Last Letter From Your Lover") Haim Great idea to describe the origin. Groovy. A little Paul Simon. I Know The End Phoebe Bridgers Really great song from 2020, apart from the last 20 seconds. Don't Start Now The Heavy House Sounds a little like Melissa Ethridge, which is just fine. Hollow (Do You?) Geographer A little Hot Chip musically, and the Neighborhood vocally. Good guitar. Really Great The Connells Flashback. Saw these guys in 1990-92? Still good. Higher Power (ZHU Remix) Coldplay Maybe their worst album, but this song is ok. Other remixes work also. 99 To The Moon Said the Whale "I love you to the moon and back again!" Strings oddly work. Locust Laced Sleigh Bells Part of the maudlin music of the university station. Love the crunchy guitar! Awesome. It's All Happening Saint Motel Uplifting pop tune. They make great movie songs. Missing Piece Vance Joy A little Lumineers and the Head and the Heart. Great song. Animals in the Kitchen Dylan Cox Acoustic guitar picking with plenty of accompaniment. Clearly a talented dude. All. Right. Now. Satsang So, this is Country with a big C. Turnpike Troubadours. Love it! Life This Way Space Summit Get the feeling this dude is writing songs for the crew of the next lunar landing. Eventually Chiiild So many (i)s? Just very different and a good, groovy listen. Golden Zella Day There is almost a Donna Summer feel, but it is still contemporary and not disco. Blackout Turnstile Accessible song from stage jumping band. Has everything for a Rock song (crunchy at 2:37). Shimmer Like Gold Jill Andrews Uber talented singer songwriter from the Everybody Fields. Alive Not for the end of a movie. Somewhere in the middle or near the end.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS 7 Seconds Porridge Radio A 2020 hackney tune that is irresistible. Yurnodalone GOSTO Interesting phonetic take on a song title, but a groovy little tune all the same. Daylight Lone Waves Lock for a Coldplay tune. Only this is slightly better than their current album. A Cowboy Knows How Flatland Cavalry Great listen if a little stereotypical. But, man, maybe they do know how. At It Again (Again) Slow Pulp She sings with a loud whisper. The tune builds with some guitar picking. Lovely. Where Did The Time Go The Pageants A little bit like a rock'n song by the Sundays from the 90s. Bird Scooter Krooked Kings Some crooked words, but imagine skateboard dudes need to get some fresh air! Uno Mas Hi Frisco Reliably groovy tune if you need something while stirring the gravy. On Our Way The Wandering Hearts A declaration, not a description. Thoroughly enjoyable. More Than A Woman Bee Gees & SG Lewis Another sample that's faithful to the original. The tune is a classic. Do Not Disturb Ryan Adams The Hotel Bar is Closed. Weekend Run Unknown Mortal Orchestra Want to hate this song, but it is contagious. Hum the days of the week. Magic Polo & Pan Another classic tune. Good rendition. For when you can't pay attention. rom com 2004 Soccer Mommy A very nice tune that might otherwise get lost in the SXMU shuffle. Stacking Chairs Middle Kids Probably top 5 album of the year. Maybe higher. Another nice song. Only Lonely Actors New Wave 80's? Yes, absolutely. Save Me Eliza & The Delusionals Love this band for no good reason. A little Pale Waves. A little Pat Benetar. I Won't Get It Right Cut Worms Folk tune that has some complexity. Some George Harrison there. The Limit Darkside Dark. Strange. Falsetto. Awesome.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Bringing Me Down Milo Greene These guys are so good. Wonderful variety of music. Shrug Lunar Vacation Looking forward to this album coming out in few months. Help Me Down Wilderado Great album, from a band and sound that we really enjoy. I Am Who I Think You Think I Am Liily Channeling Idles a little more than we'd like, but appreciate the heavy sound The Sun Hasn't Left Modest Mouse Another great tune from this very distinctive group. Glory Strums (Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner) Hiss Golden Messenger Prolific, but always puts out a great collection of folk/indie songs. First Time Lucy Dacus Impressive album from VA native. This one is lush. Smile Wolf Alice A little bit edgy but really balances out the album. Must Be A Cop Husbands Sounds like the Animal Collective at first, but includes string instruments. If it Wasn't For Trucks Riley Green Love this song so much. It is funny. Sweet in a Tennessee sort of way Burn Out lùisa One of the best songs of the year. We promise! Rhetorical Figure John Grant So strange. This is like the Cars a little. Last Day On Earth beabadoobee Have to include a band with a name like this in the mix. Lots of Nothing Spacey Jane Very balanced sound. Americana, but with many pop hooks. Galacticana Strand Oaks Possibly the best album of the year and certainly one of the best songs. It's So Quiet, It's Loud Ryan Adams One of the better ones from this album. Same Boat Zac Brown Band This might take after a certain song called Chicken Fried? Goodbye LP So, it is Euro-Indie-Pop Modern. Pretty cool we think. Colorado Milky Chance Probably enjoying some brownies in the hotel. Walk Me To The River Misty River This is a great little Americana song. Enjoy.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Slide Tackle Japanese Breakfast A lovely metaphorical tune for soccer parents everywhere. Stay Israel Nash Sounds very much like a nostalgic Hiss Golden Messenger. How Can I Make It Ok? Wolf Alice Diverse album. This one is sonically lo-fi until the middle and builds well. Birthday Party Rightfield Unexpectedly laid back 70s sounding birthday tune. Time We Take Winds Enjoyable Brit Rock sounding song. Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight Crystal Cities Little bit of a Coldplay feel from the early 2000s, aka Manchester Orchestra. Rose Pink Cadillac Dope Lemon A little funky and has a little groove to it. Very cool. GLY Catching Flies (Hot Chip Remix) "I'm going to love you like nobody loves you, come rain, come shine.." How Not To Drown CHVRCHES & Robert Smith Easily the best song of the year. Not even close. It's A Good Day (to fight the system) Shungudzo Some songs are easy to love. Adele with the Pink Floyd ladies backing. Coming Home The Haunted Youth Dreamy and thoroughly enjoyable sound. Head On Jose Gonzalez Lovely acoustic along the Pinegrove tradition. Serotonin girl in red Gave in. This song finally grew on us. Great album too. On & On Half Moon Run Might add this as one of the Best of Year. Great harmonies. Very nice. Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head Torres Great rock'n tune that is what it is. Solar Power Lorde Hard not to find yourself singing along with the chorus eventually! Chaise Longue Wet Leg Apparently, that is what they call them in the U.K. Great tune. How Dare You Want More Bleachers Feel that way every time we make pancakes. Great saxophone. Sad Lonely Groove Mazey Haze The sound is exactly like the artist's name. It IS actually groovy too.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Without Your Love The Paper Kites (feat. Julia Stone) Album is full of interesting collaborations. This is really lovely. Good songwriting. Bed Head Manchester Orchestra Probably the most popular from this album. They are really good. Therefore I Am Billie Eilish I know, but it is a little irresistible Just listening to it makes you feel cool (and 19 maybe). Limbo Royal Blood Soft spot for these dudes. They've got some rock n roll and it is also catchy. Mountain Crystals Luminous Kid (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) Magnetic Fields sound. Totally. Sounds like French horns in the background. Cool. Intro- Really Gotta Run Weak Signal A little Ramones and the Lemonheads going on here. Down the Line Robert Francis Under the radar, maybe. Highly, highly recommend getting all you can from him. That Dress The Pale White Another good rock'n tune that has a touch of the Silversun Pickups. Isn't The Night Café Liverpool band. "But I can't stand you now." A little mean! Still a good, lyrical song. Please Jessie Ware The chorus has some 80s Pointer Sisters to it. It's awesome. Away School of X Really grows on you. Not necessarily complex, but it really has a lot of nice sounds (sax esp.) We Are Between Modest Mouse Dunno how these guys keep doing it. One of those bands you know when you hear it. Arizona Stars The Accidentals "Accidently" stumbled upon these guys from 2017. It is really nice folk rock. Be Sweet Japanese Breakfast Hooked ever since, "Essentially." Not as much bass line here, but great album. Dawn Pretend Damien Jurado We have all of his other stuff, not about to give up now. Interesting. Mine Forever Lord Huron It's like a Quentin Tarantino movie tune crashed into Fleet Foxes and pooped this out. Unsubscribe Keen Dreams Is it the shoes or favoritism? Nice clean indie sound Ritchie Sacramento Mogwai Somewhat atmospheric, but also a little rock'n. Impressive. YOU Eliza & The Delusionals Australia's 2021 version of Ireland's, the Corrs. It's nice. Time (You And I) Khruangbin Definitely a mood tune. A little droning, but hard not to kind of sing a long a little.
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SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Talking Walls uma Starts out a little sad and dispassionate until the lyrics begin to resonate Palms Gus Dapperton w/Channel Tres A really cool song about someone reading someone's palm. Tres props Shirley Temple! Parking Lot The Weather Station Another great one from a really nice album. Wavepool Hailaker, S. Carey Bon Iver sound for sure, but more accessible and with diminutive horn sounds. Hot & Heavy Lucy Dacus This album is a step up top to bottom. This song is hopping. Heat Above Greta Van Fleet One would be forgiven for a small chuckle, but it is actually a great rock'n tune. Russian Roulette Eric Church This is the best song off his latest album. Great summer tune. Save Your Tears The Weeknd A little annoying how talented this dude is, right? Awesome song. Postcard Small Black "This is where we live. Nothing we can do about it" Love it. Peeling Paint Seryn Every now and then these guys re-emerge. Always a little different. Rock'n folk genre. If It Happens We Were Promised Jetpacks Scottish band with a great sound. Fun song and very appropriate for the times. Keel Timing Manchester Orchestra One of Atlanta's finest contemporary bands. Best song off of their latest. Blood on My Hands The Phoenix Foundation Mood music for a psycho killer movie. Maybe. Neverlost The Dumes A very rockin' tune. Hard not to start the head banging a little. He Said She Said Chvrches This album is going to phenomenal. Pop music, but it is really enjoyable. Right There Cassia Our youngest sings this song constantly! It is needless to say very catchy. Over and Over Tijuana Cartel There probably really is a Tijuana Cartel . . ., but this is upbeat and keeps the ride or run going. Birmingham Ryan Adams Why do some musical geniuses have to be a-- holes. We do like this song. . girl in red Yes, that is the name of the song. Dig it.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Just What You Want Grouplove (feat. Dani Miller of Surfbort) So punk rock. Does not sound like Grouplove at all! Challenger Toledo A combination of Lord Huron and Family of the Year Run To Pale Waves A Brit Pop anthem. She can belt it. Purplepink Kalbells Very trippy, but give it a chance. It is kind of cool. Living in the Dark The Fratellis Love their sound. Fun and upbeat hooks. Story Half Measure Big Country 80's sound addressing different era problems. Sylvia, the Cup of Youth The Natvral Chvrches called and want their "v" back. Acoustic Americana. Nice. Sinking Feeling Wavves Love the dark guitar sound before the lyrics (bad word). Noir pop Fire For You Cannons Song from 2019 that has legs. Has a little Chromatics sound going on there. Blue Jeans Anorak Patch Very, very early B52s mixed with like the Dead Kennedys and Sleater Kinney. Dig it. Calling Out Is Tropical Band with a nice sound. Composition is quite busy. Syncopated percussion with keys. Family Farm The Hold Steady They have to be absolutely wonderful live. All of that brass and talk singing? Sounds great. Circle the Drain Soccer Mommy Leftover but not forgotten from 2020. Starts out Taylor Swift and a little Avril Lavigne. Into the Blue The Joy Formidable New album is probably a must get for this year. This is a great song. Safe and Sound The Sounds All right, super Euro, but it will bring a smile. Spread your arms out at "Hello, hello..." Karaoke Song Saint Sister We've all been there, sort of. Love this little song. Hurt A Fly Squirrel Flower Ella Williams from Boston. Best line ever: "took it too far again, followed you home again..." Fool's Luck Midland One of the best songs of the year. Seriously. Really fun. This is an all play. Cosmic Feeling Flamingosis 70's faux orchestration. So awesome! Paradise Robert Francis The best parts of Jason Isbell (Southeastern). Really talented singer-songwriter.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Deeper End Palace Winter (feat. Jason Lytle) 70s soft rock brilliance. From Danish/Aussie band's 2020 follow-up album. Hump The Beach Kalbells Rubblebucket singer gives a really fun tune. The flugabone is awesome. Loss The Weather Station Florence and the Machine a little, but just a really great sound. Helpless Caveman Chorus sounds like an old Blondie song Some People Stay In Our Hearts Forever Middle Kids A lovely song. Sad in some ways and hopeful in others. Expressing What Matters Disclosure Some bad words. Sampling is the thing these days and Boz Scaggs rules. Follow You Imagine Dragons This is MP's mix after all. Loves these guys. Bad Dream Cannons Sorry. Just dig the keyboard synths. Not going to win any lyric writing awards. Eagles Below Us Fruit Bats Another great one from the new album. Chicago folk/rock singer/songwriter. Hypotheticals Lake Street Dive From their latest. Need a ticket to the see the Dive Live. Cradling Mother, Cradling Woman Fleet Foxes Ok, we lied. Another one from their latest. Finally on CD. One Last Time LP Any chance this tune is NOT playing in some German ski resort's cafeteria right now? Tomorrow Pale Waves Pure British Noir Pop. Just catchy, simple and fun. Pendulum Jealous of the Birds Super broad-spectrum artist. This might be her best song yet. (great bass) Northern Air Morgan Wade Little saucy and rock'n country artist. We're enjoying this album. Texas Sun Khruangbin & Leon Bridges An erstwhile addition, but man is this so good. Has to be on multiple soundtracks. All That's Left Behind Greer For a bunch of California dudes, they've got some songwriting chops. We Go On The Avalanches (feat. Cola Boyy & Mick Jones) Another sampler, but it's so good: "we go on, hurting each other..." Highway Mile Dark Tea A very familiar sounding folk tune, with some nice brass accompaniment.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Who Are You White Cliffs Not sure why we like this song so much, but we do. It is just really cool. Feud With Guns The Besnard Lakes Canadian prog bliss. What instrument is that?! Like they are pressing a quail over an over on the head. Awesome. Skin Marriages Emma Ruth Rundle again. A little heavier. The Balcony Fruit Bats From the new album, which is quite good btw. Folk/Rock/Americana. Folkier version of The Shins Mystery Road Still Corners Dark and mysterious like the title suggests. Memories of David Lynch's Lost Highway?! An Ocean Between The Waves (Live) The War on Drugs Cannot wait to see them live. Reminds me of another band that hits every note with perfection live. Every Once In A While Cut Worms Laid back Americana. A nice change of pace. Half A Human Real Estate So these guys, Dawes, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, etc., reliably good lyrics and catchy tunes. Atlantic The Weather Station Did we mention this album is really good and accessible to all listeners? Family Friends Wild Pink New album. Much needed throwback to songwriting and composition. Dark Days Yard Act Spoken word in the Arctic Monkeys' style. Very catchy and very interesting. Beside Yourself The Phoenix Foundation (feat. Fazerdaze) A little psychedelic, but not too bad. Thoroughly enjoyable actually. Fazerdaze is our jam. New Day Night Beats To be clear, 100% opposed to the title of the album, but this song is really good. MORE Mansionair Dig these guys. It is a bit of a thumper, but fun for outdoor listening! Open up the heavens Jade Bird She can just flat out write a song and sing. Desire Dehd Great, distinctive, dark sound. Slacker rock/punkish, but also lyrical. Coastlines Wallows These songs are throughly enjoyable. Just hope they get back to basics soon. Sunlight Yuno This is a re-release of a really great song. Just uplifting and nice.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Coffee Sylvan Esso From 2014. Can sense the genius to follow. This is very catchy. Questions Middle Kids Unquestionably one of the best albums of the year. This and RU4 Me among the best tunes. How Come? Stray Fossa Laid back. For those contemplative moments. All You've Got Is Everyone Saintseneca The same chords as Winter Breaking. Lemonhead level simplicity. "All tomorrow's parties.." Tried to Tell You The Weather Stations One of the best of the year. Much more accessible album this time. Half Silences Loma Very thought provoking, hushed tune. Works with the title. Loner Dehd Slack-rock evolving. Sounds like she is yodeling a little. MP digs it. Sagittarius Superstar Coin A shift to a little more rock'n tune for them. Alternating duet. A nice song. Wait for it. Not Dead Yet Lord Huron Sorry, this is a must have. Absolutely awesome tune. Motovun Blue Canopy The build is really cool and it still maintains balance. Synth heavy, but good vocals. Make It Through Barbarossa What was the name of the German military operation against the USSR in WWII? Cool tune. Minotaure Initiates Knowing this is a little different. Dig it because it has guitars!! Ok, 80s outcast band guitars. It's All The Same KO1 Shift right back to clean lines... Begin young people theme. Friends Prom So, imagine sounds in young people's heads when they are interacting these days. Maybe this? Stole Your Car GENE Bad words. But, after all, must be a reason she stole the car. Teenage Headache Dreams Mura Masa & Ellie Rowsell & Wolf Alice After about the 1 minute mark, this song really becomes fun and cool. Ok, end young people theme. Violet Blue Winter Fuzzy. Heard on a SBSW site and thought it stood up very well live. Oversharers Anonymous Wild Pink There really should be an outreach group such as this. A little folksy. Run Forever Emma Ruth Rundle Herein begins a series featuring this artist in all of her various projects. Obsessed a little.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Steps HAIM For some reason they remind us of the Dixie Chicks, which is ok. long story short Taylor Swift A little more poppin' tune from the latest last minute release. Interstellar Love The Avalanches Not generally a sampler fan, but throw in the Alan Parson's Project? ("The sun in your eyes makes some of your lies worth believing...") AWESOME! Leave Behind Eddie the Wheel A little older song ('17) that is really good. Good message and love the synth. Kind Ruby Hard to find. Has this little Spanish guitar accent to it that's really great. White Sands Still Corners Just have a listen. Thunder storms in the desert? Dunno, but really nice. Caving National Service Almost has an 80s- Big Country meets Simple Minds- feel to it. Then comes back to today. Someday, Somewhere Palace For love, long lost. Sad, but also hopeful. Obvious Looms Vocals are few, but this is really about the tune. Has a Hold Steady vibe. Your Devotion Y.O.G.A and SebastiAn That is not a typo. It is a lyrical electronic song. We tend to turn it up outside! Lost Julius Abel Purely atmospheric. If you don't dig that while doing chores, etc., may not like this. Liberty Bell Darkside Glad it is making the rounds as part of the maudlin music of the university station. Straight to the Morning Hot Chip (feat. Jarvis Cocker) Fun song that's like an intro or outtake to a bad Short Circuit movie Where You Find Me The Notwist Love the always unique and fresh sound of these guys. A new one. Very good. All Of This Is True Melpo Mene Best song on this mix Beautiful Hey, King Bright, fun, and upbeat. It is a folk-pop tune. Wilder Days Morgan Wade Great find. Great country tune. Just Like You White Cliffs All washed out! Yes, some of that, but it works very nicely. Quiet Air/Gioia Fleet Foxes Ok, might let this album go after this, but man, so good.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS willow (lonely witch version) Taylor Swift So very witchy :) Change Pale Waves U.K. Goth Pop band. Pure indulgence. Lake Erie Wild Pink New album coming soon. Very good tunes. Wanna Be My Daddy? Mystic Peach NOT for everyone, but dig it. It is heavy and rough (ruff). Refreshing in a way. In This House San Fermin & Nico Muhly & Attacca Quartet Favorite band. Pretentious a little? Maybe, but they've got serious cred. Buddha & Penelope All Things Blue Similar to Sylvan Esso it seems. Enough dynamics to keep it interesting. The Dandelion Oracle Sisters So chill and groovy. You won't even believe it. Hideaway South of France The Dandy Warhols meets The Cars from 1983. a mistake Lokoy, Emilie Ostebo Middle Kids with a little less grunge to it. Wallflower Goldfinger Presidents of the United States of America a little? Rabbit Hole Cherry Glazer Surprisingly one of the best songs so far this year. The Divine Chord The Avalanches (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr) Awesome resurgent CD. West Coast Sun The Glaser Brothers Dead ringer for Third Eye Blind Sunset By Plane Anamanguchi A blend of very diverse sounds from a band whose whole deal is that. Joy Of My Life Chris Stapleton Alright. So obviously tear jerkery, but too bad. Love it. Sentimental Eliza & The Delusionals Just fuzzy and rock'n enough that they will break though soon. I'm Not My Season Fleet Foxes Just a little lullaby. Simple, but lovely. Waking Future Islands Impossibly awesome. Voice, keyboards, and a whole lot of rhythmic bass. That's it. California Free Simon XO Have not been there in 30 years. We'll take their word for it. Free If We Want It Nothing But Thieves Songwriting alt-pop. Not bad and a little rock'n.
SONGS ARTISTS Winter Breaking Saintseneca Echoes Lola Marsh Sofia Clairo Dark Star Jack River Keep It The Still Tide Phase Pinegrove 4A EM Grimes Fear of Failure Sea Wolf Is It True Tame Impala Freedom (Yeah Yeah)! San Fermin Blinding Lights The Weeknd Not Fine Me Not You Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus The Strokes Be Afraid Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Late Night Tennis She's There Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Count On Me The Lone Bellow For the First Time Best Coast Gridlock Butch Walker I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore The Airborne Toxic Event The Way I Know How Robert Francis And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff Better Run BADTALKERS Chemicals SG Lewis bad idea! girl in red Confirmation Westerman Forces Jill Andrews House On Fire Plants and Animals Real Love Song Nothing But Thieves Riding Solo Hinds November Real Estate Right Direction Niterunner Confetti Vita And The Woolf Double Trouble Will Ferrell, My Marianne, Tiesto Options Open Kathleen Edwards Sunblind Fleet Foxes Good Fight Lori McKenna Impossible Weight Deep Sea Diver (feat. Sharon Van Etten) Down Commonwealth Choir Your Man JOJI Come Give Me Love First Aid Kit It Ain't Easy Delta Spirit Identical Phoenix Money Widowspeak Starting Over Chris Stapleton Dionne The Japanese House (feat. Justin Vernon) Around the Clouds Planet Loser Making Sense Delta Spirit Lemon Smile Buel rue girl in red R U 4 Me Middle Kids Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers
SONGS ARTISTS A Perfect Day Cut Copy Dandelion Carolina Story Tailor Made The Northern Belle I Go To My Heart The Avett Brothers The Dream Lori McKenna Do You Really Wanna Know? Sea Girls Feet Vita And The Woolf Good Enough July Talk A/B Futures Land Of Talk this is me trying Taylor Swift Lion of Love Erik Mjones (Eurovision) Everybody Knows The Naked And Famous Do You Want Me Now The Beths Trouble Father John Misty Me & May Trace Mountains Unfamiliar Sun Twin Peaks 27 The Howl & The Hum Captain Nicole Atkins Never A Low Gengahr Landscapes Zoon Maggie Sarah Jarosz Cabin The Secret Sisters Sorry Now Jill Andrews Take Me Back Hinds Falling Thunder Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Friendly Fire Fretland Carry Me The Airborne Toxic Event Dreaming Man Robert Francis Pure Love Hayley Williams 6ft Middle-Age American Man Butch Walker Only Children Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Feel It All (and Nothing) Eliza & The Delusionals Lonely For You Only Brian Fallon Morning Light The Lowest Pair Station to Station Chatham County Line Deep Dream STRFKR All Eyes-For Their Love Other Lives Eternal Summer The Strokes Echoes Tennis Better Now Delta Spirit Feelings Fade Kathleen Edwards Reckless Desires Washed Out The Hunger San Fermin I Went Up, I Went Down Sea Wolf Like In The Movies Lola Marsh In Light of Us Honey Harper Dreaming The Dustbowl Revival You Real Estate The Static Age Wolf Parade North Clairo Confess Jack River I Will Not Return As A Tourist Boniface So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Art Mix) Grimes I Need A Teacher Hiss Golden Messenger Seeing Red Best Coast Baddies Lanterns On The Lake Thought And Prayers Drive-By Truckers Neon Skyline Andy Shauf Glad I'm Gone The SteelDrivers Children Of The Sky ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Hold On Darling West Mavis Nathaniel Rateliff It Might Be Time Tame Impala Moment Pinegrove Little Bit Sweet The Wood Brothers I Can Feel You Dancing The Lone Bellow Sun Will Rise Me Not You Frequency Sylvan Esso I Only See You With My Eyes Closed Reckless Kelly Neither Nor Moses Sumney Mr. Motivator IDLES AM/FM Randy Rodgers & Wade Bowen Love is Better Wild Pink Born in a War Future Islands Call Your Name Circa Waves Lookout Now Twin Peaks Night Tryst Narrow Head I Know Alone HAIM
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS What About that Day Jenny O. A soft, gentle and lovely tune. Yours. To Be Tim Burgess Charlatans lead singer with a more Americanesque sound. It is very nice. Sad Cowboy Goat Girl Interesting sound. It has a driving, anticipatory feel to it. Sharpener Cavetown Also a softer sound from an interesting band Jungle Skies Black Foxxes Song that builds but is not exactly uplifting. Still pretty cool sound. Long Porridge Radio Probably rests on the punk side of the ledger, but there is enough lyrical harmony. I Don't Know Man Magic Bronson Quite a different sound, that's neat and thoroughly enjoyable stadium banter. Runaway Sylvan Esso Best song off their new album. Didn't Fix Me Dawes Sort of a woe is me reality tune, but it is very good. Man's World Marina Let's just say I don't blame her! The Adults Are Talking The Strokes Never take songs too literally, but in this case, it is just so appropriate. The Problem Amanda Shires (feat. Jason Isbell) Great tune. If Chris Stapleton can do it, why not them more and more! Sad Happy Circa Waves Really great song from a band that is hard not to enjoy even if you don't love it all. Open Road Yum Yuck Takes a while to get there, but it gets there and is very cool. Hard To Explain Dust In The Sunlight A duet of a different sort. Lovely, but not too lovely. Yellow Brick Road The World of Birds Just a great laid back tune for the road or the yard. Young Man's Game Fleet Foxes This is probably the most diminutive of the tunes, but it is still very good. Cool For A Second Yumi Zouma Zoom Zoom! Adult contemporary, only it is not really. Good tune. Nice melody. Blank Slate Greater Still Instrumental- Atmospheric, but completely great. Love to play it over and over again. This Ain't My Town Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen Classic country. No pretense at all.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Lemon Smile Buel Hard to believe, but this song is so addictive. Making Sense Delta Spirit Awesome tune. One of the best of year. Modern 70s rock. Tampa Small Black A lovely song. Cascading landscapes. Not Tampa, but somewhere that does maybe. A Long Way Past the Past Fleet Foxes Maybe the favorite because of the subtle horns (and the not so subtle harp). Waiting on Design Westerman This dude has a sound. Another good one from this album that also has "Confirmation." Salt Lake Alley Going Down Sounds a little like someone is holding his nose, but the sound is familiar. Can't quite place it. I Think You're Great Alex the Astronaut Almost feel like you are in the studio with her. It would be fun to see this one performed. Give You What You Gave Simon XO Well crafted and well arranged tune from someone who can sing. Around the Clouds Planet Loser This song is just a keeper. When the acoustic guitar kicks in, hooked. Mariana Trench Bright Eyes Sometimes want to scratch those bright eyes out. This one is good though. broken people almost monday This is a flat out pop tune that will have you moving. Guaranteed. Forgotten Names The Reds, Pinks and Purples The Psychedelic Furs get a little twang to them. Edge of the Horizon Groove Armada (feat. She Keeps Bees) Guess this artist has been a thing for awhile. Good collaboration. Indie/electronica. Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers Another lock for a Grammy nomination. SXMU loves it. It is actually pretty good. Southwark Yumi Zouma So, there is this kid on H's hockey team... Belt it out with her, John! For the Sky Haerts German band out of Brooklyn. Dig them. The Wall & I Nation of Language It is a New Order vibe, but with 21st Century sensibility. two queens in a king sized bed girl in red Completely sold on this artist. Latest single for the holidays. Don't Let Me Run Blitzen Trapper Love this gruff Americana Rock. A good one from their new album.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS See You When I See You Carolina Story Classic Americana. Soothing and familiar. Visitor Of Monsters And Men Sound is the same, but it has been the while. Refreshing still. Like Breaking Glass Cut Copy New Order. Somewhere Hauskey Slacker indie. Pretty cool tune. The Great Divide The Shins Reliably and predictably good. Shakespeare Troi Irons Catchy if a little bit trite. Edgy indie pop. Jara Fleet Foxes One of the favorites. It has a little old school Toad the Wet Sprocket to it. Statues in the Garden (Arras) Local Natives This band is predictably unpredictable. A nice change in time signature. That downbeat! Queen of the Desert Grizfolk Gruff folk rock. A nice change of pace. Little Pain Rooftime Ok, so, not the song of the year, but it is a fun listen. There's some composition there. Float Into Space Glass Caves Declarative stadium alt-rock with some indie tinge. Not bad. Lonesome On My Own Reckless Kelly We love this Americana band. Album packaging is over the top, but they can play. Metal Violets Jadu Heart Edgy, but also thoroughly indie. Dig their overall sound. Grounds Idles These dudes cuss a lot! Unnecessarily so, but that's ok. It's their thing. Interesting still. A Good Song Never Dies Saint Motel Great EP. A reliably fun band to keep the feet moving and the head bouncing. R U 4 Me? Middle Kids One of the bands out there from down under. One of the best songs of the year. Last Summer In a Rented Room The Reds, Pinks and Purples Psychedelic Furs? A lock, right? It is a little chill as well. Your Man JOJI Very cool song. Dunno if it is a one-off. Prolly be a Grammy nominee. bonne n clyde maxime This one is completely frivolous, but we found ourselves swaying to it at Bear Belly II. Beaches Jesper Ryom Atmospheric. If that is needed, highly recommended for playing in the background.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Acting My Age The Academic Has a more harmonious Strokes sound Can I Believe You Fleet Foxes The album is a masterpiece. The kids are listening to this one a lot on SXMU It Ain't Easy Delta Spirit If the keyboards at the latter 1/3 of this song don't do it for you, nothing will. Other Side of Heaven Robert Francis Reclama from early single release in 2019. Just more emphasis on how good this album is. Starting Over Chris Stapleton Album is ok. This song is a masterpiece. rue girl in red This sound may endure. There are some bad words, but a great tune. Weeds Handsome Ghost Nice acoustic guitar and songwriting. Enjoyable kickback song. Heat Waves Glass Animals U.K. band with an L.A. scene (I think). It is a cool song. There's some vibe. Hurting on Purpose Whethan (feat. K. Flay) Debating whether this is one of the best of the year. It is close. (Smoking is bad for her and she knows it) Forever Nicole Atkins Great song. Fun to sing to. Fun to have playing in the background anywhere. Identical Phoenix Dunno how this band does it, because we don't want to dig it, but we dig it. Confetti Vita And The Woolf Yes, this too is one of the best of the year. Sounds like bad choices were made here as well. You're Not Alone Semisonic "Closing time; one last call for alcohol..." Yep, those dudes are back. Not bad. Time To Walk Away Washed Out Atlanta's Tame Impala. Just good, laid back tunes. Gemini The Northern Belle We love this song. There's a "and the cat came back the very next day.." vibe but the chorus is lovely. Untitled #4 Avett Brothers Album best enjoyed live. A little lo-fi. Fine, just better with the whole experience. Great tune. RUNAWAY half alive Starts out a little too pretty if you will, but evolves into a fairly good composition. In The Mirror Demi Lovato Funny movie, but this song is actually really, really good. Golden The Score Every now and then, have to find a stupid rock song. That's all this is. Imagine Dragons Wasn't Born to Follow Yo La Tengo Really great song. Been around for awhile but still doing it. Great EP. California Girl Cayucas Ok, so it is the Beach Boys. It is really nostalgic and enjoyable.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Forever Sea Girls Sounds like an early 2000s song from a movie. Good Fight Lori McKenna One of the really great songs of the year. Lemonade Circa Waves feat. Alfie Templeman Making the best out of lemons is a popular theme this year. Nice song. Wind in My Sail *repeat repeat "we don't have to agree.." But, we can all agree about a few things. Super song. Fade Away Yoke Lore Perfectly enjoyable pop song. Maestranza Fleet Foxes Don't be surprised if every playlist has a song from this album. It is soooothing. Dionne The Japanese House (feat. Justin Vernon) The sound is a little fuzzy, but one of the best songs of the year. Impossible Weight Deep Sea Diver (feat. Sharon Van Etten) Also one of the best of the year. "Impossible' to get out of one's head. Red Western Sky Muzz Lead singer for Interpol, so a little dark, but it is very cool. Permanent Maniac Grae Easy to overlook, but has enough interesting sounds. Worth a listen. Surrender Will Butler Sounds a bit like Arcade Fire, but has a little more cache. Long Live Florida Georgia Line Ain't no C. Stapleton, but it is a plain old fun song. Come Give Me Love First Aid Kit Lovely song. Also, one of their best. Let's Love David Guetta and Sia Won't be on a Pitch Perfect soundtrack, but it's good. A little 80s Pointer Sisters. Paraphernalia Temples Irresistible. Not completely spirally 60's colors, but it is really catchy. Who Do You Think You're Talking To Dawes New album is fine enough. This is one of two standouts. Crystal Caving Darlingside So, this band has some CSNY harmonies going on, but it still sounds modern. Living Up To Let You Down Into it. Over it. On its face, probably least favorite on the mix, but actually grows on you. Past The Sun Big Mother Gig The Hold Steady called and they want their 2009 sound back. It's still cool. Money Widowspeak Interesting band. Great song. "Money doesn't grow on trees," man.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Flowers on a Grave Bush Yes, their back! It's not bad, actually. Elaborate Attractions More Starts out with a muffled bass guitar and then evolves very well. George Harrisonesque Just Because I Can Lissie She is consistently very good at mixing up her sound. Material Life Lightning Dust Big fan. A little prog and a little Stranger Things, but awesome. What You Gonna Do??? Bastille They will fade, but for now, perfectly fine tunes. Ferris Wheel Sylvan Esso N.C. band is very cool. They dig the mini moog. Sunblind Fleet Foxes As close to a perfect album as we've heard since The War On Drugs and Jason Isbell. A/B Futures Land of Talk Underrated songwriter. This is a good sample. Ultramarine The Zolas Very listenable and catchy pop chorus Salt Essie Holt Straight forward and then maybe not. Really addictive series of sounds. Do The Dial Tone !!! Chk Chik Chick Looking for something different? This is it. Love it. Psychonaut Mr. Gnome Such a great name for a song. Right? Moments/Tides Goth Babe Not mind blowing and not for everyone, but could be a car commercial soon. Falling Asleep At the Wheel Holly Humberstone Piano builds with anticipation, which contrasts with the song. It gets there. Infinite Mirror Big Search Wonderful little tune. Americana and not plodding. Options Open Kathleen Edwards So great to hear her voice again. Great song too. When We Were Young Benedict This is similar to the Boxer Rebellion. We dig it. Unusual Mating Ritual There is some soul here and it is just a really nice listen. Look Me in the Eyes Half Moon Run It has a tinge of CSNY, but also quite modern too. Headspin Hi Frisco One of the best songs on the list. A little hazy and fuzzy, but the voices are nice.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Hold Still The Solarists Sense of urgency. A little rockin'. Can I Call You Tonight Dayglow Somewhat ethereal dream pop tune. Maybe that's the point. Paradise Kowloon Laid back? Yes. Very good also for beachfront star gazing. Dancing With the Beast Gretchen Peters Americana master. Lost In The Country Trace Mountains A soothing song for a road trip through distant towns. The Only Boy Race Left On The Island The Howl & The Hum Good tune, even if it is not clear what the boy racer is doing on the island. Right Direction Niterunner Love it. 80s vibe with a contemporary voice. Sunday Best Handsome Ghost Sounds a little like Bon Iver. Johnny Sarah Jarosz Another good one. A very energetic album. Preach Saint Motel Late summer frivolity. Perfectly fun. No Time For Love Like Now Michael Stipe & Big Red Machine Not spectacular, but good to hear that voice again in something new. Oblivion Austin Sisk Dig the dude's hair. Member of Ambrosia? Surprisingly very fun. Vibrant Colours Zoon One could be forgiven for not stumbling upon this one. Good though. Governess Shadow July Talk Well-composed, raw, Scandinavian sounding band. Flying Last Dinosaurs Good hooks to mix things up. Resist The Winter Passing Voice is startling at first, but eventually grows well on you. Fallin' Rain Father John Misty Lovely remake. Voice is great despite a somewhat insufferable stage name. Budapest (feat. Shy Boys) STRFKR Off their new album. On the steady XMU rotation Still Thinkin My Morning Jacket Sometimes difficult to resist a little MMJ. This is sufficiently different. Toy Soldiers Silversun Pickups Yes, a remake of Martika's '80s original. Give it a B.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Kids In Droves Velvet Starlings Oasis meets the Temples. Spirally color spectrum with some guitar and melody. Down Commonwealth Choir More of an edgier 90s alternative sound. Slow Down Gone West Just a really good country-ish, summer listen. The Things We Do Foster the People The voice treatment thing fades quickly into their great upbeat sound. Down at the So and So on Somewhere The Fiery Furnaces This song will really grow on you. Very unique and addictive. For Sure Future Islands Back and just as fun and energetic as before. Real Love Song Nothing But Thieves May not be the new album's single, but it is really great at the chorus. House On Fire Plants and Animals Welcome back. A much more accessible tune. An unmistakably lost Arcade Fire sound. August Taylor Swift A lovely new album. Back to her songwriting talents. Confirmation Westerman 70s singer/songwriter feel. Dawes/Real Estate. One of the best of the year. Jump Rope Gazers The Beths Could be the best song off of their new album. I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore The Airborne Toxic Event Great, balanced album with guitars! Screaming chorus actually works. In Series Noble Oak Many sounds going on here. Lovely song. Letting Me Down Margo Price Easily her best song yet. Not honky tonk at all. The Way That You Live Sonic Boom Imagine a film. Character leaves his/her brownstone to take on the day... Time Moves On Phantom Planet Rich indie sound that moves swiftly. Back Together Jill Andrews Very catchy and one of the best from her latest. Heavenly Maybe Gengahr Funky groove is thoroughly addictive.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Way I Know How Robert Francis Best album so far this year. Feels good and sounds good. Great songwriter. Forces Jill Andrews From the latest album. Probably one of the hardest working artists out there. Gridlock Butch Walker Absolutely awesome song. 70s vibe, but also just really good. Have Another Beer Fretland Nice sound and also a perfectly sound sentiment. Come on Out The Airborne Toxic Event Subtle intro transitions into a very rockin and melodic tune for the times. Bound Small Forward Multi-instrumental piece with acoustic touches, pleasant voices and harmonies. Great. Swimming Pool Eliza & The Delusionals The new Aussie sound that's catchy. Overseas Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Great guitar. Great song. Lonely Archer Nightjacket Great voice with a diminutive background that paints a certain landscape. She's There Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever This band is simply refreshing. Aeroplane Greer The lyrics and singing make this song. Dude can sing. I'll Be Gone Sarah Jarosz Hard not to sing along to this one after a listen or two. Hand Over My Heart The Secret Sisters Very melodic and a great arrangement. Always been a fan. Until I Found A Rose The Howl & The Hum Despite finding the rose, it is a very enjoyable tune and a very good sound. Better Run BADTALKERS One of the best songs of the year. Dying To Believe The Beths Guitar riffs remind of early 2000s teen movies. It's cool. The Last Great American Dynasty Taylor Swift Finally. Back to where she belongs. Double Trouble Will Ferrell/My Marianne (Tiesto) Very funny. Great movie. Riding Solo Hinds Actually, a really, really good song .
SONGS ARTIST <15 WORDS Together Sia Never heard of it-the movie that is. The song is fun. 21 Days Brian Fallon Good tune, but why draw such a hard line on the # of days? Over Yet Hayley Williams Starts out a little weak and then there is this incredible chorus riff. Flyover State Butch Walker Kid Rock with profanity. It's funny, but also not bad for the middle of summer. Alive Eliza & The Delusionals A very addictive song, reminiscent of Best Coast. Very catchy. It Gets Easier Jason Isbell &The 400 Unit Normally, would not dig such a personal trial tune, but dig this one. Very good. bad idea! girl in red Some artists don't use caps. Great tune. Will be in your head all summer. Imagine So Small Forward A chillaxing tune. Tell All Your Friends Magic Bronson A token stadium rock song for the summer mix. Dear Babe Travalley Wait a minute. RBCF called and wants its groovy guitar sound back! Still very good. Walk the Line Jadu Heart Don't sleep on this band. Really cool. Careless Lunatic Wolf "Careless just won't cut it anymore." Fun, classic indie rock song. Pringle Creek Ellis Lovely song, but not too cute. Plus, Pringles are awesome. In My Ear Worry Club Another chillaxing 70ish rock tune. Seems to be the 2000s trend. Ode To Fire Jealous of the Birds Started out a little punk band. This is not that all. Classic indie rock tune. Great. Situations The Hails Another chillaxing 70ish rock tune. Seems to be the 2000s trend. Very listenable Running Ralph Castelli A slightly rockin pop song. First Time Robert Francis One of the best albums of the year. Dude killed it on this album. All These Engagements The Airborne Toxic Event Believe it or not one of the best rockin' albums of the year. Good expanse of tunes Saint Cecilia The Barr Brothers This song really grows on you. I think these guys have a spell.
SONG ARTIST <15 WORDS November Real Estate One of the best and most balanced albums of the year. Too Late Babe The Lowest Pair Wonderfully well-paced, folk/country song with finger picking and great harmony. Comme Des Garcons (Like the Boys) Rina Sawayama Always very happy when they provide the translation in the title. End Summer Goth Babe Dude has a very interesting sound. Relaxing. Slow Ride Argument Drive-By Truckers Has a Hold Steady vibe. Great song. Westfjords San Fermin This is a must have album for the year. Just ridiculous. Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus The Strokes Really fun song. Funky, yet rock'n. Sweet Green & Blues Treetop Flyers From 2018. English alt/folk band that could be today's CCR. Bathroom Floor Brother Moses Like curling up with an old record...Great songwriting. Awake Plastic Picnic Takes a while to get going but gets there with a decent guitar riff. Amo Amo Canta A nice relaxing tune for the poolside or hanging outside. Chemicals SG Lewis Rarely does a tune like this make best of the year. Awesome chorus. Good Bad Times Hinds Huh. Dig this album. A little different. Disaster Caster Planet Hear a little of that sound from the Pet Shop Boys in the voice. Cool. Sunday Marsicans Tough to categorize. Bluesy alt/indie rock & roll (Ben Foldsish?) Time Stands Nathaniel Rateliff Just one of the best artists working right now. Does Anybody Out There Care Me Not You Consistently great, listenable songs. Prisoner of Love The Undercover Dream Lovers Yeah, I don't know. Just for chillaxing Caution The Killers We all know them. Not bad at all. kate's not here Girl In Red & The Turning From the Turning movie. A very lovely voice.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Limo Song Jack River Again, from 2018, but this is what a limo song should sound like. Freedom San Fermin One of the Best Songs of the Year and very good timing for this month. Break It Down Sea Wolf Difficult not to love the groove of this song and this band. Late Night Tennis They nailed this album. Another good one. Here They Come Hamilton Leithauser Rough beginning blossoms into a fantastic song. Give It Away Melissa Weinstein Drive with the windows down along an ocean seascape anywhere and blast it. rock bottom MisterWives "I fall just get to get back up." Great pop tune. Saturday Music The Berries A little bit like the Clientele, and that is just fine. After You Polly Scattergood A little sad, but incredibly lovely. Lightning Riders AWOLNATION For stadium rock, this one is thoroughly enjoyable. Imagine Dragons Blinding Lights The Weeknd Lyrical, melodic, musical. Not much to dislike here. You and I Pale Lights Orville Peck meets Calexico. It's nice. Different Light Best Coast The Bangles and the Pretenders meet an early 2000s high school movie soundtrack. Awesome. Bad Decisions The Strokes It actually does sound a little like Billy Idol, but a little groovier. Also a But Real Estate Another subtle indie masterpiece. Hey, Hey, I Other Lives Highly anticipated new album. Great, diverse sound. Dear Stranger STRFKR Off their new album. The Charlatans U.K. Mellow but not at all dull. Red Shoulder Squirrel Flower Have to throw a tune in from a band named Squirrel Flower. It's rockn' and not bad. Leave This World Chatham County Line Upbeat American folk stalwarts. Great new album. Shaking Hazel English Reliably melodic. Really nice song.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Ballroom Jack River Great new Aussie band. This one from 2018. Has a Metric and Alvvays vibe. Swamp Song San Fermin Very quickly becoming our favorite album of the year. Can you dig the baritone sax a little? Penelope The Dustbowl Revival What life must be like if you fall in love with a girl named Penelope. Kind of cool. Fear of Failure Sea Wolf Slightly melancholy, as always, but thoroughly listenable. Strawberry Lite Honey Harper Weird, but it is a refreshingly light and simple sound for the right mood. Give Me Some Time Lola Marsh Channeling some Adele and that chick that tried to go to rehab and failed. Is It True Tame Impala Just when you thought there could be no more from the lounge rock genre. A gem Some Kind of Drug Lilly Hiatt Heard this one off of Twangville and it just stuck. Great real country Cool Bikini Cool Schwarze Fiktion DIIV. If you like a slightly noir indie sound, you will like this. Potions Day Wave Won't blow your socks off, but nice and melodic. Everything & More Gengahr Very interesting indie tune. Well arranged. Care was given. Need Your Love Tennis Surprisingly outstanding album. Just catchy. Trying Cavetown A lovely aspirational tune Bury Us Alive STFKR The name of the band is not STFKR, but this is PG-13. Great band Dreaming That I'm Not In Love Stay Lunar The protagonist from a John Hughes movie wakes up and heads to school. Evening Song Phish Entire catalog, love maybe half a dozen. This new one may be one of them. Driving With A Ghost Land of Blood and Sunshine A little punk rock/a little Dead Kennedy's, but there is nice melody. She Was the One That Got Away Gloom Ballon Older song that makes you laugh. You will hum this for days. Maniacs Thin Lear I think this sounds like Marianne Faithful. Too Late Washed Out Atlanta's Tame Impala. Amor Fati is a masterpiece.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Starting Again Day Wave Straight forward indie/pop song. Running Out of Space The Stone Foxes Not thrilled with album cover, but the sound is very nice (The Head and The Heart) Keeping Up Boniface Robbie Williams. That is who this reminds us of. A pop sensation that the Germans will love. Later Flight Jack River All in on this Australian band. Just good. Not complicated. Cars in Space Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever This band is so cool, which is somewhat annoying, but they are very refreshing. Everything Has Changed Best Coast This is a must get album. Lots of good stuff on there. 4AEM Grimes Gigglee great tune. If you can't jump around to this, what are we doing?!! Can't Help It Darling West Everything after the first four measures is perfect. St. Vulgar St. Twin Peaks Again, the Felice Brothers when they are hitting all of the right notes. This is Not a Drill Lanterns on the Lake Maybe a little Prog, but dig it. Bags Clairo Catchy pop song. We've relented a little. Against the Day Wolf Parade Always been a little eh, but this is a really good tune. You Real Estate Indie rock royalty at this point. Thoroughly listenable. Cheap Regrets The Districts Modest Mouse and other sort of complex, dark Indie comes to mind. Sunflower Dizzy Upbeat. I mean the name of the song is Sunflower. Six Days in June The Fratellis Consistently great songs. This is another. Deciphering Dreams Amanda Shires Definitely not boxed-in anywhere. This is really good. Just Imagine Sonic Boom Too long, but it is still worth it.
SONGS ARTIST <15 WORDS Wash it Clean The Lone Bellow The songwriting is quite good. The Alarmist Pinegrove Listening is like having an old friend around. On Track Tame Impala Progenitors of this sound. Some of it is outstanding Not Fine Me Not You Nice new tune from Brooklyn-based indie mainstays. And It's Still Alright Nathaniel Rateliff Old school, real country. Really good. Crimson Tide Destroyer Thankfully, don't think this has anything to do with the University of Alabama. Cry Over Nothing The Wood Brothers Americana. Have to be in the mood, but they are real musicians. Make It Last Darling West This is their best album (1-6 or so are all really nice tunes) Something Like This ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead An alt-rock band from the early 2000s. A combination of good sounds. Mama Says No The Steel Drivers Instrumental, but the song title says it all! Things I Do Andy Shauf Probably Canadian because it is inexplicably catchy. Armageddon's Back In Town Drive-By Truckers A little Springsteen going on. Still really enjoy this band. Runner Tennis Previous stuff, just alright, dawg. Kind of dig their latest. You'll Miss Me When I'm Not Around Grimes Want to go out on a limb for an album this year? This is it. My Wing Hiss Golden Messenger Typically, reliable singer-songwriter stuff with some punch. Ghosts Boniface Yeah, very upbeat and a little pop, but care is taken. Swimming Lessons Lanterns in the Lake Maybe a little Kate Bush meets Bjork, meets Of Monster and Men. For the First Time Best Coast A really, really good album. Like Alvvays. If you like those tunes. Valentine Coin Tame Impala-esque but more lyrical. Be Afraid Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit I'm sure the new album will be great.
SONGS ARTIST <15 WORDS Hit the Bell With Your Elbow Chadwick Stokes Outlaw alt/folk tune. Dark Heart Tunng Well-arranged electro/pop song Deleter Grouplove Get out the door and throw this on the run mix. Yikes! Unnatural The Pale White A rock song. Can you believe it? Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn feat. Luke Combs One of the few tolerable Grammy nominated songs. Country. Stay Forever Whethan (feat. STRFKR) From a hipster movie and protagonist goes into a club with this blaring. Bad Guy Billie Eilish Guess this is what the kids are listening to! Phase Pinegrove Really great song. Reminds us of College. Keep It The Still Tide Absolutely great song. A bit Kacey Musgrave. Paper Cup Real Estate (feat. Sylvan Esso) This band is a more progressive version of Dawes Able Archer Stroke 9 Yeah, I don't know. Fun song is all. Dark Star Jack River Very good Australian band Sunseeker The Naked and Famous Uh oh. A little worried where this album is going, but ok. Native Tongue My Kid Brother Local Leesburg band. Not bad rock n roll. Hey Ma Bon Iver Ok, maybe another tolerable Grammy nominated song. Darkness and Cold Purple Mountains I think I am starting to have nightmares about this song. fever dream mxmtoon Folkish pop song. Really nice. Cawfee Twin Peaks Felice Brothers. If you like them, this is it. Riding a Wave Love Fame Tragedy Sings the song title a lot, but otherwise a good alternative Brit anthem. Are You Gonna Be Okay Stay Fossa A chill pop song that's perfectly enjoyable. Victor's Belt Jaialai Some good stand-up bass going on there. Dig the whole thing.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Guess HalfNoise Movement and some very cool funk to essentially an alt/pop song. Lost and Found Chadwick Stokes Indy Folk Band. Has a Lumineers feel with some edge. Across the Pond Mystic Peach Dark alternative rock with angst. Sofia Clairo Resisted the hype, but you know, it is actually quite good. Winter Breaking Saintseneca How to describe? Lovely. "Tearing up the Taurus you got off your folks." Right Track/Wrong Man Yumi Zouma Very chill, but something to sing along to. Blank Page Klangstof Radiohead circa 2004. Los Angeles Robotaki feat. Maiah Manser If it is featuring someone, you know it moves and it does! To The Ground Death Cab For Cutie Ben Gibbard is exhausting, but dig this tune. Echoes Lola Marsh Israeli/NYC based band. Great new album. Monsta BENEE - STELLA & STEVE A little bit of a "monster" theme in this list, but these songs are cool. magicalove Isaac Delusion Not great, but it is funny. Dude is whining in the shower or something. A New Man Josh Ritter Getting any Jason Isbell in there? Umm... yeah. Monsters Brother Sundance (feat. Ella Boh) Awesome monster song! Lock for Imagine Dragons. Uneventful Days Beck Morning Phase album changed entire perspective on Beck. Good Luck Broken Bells Danger Mouse, man. How does he find that groove! Every Heartbeat Grace Potter An enormous talent and lovely voice Monacillo Argonaut & Wasp Enjoyable hide and seek tune despite initial falsetto. Count on Me The Lone Bellow Terrific alt/folk band. Please come to D.C.!
SONGS ARTISTS Longshot Catfish & the Bottlemen Weird Ways Strand of Oaks Your Way Jai Wolf Are You Bored Yet? Wallows Everyday Weyes Blood Chin Up Yoke Lore Impossible C Duncan Far From Home Ladytron Fast Talk Houses Blue Wings Wild Nothing Forget About Last Dinosaurs Landscape Future Generations Endless Lovers The Night Cafe Roads Rose of the West Style Foster the People Patience Tame Impala Love Me Anyway P!nk feat. Chris Stapleton Boat Accident Keunig Tomorrow Never Comes Honey Harper Turn to Hate Orville Peck Real Thing Middle Kids I Get No Joy Jade Bird (Jogging) Jetty Bones You Need To Calm Down Taylor Swift Devoted To Lightning Dust The Fool Spiral Stairs Hand of God Lower Dens Fingerprintz Spiral Stairs Essentially Japanese Breakfast Record Collection Kaiser Chiefs I've Been Wrong Before Generationals Special Announcement The Felice Brothers the end MisterWives Tucson Train Bruce Springsteen Anew Hollow Coves Running Wild Palace Life In the City The Lumineers Running Through Hell The Head and the Heart Desperate Dance In the Valley Below End of the World Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Alligator Of Monsters And Men Frightened By The Sound Justin Townes Earle Drawn Away Fruit Bats Natural Disaster Half Moon Run All Mirrors Angel Olsen Ice Cream Party Modest Mouse Wash Liily The Eye and the Twitch Mystic Peach
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Your Light The Big Moon Metric comes to mind, slightly. The Eye and the Twitch Mystic Peach Be prepared to rock! Very cool. In Series Noble Oak Exact opposite of Mystic Peach. Chill rock, but nice. Along the lines of Ivy. Go Getter Argonaut & Wasp Great tune. Impossible not to rock one's head back and forth. inner River Reuben And The Dark It's like their mission is to compose the perfect song. Phases Keane Remember these dudes? Still doing it. Remember To Breathe Sturgill Simpson Album is just alright, dog. This is a really good song though. About Your Record The Persian Leaps "I know about your record." Kind of dig that part of the chorus. Tenderness Jay Som Super chill rock, but it is essential for some reason. Champion of the World Coldplay We used to wait with great anticipation in the 00's. Good song, but c'mon dudes. Anew Hollow Coves Minimalist, landscapes, and then builds to a decent rocker. Saints San Fermin Great collection of artists. This tune will grow on you. Love the irony. You're Either On Something Temples Oddly catchy. Psych/Rock. The Runner Foals A rock song about running, so makes it interesting. Swim For Your Life The Pale White Fun and upbeat song. Lately Metronomy Decided this is a very interesting band that can't exactly be pigeonholed. In Light of Us Honey Harper Strange dude, but the tunes are really good. This is another one. I Drive Lower Dens Yet another great song from this album. Marry Me Just For Fun Amason A little groovy tune that is upbeat and thoroughly enjoyable.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Felicity The Night Cafe Starts out like something from the Unforgettable Fire and nestles into a nice mood tune. Our Little World County Line Runner Sounds so familiar, but had not heard of him/them until this year. Great sound. The Chain The Highwomen Decent cover. New album, eh. Fingerprintz Spiral Stairs One of the best songs of the year. "Your fingerprintz...are...all over this!" Always There Greta Van Fleet Houses of the Holy, but still good. "You're a woman in a dream..." Needle Middle Kids Honestly ,cannot find a bad tune from this bunch. You Could've Told Me Your Smith Has to be one of Paste's Best of What's Next artists. C Sections And Railway Trestles The Avett Brothers This album seems to have stirred up a raucous. Care nothing at all. Good tune. Lucky People Lower Dens Did we already mention one of the best albums of the year? It is. Colossus Of Rhodes The New Pornographers Still doing it well. Soundtrack Song The Lumineers Sounds like he is singing through one of those playground beacons. Still good though. Heavenly Cigarettes After Sex Dude's voice is a little unique, but "the maudlin music of the university station," wore me down. The Beam Temples Picture spiral colors from Austin Powers + the Beatles. Moonlight Said the Whale A dreamy "moonlight" song that is actually upbeat. the end MisterWives Interesting mix of soul/pop and alternative sound. It's very good. ARAWA Electric Youth Mix it up. Very chill and relaxing. Tucson Train Bruce Springsteen Don't care. This is a very good album and a great song. Two Sense Thyla Another new English band that is finding an identity. Skin Game DIIV Pronounced, "dive." They have their own sound. It is gothy. No More Pennies Starcrawler A little rockin'. Song about looking for some coinage.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Essentially Japanese Breakfast Ask yourself, "how's the opening bass line in this song?" Say no more. Strangers City and Colour Dude's voice is slightly too high, but this is a rock song and it is good. Running Through Hell The Head and the Heart Great song. In Between Plans Your Smith Surprising, really awesome. Diggin this band. "Rolling quesadillas." Record Collection Kaiser Chiefs Rockin' stadium rock that you will be singing in your head all day. The Fool Spiral Stairs One of the best albums of the year. Seriously. It is really, really good. Small Spaces Cassia Yeah, a little calypso. You know, like on the street with plastic pails for drums? Keep Me In Mind Night Moves 70s throwback. Little River Band with more twang. Hand of God Lower Dens This is one of the best albums of the year. Truly great. Foot of Afrikka Sambassadeur Soothing. Dig it. Mercy Grizfolk Irresistibly catchy. Sick Vivian Girls Rock/punk sound that is very palatable. You Need to Calm Down Taylor Swift This song is perfect in so many ways. The album? Eh. Needs some real instruments. Drive On Anteros A fun and upbeat sound from a relatively new English band. Running Wild Palace This song is not unique, but it is easy to sing along to on road trip or a run. Special Announcement The Felice Brothers I don't know who Charlie Parker is, but this song makes me want to be him (maybe?) Wars Of Monsters And Men Feel so much anticipation before the chorus hits. It's a cool song. Spring Snow Vampire Weekend Good song. Still deciding whether that weird auto-tune like sound is annoying or cool. Life In The City The Lumineers Actually, for an ok album, this song is quite nice. I've Been Wrong Before Generationals One of the best songs of the year. The guitar sounds great.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Apple Tree Another Sky "An extension of yourself..." Somewhat atmospheric, but really cool. Rockstar Yonaka Tremendous exercise song. Bring it. (There's a muffled bad word) Gone for Good Smiles A little depressing, but every now and then there is cause for self-reflection. Heavy Fuzzy Sun Another heavy heart song, but not dark or sad at all. Lovely. Monsters Sophie and the Giants Dig this band, but tough to get tunes in the States for some reason. We Belong Together Vampire Weekend Feat. Danielle Haim A little too cute on previous albums. This one is a bit different. It's Late A Beacon School A very melodic electronic song that is kind of groovy. Big Builds Mellow Gang They are mellow, but a little rockin' too. Undertow Mikal Cronin This dude rocks. That's a real guitar! Great Concerns Lust for Youth An unapologetic 80's New Wave band. Great. Not Fine Me Not You Officially a cult fan of this band derived from Little Daylight. Frightened By The Sound Justin Townes Earle New album? Obliged to purchase. Great tune. A little Van Morrison[y] Melody of Love Hot Chip They've entered sort of the Indie Hall of Fame. Future whenyoung Really fun, energetic band. Here Comes the Night Big Search Song builds and builds and crashes like a ship is sinking. Cool. Go Wild Friedberg A little groovy, but also a little blend of rock/pop going on. Breeze Jermango Dreaming There's some thumping going on that is fun. Dream pop. New Waves Junius Meyvant No question, a talented dude. Highly recommend a listen. Goodnight Little Empire Madonnatron Are they serious? Yes, yes they are. Dig it. I Found Out The Head and the Heart Ok. A little goofy, but it is catchy and perfectly fine.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Salted Caramel Ice Cream Metronomy For a song about a flavor of ice cream, it is very good. NYC (Sing It Loud) The Sherlocks Uplifting pub tune for some. Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend Their best album. End of the World Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors A lol instant anthem. Ironically upbeat. Desperate Dance In the Valley Below Infectious. Even if unclear the circumstances under which it is desperate. Real Thing Middle Kids A little rockin' Aussies. This is a great EP. Time Won't Go Slowly Snow Patrol Just might transcend Grey's Anatomy. Hi, I'm Waiting *repeat repeat The perfect coed song from an early 00s movie. I Get No Joy Jade Bird Scream from the top of your lungs tune. Great. Devoted To Lightning Dust Sounds like the Stranger Things intro song. It is awesome. Restless Moon Taxi Odd, but a great song to vacuum with. Very cool instrumental bridge. 100 Times Over Cassia It's got some calypso in there, but not sure why. We kind of dig it. Alligator Of Monsters And Men Love it. Don't care if it seems trite. Turn to Hate Orville Peck Lone ranger dude with a stich. Aside from all of that, a great tune. Plant Trees Chappaqua Wrestling So, remember the Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever? Those dudes with more chill. Closer Sea Girls Not a significantly distinguishable English Indie/Pop band. Good song though. Call Your Mother Anteros Just think the name of the song is cool. Actually, a great sound too. Dream Would Breathe Fruit Bats Absolutely love this band and everyone else should. Close your eyes and listen. One Trick Ponies Kurt Vile Slacker rock rules!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Planets The Infamous Stringdusters Blue Grass/Americana turned Astronomers. Darkness Pinegrove Graciously simple, but can imagine this live in a small venue. Very nice. This Song Reminds Me of You Jai Wolf Great record. This is an instrumental. Create your own visuals. Tu Es Belle Starwolf "I hope you like Jazz Fusion." It is very chill. Weighting The Black Lillies Last year's record. One of this year's best rock/Americana tunes. The Way Haerts Great Deutch/NYC band crooning away. Safe and Sound Yoke Lore Car commercial, right? A little delicate, but a nice song. Just bring it, dude. The Animals Ladytron Fun album. Not as dreary as previous, but fairly dreary. Just Reflecting Maps Brilliant artist. Great record. This song is perfectly representative of the album. I'm not where you are Marika Hackman Just a really cool song. Exit Madness Rose of the West Obscure, but very interesting. There is some bass lines from the Cure in there. Windy Cities Blac Rabbit Sound intended to remind us of "windy cities." Not a bad take. Good Old Days Shovels & Rope Yep, this is a must get record for this year. Left Behind the Gold (feat. Txtheway) Cards Normally, would not like this, but it works even with I dare say "auto-tune?" ME! (feat. Brendon Urie) Taylor Swift Ripe for another Ryan Adams upgrade if he can ever get his [blank] together. Astronaut City and Colour Rocks a little and that is good enough for us. Flowers Ra Ra Riot By the time you hear this song, you will love it. A Lingering Love Fruit Bats Not every last song on a play list is a throw away. Definitely not here.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS When Am I Gonna Lose You Local Natives Great falsetto and indie tune crashing the maudlin music of the University station Into The Shape of Your Heart Wintersleep A little bit Rockin' and a little bit chill. Great album. UFOF Big Thief Pitchfork, etc., may be making a bit too much of this album. Cool song, though. Somewhere in Between Kyle Daniel Maintain one of the best Country album releases of the year. The Future Is Here Sleater-Kinney Easily one of the most overrated bands ever. This one is finally tolerable. Beliefs and Prayers Middle Kids Follow-up album from Aussie rock band. Very cool. People Need A Melody The Head And The Heart Some say they sound different. Don't think so at all. More polished? The Way I Feel Keane Still no guitar? Still enjoyable. Hyperspace Blues Strand of Oaks A little psych-rock. Dig it. Amazing record. Tomorrow Never Comes Honey Harper Amusingly 70's-like. That's ok. Dude is strange. Don't care. It Doesn't Matter Why Silversun Pickups Rockin' tune from "Panic Room" progenitors. Walk Me Home P!nk Totally in on the voice. Just Life Jaguar Dreams Best new band initiates. Builds. Wait for it. Laws of the Universe Toro Y Moi Impossible to resist. Exercise tune. Deepest Light The Get Ahead Some soul and R&B here, mixed with some Americana violin. Works. Stay Here The World of Birds Good little pop-tune with an easy sound. Summertime High Half the Animal Roaring summer tune. Slow Motion Savoir Adore Very pleasant and relaxing sound that is not slow at all. Drawn Away Fruit Bats A great band. Makes you want to get outside or roll the windows down. Mirror Master Young the Giant Upbeat and fun tune from "Cough Syrup" dudes.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Blue Sky Drugs In the Valley Below Dead ringer for the Great Northern. If you like them, you will love this. Fuel On The Fire Bear's Den Harkens back to Mike & the Mechanics a little. Running Scared (Desert Song) The Strumbellas Nice, upbeat jingle that thoroughly sounds like the Strumbellas. Beagle Theory The Resonars Great tune from NM nomads. Beatles and some psych rock. Missed Connection The Head and the Heart Of Mice & Men, The Strumbellas, The Lumineers. Still quite good. Tethered Versing This song makes one smile: "we're tied together!" Devil May Care Son Volt Americana stalwart still has some interesting tunes. Both Sides Maps The Postal Service, the Helio Sequence... soothing and lush. When I Awoke Toth Has to be a TV commercial?! Ruby Strand of Oaks There's more. This is another great one. Love Me Anyway P!nk feat. Chris Stapleton Absolutely lovely. Lonely Drugdealer The Beatles with an inauspicious name. Strands Align Night Moves Tom Petty from the "Don't Come Around Her No More" era. Carry Me Home Shovels & Rope Americana romp. Absolutely excellent! Oblivions The National Chose to incorporate other artists on new album. It's good. Quiet Heart Joyous Wolf Pure modern rock excess. If you need a break and miss Soundgarden. Strangers Estrons Never heard of them. Dig it. A little Courtney Barnett going on maybe. Tropic of Cancer Minor Poet Sort of a fun summer song to help refresh your tropics geography. All You Ever (Live) Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Officially addicted. Old Me Betty Who Australia's P!nk. Independent release.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Your Enemy The Beta Machine Multiple voices that's a little rockin' and a little retro. The Way We Say Goodbye Circa Waves This is actually a very lovely and enjoyable song. Final Fires Strand of Oaks Could play this song over and over and over again. Ice Cold Pool Wallows This is another great album. Different sounds throughout The Weekend Interpol Rich, dark sound continues. Just different. Gloria The Lumineers It is definitely the Lumineers. Chin Up Yoke Lore Irresistible. Sounds a bit like Head and the Heart Millennium People Little Cub The lyrics are strange, but the sound is fun and extremely addictive. Don't Give Up on Me Now Kyle Daniel Genuine Chris Stapleton-like country. Really good album. Roads Rose of the West Great tune. A musical accompaniment to a midnight city drive. Saw Lightning Beck Distinctly Beck. Very fun. The Long Way Home John Paul White Civil Wars dude has a really good album out. This is nice. Lack of Love Friendly Fires Yep, this an exercise song on steroids. It's awesome! The Bottom of It Fruit Bats One of the best bands in the last 15 years. Forest Fire Wintersleep New album from one of the most underrated Canadian bands ever. Borderline Tame Impala Just chillaxing! Style Foster the People This is one of the best tunes of the year. It is not earth-shattering, but it is season-defining. The Great Pixley Train Robbery Cass McCombs This is again hard to categorize, but it rocks and is also a folk tune. Awesome. Don't Do Me Like That J. Mascis Tribute to Tom Petty. Good job.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Won't Happen Ten Fe Groovy little indie song that has a very catchy chorus and guitar line. (Jogging) Jetty Jones Subtle and surprisingly distinctive. Love that the title is in parenthesis. Weird Ways Strand of Oaks Best song of the year on so far the best album of the year Everyday Weyes Blood Not a 100% sold yet, but this is a very fine, edgy tune. Vtr The Twilight Sad Solid Scottish band that flies under the radar a bit. Your Way Jai Wolf feat. Day Wave Great album. Played regularly as part of the maudlin music of the SXMU station. Drowning in the Sound Amanda Palmer She probably tries too hard to be provocative when her voice stands on its own. He Follows Me FRONTPERSON Evokes a reflection of memories of one's long lost dog. Poly Blue Jessica Pratt Not sure what the big whoop is. This is ok. Has some Feist in it. Impossible C. Duncan One of the best songs of the year Far From Home Ladytron Abba goes a little goth. Only Water TEEN A little like School of Seven Bells. A bit more upbeat. Hire Girlpool 90s grunge rock. Are You Bored Yet Wallows A really nice album. Diverse. Impossible not to have this in one's head Young and Impressionable The Wild Reeds The greatest Americana band to almost suck. They do have some great songs. Elastic Days J. Mascis Dunno. Digging some J Mascis. Got to be in the mood. Patience Tame Impala This is just simply wonderful. Impatiently hoping for an album soon. Come Lost Under Heaven This playlist is great with the possible exception of this, but needed some rock.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Blue Bell Golden Daze A bit hushed like Bon Iver and some CSNY, but lovely and relaxing. Work Millionyoung A pure exercise song that's literally for people who work all day. Funny. Last Century Susto Love Susto. They are just a bunch of dudes, man. Great rockin' tune. In the Capital Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever All of the best things about Dawes, Phish, the Clash, and Grizzly Bear. There You Are Robert Ellis Dude's probably lost his mind, but it is well arranged and thoroughly enjoyable. Dylan Thomas Better Oblivion Community Center Bright Eyes gets an improvement. A surprisingly refreshing album. Sleeping Volcanoes Cass McCombs One of the best of the year. Not pop hits, but all distinctively good. Forget About Last Dinosaurs This is a great band. Love this song. Sing it over and over again. Love In the Winter Romantica Not the band you think they might be. Mostly folk/songwriter. This a very nice song. Into The Black Chromatics One of the best covers. Simple, but the sound works. Love Gone Wrong Lula Wiles Did not want to, but love this song. It is light and fluffy Americana with standup bass. Alibi Mansionair This a pounding gem mostly because of the siren sounding anthem. Chances Dido Her best in years. "I won't go down with this ship," a little. When the Summer Ends Savoir Adore A good summer anthem. Kiss It GoldenStates Mostly a fast-paced exercise song, but it has a dark side and some baritone sax in there. The Utmost Way Isbells Suppose it could be an Isbell family tune, but it is not. Not bad. Are You Like Me New Dialogue Shout it out loud anthem. Fun song. Nine Liily Two (i)s in Liily. Say no more. Rockin' like Billy Squire at the end. The Wolves Mandolin Orange Consistently solid. Same on this new album
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Love You So Bad Ezra Furman So anxious, this one. Has some Elvis Costello to it. The Imperial The Delines Americana. Easy listening. Timebomb Walk the Moon A little bubblegum, but it is fun enough Blue Wings Wild Nothing One of the best of the year. Modern, upbeat, and yet also nostalgic. Numb Without You The Maine Rockin' in the 2019 sense. There's a bad word. The Other Side Jukebox The Ghost Reliably fun and upbeat tune from the band that brought us "Schizophrenia." As Often As I Can Frankie Cosmos As much as one may want to, hard to resist the basic, raw songwriting talent. Fast Talk Houses Love this tune. So good. I Was an Astronaut Brand New Friend Very fast-pace pop song, basically. It is fun. Wear the Treads Nightseason T.V. on the Radio, a little. Easy Way Out Leisure Get your feet moving, but not frivolously. There's some reggae in there. This is Where You Leave Fairmont This is something from a hip whiskey bar somewhere in the southwest. Dig it. Giant Calvin Harris & Rag'n Bone Man It is what it is. It is really catchy, and the brass section works. Two Hearts Rukhsana Merrise A nice, relaxing and disarming sound aka Adele. Lovely. Bloom Savoir Adore "Know Love" Cheesy band name, but won over ever since their song, "Dreamers." Boat Accident Keuning One of the best songs on this list. It is like an 80s rock song. Driftwood Seat Mighty Oaks But, the maples want more sunlight, man. Good alt/folk, upbeat Americana. Human Molly Sarle Acoustic guitar gives way to a story about "I wonder if.." Air Runs Out The Wild State Upbeat alternative that has all the striations of sound. Frail Just Like Honey Nice album that has good songwriting and authentic sound.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Guiding Light Mumford & Sons We dig it. Nothing wrong with this album. Formless and New Rubblebucket Absolutely great and interesting band. This is from 2018. Be Good to Me Milo Greene Cannot figure this band out. Very diverse, crosses multiple genres. How Long? Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Just the coolest, easiest, post/punk, but not at all insufferable Aussie band. No Roots Alice Merton The whole car will be shouting this, even if you don't want to. Waikiki The Essex Green Put your knitting project down, switch the tv from GOT, and imagine Hawaii? New York Has A Lump In Her Throat Jealous of the Birds We are totally sold on this artist. Great range of music. Girl Brand New Friend A very fun song. Back and forth vocals remind you of bad teen movies. Runaway Girl Kakkmaddafakka Yeah, the band name stinks, but the song is pretty rockin'. Pressure to Party Julia Jacklin Probably an Aussie too. Honestly, really good. Dreams Jaguar Dreams One of the best covers we have ever heard, seriously. Get this one. Pass the Hours Mormor Laid-back and probably not remarkable, but the eventual falsetto is cool. Endless Lovers The Night Cafe One of the best of the year. A good, relatively new band. Eggshell Runnner Yep (3 n's). Sounds like a band we know, but just can't think of it. When it Hurts You The Paper Kites From 2018. Still a nice, smooth sounding band. Penny The Honeycutters Old one, but love this song! People Change machineheart Great voice meets a decent piano build and then transitions into a full sound. Water Ohmme Interested to know their influences. It is thoroughly interesting. La La La La Business of Dreams Bright and lo-fi, but there are always days where a chorus like this reigns true. Into the Sun Mandolin Orange Blue-grassy
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Birthday Song Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Jealous of the set list! They were in D.C. soon after, but missed it. Alone But Not Alone Great Lake Swimmers Just really good alt-folk songwriting. Kick-back and head to the lake house. Not Running The Beths This is the age of the Aussie invasion. 90s teen movie genre is back! Don't Go Guster Vestiges of the 80s synth pop, but still reliably Guster. Give A Little Maggie Rogers Diverse and edgy enough to allow her voice to come out. We Appreciate Power Grimes feat. Hana Anthem for probably some ESPN televised sports match. Pretty cool. She's Kerosene The Interrupters Sort of like the Mighty, Mighty Bostones or the like. Give Me Back My Man Ohmme Late 70s, early 80s New Wave/Punk Rock. Early B-52s, The Cars (Panorama) Videograms The Twilight Sad Really dig this Scottish alt/rock indie band. Landscape Future Generations From 2018, but absolutely delightful. Flight Of Fancy Interpol Always seem to start midway through the song. Slightly dark and mysterious. Comeback Kid Sharon Van Etten Starts off one way and takes you a completely different way. Very good. Last Goodbye Clean Bandit feat. Tove Styrke & Steffon Don It's got a little reggae/calypso thing going on. Dig it! Crisis Fest Sunflower Bean Love how edgy it is and the howling lyrics. It is catchy. Turn The Night Cafe Nearly perfect. Very polished and soothing. Plains Deerhunter Bradford Cox, right? A nut, but at least he does his own thing. See Me Talos Has a little Moby quality to it, although slightly more diminutive. Funny Business Alice Merton Should be a Summer release, but there is enough goodness here to sing along. Longshot Catfish & the Bottlemen Stadium anthem that is really, really good. Putting rock n's roll back into the 2010-19s. New Moon Steve Gunn Everyone is a Steve Gunn fan this year. This is a fairly interesting tune.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Skywriting The Yearlings One of Twangville's top picks. It is really great songwriting alt/folk. Loading Zones Kurt Vile How does he do it? Brilliant record. Grow Into A Ghost Swearin' Falls into the rock/post punk category, which is normally blah. Dig this. Blue Lips Bear Hands (feat. Ursula Rose) Edgy talk singing by ole Ursula. It is funny! But, also cool. Trouble Tallies Unsurprisingly Canadian (probably). So, there's a bass line and it is good. Let Me Down Easy Blackberry Smoke (feat. Amanda Shires) Pretty close to perfect. Walk Backwards Papercuts Hard working one-man (basically) band. Has glimpses of Psychedelic Furs. Shelter Broken Bells Different sound from the Shins and in some ways refreshing. Endors Toi Tame Impala Not much else compares. We just need more! (this is from about 2012) Diamond In The Rough Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Such a talented, wonderful voice. Surrender Wintersleep Hoping for a full release following this single. Great, consistent alt/rock band. Salvation The Strumbellas Pop music that has the Lumineers at heart. Fun song. Black and Blue Savoir Adore Into the Dido category. Nice and melodic. Down On The Knuckle The Decemberists They always do this. Follow up a mediocre LP with a brilliant EP. Someone Else's Problem We Were Promised Jetpacks A very good record. Missing the Frightened Rabbits a little. Trouble Letting Go The Avett Brothers Just want to see them live each time. That's all. Spoonful Grizfolk Excellent, clean sound. Multiple voices. Opposite Middle Ryley Walker Phish and Dawes' amps crashed into each other Forever Falling Arthur/Buck Impossible not to get this. It's ok. Arthur is better.
SONGS ARTISTS Throwback Jim James Easy Alameda Last Of The Easy Riders Me Oh My The Honeycutters Are You All Good Breathe I See The White Jess Williamson 33chants David August My Heart Is Free Tift Merritt It's All Part Of The Plan Punch Brothers The Life You Choose (live at the Ryman) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Extraordinary Love Erika Wennerstrom Walk Like A Man Ruen Brothers Deadbeat Girl Day Wave Lost Highway Lusts Why Even Try Hippo Campus Natural Imagine Dragons Naturally Pretty Girls Elle King Mountain's Shadow Mutual Benefit Die Happy Metric Girl Of The Year Beach House Happy People Lori McKenna Through Windows Wild Nothing Such a Simple Thing Ray LaMontagne Patricia Florence + The Machine Someone In The Doorway Ben Howard Stay Down Dawes Let the Sun In Wallows People Give In Manic Street Preachers Oracle of the Maritimes Neko Case The Feeling Of Freedom River Whyless Howlin' Heart Richard Edwards All Or Nothing Reuben And The Dark Never Say Die CHVRCHES Without Applause Horse Feathers Let Her Go Family Of The Year Doesn't Even Matter Now Lake Street Dive Please Middle Kids Life Is Good On The Open Road Trampled By Turtles Hey Love Night Flowers How It Is Okkervil River Secret Of Life Lord Huron Space Cowboy Kacey Musgraves Show Me The Sun Belle & Sebastian Join Wye Oak Everybody's Lonely Jukebox The Ghost What Am I Gonna Do Lissie Futures Darlingside Hideout S. Carey Love (Won't Take Me Back) The Silver Seas Take Your Time Vance Joy Empty Arms Caleb Caudle Witch Bottle Stick In The Wheel Open Sky (Bell) Red River Dialect Eyes Wide Awake Calexico One Thing Left To Try MGMT King Of Bones Black Rebel Motorcycle Club To Live A Life First Aid Kit Most Of All Brandi Carlile Feel The Love Go Franz Ferdinand Blockades Muse The Ballroom Palace Winter When It Hurts The Paper Kites How Long? Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Be Good To Me Milo Greene Formless And New Rubblebucket Guiding Light Mumford & Sons One More Time Pale Waves Blame It On Love David Guetta Love You So Bad Ezra Furman Hang Out At The Gallows Father John Misty I Shall Love 2 Julia Holter Trouble In Bohemia Jealous Of The Birds
SONGS ARTIST Always Ascending Franz Ferdinand End of the World With You Calexico The Tide Pale Waves Get Out CHVRCHES Don't Let Me Love Dream Car Cassette Memory Roadkill Ghost Choir Everafter Me Not You Stuck With Me The Neighbourhood On and On Janiva Magness feat. Rusty Young Once In My Life The Decemberists Mistake Middle Kids Starcrossed Lovers The Fratellis Good Sign Silver Seas (feat. Thad Cockrell) Mainland Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Love Is A Wild Thing Kacey Musgraves You Worry Me Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Kiss Pale Waves Bitter Mind Family Of The Year Sandcastles Night Flowers Heart In Two Reuben And The Dark Loving Is Easy Rex Orange County (feat. Benny Sings) Plastic Skeletons Jealous of the Birds Deep Burn Blue The Paper Kites Oscillation Wild Nothing Lucky Ones Israel Nash Time Erika Wennerstrom Hanging In We Were Promised Jetpacks On the Corner Where You Live The Paper Kites Roman Cars Buffalo Tom Annihilation Song Rubblebucket Falling Into Me Let's Eat Grandma Loading Zones Kurt Vile Cemetery Coin Hail Mary Facing New York Young At Heart Milo Greene Take Your Time Vance Joy Leave It Alone Amanda Shires Big Love She Wants Revenge Dark Spring Beach House The Spot Your Smith Lost The Feeling The Saint Johns All The Same Future Generations Sad Magic Roadkill Ghost Choir Mean Something Jaguar Dreams
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Hail Mary Facing New York Not a metaphor. Absolutely awesome, fun song. Big Love She Wants Revenge Soft Cell! It really is a great listen. Cemetery COIN Friggin great song. Yeah, it won't blow your socks off, but it is fun. Golden Hippo Campus Paul McCartney snaps into the 21st Century. Mean Somethin[ ] Jaguar Dreams Dunno why they left the (g) off. Does not hurt the song. Catchy and upbeat. Worst Nites Foster the People Sounds like Foster the People. If you like that, you will like this. West Coast Imagine Dragons MP loves these dudes. We tolerate. This one is actually pretty good. An Evening Dreaming Ruen Brothers Roy Orbison meets... Interesting sound from some yesteryear. Takes you off guard. Slip Away Mumford & Sons It is good that they try to change their sound! It's not bad at all. The Dark Side Muse Don't change your sound ,Muse. Queen fans need the therapy! All The Same Future Generations Very interesting blend of synths and beats with good melodies. "I saw you today!" My Blood twenty one pilots Yeah. Not usually into this, but it is interesting enough. On The Corner Where You Live The Paper Kites Lovely song. Play it over and over again. Desperate Man Eric Church Impossibly catchy tune. The rest is just alright dog. EC is great though. The New Day Greta Van Fleet Laughed for 7 minutes at the Pitchfork review of this album. As if?!! Treat yourself. New History Mutual Benefit Delicate, simple, warm, diminutive, melodic. Yet, somehow there is plenty of sound. Young At Heart Milo Greene Can't figure this band out. This song is one of the best of the year. Heavy Thoughts Lusts Straight 80s New Wave (New Order, etc.) Paper Man Ray LaMontagne Elton John. Not even veiled at all. Lol.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Lost the Feeling The Saint Johns Late 70s, early 80s radio play. Irresistibly catchy. Lucky Ones Israel Nash Folk/Rock genius. Great tune and no relation apparently to Graham. Leave It Alone Amanda Shires Stands on its own. Appreciate the distinctive sound. Oscillation Wild Nothing One of the best songs of the year. Very upbeat and full sound. Roman Cars Buffalo Tom Cross of folk/pop and U.K. Stadium rock song throughout. It works. Great song. Breath In, Breath Out Melody's Echo Chamber Changes tempo several times. That's ok. Makes it very interesting. Annihilation Rubblebucket An absolutely addictive song. Really unique, interesting and refreshing. Moments Like These The Amazing Just listen. Entrancing. It could be from 2016 or 17. Time Erika Wennerstrom Brilliant songwriter. Really, really love this one. Seven Men I Trust Tried to eschew, but could not. Very groovy. There's A Honey Pale Waves Great debut album. It is pop music, but has enough of an edge. Underline The Black Metric This is one of the best off of the new album. The Bug Collector Haley Heynderickx There's a bad word, but still dig it. We all digress, don't we... . Dark Spring Beach House There's only one Beach House. Spoil With The Rest Ryley Walker Not sure what the big whoop is with this guy, but this song ain't bad. Too High Now Will Courtney Not new, but very good still. Hanging In We Were Promised Jetpacks Will have to do to replace their countryman. This song is one of the best of the year. In a River Rostam Refreshingly upbeat tune. Summer mischief. Falling Mansionair Very nice tune. Balanced with a beat and a simple message.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Autumn No Kind of Rider Strange. Eerie, but also quite interesting. High In The Country Brent Cobb More Alt. Country than knee smackin. Is it Hi (exhale) or High (nice views)? Ghost Sister Sparrow Very upbeat and not Game of Thronesy. Loving is Easy Rex Orange County (feat. Benny Sings) Bad words, but oddly soothing. Plastic Skeletons Jealous of the Birds Don't like Garage Punk bands. Love this. Deep Burn Blue The Paper Kites One of the best albums and songs of the year. Lovely sound. Idea of You Dave Matthews Band Yep, it is them alright. It sounds very good. See You at the Movies J. Mascis A liberated Dinosaur Jr. Very good. Now or Never Now Metric Latest is very good. Not their best, but better than their last. Young Love Frontperson Sounds like you are about to meet up with your significant other at the county fair. Feed The Fire Dawes 70s lounge music. Very enjoyable. Slow Burn Kacey Musgraves Easily the best album of the year. Easily. Funeral Singers Sylvan Esso (feat. Collection of Colonies of Bees) North Carolinian experiments with synth work very well. Less synths here. Letting Go Wild Nothing Awesome full sound on this new album. Hunger Florence + The Machine Give her credit for being somewhat the Benetar of this decade along with St. Vincent. Buried Alive Me Not You Still waiting on a proper record. Last two EPs are really great.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Something Human Muse Freddie Mercury keeps it going! Don't Be Hiding Middle Kids Easy to sing along to this Aussie band. Resolver Night Flowers Has the feeling of the "Sundays." Soothing. Your Ghost The Decemberists Dilly, Dilly. A little. Eschaton Darlingside Helios Sequence meets the Postal Service. Builds nicely. Little Dark Age MGMT This has to really grow on you. It is an interesting album. People Get Old Lori McKenna Lovely nostalgic story. Forever CHVRCHES Just a very fun album. A Woman Who Can't Say No Richard Edwards Great change of pace singer-songwriter. There Was This Girl Riley Green Howling country. Blue Girl Chromatics Ever since the movie, "Drive," dig this band. Control (Secretly Sorry)(Holy Ghost Remix!) JR JR This is for exercise, almost purely. Pretty cool though. An Air Conditioned Man Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Some say early REM; some say it's got some the Clash. Very good. Just Dumb Enough To Try Father John Misty Insufferable. Yet, dude can sing. Come Back (Left Behind) Palace Winter Really like this band. Simple, but full sound. Falling Into Me Let's Eat Grandma Why? Because of: "You Got This." So awesome. Emery S. Carey Beautiful composition. Another lovely sounding album. What the Moon Does Ben Howard Somewhat ethereal album. Worth the listen.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Simplify Young the Giant By the band that brought you "Cough Syrup." Rockin' Heart in Two Reuben And the Dark Maybe slightly too sweet, but good sound nevertheless Peace Lissie Back somewhat to her folk roots, which is nice. Diane Jukebox The Ghost Groovy song about a girl with that name. Catchy. These Are My Friends lovelytheband Made for a commercial, but it too is very catchy. Mistakes We Should Have Made Dawes Actually think this a really great album, contrary to most. The Spot Your Smith "All I want to do is have some fun." Right? Imagine That Me Not You Love this Brooklyn band. Formerly, Little Daylight. Not The One Mikky Ekko Probably Finnish, but still has an accessible sound. Miracle CHVRCHES Very good album, full of enjoyable, uplifting tunes. Percy Faith Damien Jurado Enigmatic, uber talented dude. This tune is fun enough. Right Direction The Silver Seas Usually a Guster sound. Different. Songwriter/Producer for Kacey Musgraves. Humility Gorrillaz (feat. George Benson) Never figured out the whole cartoon character thing, but dig it. George Benson! The 710 The Essex Green Put down my knitting project and cranked this one up. It's Only Right Wallows Minimalist Indie sound that captures you gradually through the chorus. Electrified Just Loud Not that loud. If you don't like Foster the People, you won't like this. Apollo St. Paul & The Broken Bones Like Lake Street Dive, difficult to pick just one groovy tune. Dylan & Caitlin Manic Street Preachers Has an Olivia Newton John and John Travolta feel to it. Cool. Bounders Flaural Silly bass line at the beginning. Then, the Austin Powers thing kicks in! Fulton County Jane Doe Brandi Carlile Come to My Window!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Wonder Woman Kacey Musgraves Crazy great album. Fun song. Summer Fever Little Big Town Pure summer pop. Beach music Kiss Pale Waves The Cure's guitar meets Belinda Carlisle sort of.. Best Friend Blue Water Highway Slightly cheesy, but "No one can help me like you can!" I Know How to Speak Manchester Orchestra Atlanta's best unknown mortal orchestra. Move Milo Greene Groovy, but also very fun. Halls of Sarah Neko Case American singer-songwriter. That's right. Talking Straight Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (CF) Early REM (Murmur)? Best to Leave Horse Feathers Oregon's best Folk/Americana chasing Sam Beam. Empire Palace Winter Best Danish indie band of the year :) Comin' Around Andrew Duhon How Ray Lamontagne should have turned out. Girl Who Washed Ashore Family of the Year Lovely tune. The whole album really. Savant ViVii The underlying guitar is just so addictive. Scene of the Crime Gaspar Sanz So, this is like a Cut Copy song that's actually from the 80s. Just fun. Someday Phantogram Also slightly groovy, but just a cool miss you song. Born In the Right Country River Whyless Waiting for this great new album. It is here. Alt/folk/Americana. Songwriting. Dance Macabre Ghost Scorpions posing as early 80s costume wearing evil band. Love it. Falling Water Maggie Rogers Surprisingly, really dig this. Not dull and not too howling. Whatever it Takes Imagine Dragons For MP. Loves these dudes. Reminds me of the movie "Win, Win" Crazy Yukon Blonde Ah lyrics, but very fun for a summer drive.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Love Somebody Okkervil River More accessible. Sort of a new wave, indie folk sound. Sandcastles Night Flowers 90s teen movie sound and that hard snare drum after about 1:00 minute,...yes. Look Away Old Crow Medicine Show Not rockin' but does not need to be. Bitter Mind Family of the Year One of the best albums of the year. One of several goods songs. Never Ever Lord Huron New sound. Grungy, actually. Not really car commercial worthy. A Cowboy Can Josh Ward A little cliché. Ok, a lot, but real country. Dreaming Reuben and the Dark Surprised not to have heard before. Very nice, full sounding indie band. Outro M83 Not new, but nearly perfect, apart from the pause at 1 minute. Edge of Town Middle Kids Part of the Australian band revolution. Very refreshing. Lonely Weekend Kacey Musgraves Co-written with Silver Seas dude. An amazing album. Saturday Sun Vance Joy Just a peppy, upbeat summer song. Symmetry Wye Oak Not for everyone. Added some complexity. Totally dig it. Don't Ever Stop The Boxer Rebellion Lovely Twisted Highway Erika Wennerstrom Heartless Bastards singer. It's a really good album. Seems So Far Blackberry Smoke Americana/Southern Rock The Middle Trampled By Turtles Minnesota's most famous alt. blue grass band. Awesome. Shame, Shame, Shame Lake Street Dive You can never just pick that one song, but this is good. Stack of Tomorrows Caleb Caudle Just like a late 70's radio song. Thoroughly listenable Harder to Forgive Brandi Carlile One of us is out and one of us still in. Still hooked on that voice.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS No Depth Elk City This has some of that crazy baroque thing going on, but it is awesome. The Heart Is A Muscle Gang of Youths Weird, but upbeat and fun. The heart is indeed a muscle. Starwatcher The Decemberists Maybe it is likeable, maybe it is not. Not bad. Fred Astaire Jukebox The Ghost This one is a total summer anthem and that's ok. Best Days Lissie Guess she is less folksy and more pop, but it is good. Saturdays Twin Shadow (feat. HAIM) It is quite a good pop jam. Nameless, Faceless Courtney Barnett Australian singer that you are supposed to like. We do. The Girl Doesn't Get It Belle & Sebastian All that can be said is that it sounds like them. It Was Not Natural Wye Oak A little more accessible release from Baltimore indie band. Asking 4 a Friend Anna Burch Somewhat Juliana Hatfield from the 90s. You Worry Me Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats One of the best songs of the year. Love Yourself The Boxer Rebellion Lovely. Love Is A Wild Thing Kacey Musgraves Best album of the year so far. Beautiful tune. Don't Move Back to L.A. Okkervil River This is one of their best albums in years. Great variety. You Ain't Foolin Me Lindi Ortega Very good release from singer songwriter. A little rock'n. Run Away From It All Blackberry Smoke Not ashamed to roll down the truck windows and blast. Letting Go Erika Wennerstrom Heartless Bastards front woman can Sang. Fault Lines Craig Finn These might be covers of Mountain Goats songs. This is a very good one. Magnet and Steel Walter Egan Long lost, but not forgotten.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Van Dyke Brown River Whyless Oh yeah. This album is going to be really, really good. Small Foreign Faction Haley Blais Yep. It is good. Dunno why. Once In My Life The Decemberists Can't totally dig them, but this tune is poignant for us all. Love the synth. (Stick it pitchfork) River Brine The Low Anthem Not for everyone. If you like crazy... Very ocean themed. Good Sign The Silver Seas One of our favorite bands. Guster sound, but writes a ton of songs for others. Hold Your Head Up High Darlingside Bon Iver and Lord Huron teamed up to give your kid a pep talk. For You Too Yo La Tengo May be too indie for some, but its sparseness is its charm. Mistake Middle Kids One of the best songs of the year. Truly. Mr. Tillman Father John Misty Hate this dude, bud we dig some of his tunes. Never Look Back Field Report Have to think this will remind everyone of Mike & the Mechanics. Lol. Starcrossed Losers The Fratellis Very Fun Song. Thoroughly enjoyable. Scary Love The Neighbourhood Different sound from "Stuck With Me." but it is groovy. Act! Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners Piano parts have a Steely Dan quality, but the sound is distinct. Dig it. Hallelujah (So Low) Editors Not the droning sound of yesteryear. More upbeat. Can't Get It Out Brand New Love the album cover. How did that happen? Also, not bad. Haunted House Ryan Adams Yes, 2017, but forgot this one. Nice song. Chemical Cure Me Not You She could always sing. Refreshing reset. Fool's Gold S. Carey Known for atmospherics and that's here too, but lovely still. Oh Yeah Roxy Music If you watch the HBO show Divorce, you get all of these throwbacks...
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS When You Die MGMT Warning. Bad words. It is so mean. Love it. Bridge To Nowhere Calexico So, we might like this album a little. Whitehouse Road Tyler Childers Country in the Sturgill vein. The real stuff. Mainland Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever From forthcoming album. Love this band. Refreshing Rock, but not mainstream. We're Going Home Vance Joy Good variety in highly awaited record. It is a solid album. Everafter Me Not You Little Daylight reprised completely. Love this Brooklyn band. Glimpse Of Love Franz Ferdinand It just makes one smile. So over the top, but fun to listen to. After My Time Darling West A little River Whyless, but has its own sort of . . . harmonica. Burning The War on Drugs From previous album. May be one of the best bands of the decade. Over Again Stick In The Wheel Sort of feel like you need to wear some 16th century serf garb. Dig it. Between the Lines Warbly Jets Not sold necessarily on this band, but it is a little 90s relief. NYC In The Rain Caleb Caudle Amazing song-writer and a very good singer. From One Another Totally Mild Ivy with the Perishers playing guitar. If that makes any sense. Heartache Your Favorite Color Not remarkable, just a really good late 2010s alternative song. Just Outside of Austin Lukas Nelson Absolutely hilarious redneck band, but it is great for a road trip. Willie Nelson Stuck With Me The Neighbourhood One of the best songs of the year so far. Wildwind Young Dreams Phoenix. On and On Janiva Magness (feat. Rusty Young) Also one of the year's best. Completely and utterly addictive. Ain't That Fine I'm With Her Sucker for talent. Watched YouTube live performance and got hooked.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Get Out CHVRCHES New, fresh music from Scottish new wave band. Wedding In Finistere Jens Lekman Love the oddity and amusing storytelling. Thought Contagion Muse Latest anthem from prog's brightest band. Hold Me Down Family of the Year New one off of the forthcoming new album that's probably one of the year's best. James MGMT Cool sound from a diverse album. Under the Wheels Calexico Another great song off new album. Sounds very 70s retro. Ti Amo Phoenix Love to hate them, but it is really good actually. Hold Out Your Hand Brandi Carlile No doubt. Just don't get too Ethridge on us! Ordinary Day Wave Couldn't help but add this new wave, blissful tune. Cassette Memory Roadkill Ghost Choir From no kidding one of the best albums of 2017. Get it! Baby I Love You Ryan Adams Apparently, not a cover. If true, we give up. Beautiful song. Joey Shovels & Rope (feat. Nicole Atkins) Absolutely a cover (three non-blonds?). Really, really good. Don't Let Me Love Dreamcar Sounds like it is from the Echo and the Bunnymen era. Cool. Baby's Got The Blues H.C. McEntire Americana. Just a very good listen. Alright Rural Alberta Advantage Always consistent. It's got the Lumineers written all over them. My Children Protomartyr I gave in because pitchfork called them caustic. Still growing on us. Neighbors Grizzly Bear Enigmatic band. This is a great song from an amazing 2017 album As I Love My Own Aaron Freeman From a few years ago, but it has this strangely, lovely lullaby-like quality. Campana Red River Dialect Very diminutive, sort of Irish/Scottish folk. Mood music. Sad Eyes Robert John Romancing the 70s. Sometimes, we need a wakeup call!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Always Ascending Franz Ferdinand They're back! Better than the mid 00s. End of the World With You Calexico Sounds depressing, but actually a very lovely song. The Glow Sylvan Esso Another great song from the 2017 album. Addictive Run for Cover The Killers They're back! Will induct the Cars in April! Continental Breakfast Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Awesome song. Funny, but also sort of groovey. Americana. Wither with You Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever May take a few listens. This band has a great sound. They can all sing. Delicate Taylor Swift I'm grasping here. Sorry is Gone Jessica Lea Mayfield Ok, so it is a little depressing. Wonderful little song, though. Kept It All To Myself The Weather Station Broke me down. Think a little like The Pretenders. The Tide Pale Waves More of a summer song, but a great full sound from Manchester, U.K. band. Goodnight Rhonda Lee Nicole Atkins Smoke filled billiards room with country music playing. Don't Delete The Kisses Wolf Alice Really great song from a very good 2017 album. It's A Shame First Aid Kit Great live performers Little Thing Gone Wild Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Alternative mainstays. A little Black Keys there. Young Lover St. Vincent No absence of sound. Good exercise music. Craving You Thomas Rhett Grammy, pop country. Just fine. Wild As We Came Here The Steel Wheels Blue grass/country. Nice sound. Roll Me Away Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band It's like the end of a good, old school movie.
SONGS ARTISTS Highway Tune Greta Van Fleet It's Only a Dream Modern Space Hot Thoughts Spoon To Be Without You Ryan Adams Ran Future Islands Good With God Old 97's (Feat. Brandi Carlile) High Ticket Attractions The New Pornographers Bride San Fermin Nightingale The Honey Trees Hope the High Road Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Qachina Damien Jurado The Morning Song Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors One More Night Michael Kiwanuka Green Light Lorde Evening Prayer Jens Lekman Mildenhall The Shins Gentle On My Mind Alison Krauss Gravity Infamous Stringdusters Everything Now Arcade Fire Born to Lie DREAMCAR Holding On The War on Drugs Boyish Hippo Campus Maybe A Moment Justin Townes Earle Feel It Still Portugal, The Man The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness The National The Gold Manchester Orchestra Sucker The Big Moon Waves SUSTO Sad Magic Roadkill Ghost Choir Lay It On Me Vance Joy Fatal Gift Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton In Undertow Alvvays Sadboy Wolf Alice On My Mind The Outdoor Type Sorry Nothing But Thieves Time's Always Leaving The Lone Bellow Lost Man Running Elliot Root Song That I Heard The Barr Brothers Fix Me Beck French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Die Young Sylvan Esso Mourning Sound Grizzly Bear
SONGS ARTISTS Dream Shiver Roadkill Ghost Choir Julia Me Not You Wild And Reckless Blitzen Trapper Dear Life Beck Pain The War on Drugs Time's Always Leaving The Lone Bellow Certainty Temples Like the Sun Elliot Root Late Night ODESZA Day I Die The National Three Rings Grizzly Bear Mama's Sunshine, Daddy's Rain Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors The Unconditional Spiral Stairs What's All The Fuss About Stereophonics Song That I Heard The Barr Brothers Sadboy Wolf Alice Something to Love Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Everything You See Tonight Is Different From Itself The Clientele Your Type Alvvays Starlight Single Girl, Married Girl
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS A Moment Apart ODESZA A musical landscape from like the Lord of the Rings or something. Talk on the Street Greta Van Fleet Change of pace. Led Zeppelin. Dreams Tonite Alvvays Dreamy alt/indie. Excellent album. Fix Me Beck Resurrects the greatness of the last album. Avalon The White Buffalo Rockin' Americana. Kill the Noise Me Not You A little more rockin' Little Daylight. Very good. Bad Luck Again The Rural Alberta Advantage The Lumineers. Canadian version. Dancing With Our Hands Tied Taylor Swift Trying to imagine Ryan Adams reworking these. Please! Lay It On Me Vance Joy Great tune. Looking for more from ole Vance. Classics (Die Young) Roadkill Ghost Choir Tom Petty, a little. Blue Walsh Mastodon Don't dismiss Atlanta's own as just a metal band. Wild and Reckless Blitzen Trapper Perfectly imperfect Americana. Somebody to Thank Logan Mize Yeah. Feel good country. Time's Always Leaving The Lone Bellow Knee clapping sing along. End of our Faults Elliot Root A singer-songwriter tune. Change Emily Barker Beautiful voice and songwriting. Unspoken Rule Robert Francis Strangely reminds me of early Billy Joel and then shifts. Lucille Tall Ships A good sound. Soft beginning, loud middle, soft ending. The Light of Day Kacy & Clayton Honky tonk Americana. List of People (To Try and Forget About) Tame Impala Full and dynamic sound from indie staple.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS What About Us P!nk Voice of a talent, right off of a modern musical. Fatal Gift Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton Metric lead singer. Dark (b-minor), but really enjoyable tune. On My Mind The Outdoor Type Beer or car commercial Animal *repeat repeat The repeat synth "beat" sound is humorously awesome. Catch A Fish Logan Mize Like this album so much, I bought the t-shirt. Jenny of the Roses Hiss Golden Messenger Great song. Country/Americana/Folk/Singer-Songwriter. Up All Night The War On Drugs One of, if not the, best albums of the year. Everyone You Meet The Clientele The description for this sound is a little "precious." Stars Last Me A Lifetime Cut Copy New album! It's alright, dog. Sea of Clouds Deer Tick New double album. Straightforward, acoustic Dylan. Heavenward Wolf Alice We are fans. A bit more diversity on their second album. On Our Way The Perennials Slightly like the ole "Of Monster and Men" Sad Magic Roadkill Ghost Choir New album. Really, really good. Family of the Year? It's a Shame First Aid Kit New album in January. This is just fine. The Hard Way Turnpike Troubadours Consistent, Americana/Country Rockers. Queens Of The Breakers The Barr Brothers This could be their breakthrough album. Total Entertainment Forever Father John Misty Insufferable, but he has a good voice. Don't Dream It's Over The Head and the Heart Impossible to do this song justice. California Light Childhood Kind of feel like you are in a Tarantino movie.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Keep On Portugal, The Man Pop music that actually uses lyrics, instruments and someone's voice. You're In Love With A Psycho Kasabian Quite self-reflecting. Sweetness Alive Goldroom Exercise tune. Awesome. Fool for Love Lord Huron Just a really nice song from a couple of years ago. Hard To Say Goodbye Washed Out A little jazzier. Perfectly happy with this, albeit short, album. I Still Wanna Know RAC Mostly just exercise fodder. Put Your Money On Me Arcade Fire Scrambling not to dismiss the rest of this album completely. The Alien Manchester Orchestra One of the best albums of the year. Simple. Home is a Feeling Ride Back after a really long hiatus. It's good. Sorry Nothing But Thieves Try to hate this song. Whoops Evan Dando The Lemonhead. Pill Edie Brickell Stumbled upon this gem. The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness The National Want so badly to ignore them, but still have some good stuff. Lost Man Running Elliot Root Great song if you are preparing for any kind of race. Set the Fire Swimming Tapes Squishy guitar rifts washing all over you. Is It Ever Gonna Be Easy The Lone Bellow One of the best albums of the year. In Undertow Alvvays Surprisingly really good and diverse album Baseball Hippo Campus Yea, dunno know. Stuck in the misery of the NLDS. Smith Hill Deer Tick Stumbled upon this classic. Channeling Dylan you think? Juma Mountain Sam Amidon What's that dude's name. Nick Drake?
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Mourning Sound Grizzly Bear Not grizzly at all. Friggin' great indie tune with unique sound. Wasted Kasabian Straight up modern rock & roll. This one is a bit of a sing along. Darling Real Estate Enchanting. Nothing To Find The War On Drugs Near perfect arrangement. Uses harmonica for good and not evil. Halfway Home Broken Social Scene Always in danger of too much. In Cold Blood Alt-J Everyone makes fun, but dig it a little. Relief Me Not You Little Daylight renamed. Dear River Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Would love to see live. Talented songwriter. Only Songs The Wild Reeds Here's the thing: it is a sweet story. Fool's Errand Fleet Foxes And, also a story. Nerds. Holding On James Vincent McMorrow Blues/jazz, jazz/blues. Finishes with a George Benson groove. Feels Calvin Harris "Don't be afraid to catch fish." The Queen of Hearts Offa Rex So crazy from the Decembrists and friend. "You're that Nerd!" Something Just Like This Coldplay Stadium rock. Plastic Machinery The Charlatans Classic Brit/Rock from their new album. It's good, as always. Tonite LCD Soundsystem Gotta sort be in the mood, but creativity and sound are good. Thunder Imagine Dragons Only and I mean only because MP loves it. Big One Madeline Kenney Fred Sanford: "Elisabeth, this could be the [.....]." Call it Dreaming Iron & Wine There is a heartbeat here.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS East Coast Girl Butch Walker The first chord sounds like the beginning of Journey's "Raised on Radio" Medicine The Black Angels '60s Psych-rock. Very cool. I Don't Wanna Dance Coin ..nor should you. Upbeat a la Cut Copy, New Order, etc. Waves SUSTO Very straightforward rock about crashing the waves, man. Something Here Day Wave Pleasant indie sound. Mr. Minister Great Junius Meyvant Jazz-based, blues sound. Very nice. Chariots Paper Route The maudlin music of the university station. Southern Nights Glen Campbell In honorarium + Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Cassius Fleet Foxes Chamber folk rock survives and is very pleasing to the ear. The Gold Manchester Orchestra One of the best of the year from Atlanta-based band. Jason Isbell kindred. Perfect Places Lorde Pop madness. Perfectly fine. Cumberland Gap Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Another good one off of the new one. Sucker The Big Moon Perhaps a one-off, but a great song. Grows on you at the 2:00 mark. Shark Smile Big Thief Low-key and enjoyable. Better Company San Fermin Love it. Great sax incorporated. They are so good. Busy, Busy, Busy Western Daughter Not a great deal of vocals on this one, but still works very well. Road Not Taken Tall Ships The word crescendo is an understatement. Shotgun Spoon Silly, but fun from their new album. Honey Pumarosa Highly touted indie. Like all the SOB usage. Bike Dreams Rostam Reminds me of the Magnetic Fields. Also, quite addictive.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Born to Lie Dreamcar Amazingly fresh flashback to all that was good about 80s New Wave Dig Down Muse It's Muse. Sorry, you are Prog. Feel it Still Portugal. The Man Probably the sound of the summer, but very catchy. Out of My Mind Saint Etienne Euro tinged. Like your headed for dinner on a Norwegian Cruise A Real Hero Smallpools Slow build into a perfectly enjoyable pop/new wave tune. J-Boy Phoenix Insufferable, but very good. Lights Out Royal Blood Very Rockin without over doing it. Andrew Eldritch is Moving Back to Leeds The Mountain Goats Sort of a nerdy British sea shanty out of nowhere. Everything Now Arcade Fire A nearly perfect electronic/pop song. Holding On The War on Drugs The arrangement is incredible. The bass line holds it all together. Get Lost Washed Out You are in the record store, and chatting with the cool dude with the dyed hair. The Only Thing Zola Blood Radiohead called and begged for its sound back. This Time Land of Talk Wonderfully refreshing, truly indie sound. Great guitar/synths. Stained Glass Real Estate So very relaxing and chill. Maybe a Moment Justin Townes Earle Easy listening, Americana. Road-trip to Memphis Motorcycle Colter Wall Dude is 24. Sounds like John Cash after smoking 12 cartons. Forever and Then Some Lillie Mae Finger picking mandolin and lovely voice. Face In The Moon Springtime Carnivore Keyboard driving, quite fun song. A more upbeat Beach House. Kill A Word Eric Church (Feat. Rhiannon Giddens) A classic from his best album. (circa 2015)
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS I Will Follow Said The Whale Canadian. Do you think? Falling From Cloud 9 Lift To Experience Hoodu Gurus. Taoism? Is that the whole Cloud 9 thing? Young Lady, You're Scaring Me Ron Gallo So Rockin'; So good. Decoys Juveniles If you hate all electronica, not for you. But, this is awesome. High Ticket Attractions The New Pornographers After a few listens, it becomes second nature. It's Only A Dream Modern Space One of the best songs of the year. Blast it and enjoy. Shadows Future Islands Yes, we know... Can't help it. Fight For Love Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Another easy country song from their new album. Boyish Hippo Campus It comes on and Bam! ("I'll take for you") And, then it just ends. Always Wrong Eisley Sounds a bit like the Rosebuds and the Great Northern, which is good. Hotwire The Ferris Wheel Jens Lekman Just a refreshingly different sound for the impending summer. Getaway Saint Motel Sometimes you just have to get moving. This helps. Fountain of Youth Local Natives Yes, we all thought that she would win the election too! Ugly Lights Miranda Lambert Salty country Fake Memory Bell XI A Talking Heads quality to their sound. Highway Tune Greta Van Fleet Unapologetic Zeppelin rip-off, but it is FANTASTIC! Broken Halos Chris Stapleton Thank you. My Old Man Mac DeMarco A folk song. That's it. Call the Police LCD Soundsystem He's so mysterious, right? Cool song. Real Thing Zac Brown Band Eh. Tough to top the last album.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Hope the High Road Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit I'll take it one single at a time if I have to... Hot Thoughts Spoon Really, really, good song. Skinny Water Western Daughter This sounds familiar, but it is new, rockin' and very addictive. White Light Real Estate Starting to fall into atmospheric realm with this album, but this one is good The Morning Song Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors Laid back, alt-country love song. You'll want to dance (slightly) at the chorus. One More Night Michael Kiwanuka Really cool and groovy soul Name For You The Shins More traditional Shins sound. To Be Without You Ryan Adams Best song on the album. Haven't you ever been sad too? Anymore Goldfrapp Icon returns with her dependable sound. Bad Bohemian British Sea Power Psychedelic Furs for the 2010s. Someday HalfNoise Probably more for the exercise mix, but good, upbeat tune. Capable The Wild Reeds A call to motivation! Emoshuns Spiral Stairs Falls into the cool song genre. There is a slight punk and Bowie thing there. Wanna Be Betty Who This is our frivolous summer-pop sensation. Palisades Storm San Fermin Good piano and vocals showcases this band's range. We're fans. Rollercoasters Aimee Mann Album is a little minimalist, but this is a good one. Record Year Eric Church Gave up. Heard this too many times and finally included here. Hungry Ghost Hurray For The Riff Raff Typically, just alright for me, dog. This one rocks nicely. I Don't Wanna Die Angry Front Country A little blue-grass and finger picking with a decent chorus. Touch of Grey The War on Drugs One of the better covers to a cool song by the Dead.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Shiver and Shake Ryan Adams The one most played from the new album Mona Lisa Little Daylight Hoping this band comes back with more in 2017/2018. Upbeat electronic. Way It Goes Hippo Campus This part of my brain always gets me in trouble Bad Luck Charm Old 97's Back to their Americana/Rock sound. Refreshingly clean sound. Magnificent (She Says) Elbow You must invest yourself. Third of May/Odaigahara Fleet Foxes Chamber folk rock is back and it is not too late?! Jackpot Nikki Lane Honkey tonk Las Vegas jingle. Evening Prayer Jens Lekman Refreshingly different by a long shot. Green Light Lorde An angry pop anthem that will be on the radio. So, why not. Kinda Bonkers Animal Collective Don't know how they do this, but they have their moments... Born Into the Sunset Temples Only somewhat trippy here. It works. Last Kiss Minus the Bear Great song. It is a simple, but genuine alt/indie sound Mildenhall The Shins Very different tune. Folk/story-telling song from his military brat days. Radio Kids Strand of Oaks Like the edgy rock sound, but the rest of the album is not as tight. Wishing Well Jaime Wyatt Good, confident alt/country tune. Back Against the Wall Son Volt So, it turns out this is a really good album. The Tide The Lonely Heartstring Band Banjo wielding, but very listenable alt-grass/folk tune. Melody The Silver Seas Still waiting for their new album. This is the third single release. '71: I Think I'll Make Another World The Magnetic Fields Quite an accomplishment to write a song for every year of your life.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Juanita Natural Child The Allman Brothers. Seriously. The Allman Brothers. Divine Lorraine Dave Hause Straight up knee slapping country/americana Sometimes Always Beach Slang Has an early to mid-90s mixtape feel (She said/he said) Restless Spheres Blue States A little trippy. Sort of a nice vocal cacophony. Ran Future Islands Weird that we really dig this band? Simple and goofy, but great energy. Where I'm Going Cut Copy One of those songs that thumps in your head all day. A good thing. Good With God Old 97's (Feat. Brandi Carlile) One of the best songs of the year, so far. Different and impossible to resist. Gentle On My Mind Alison Krauss Another lovely song. Anything I Say To You Now Ryan Adams Absolutely one of his best albums. This song is wonderful, if a little sad. Dog Years Maggie Rogers Different sound, but voice sounds a little bit like Kathleen Edwards. Nightingale The Honey Trees From 2014, but this song is beautiful through the chorus. We Went to the Beach Little Big Town Really silly, but everyone has a beach trip memory. Two Hearts The Features Nice indie/alternative sound. Break The Silence Palace Nice percussive off-beats (yes, it is in seven before the chorus)! Qachina Damien Jurado Such a cool song in the cool music genre. Listen a few times and you will be hooked. All Day All Night River Whyless Intriguing mix of Americana, folk and indie sounds. Young Blood Weaver at the Loom Moody, but polished alternative sound. It's very nice, actually. A Song For The Birds Eisley Mos Eisley nerds? Maybe not, but music is good, upbeat alternative. Buzzes Like A Bee Red Heart The Ticker New England folk. Silver Chain Luke Roberts Best alternating thumb acoustic since Dust in the Wind!
SONG ARTIST <15 WORDS Baby's Got the Bluest Eyes The Roomsounds A little different sound from the same album. Nice. Simple. Gravity Infamous Stringdusters Off the new album. It is great! Goose Snow Cone Aimee Mann Great new song from VA native. Pleasant crooning for late Winter. Nothing to Lose Little Daylight Just for the silly bass and fun of it. Follow You Around Purling Hiss The Stone Roses called and want their sound back. Still really good. Free Your Mind Cut Copy Australian New Order. Heartache Is An Uphill Climb Tift Merritt New. Kind of a downer, but love her voice and her music. Slow Knife Roadkill Ghost Choir Upbeat, genre busting indy band. This is a couple of years ago. Bride San Fermin Best song ever, "Emily." This from upcoming album is very nice. Indian Summer River City Extension Fair to say they have a bit of the Head and the Heart sound. Suitcase Full Of Sparks Gregory Alan Isakov Just like this dude's name and the fact that it is singer-songwriter, Americana folk. Tell Her I Love Her Heidecker & Wood Best 70s spoof band of all time. Love it. A New England Deluge Winterpills A little ethereal, but the lyrics are cool and it is a nice song. Destroyer Dead Man Winter If you like Trampled by Turtles.... This is different, but just as good. Dancing On Glass St. Lucia Exercise song nonsense. Need it! Can't Have You Parade of Lights Descent thumping sound of the times rock/pop song. Love as a Weapon Little Scream Falsetto, a la Prince. It's actually pretty good. Anywhere Passenger Sounds like that guy . . . (Singer songwriter) End of the Sea The Gospel Whiskey Runners Sucker for the banjo sometimes. Rennen Sohn Credit rolling tune to an emotionally draining movie.
SONG ARTISTS <15 WORDS Packed Powder Blind Pilot So, we went skiing again this year.... Sun Powers Morgan Delt Psychedelic. A bit Tame Impala, a bit soft edge Temples. The Poem Thee Oh Sees Love this simple, pastoral little song. Virginia, No One Can Warn You Tift Merritt In anticipation of her new album. A lovely song from her first album. On Lankershim Foxygen Piano, horns, etc., is like a combination of Calexico, Elvis Costello and Meatloaf. Committed to the Cause The Radio Dept. Best album cover of the year if nothing else. It's got a Thievery Corp. feel. Great bass. These Last Few Days Michael McDermott Requisite hoarse voice for a great Americana sing along. Say So Sara Watkins Hopelessly addictive. Familiar Agnes Obel Really cool song. Strings and multiple voices packaged very well. What Do I Gotta Do The Roomsounds Not in your face Rock n' Roll, but we'll take it. A little Oasis with a Southwest flavor. Fail Again, Fail Better Bell X1 A quick and pleasant jingle with a little soul. Shut Up Kiss Me Angel Olsen This song is fine, but one of the best albums of 2016, Pitchfork? Wilder In the Heart Butch Walker If Bruce sang about Georgia. Sunday Love Bat For Lashes Almost feel obliged to include one of hers every now and then. Move Your Body Sia Caved in because it is actually really great for exercise. Was It Me Colony House Kind of a punk/garage sound, but not really. It is much more accessible. Hard to Remember Blue Rodeo Great, great song. Love it. Canadian Americana? A Distance Fanfarlo From a few years ago. Great band that frequently channels Talking Heads. Yesterday Was Hard On All of Us Fink A bit too intense, but can use it as a parable for the election. Fire Barns Courtney I'm sure Grey's Anatomy probably had this, but it's kind of catchy.
SONG ARTIST Everytime Boots Julia Holter Waiting for You Grizfolk I Can't Give Everything Away David Bowie Daughters Lissie Ablaze School of Seven Bells Adore The Wild Nothing Boys Life Small Black Siren Call Little Daylight Territory Wintersleep Seasons Great Northern High Horse (South) Stephen Kellogg An Otherwise Disappointing Life Frightened Rabbit Time Wind M83 H.W. Running Palace Winter You, Darling You Treetop Flyers Sour Grapes John the Ghost Humbug Mountain Song Fruit Bats White Doves Wings Caleb Caudle All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart Set My Heart on Fire Imaginary Cities Spirits The Strumbellas The Song They Play Every Night Little Green Cars Call off Your Dogs Lake Street Drive Solving Problems Brent Cobb You Were On My Mind Colvin & Earle Move Saint Motel In a Drawer Band of Horses For No Good Reason Dawes The Runners The Naked and Famous Help Me Out The Wild Feathers Moment in the Sun Reckless Kelly Shaking All Over Great Lake Swimmers Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers Below White Lung Can't Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake Square Hammer Ghost
SONG ARTIST <15 WORDS Do it, Try it M83 So, probably one of the most interesting albums of the year. Not for everyone. Try it. Standing in the Sun Grouplove Starts out Nirvana and then turns completely from Blind Melon to The Bravery. Good. Talk Too Much COIN Upbeat and fun, self-effacing tune. Midnight On The Earth St. Paul & The Broken Bones Sort of have to be in the mood, but if you are it is really great. The Sea Rose The Handsome Family True Detective theme artists turn drab into catchy, somehow. How Quickly Your Heart Mends Courtney Marie Andrews Howling Americana. Like the piano and pedal steel. Don't Wanna Know Why Whiskeytown It is refreshing to hear Ryan Adams in the beginning. Just Let Go Sturgill Simpson He has his own quality that is not like the others. A very genuine sound. Down Home Brent Cobb This one is a little more Honky Tonk, but the lyrics are kind of fun. After Life Pictish Trail Throbbing beat keeps the song moving with interesting interludes of time and key change. Make You Mine High Valley Fast paced acoustic country transitions to full sounding choral piece. Maybe too full. Girl Can't Be Herself Alicia Keys Saw her play this live in NYC on TV. Not too shabby, if a little silly. Runnin' Just In Case Miranda Lambert Nashville country. Whatever that actually means. Sorry, it's not bad. Pleasure Formation To mix it up on your walk, run or other routine. Dig the electro/pop and slightly funky sound. The Ocean The Wild Wind Looking out the window while someone else is driving and seeing a nice seascape. The Other Side Nvdes What!! You expect them to yell that in the beginning. This is crazy, but fun too. Forever, Always Judah & The Lion Folkstra/rock turns a little more pop. It's not bad. Call Me Up St. Lucia From 2014. Cool song, lyrics aside. Falls into the lush and layered category. Take It Out On Me White Lies Also lush and layered, but has the intrigue of that weird voice. Makes it interesting. Hey Stranger Mandolin Orange Acoustic joy. What you see and hear is what you get.
SONG ARTIST <15 WORDS Square Hammer Ghost Starving for Rock n Roll and yearn for horrifyingly bad lyrics? Awfully fantastic. How Can You Love Him (You Don't Even Like Him) Reckless Kelly Short, sweet and too the point rock/country. Running Through Time Blackberry Smoke New album is a little Honky Tonk, but this a really nice Americana tune. Tell Her I'm Just Dancing Hiss Golden Messenger Great sax sounds in this one with overall alt/folk sound. Feel The Love Cut Copy Amazing to run to and it even has that goofy Daft Punk sound in parts. Dead Alive The Shins It's good. Looking forward to the new album. Wow Beck Ok, so also a commercial, but the whole thing is pretty cool. We Stay Together Kaiser Chiefs English stadium rock. Builds nicely with a little David Bowie going on. The Joke Flock of Dimes Not sure what's going on here, but kind of dig it. Exit 353 Damien Jurado At first, maybe it's like the South of the Border exit, and then it's clearly not. Take a Walk The Head and the Heart So, hipsters have to abandon now that they are popular?! Great song/album. Grand Canyon The Wind and the Wave Great, fast-paced rendition of someone dragged unwillingly down a river in the GC. 1973 Beth Orton Kind of groovy and a unique change of pace tune. Country Bound Brent Cobb Really enjoy this album, even if he is channeling others. This Is How We Walk On the Moon Geographer A band called Geographer explains how to do a lunar walk. A must listen, right? Sudden Feeling HalfNoise It is what is. Some electronica, but it pops and beats. Stars Future Generations Good piano and very upbeat. Love it. You Don't Own Me (feat. G-Eazy) Grace Absolutely horrible, but funny enough to listen. Guns of Umpqua Drive-By-Truckers Actually, quite a great album and this one is a highlight. Supreme Being Amazing Baby Not a new song but a great song from one NYC's best bands
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Move Saint Motel Already in a commercial. For the express purpose of inspiring . . . exercise! (sort of) The Runners The Naked and Famous New album. Begins like we remember from previous work. Fun music. Call Off Your Dogs Lake Street Dive You must dig it. Help Me Out The Wild Feathers Sounds like a repeat, but it is not. Catchy tune. Dark Days Local Natives Very interesting song and lyrics. Sort of groovy. Young & Wild The Strumbellas Caved-in. This is the one probably most played. Moment In The Sun Reckless Kelly Country/Americana. Very enjoyable and uplifting sound. Solving Problems Brent Cobb Dude has a great beard. Singer/songwriter. Slightly more country than Isbell, but similar. Sleep On the Floor The Lumineers Absolutely nothing wrong with it. The Industry Okkervil River Probably critically acclaimed; hipster for sure; just alright for me, dawg. One Thousand Times James Vincent McMorrow A bit of a new sound for him. Talented dude. If I Was A Child Wilco A take it or leave it band. This album is a take it. Very good. Weightless Liz Longley Addictive song. A little rock/country. Carolina Heart Yarn Love these guys. Straight-up Americana. Runaway City and Colour Rockin' tune from 2015. Just got around to it. Very good lyrics and good sound. Biloxi Hiss Golden Messenger Sort of a modern Dylan sound, without all of that Nobel laureate stigma :) Airliner Jamestown Revival Upbeat, rural country/rock sound. Giving Up On Your Hometown Lori McKenna Just a lovely little song. 666 Bon Iver Definitely different, if that's what they were going for. Apart from the title, sort of dig this one. Don't Look Back Boston Redneck Rock still rocks and you know that for sure!
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Don't Ask Me To Change The Wild Feathers A good sound that will remind you of so many different sounds- Oasis, Wanderlust, etc. Colors The Head And The Heart Mainstream from what is an incredibly balanced sound and typically a solid songwriting band. Smithsonian The Avett Brothers MP's favorite. A live band. One of the best. Shaking All Over Great Lake Swimmers Interesting, dire lyrics. This is a really solid and upbeat folk/rock album. Sleepless Nights Treetop Flyers Starts out a little trippy, then settles into your parents' 70's radio classics. Vaporize Amos Lee A big fan of his amazing voice. Light Me Up Ingrid Michaelson Absolutely nothing wrong with it. My Sweet Midwest Fruit Bats Don't know which song is the best, but this is up there. Simple. How I Love You Robert Ellis Talented dude. A blend of Ryan Adams and Jason Isbell. Longer Lydia Loveless If you like an edgy Brandi Carlile, this album is for you. Angela The Lumineers This is one of the better songs off of this album. For No Good Reason Dawes It stinks and then you realize it is absolute genius. How do they do it? Hit the Reset This Wild Life A little bit terrible. Need a little commercial relief. White Flag Joseph Not so bad, actually. Rockin' girl power. Nights Breathe Carolina & Inukshuk This is awful. Too exasperated, a la Owl City, etc, with like Minnie Mouse, but some dig it. . . In a Drawer Band of Horses Another side of the new album. Very good. True Love Imaginary Cities Sorry, this band is great. Four Years of Chances Margo Price Heavily lauded and promoted. "It was just alright for me, dawg."
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Below White Lung Great song. It's like what Joan Jett might have sounded like with musicians. Personal Best Small Black At this age, it is all we can hope for! Good for the long runs.... Amerika Young The Giant "Cough Syrup." That's still their best, but this is still very cool, despite the title. Set My Heart on Fire Imaginary Cities Oh, just love it. This and "Chasing the Sunset" are amazing. You, Darling You Treetop Flyers So, just go and get this album. A catchy, modern CSN&Y-like 70s band from the UK? From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town Fruit Bats Hard to explain how extraordinarily lovely and listenable this album really is. Independence Palace Winter Headphones on; sound up all the way. Commence star-gaze or cloud-gaze. Devotion Savoir Adore 80s, upbeat Human League, Howard Jones, et al. Just fun to run with. We Are Energy Jill Andrews 1/2 of the former Everybodyfields, gone pop. Very Kathleen Edwards. Going Down Grinnin' Justin Wells Thoroughly Americana. A little gruff, but a very nice and genuine sound. One More Charge at the Red Cape Great Lake Swimmers Canadian. A little Kingsbury Manx. Good songwriting and pleasant sound. We Don't Know Strumbellas An anthem. You wonder how many are actually singing in this song? Maybe too many. 500 Pieces The Honeycutters Also Americana. Just a very soothing sound. Open Road The Rival Probably from a movie or the beginning of an HBO promo. Still dig it. That's the Way It Goes Down The Black Lillies These guys rock. Americana that rocks. Something Wild Lindsey Stirling Pete's Dragon. :) Same To You Lydia Loveless An edgy Brandi Carlile. Love the bass line! Country Teen Band of Horses Probably the best song on a very good album. Yes it is different/diverse again, and that's good. Love Letter The Wild Reeds Banjo picking nonsense, but it is pleasant and an enjoyable listen from Paste. What A Tease Nico Yaryan For whatever it is worth, this is a real love song and the dude was feelin' it.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS I'm in Love Teenage Fanclub "It feels good when you are close to me. That's enough; that's enough." Won't You Leave Me Alone The Raveonettes Consistent indie, sort of grunge rock sound. Dig it. 7 (Seven) Catfish & The Bottlemen Word of mouth English stadium band similar to Kaiser Chiefs. Rockin. Positron Palace Winter Starts out like Nirvana and changes altogether. Sort of prog, but not really. Landlocked Fanfarlo Talking Heads from 2014. Love their sound. The Song They Play Every Night Little Green Cars Harper Lee band provides more building tunes with good piano and dark guitar accents. You Were On My Mind Colvin & Earle A nearly perfect rendition of an imperfect, but lovely song. Good Will Come to You Fruit Bats A perfect album. Wrong Side of the Dream (feat. Lydia Loveless) Austin Lucas Genuine country, singer/songwriter. Worth a steady listen. Caitlin The Silver Seas Anxiously awaiting the full album from Guster-like band. Very pleasing. Defector Black Mountain Pink Floyd for the new millennium. Beg & Crawl Max Jury Completely hipster, but builds into a very nice and thoroughly enjoyable tune. Tuscaloosa Caleb Caudle Gifted Singer/Songwriter with a little twang. Fool Frankie Cosmos Also for the hipsters, but also refreshingly different from the current pop-heavy dregs. Anola The Duke Spirit Dark alt rock that's rather interesting. Car Porches Completely weird, admittedly. Tripping over the remarkability of an automobile. I Have Been to the Mountain Kevin Moby Acoustic strumming with thumping, background ladies, horns and then a little guitar. Spirits The Strumbellas If you like any of their sound, you will like this as well. On the Ropes The Honeycutters Americana. A bit of a Zoe Muth sound. Very nice. The Dusty Roads We/Or/Me Early Simon & Garfunkle. Less Garfunkle than Simon.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS A Love Song Ladyhawke Summer Shanty Laid The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Sorry James, this is a perfectly great remake. You Are Mine The Avett Brothers Thoroughly enjoyable new wave alt/folkstra. Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCPs) Perfected a sound from absolutely nothing. Flee rules. American Country Love Song Jake Owen This summer's talk-singing country fun. Great Night NEED TO BREATHE (w/Shovels & Rope) The Black Keys for dummies. Settlin' or Sleepin' Around Trapper Schoepp Needs more cowbell. Sort of a modern rockin' Jackson Brown. Vegas Big Thief Actually begins a little RHCPs, but with female indie vocals. Gimme the Love Jake Bugg Rub dubs it. Kind of dig it. Head Over Boots John Pardi Nice Texas country. Easy summer listening. White Doves Wings Caleb Caudle This year's Jason Isbell with a bit more twang. Lovely voice. Never Going Back Caveman Reminiscent of the 70s singer-songwriters, only it is modern rockin. Phenomenal Women Laura Mvula Admittedly bizarre, but wait for it . . . California Delta Spirit Could be a repeat, but much needed for the summer. Hear Tonight Tim McGraw (w/ Gracie McGraw) Father/daughter. Better than just a gimmick. Georgia Stars Neko Case, K.D. Lang, Laura Veirs Risky with three that can and should stand on their own. Peach State! Spirit Wintersleep Absolutely love it. Performed very well live. The Only Thing Brian Whelan Rockin' country that ain't so country. What You Do To My Soul Air Traffic Controller Sort of a he sings/she sings back and forth. Very fun. Love Train The O'Jays In honor of Mark Watney's final escape
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Can't Stop the Feeling Justin Timberlake If you think I picked this one, . . . Musicality aside, it's catchy for a month or two. All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart If the new album is as good as this song, it will be another classic. Get Out Frightened Rabbit Pick a song. Good, consistent album. Skin of Our Teeth Great Northern Canadian goodness. Ophelia The Lumineers Held out as long as I could on their single. It's fine. California Sunrise Jon Pardi Knee slapping Texas country. Friends Eliza and the Bear Enjoyable alt rock Carolina Ghost Caleb Caudle Up there with the best album of the year. True Sadness The Avett Brothers Saw them live and this will also play very well. Burn The Temper Trap New album from Australian band that still holds a special place b/c of "Love Lost." Identikit Radiohead I suppose the era of beat-box percussion will grow on me. I Love You Always Forever Betty Who Summer song de jour. A pop sensation (laugh with us). Solemn Oath Band of Horses Back to the new sound. It's great. Redemption The Boxer Rebellion Strumming this time. Just a very pleasant sound. None of Us Fruit Bats Songwriting. Very good album. Look at Me Rogue Wave Interesting variation. A little new wave, but subtle. Loose Ends DIIV The Cure and The Church from the late 80s. Blasted this stuff at BB practice in HS. My Father Pete Yorn A Father's Day single Early Morning Light Sarah Jarosz Good singer-songwriter with a country bluegrass flavor. What I've Done Linkin Park In honor of the new Transformers movie
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Coming Alive Kodaline Really fun song Casual Party Band of Horses Obligatory new song from old sound. Love both their new and their old. In the Light The Lumineers This IS actually refreshing. Has a blues tinge. Moon Crystal M83 Lol. 70s television show theme song- just for fun. H.W. Running Palace Winter Really great new band. Sounds like the Silver Seas, but a little more groove. Humbug Mountain Song Fruit Bats One of the best albums of the year, just listen. Woke Up Hurting Frightened Rabbit So completely addictive. Accent is in your face, but the sound is great. The Plain Moon The Besnard Lakes Can't help ourselves. Maybe a bit too complex, but still interesting. Sea Stories Sturgill Simpson Like so many others, had to get the follow-up. Falling Back to You The Saint Johns This is actually a little country and very catchy. Exeunt The Oh Hellos From the mixed up files of Mumford & Sons, but then goes Monsters on you! Constant Vacation Ian Fisher Soft Rockin' country Sour Grapes John the Ghost Will find yourself singing "cheap sex and cigarettes" more than you'd like to. California Bride Rogue Wave Always liked this band and new album is just as consistent. The Chase Pete Yorn Not sure if this is on the new album or not, but adds a little edge to the mix. Big Ideas The Boxer Rebellion Ok, so it is montage music for HBO. Still sounds really good. The Reddest Rose Caleb Caudle Go ahead and get as much of this dude's music as you can. Wonderful voice and songwriter. Your Low DMA's Oasis voice with a dude ruining a guitar. Dig it, though. Choices and Changes Sierra Hull Bluegrass that won't make you want to scratch your eyes out. Lakeside Park Rush "Willows in the Breeze!!" Pirates Tee-ball 2016
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS God is a Working Man Jason Isbell Off of Southern Family compilation, which is not too shabby Best of Me (South) Stephen Kellogg One of the best albums of the year- seriously An Otherwise Disappointing Life Frightened Rabbit Brooklyn's Scottish vermin. Very good sound Time Wind M83 (w/Beck) Beck as you've never heard him before Cleopatra The Lumineers From the new album that's very good if not as fresh. Settle Down Holly Williams Also from Southern Family. Love Holly Williams, lineage aside. Bridges Francis Pleasant voice and clear sound. Neither rockin, nor too folky. Closer Than This St. Lucia Not a Caribbean band. Indy summer sound. To Know You Wild Nothing Like the groovy synth and driving bass sound. See How Far You've Come Infamous Stringdusters (w/Sara Watkins) Sara sings well with plenty of fingerpicking. Officer Telephone Youth Lagoon A 2015 oversight. Takes a bit to get there, but a great Bourne Identity tune. Dopamine DIIV Subdued sound like the Cure, but with more pleasant vocals. Girl of the Summer Kip Moore Country with a little edge. Livin' in the Moment Spencers Own Also country with a pleasant, polyphonic sound Dance Like Fire Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals His music is always interesting and rarely disappoints. Pressure of Our Plans The Besnard Lakes Canadian complex psychedelic composition. You Say Dori Freeman Country folkstra. Lovely voice. Crossing Muddy Waters Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan Each can stand on their own and probably should, but like this song. All I Ever Wanted Meg Baird Lovely folk song from Heron Oblivion singer
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Music 101 Renee Stahl Replay from pop singer-songwriter a la Kathleen Edwards or Susan Vega American Crazy Brothers Osborne Country song starts out a little like Bruce and then just a good sing along Territory Wintersleep Slappin the bass. Canadian Indie band with the best guest bass player ever. All Time High The Holidays Really nice alt-electronic song with a dash of guitar reverb A Thousand More Times School Of Seven Bells One of our favorite bands to run to. Hearts Like Ours The Naked & Famous Awesome full-sound and high energy. Seasons Great Northern Love this Canadian Indie band. Finally, a new album. Song builds The Sound of a Heart That Breaks (Midsummer Version) Astropol Probably meant for mid-summer. A touch atmospheric, but the singing comes through. Galaxy Stephen Kellogg This album is greatly diverse. Great songwriting. Great variety of folk, country and pop (here) In Your Head Pete Yorn He is back and back to more melodic songwriting. Checkpoints Small Black These guys are a mix of 80s new wave and millennial beats. Enjoyable. Aerial Ocean The Pines This is folk/singer-songwriter that mixes minor and major keys for emphasis. Nice. He Didn't Mention His Mother Eleanor Friedberger Fair enough. Good genuine folk/blues-like quality, but also moves along nicely. Easier Day Little Green Cars From the new album. Starts off minimalist and grows nicely with the vocals. America's Sweetheart Elle King Ok, well if she is going to throw a banjo in there . . . Leave Your Light On The Wild Feathers Real Americana/Rock & Roll. Refreshing. San Antone Randy Rogers Band This is nice because it is not so token pop country Part Two - Wouldn't It Make A Lovely Photograph Ray LaMontagne Slow and a bit exacerbated. Songwriting is still there. You, Me & The Sea Green River Ordinance Lovely song. Queen Anne Damien Jurado Dude is talented. Strumming with a little puff the magic dragon going on.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Highway Patrol Stun Gun Youth Lagoon No idea about the title, but a lovely song. Adore Wild Nothing From the band that brought you "Cough Syrup." Dreamy. Actually, that's Young the Giant. High Horse (South) Stephen Kellogg Love this album. Songs for the South, West, North, and East. Boys Life Small Black Nice sound and beat, with airs of Radiohead if they went this direction. Run to You The Silver Seas From forthcoming album in May. We are fans. Guster. Ablaze School of Seven Bells If not already obvious, we love this band for the mixes. Take Your Time Sam Hunt Can't stand that he talks in the beginning. Steady radio play. A Stillness The Naked & Famous Waiting on their next, depending on their last. Addictive alt/electronic pop with acoustic guitar. Blue & The Green Loyal Takes a while to build, but worthwhile for the mix. Pageant Material Kacey Musgraves Fun to listen to when it does not matter much what you are listening to. Daughters Lissie Strong, driving alt/pop that's diverse from her other stuff. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 Keith Urban So, now it is Grammy time. We're more John Bonham, Sears Craftsman and Frost 2 roads. Land of the Bloody Unknown The Middle East Really nice tune from 2011 from band that did "Blood." Wonderful stuff. Siren Call Little Daylight Great song that makes you giggle a little if you run with music and this comes on. Cascades High Highs Remember this band from Pitch Perfect?! Ship to Wreck Florence + The Machine The Grammys. Perfectly fine. Mystery Boxed In Starts with discordant chopsticks, but rounds-out into a nice tune. Wheels on the Run Purses Simple alt music that is a little more fresh than normal. Nevada City John Heart Jackie Even Americana. Solid tune with gentle crooning and a full sound.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Walking on a Dream Empire of the Sun Repeat, but b/c of the commercial, MP likes it. Seven Sisters Cheatahs Possibly too atmospheric at first listen, but really grows on you. Fade The Black Lillies Builds nicely and ironically. Great Americana. Dreamers Savoir Adore From 2013, but a really great running song. Godless Girl The Chain Gang of 1974 Nothing astonishing, but we are trying to get motivated here in the New Year. Clearest Blue CHVRCHES Yes. Motivating. If you can't shake your tail to this. . . Watermelon and Root Beer Sarah Gayle Meech As we said. Old school country. Long Island Sound James McMurtry Brother's from TX. Prefer that he use Yanks and Isles than Mets and Rangers. Suego Faults Wolf Gang A little bit Supertramp at the beginning, no? Freedom Pitbull Pure bubblegum nonsense, put perfectly great for your run mix. Dreams Beck This song is erstwhile because it was a one-off in 2015. That last album of his, jeez. Should Have Known Better Sufjan Stevens From the mixed up files of Bon Iver and Iron & Wine. What Part of Me Low Obligated to share 2015's favorites from MOJO. This is one of those. It's fine. Feel You Julia Holter Art-rock, but has a nice, soothing quality. Our Nature Savoir Adore Also from 2013. Different from "Dreamers." Good, balanced sound. Right as Rain Adele Simple. Just her voice, and some dude doing off-beats on keyboards. From 19. 20/20 Gaz Coombes A little odd, but that's good in a way. From MOJO's best. Groove it Out LoneLady Purely for the exercise mix. The lyrics are mainly, "Groove it Out." South Hippo Campus A bit more lyrics, composition, and also good for the exercise mix.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Don't You Give up on Me Lissie Great new album with some country/Americana pop sensibility Mystery and Wonder Blitzen Trapper Rock/Americana. A quite underrated band. Like to catch them live. Bound to Roam The Black Lillies Smokey southern rock /country finger picking duet Fooled Around And Fell In Love Elvin Bishop Grew up with these tunes. Glad to hear this reprised in Guardians of the Galaxy. Still Not Home Tift Merritt A golden nugget from dual album with Simone Dinnerstein Everytime Boots Julia Holter Avant guardesque, art-rock artist, is uber talented. This one is cool. High on Tulsa Heat John Moreland There are some country songs that are so simple, they are good. Real music. Big Blue Wave Hey Ocean! Good exercise song. Tough to imagine crashing the waves in Jan., but it helps. Tennessee Love Song Sarah Gayle Meech Old school southern country. It could be from the 50s, but it is not. She Loves Me James McMurtry Great album from singer-songwriter, son of Larry. For real. Through the Woods The Okee Dokee Brothers For the boy. It's great for the children and better than puff the magic dragon . . . Waiting For You Grizfolk Not folk, but good alt/rock chops and songwriting. I Can't Give Everything Away David Bowie Got this off of ITunes the day before he passed away. Weird. If It Takes a Lifetime Jason Isbell Forgot to put this on one of the playlist. It's a given. Lost Weekend Pete Yorn Last album was atrocious. Much, much better. Restless New Order Still kickin' it. If you are too young to remember Blue Monday, then this "feels" pretty new and still relevant. Down Here John Grant This dude is really tough to put a finger on, but we dig it. Back to You Twerps Different enough and catchy enough to help you through traffic. Ragg Levy Jake Xerxes Fussell Had to listen because of the middle name. Pull up with a rocking chair and a beer.
SONGS ARTISTS 24 Frames Jason Isbell Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) Father John Misty Times Square Destroyer Emily San Fermin Right On Time Dawes Mind Games Leagues Traveller Chris Stapleton Paths Seryn Shine Like Lightning Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Rollercoaster Bean Keep Confessing Springtime Carnivore The Life You Choose Jason Isbell Bad Blood Ryan Adams Molecules Atlas Genius Freazy Wolf Alice Evie Last Dinosaurs Keep Together Hunter Hunted Cherokee Stars Gideon Grove Something in the Water Carrie Underwood 10,000 Emerald Pools Borns To The Top Twin Shadow Down Here Turnpike Troubadours Helicopter Branches Roaming Empire Maritime Fake Roses The Lone Bellow Carry Me Family of the Year Hello Adele Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay Zero in the City Great Lake Swimmers Dark Days The White Buffalo Tomorrow Never Comes Zac Brown Band Dreamers Savoir Adore My Type Saint Motel
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Elegy to the Void Beach House Lovely song. Second set of the year for them. Worth getting. Oh, Tonight Josh Abbott Band Genuine Texas country (avec Kacey Musgraves). Return to the Moon EL VY The National dude involved. Different sound with good results. Snakeskin Deerhunter A little funky, a la Black Keys meets Tapes n' Tapes meets Beck. Facepaint Family of the Year One of the best albums of the year, family or otherwise. Out of the Woods Ryan Adams Pop version is good too. This is better. Nights Were Made For Love Blitzen Trapper Meatloaf meets modern Americana. Sedona Houndmouth Deer Tick. A good laid-back tale. Don't it Feel Good Jon Wolfe Modern country sing along. (This Ain't No) Drunk Dial A Thousand Horses Ibid. My Type Saint Motel Saxes, cow bell, keyboards, maracas, and tambourines, maybe. Funny. Confession Florida Georgia Line Thoroughly enjoyable, if formulaic, modern country. Infinite Cities The Bright Light Social Hour Genre agnostic. Shoe gazing alternative. Heaven Don't Call Me Home The Lone Bellow Southern rock/Americana. More rockin' honkey tonk Georgia. Letters to Ghosts Lucie Silvas Upbeat saucey voiced country/soul-pop. Small Town Love Casey Donahew Band Fun country missive. A Head Full of Dreams Coldplay Where they are, is where they want to be. Good exercise song. Dancin' The Black Lillies Don't let the title fool you. Great Americana. Inside Out Phil Collins Homage to the children's movie and to No Jacket Required, frankly.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Fake Roses The Lone Bellow A wonderful true Americana band. Minnesota, Mend Me The Lowest Pair Folk banjo picking harmonies Wasn't That Drunk (w/ Carly Pearce) Josh Abbott Band Texas Country sing along. Open Your Eyes School of Seven Bells From new album in Jan. Guilty pleasure for run-mixes. Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay It is upbeat! Sounds like Pharrell and Daft Punk paid a visit. Young Frankie Cosmos Grows on you with its simplicity The Ocean and the Sea Bird Dog You may have heard this band before. The slow alt/country, banjo rock build? But, so what. Who's in Town Santah Santa is coming to town? Too much of a reveal. Crusty alt./rock, such as the Alabama Shakes. Vampire Lazyboy Empire But for the punch line lyric, this song is fantastic. This Will End The Oh Hellos Softer sung harmonies, and somewhat of a downer, but it is actually quite lovely. One Step at a Time ELO Jeff Lynne. It's as though he never took a break. Broken Hands Fraser A. Gorman A stark folk/singer-songwriter lamenting over the loss of country music, etc. Seventeen Sjowgen Surprisingly fun and delightful tune. Tear-Stained Eye Son Volt A 1995 countrified song from Paste. Did not know these guys had it in them. Roaming Empire Maritime Get this one. You will not be sorry. Wonderful. Here's to the Death of All The Romance The Dears Sort of prog, but it is easily digestible and not too indulgent. Water Under the Bridge Adele More dynamic from the new album. Give a Little Family of the Year We are all in on this album. Wildest Dreams Ryan Adams Yet again, although both versions are very good.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Stay a Little Longer Brothers Osborne Fun little country song that's rock'n at the end. Style Ryan Adams Even better A Thousand Faces Boy & Bear ingratiating Hello Adele One has to laugh, but she can sing. Hudson Commodore Jason Isbell That should wrap it up. Strange Vine Delta Spirit 2008 from one of our favorites Should've Run After You Cole Swindell The formula works, at least for road trips. Secret Chelsea Lankes Even-keeled song with a good voice. Carry Me Family of the Year Great sound. One of best songs of the year. Celebrate Metric Shift to pop on this album, but her voice still comes through Come Down Gospel BeacH "H"? Some late 70s folk/rock thing going on that is somewhat interesting Lorielle She's Got the River Drivin n' Cryin' with a female voice. Northern Highway Martin Courtney Soft rock sounding road trip song Bang My Head (feat. Sia and Fetty Wap) David Guetta Mix it up back to the 21st century Sore Eyes Braids Yeah, I don't know dog, but asked to put some beats back into the box Why Would I Now? The Decemberists From the E.P. Probably residual from their last. It's good. What I Never Knew I Always Wanted Carrie Underwood The voice is just good In My Eyes The Cox Family Nice alt/bluegrass/folk song Make It Holy The Staves Irish folk. Rainy day interlude Heart and Soul T'Pau Lol retro. It's awesome. Admit it. She gets so fired up at the chorus.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Wasted Time Vance Joy Very good album. Dead Brains Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas Soulful folk with horns and stand-up bass Senses The Lighthouse & The Whaler Alt/pop sound that's contemporary enough with some 80s influences. Yellow Eyes Rayland Baxter Great laid back songwriter's song. Your Children's Children Carolina Story Rich Americana from 2013. Who's Who The Weight & Hurry Also 2013. Grass fields, gazing at the sky as the clouds go by. Helicopter Branches A 2012 tune that's good enough to be one of the best of this year. Cherokee Stars Gideon Grove Lovely song and nice uplifting sound. The Next Storm Frank Turner Talented dude that takes some listening, but it is worthwhile. Born Slippy Albert Hammond Jr. Somewhat weird, but it is from the mixed up files of Talking Heads and the Psych Furs. We'll Always Be Together Reuben James Richards Big band soul for modern times. Mountain The Phoenix Foundation Thoroughly different. Futuristic alt. Interesting. Lead Us Through the Night Small Feet Sounds like Meatloaf's voice put to modern sound and actual lyrics. All the Sad Young Men Spector The Editors. If you like the style it is interesting. Not sure what it all means. Faultlines HEARTWATCH Alt./pop that is upbeat. I Know Astronauts, etc. Ambiance and mood setting with laid back falsetto All the Time Promised Land Sound Sounds like a rock band forced to sing a country song. Kind of dig it. Cold Beer Conversation George Strait A new classic from a classic. Love Grow Cold Blitzen Trapper They call these guys indie, but we don't know what they are. Americana good. Head Over Boots Jon Pardi Country. Old fashioned style.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Killer in the Streets The Raveonettes Mood alternative Bad Blood Ryan Adams How in the world does this become one of the best songs of the year? Corner Night Beds This is an interesting band with diverse sounds. This is one of their alternative sounds. Modern Times The White Buffalo Upbeat Americana The Chase Future Islands A little pink handkerchief. Their sound is their own and is deeply influenced by a fun time in music. We Built This House Scorpions Smiles :) It's an older code, but still checks out. We were about to clear them. Today's the Day P!nk The dame of modern pop Mason-Dixon Line Judah & The Lion From 2014. A worthy contribution to the alt-country collective. The Valley The Oh Hellos Of Monster & Menish. Wildfire The Mynabirds Interesting alt. sound that has some distinction among the lot. Evie Last Dinosaurs One of the best of the year and part of the run mix. Native New Yorker Odyssey This reaches only certain people. It is so perfect. Almost more so than NY, NY. First One to Know Stoney LaRue Very good folk/country Bright Lights Matchbox Twenty Remember this guy?! So exasperated. How to Forget Jason Isbell Yep, the whole album. Ridiculous Wildflower Beach House Mood. It's always nice. Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance) Silversun Pickups Not so far from "Panic Room." It's good. The Shade Metric New album. New sound Long Drive Home Turnpike Troubadours Invest a song or two in them if you like the genre. Consistently good. Words Can Break Your Heart Don Henley One of the good ones from his new album.
SONG ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Feels Like Fire Ryan Adams A little more rock'n album Wildfire Zack Brown Band A little honkey tonk, but listenable. All You Ever The Honeycutters Zoe Muth. Very nice alt. country/Americana New Americana Halsey Not at all Americana, but it is what the kids are listening to. Runaway (U & I) Galantis From Paper Towns. For your exercise mix Freazy Wolf Alice One of the best songs of the year. Great Summer Vance Joy Enjoyable summer song To The Top Twin Shadow Cross-genre song that is good enough to endure. Believe (Nobody Knows) My Morning Jacket Maintaining the banner of genuine rock music. Jackrabbit San Fermin One of two great songs from them this year Dime Store Cowgirl Kacey Musgraves If there is such a thing as bubble-gum country. But, it is fun. When The Stars Come Out Chris Stapleton Genuine country I Can't Think About it Now Dawes Some Phish vibe to this. 100 Brandi Carlile Consistently good songwriting Giving Me Away Betty Who One can thumb one's nose at it, but we actually dig it. When, When Civil Twilight Sometimes gets lost in the mix. Upbeat and enjoyable. The Body of Love Ben Lee Slow, methodical, melodic Something More Than Free Jason Isbell You feel like this guy lives among actual people. Does it Really Make A Difference (feat. Mavis Staples) Galactic Funky and that's just fine.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS May I Miss You Family of the Year From the makers of "Home." Great band 10,000 Emerald Pools Borns Deceptively addicting. Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning Bon Jovi No one ever said they were great with song titles. Ode to 80's obliviousness. Loving You Easy Zac Brown Band Something from an Ashley Judd romantic comedy. Cheesy. Buy Me a Boat Chris Janson Guilty pleasure red neck country Smoke Break Carrie Underwood You don't have to be bad to be good. I think it's a yes Simon. Down Here The Turnpike Troubadours One of our favorite alt. country/Americana bands. Would love to see them live. Break Up With Him Old Dominion Mainstream country radio song, but it is thoroughly enjoyable. Old Love/New Love Twin Shadow Not completely on the band-wagon, but this song is good Dark Days The White Buffalo Americana. Thoroughly genuine. The Blade Ashley Monroe A little bit of a downer, but she has a lovely voice. Find a Way (feat. Rudy) Dirty South If nothing else, do it for Rudy. Purely an exercise song. Times Square Destroyer One of the best songs of the year from New Pornographers contrib. Molecules Atlas Genius Trendy, but it is a good one and done from their likes. Style Taylor Swift Can't help it. It is a good song. The Making Of The Bohicas Don't know where we got this, but it is a little rock'n Wake Me Bleachers Washed alt/pop. It's got a little "Berlin" music sound to it. Fly Maddie & Tae We got this album. Really, we did. Riptide Vance Joy Great song. Well written, Alt./Indy. Bros Wolf Alice Freazy is the best, but this is very good. Good new band. Children of Children Jason Isbell So, the whole album should be played over and over again.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS The Life You Chose Jason Isbell Album of the year. Best song along with 24 Frames That Old Flame (feat. Martina McBride) Don Henley Thought the album would be a bit more dynamic, but it has its moments. Weed Instead of Roses Ashley Monroe Feeding off of the Kacey Musgraves go your own way route, but it's good. Dad Told Me Hello Saferide Great song from our favorite Swedish band. I Can't Explain Surfer Blood Distorted guitars but otherwise a clear 80's Psychedelic Furs sound w/o accent Turn Around Mikal Cronin Upbeat song. Like the whole album High Society Betty Who Love it. Complete 80s dance/pop nonsense. Love it. Cup of Tea Kacey Musgraves It's good. Simple, but good. Reapers Muse Sorry Muse, you are prog. Need a little rock these days. Arpeggios will make you smile Steal Your Heart Away Watkins Family Hour Totally baited to this album, but how can one resist?! Americana goodness. Ain't Much Left of Me Blackberry Smoke From a prior album (2012). Wonderful southern rock. Eastern Wind Heartless Bastards A little Fairport Convention with guitars! Right On (feat. Charm Taylor) Galactic Funk. Takes a listen, but it is great. Mix it up. Little Worlds Mandolin Orange Folk picking and songwriting. Follow the River Calexico Enveloped in something lost in the southwestern countryside. Under a Rock Waxahatchee Live sound & rock n' roll. No Great Mystery My Own Pet Radio From the maudlin sounds of the University station. Drifting ON AN ON A lovely song with a "drifting" feel and sound that builds to the end. Simple Machine Guster It's Guster and it sounds like Guster. Keep Together Hunter Hunted 2013. Repeat, but it made it to the commercial rota. A fun song.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS One Day Zac Brown Band I guess easy-listening. It is nice. Los Angeles, Be Kind Owl John Frightened Rabbits? It's great Young & Crazy Frankie Ballard Nope. It's country. A little honky-tonk too. Biscuits Kacey Musgraves So what. It is still funny and good to listen to. Aftermath Muse Sorry Muse, you are Prog. The Division Bell turns Freddie Mercury. 24 Frames Jason Isbell Repeat. It's that great a song. Falling From the Sky Calexico Always appreciated the set on this guy. Just as much on this new album. Gates of Dawn Heartless Bastards Clingy to the vestiges of rock n' roll while making it sound new. Trouble Ryan Adams A little edgier but the songwriting is very much there. Feeling Ok Best Coast Very good song. This album is better than their last. Kick the Dust Up Luke Bryan It is what it is. Hold On The Chain Gang of 1974 Mix it up! So 80s. Great exercise music/background. Little Toy Guns Carrie Underwood The voice on this lady. Summer Kills Vena Portae It's got some Dolly in there, but more contemporary. Hunger Of Monsters And Men Seems like they would be fun to see in a small venue. Hypnotized Dream Police The never-ending search for what's left of rock 'n roll. A little too Jack White. California Lovers (feat. LL Cool J) Tori Kelly Oh, this is bubble-gum. But, LL Cool J! Summer frivolity. Wilder Mind Mumford & Sons Not quite so different, but different enough. We salute them for branching out. Won't Be Around No More Avi Buffalo A little depressing, but a good songwriter.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Beautiful Drug Zac Brown Band The Pop song Crystals Of Monsters and Man Why abandon a good thing? Mercy Muse Sorry Muse, Radiohead, etc., you're prog and I love it. This is Queen! Right On Time Dawes Back to reality. Simple, laid-back rock. Kansas, only better. Digital Witness St. Vincent Siouxsie & The Banshees I'm Ready Geographer Different sound. Risky, but worthwhile. Empty Nesters Toro Y Moi Upbeat, slightly funky, but also light and fun. Waiting On Love Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Country, but not too mainstream. Sort of Fire Marshals of Bethlehem sound. Wrong Club The Ting Tings Mix it up. Dance pop, but not just teeny dance pop. Better Than Him The Magic Numbers Give this band a chance. They have a sound that always builds and is never trite. Next to Me (feat. Darianne Westcott) Amber Pacific So cheesey and definitely from some Pixar movie, but who cares. Sing it. Foolin Andrew Combs Steel pedal, so it must be good? Yeah, it is not bad. Made My Mind Up Mikal Cronin Will always like his stuff. Sings it unabashedly. Bury Me Deep Ivan & Alyosha A little rockin, but is not overwrought. Enjoyable. Talk to Me Kopecky Rockin and catchy. They keep it simple, but not too simple. Settled Down Mandolin Orange So, there's plenty of Mandolin. Laid-back country folkstra. Keep in the Dark Temples Channeling some Kula Shaker. Fills the 60s psychedelic void. Stoic Resemblance The Helio Sequence Give them credit for not resigning themselves to their mid 2000s sound. Maria JP Harris Low-key country. Very nice. Emily San Fermin Deep baritone voice with brass complements some catchy sounds. Love the hi-hat.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS A Guy Walks Into a Bar Tyler Farr On the heavy modern country playlist Traveller Chris Stapleton Classic and genuine Country Background Song Granger Smith I am sensing a formula here. Pop Country Don't It Billy Currington Enjoyable modern country with the token bad English. Does Not Bear Repeating The Weepies New album. Good for them. Tomorrow Never Comes Zac Brown Band From the Country, Bluegrass, Jazz, Rock and Pop album Hello My Old Heart The Oh Hellos Sounds like so many others. Folk rock singer/songwriter with rich harmony. First Light Racing Glaciers Builds nicely. Sounds like the early 2000s (Rogue Wave, Long-View, etc.) Severed Land/The Sound Gold Lake Very nice sound and a very good album. Shadow of a Man Neulore Part of the trend with folk sound layered with lots of "ohhhhs" and acoustic guitar Paths Seryn Cranked this up for the guitar half-way through on the way to R-40. It is good. Dope Machines The Airborne Toxic Event This band should be relegated to the cliché bin, but they stop short of being stale and perfunctory. Zero In the City Great Lake Swimmers Definitely more upbeat from a staple favorite. The Night Believer Mew Very good album. Simply enjoyable. California Nights Best Coast Stick to the garage/grunge but there are enough hooks to hang onto. Lyrics, uh, not really. Believe Mumford & Sons They were probably sick of everyone copying their sound. Have to give them credit. Meet Me in the Woods Lord Huron Again, not too dissimilar from before, but this is upbeat and not too atmospheric Broken Hearted Fool Great Peacock I have a problem with the band name. Dunno why, but the song is fine. Slightly country. Voices Sturgill Simpson Real country.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS I like You a Lot Jake Owen Country sing along Neon Light Blake Shelton Just alright, but it is played ALL of the time Who We Are Tristan Prettyman A ballad for someone other than Ricky Bobby. It builds nicely. Too Shiny Zoe Muth Luv her soothing croon. Mind Games Leagues Mix it up! "oh, what's the fussing all about." Wherever Is Your Heart Brandi Carlile Getting more and more Melissa Ethridge, but that's fine. The Sweetest Thing Pine Hill Project One of the few covers that is actually much better than the original. Lake Song The Decemberists It's ok to giggle. Too High Blackberry Smoke Southern country rock. The river is too deep and too wide, man. Chasing Twisters Delta Rae A pop song with weird whistling, but it is thoroughly fun. When All You Got Is a Hammer Gretchen Peters Sultry, witchy woman with country undertones. War On the East Coast The New Pornographers One of their best sung by the Destroyer singer Call Ya Momma Justin Townes Earle A diddy on the bijou Wartime Lovers Rose Windows Unique sound. It is different enough to keep it interesting. You I Never Knew Nite Fields Guitar has some Cure-like qualities. The rest sounds Exactly like the Church! Grand Rapids Princeton Synths like rushing rapids? Maple Sap River Whyless Nice fingerpicking and violin paint the picture well. Wait M83 From The Fault of Their Stars, which is sort of terrible, but the pain seems real. Right Back Where We Started From Maxine Nightingale Absolutely nothing wrong with peeling back for a sanity check.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Keep Confessing Springtime Carnivore Fun. Whooooo, instead of whistling 1957 Milo Greene The Iceland/Canadian sound Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) Father John Misty Prolly should not be able to stand him. This song is really good and really weird For a Boy Raelynn Nashville country Shine Like Lightning Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Alt. Country. A bit Zac Brown here. Katie Queen of Tennessee The Apache Relay Variation of sound makes this band enjoyable. Now You See Everything Stephen Steinbrink A little Stephen Stills in the 2000s. Snow Falls In June Ryan Bingham Like it and like his voice. Just not much risk of snow in June here. Another Sunday in the South Miranda Lambert A little more genuine Pumpin Blood NONONO A repeat, but the HBO overplay snagged us Rollercoaster Bean Flavor of the times, but it is fun. Best for summer, prolly. She Lit a Fire Lord Huron Songs sound similar, but it is very nice I Blew It Off Punch Brothers A genuine sound. No BS. The Great Unknown Jukebox the Ghost Schizophrenia! They're back and it is still fun. Love Don't Go The Family Crest Brass begins and sounds a little like Okkervil River Living For Love Madonna Ah. Canyon Moon Andrew McMahon It's good and sing-able. Take My Love The Lone Bellow Love this band. They can do everything. Kansas City The New Basements I think this is a Dylan song sung with Mumford dude. It is well done. Silhouettes Colony House A nice upbeat sound. The whole album. 24 Frames Jason Isbell One of the best of the year
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Heartbeat Song Kelly Clarkson Eternally catchy. The great voice Saint Of Impossible Causes Joseph Arthur Not sure what it's all about, but JA at least changes it up The Long Road Ahead (feat. Tom Morello & Eleanor Whitmore) Shooter Jennings Rage Against the Machine dude and EW? Folk. It works. Lonely Tonight (feat. Ashley Monroe) Blake Shelton Insufferable, isn't he? Good song though. Homegrown Zac Brown Band Don't want to like it and still don't like the bridge, but it is a catchy tune. Something in the Water Carrie Underwood Is she KIDDING me? Can absolutely, flat-out sing. Big Time Nashville Star Shakey Graves Bluesy folk, minimalism. A bit refreshing. Take Me To Church Sinead O'Connor Angry. Love it. Sidekick Walk The Moon Upbeat circa 80s. Breaks the current mold I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up) School of Seven Bells If you need to not think . . . at all . . . whole running up that hill. Turtles All The Way Down Sturgill Simpson Probably one of the best genuine country songs in a decade. My Body Young The Giant The beer commercial finally broke us. Eskimo Boy Strange Talk Rich bass, probably fretless. Need the occasional boomer in there. Fantasy Fools The New Pornographers Classically NPs. They're all involved. Endlessly Guster Sounds like . . . Guster. Dependable. Easy Lyla Foy Nice change of pace, if needed. Love Ain't Enough The Barr Brothers Slightly different sound, but just as entrancing. I Like Dreamin' Kenny Nolan Blast from the past. Just nice. Don't Know Much (with Aaron Neville) Linda Rondstadt Almost have AN's crazy falsetto vibrato down. An all-sing.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Shelter Song Temples Austin Powers psychedelic Even in the Darkest Arms The Barr Brothers Very nice and more upbeat finger picking follow up to their last. Reference to Tea & the Tillerman. I am the Witness Joseph Arthur May have finally had a trip too far, but a catchy guitar strumming tune nonetheless. Instrument For You The Vespers Nice folk sound with standup bass and violin accents on the second downbeats. On The Rocks The Rural Alberta Advantage Slightly resembles Wintersleep in sections with some nice piano. April Pianos Become The Teeth I guess there is some piano, but mostly diminutive alt sound with guitar Your Green Jacket Sinead O'Connor She's back and angry. This one is very nice and not as angry. Carry Me Home Hey Rosetta! A little Rogue Wave sound that stays mostly within itself until the end 10,000 Emerald Pools Borns Nice baseline drives harmonies with minor melodies to make it sound slightly melancholy Crazy Kat Dahlia Mix it up. Current blah, but she can sing. All This Could Be Yours Cold War Kids Franz Ferdinand, etc. Falsetto is a little much, but it is a stadium chant, so . . . Above The Clouds of Pompeii Bear's Den What's with Pompeii all of the sudden? Finger picking harmony with banjos and horns. Power Hungry Animals The Apache Relay Very good, if a little angry, alt./folk of the Felice Brothers ilk, only more melodic. The Deed and the Dollar Shooter Jennings Jacobson's ole Dollar. Classic, unpretentious country. Name on a Matchbook Springtime Carnivore Yeah, whiney 70s whistling, AGAIN. Requested for some reason. Just Friends Eleanor Whitmore Strings accompany a folk/pop sound. True Spandau Ballet The greatest ever over-exasperated singing of the word "true." A classic. Blue Highway Billy Idol Awesome B-side to Eyes without a Face '45. "Whose gonna give you a ride on a [Lee] Highway?" The Chauffeur Duran Duran Before they became really, really terrible, this was actually very new for the times. Classic New Wave If You Were Here Thompson Twins Not sure we realized this was TT at the end of 16 Candles
SONGS ARTISTS Cardiac Arrest Bad Suns Heart is a Drum Beck A Sky Full Of Stars Coldplay Seasons (Waiting On You) Future Islands Open Season High Highs Hey Ho Hello Saferide All I Want Kodaline Golden City Matrimony Odds & Ends Magnolia Memoir Waves Sleeper Agent Back In The Tall Grass Future Islands Come Away Sons Of The East Rivers In Your Mouth Ben Howard Carousel Miner Home (Leave the Lights On) Field Report So Much Wine The Handsome Family Brothers The War on Drugs Shut In Strand of Oaks Drunk on a Plane Dierks Bentley Whiskey and Chewing Gum Lori McKenna All I Know Washed Out We Are Explorers Cut Copy Mind Over Matter Young the Giant Gone The Head and the Heart Speed Of Sound Communist Daughter Let Go Ryan Adams Not Giving In (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare) Rudimental Every Morning J. Mascis Do You Spoon Dense Water Deeper Down Sinead O'Connor Follow Your Arrow Kacey Musgraves Oh Whiskey Recall Jimi Goodwin Dreaming of Houses Nina Persson Far From the Roses Minor Alps All Too Well Taylor Swift Same Mistakes The Black Lillies Champions of Red Wine The New Pornographers That's My Kind of Night Luke Bryan Girl Harbor Manchester Orchestra Leave the Night On Sam Hunt Sweet Home Old Crow Medicine Show Turtles All The Way Down Sturgill Simpson
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS The Exit Lydia A tinge of mostly alt/pop Dark Side Of The Moon Chris Staples Not that Dark Side of the Moon. Lovely. Rocking Chair The Districts It is rocking Come Away Sons of the East Great song. Alt bluegrass. Watching You Rodney Atkins Cheesey, but how can you not sing along. It's the buckaroo song. Dust Eli Young Band Straight up country road song Christmas Treat Julian Casablancas Yes, from the commercial American Kids Kenny Chesney It's silly, but so what That's How I Got to Memphis Joe Pernice Pernice Brothers sound Green Lady Merchandise All in. It's different and therefore refreshing Blank Space Taylor Swift Only a phase, please. It's Gonna Be Alright Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Great band. Song will grow on you despite the weird keyboards. The Wrong Year The Decemberists Misbegotten, long forgotten chords Lips Are Movin Meghan Trainor This is awesome (flavor of times) Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) Mark Ronson Super funk Laredo Streets of Laredo Dunno why either, but found myself rocking to it. Name on a Matchbook Springtime Carnivore Yeah, whiney 70s whistling Time Shows Fools Justin Townes Earle Great songwriting You're Not Coming Home Tonight First Aid Kit Sorry, they are just enjoyable and this song is nice Tracks Trapper Schoepp & The Shades Almost like a hair band ballad, but there is actual guitar playing.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Thunder Clatter Wild Club Pleasant enough alternative to all of the same things. Language of the Dead Delta Spirit They do alt country/rock. This is more rockin Let Go Ryan Adams Lovely. As always Hey Love Miner Pickin and clappin Sunshine (feat. Reggie Watts) Flight Facilities Reggie makes all the difference. Thoroughly fun alt. funk Old Habits Small Houses Sounds like Deer Tick, which is a good thing Hold On Sons of the East This is the Australian mumfords. Oh well, Miner and these guys are similar 1000 Seasons The Rentals Holiday alt. rock. Pride Robert Ellis Talented jazz/blues/country performer Hell's Bells Lauren Shera AC/DC eat your heart out. Great real country. Girl Harbor Manchester Orchestra One of the best songs of the year, seriously Orange Sky Oscar and the Wolf Possibly a revisit, but since we have Minor and Mathew and the Atlas, why not. When You Break Bear's Den An unlikely blend of folk sound and synths that actually works. Bad word alert. Violently Wild Horse Feathers Will always like this deminimus sound Let It Go Saint Saviour Not that Let It Go. Nice music I Will Remain Matthew and the Atlas Folkstra. Patience is rewarded with banjo and clapping Quiet Love Erland & the Carnival Pastoral, if a little sad, but there is always times when it's nice to be alone. Chords Moving Mountains Not that many "chords." It builds nicely into a full sound. Bombardment Society (Founder) Weaver at the Loom Not just for knitters with some 7 time at the end. Nice.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Christina Teleman Light Shotgun Rider Tim McGraw Great, upbeat driving song Welcome to New York Taylor Swift Probably our last trip to the Coliseum to see the Isles play Magdalene Bear's Den A little bit Great Lake Swimmers/ a little bit . . . Make You Better The Decemberists Great album. Slightly less carnie. Rivers In Your Mouth Ben Howard Tracy Chapman a little, no? Terrified The Rural Alberta Advantage A good edge and crescendo Carousel Miner Australian mumfords, but the boy likes watching the youtube of this one If I Go (Chicago) The Sea The Sea Imagine that kid in all of us deciding whether to go . . . or not. No One Is Lost Stars Mix it up a bit Never Coming Home Reigning Sound Love this. For the background to a typical Jason Bateman movie Home (Leave the Lights On) Field Report The Red Roof Inn anthem, but it's a nice, upbeat song Hero Wildcat! Wildcat! Somewhat darker electronica that becomes more lyrical and catchy Black Lemon Generationals If this song can't grow on you, dunno what will Lion's Den Little Chief Bluegrass folkstra of the mumford ilk Chasin' a Rainbow Railroad Earth Me little Irish limerick Alone Together By The Sea Simple lazy days at the shore Time Jungle Totally out of some weird movie, but fun to drive with Dearly Departed (feat. Esme Patterson) Shakey Graves Like this little patchwork number Flying Over Water Jason Isbell Leftover in our ears from his latest masterpiece
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Not Giving In Rudimental Great running song Colour Wild Club Very good song. Miracle Kimbra Ok, so maybe not just a flash in the pan. Say My Name Odesza (feat. Zyra) Upbeat theme for the final push to the finish. MTLOV (Minor Keys) A Sunny Day in Glasglow I guess they're Scottish. It's cute, but actually grows on you. Bridge On Fire Shovels & Rope Could be the most overrated band of the decade, but they have some good songs. Warning Cymbals Eat Guitars A bit too punk/garage, but it has its place. Every Morning J. Mascis For real? Dinosaur Jr. It's really good. Do You Spoon Sometimes this band sound annoys the bagesis, but this is admittedly a very good song. A Dream Of You And Me Future Islands Got it. It is what it is, but sorry, great album. Why I Had To Go Bishop Allen Interesting band. Pleasant song. Waiting For My Time To Come Colony House Wonderful little song. The whole album really. I Shall Be Realeased Midlake Yes, "realeased." Does not sound like your mum and dad's Midlake. It is good though. Saturday's Song His Golden Messenger This has a very Elvis Costello meets Jackson Browne quality. Love it. I Love You Money Lowell Silly. But, fun and thoroughly listenable. Dense Water Deeper Down Sinead O'Connor Yep. She's back with a vengeance. Great song. Life is a Rollercoaster Ronan Keating Remember this song? You might laugh out loud as you admit that you like this song. Gold In The Morning Little Chief In the wake of Mumford & Sons . . . So what. It sounds just fine. 07 Stella Cereus Bright Hit repeat. More along the lines of Avett Bros. Reverie On Norfolk Street Luluc Singer songwriter. Even though downbeat, it is lovely.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Waltz For Richard First Aid Kit Swedish folk band is pleasant enough Sweet Home Old Crow Medicine Show Alt. Country/folk possessing good songwriting Leave the Night On Sam Hunt Thoroughly enjoyable driving song to sing along to even if the lyrics are a bit silly Girl In A Country Song Maddie & Tae Very funny and totally true. That's My Kind of Night Luke Bryan Soon to be former National's Adam LaRoche's walk-up song. Big black jacked-up truck Like A Cowboy Randy Houser Must be inspiration to those with boots and 10 gallon hats Iris (Hold Me Close) U2 Can't understand all of the complaints. It is a descent album Still I Wait Flagship Easy to sing along to. Some 80's Echo & The Bunny Man. Sort of. Arizona Seas Great folk/rock song. Budapest George Ezra When I'm 64. That's what comes to mind. Champions of Red Wine The New Pornographers Maintains unique style and sound with Neko Case and lead singer of Destroyer in ensemble cast Year In Review The Black Keys Not in love, but at least they do their own thing Hey Ho Hello Saferide Highly anticipated Swedish band release. Holds a special place because of 25 days. Fine album. Death Of An Old Bike The Rosebuds New release from the mid-to-late 00's band. Tired of Giving Up Ryan Adams Another gem You Know Where to Find Me Imogen Heap Sort of one of those different sounds for the sake of difference, but definitely distinctive. Xtalk Hundred Waters A little weird. A little electronic. Not bad. Autumn Bear In Heaven Atmospheric and droning beat Shake It Off Taylor Swift Forgiven only b/c of last year's performance at Grammy's- amazing. Will hopefully shake this off. Dreamers Savoire Adore 80's style blends nicely with modern sound.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Back in the Tall Grass Future Islands Great album. It just conjures excitement. Goshen '97 Strand of Oaks Displays complexity and diversity in their/his sound. Laura Palmer Bastille We all might not like to admit we own this album My Silver Lining First Aid Kit Decent effort for the Sweden to Nashville sisters. Give it Time Old 97's Hard working country rock band Stolen Dance Milky Chance Not likely to coin a new dance style, but groovy. Drunk On A Plane Dierks Bentley Very funny Wind, Sky, Sea & Sand Lee Hazelwood Heard this while Lyle Lovett walked into a bloody crime scene on an FX show. Sort of dig it. Better Man Frances Cone Song has a bad word, but she's got some good chops. Salt Bad Suns Very nice groove with sort of 80s style Lion The Felice Brothers Starting to get their act back together. Still their way. Simple As This Jake Bugg Clearly channeling Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, etc., but it is really good, so. . . Little Piece of History Zoe Muth Pacific Northwest bluegrass/country voice? Lovely. Start A Fire Passenger Off of Whispers album. A bit fuller sound. Waiting All Night Phish Still doing it. Not as fun as "Fee" et al., but nice. All I Know Washed Out From 2013. This sound has a place and it is thoroughly relaxing. Never Going to Let You Down Colbie Caillat Great for a montage or an after school special. Are You Behind The Shining Star? Trampled By Turtles Wonderfully modern alt bluegrass sound Bloodlines Mimicking Birds Not for everyone. Interesting blend of sounds. Sort of indie prog, actually. Morning Beck Longer, more brooding song from fantastic album
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Black and Blue The Secret Sisters A 60s retro sound that's catchy if not surreptitious. Bergamot Morning Sea Wolf A favorite band Gwan The Suffers Funky brass and soul. A bit refreshing. Lines Katie Herzig Reliable, fully modern singer-songwriter. Love Like This Kodaline Mumford & Sons. It's still fun to listen. You're the Storm The Cardigans Nina Persson on familiar ground. Talking Backwards Real Estate Indie band with slightly withdrawn sound. Hello Sam Quinn The equally talented second half of the Everybodyfields staying true to his sound. The Mountain Song Hard Working Americans Hot, humid morning hikes in the Blue Ridge. The Allman Bros. Heart In Your Heartbreak The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Change of pace 90s sound. Turn up the vocals. Is This A Breakdown Echo & The Bunnymen Remember these guys? It's actually quite good. Breaking the Angle Against the Tide Craft Spells Man versus Ocean Alienation Morning Parade Upbeat blend of synths, tolerable only in summer beach months. Chillin' It Cole Swindell "Nothing but two lane country ahead." Chris Isaak Lydia Loveless Great country sound for a decidedly non- country artist. Where the Rivers Run Cold Infamous Stringdusters Rare example of a band name that describes their sound You're Mine Scud Mountain Boys A laid back song of despair and probably obsession. Interesting sound. Heart Like Mine Dolly Shine Straight up heartbreak country. Who Killed the Moonlight? Nicole Atkins Diverse Pretenders/folk blend. Gilded Oldies Cataldo Never quite builds, but interesting song.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The National Side Romantica Great song from circa 2007. Its actually a little rootsy. Just Begun Forest Sun Jack Johnson. Light That Match Down Like Silver A modern folkish duet Seasons (Waiting on You) Future Islands A great song for a run or after a long day. Love it. Ink Coldplay Could be a Sting song on Dream of the Blue Turtles Automatic Miranda Lambert Catchy pop-country. Yeah, it's overplayed. Meanwhile Back at Mama's Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) Here's hoping those crazy kids work things out. Trade All The Lights Caleb Caudle Country crooning. It's a nice song. Ain't Worth the Whiskey Cole Swindell Good album for road trips to the lake or to the beach. Cheap Sunglasses RAC An upbeat song for summer. Instant Crush Daft Punk (feat. Julian Casablancas) The Strokes meets Earth, Wind & Fire? Mostly the Strokes here. We Remain Christina Aguilera The Hunger Games. Whatever else, she can sing. Red Eyes The War On Drugs One of the best albums of the year. Simple and Sure The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Good alt-indie band. This particular song is a bit too sweet. Waterfall Fear of Men "Our lives contracted. I'm not alone in this." English band with simple, non-indulgent sound. Staring At the Stars Passenger Suddenly on the radar? Previous album is better than current album. Man In The Moon Coyote Grace West Coast troubadour threesome. Very nice and full acoustic sound The Last Time Taylor Swift (feat. Gary Lightbody) Nice duet. Unmistakebly Love Stephaniesid Another playlist repeat from circa 2007. Probably a commercial now. A Year Ago Today Bear's Den Great Lake Swimmers genre with a little more bounce.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Coming Home Kaiser Chiefs Stadium band, with sing along appeal 21st of May Nickel Creek Finger picking return Brothers The War On Drugs This album is genius All I Want Kodaline Mumford & Sons The Long Journey Home Rodney Crowell Road-trip or ironic traffic anthem A Sky Full of Stars Coldplay Classic sports montage music Lavender Ray LaMontagne Not Marillion's version of a UK lullaby. Milwaukee The Both Aimee Mann's best is The Forgotten Arm, but this is interesting. Southern Sun Boy & Bear Begins like Midlake and evolves into a 70s/80s sing along. Standing in the Sun Jessica Lea Mayfield Fails to showcase her excellent voice. She's alt country, but less so here. Oh, Carolina NEEDTOBREATHE Country rock folkstra. Shut In Strand of Oaks Interesting artist. Hard to pinpoint, but nice sound and good writing. Heart Is A Drum Beck Another good song from one of his best albums Kiss Me Darling Twin Forks Playlist repeat is thoroughly enjoyable Learn It All Again Tomorrow Ben Harper & Ellen Harper Talented Stars Keep On Calling My Name Mac DeMarco Demur afterthought music. Somewhat minimalist. Anywhere But Here Drew Holcolmb & The Neighbors Enjoyable alt country The Only Home I've Ever Known Reckless Kelly MP's favorite album Gone The Strange Familiar Not what one would expect. Full voices and full sound. This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart Guster They make good music.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Save Your Season Mint Julep While a sucker for the drink, the atmospherics of this song are also appealing. Blue Moon Beck As hard is it may seem, this album is absolutely fantastic. If You Only Knew Her The New Mendicants If you like the Pernice Brothers, you will like this. We think it is great. Vacation Wake Owl Something happened between last year's awesome EP and this release. Get the EP! Supernova Ray LaMontagne A little too psychedelic this go around. Hometown Blues Syd Arthur Love the piano in this and even the interesting chorus with the instrumental accompaniment Bridges Broods A freebie, but if you put it on late at night on your way home from the city, it makes sense. Bad Self Portraits Lake Street Drive Very talented jazz-rock band. Either you are in or you are out. So Much Wine The Handsome Family Absolutely must have this song. There are three chords, but this is a classic. I Never Knew There Would Be You Lil' Sis Not getting the band title, but really dig the song. Blue Jean Sky Over the Rhine Pedal steel. Kind of admire this duo and their story. Catherine The Black Lillies This is a good band and a good album. Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark) Unknown Mortal Orchestra A retro sound. One would survive without, but it is interesting. My Time Wheeler Brothers Nice, relatively unremarkable alt-country sound. Heart Like a Wheel Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers A rare find. See comments on Zoe in playlists below. Tennessee sound from Seattle. Gale Song The Lumineers Also from the Hunger Games Tin Star Linda Ortega Could be a playlist repeat, but awesome song. Made Up English Oceans Drive-By-Truckers They've lost some stars, but they've done things the right way. The Golden Throne Temples The good part is that the arrangement matches the title of the song. Say Anything (feat. Jill Andrews) Anderson East A bit demur, but it is a nice singer-songwriter song. Love the Everybodyfields.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Believer American Authors Why eschew just because it's popular? I Want it All Karmin 80's Disco Happy (From Despicable Me 2) Pharrell Williams A song for all the generations. Kong The Notwist Very good song from a band that has evolved nicely. Begin Again Taylor Swift Have to admit, she writes good songs Follow Your Arrow Kacey Musgraves Progressive country Odds & Ends Magnolia Memoir A bit Brandi Carlile a bit Tift Merritt, etc. Highway Don't Care (feat. Taylor Swift & Keith Urban) Tim McGraw Terrible, but extraordinarily catchy Oh Whisky Recall Jimi Goodwin A wonderful song even if you don't drink 'whisky.' Dreaming of Houses Nina Persson Nothing like the Cardigans- better. Rust or Gold Jill Andrews 1/2 of the Everybodyfields. They must get back together. Sophie Bear's Den Recommend this album. Alt-blue grass country folkstra. Dogwood Whiskey Myers Super upbeat alt-country When Everything Was What It Was The Belle Brigade Sort of Fleetwood Mac- Buckingham style Luna Bombay Bicycle Club Enjoyable lush sound. Silhouettes Of Monsters and Men Not too different from the rest, but this about completes the album. Fight to Keep Run River North Ok, so it is remake of Mumford & Sons, etc. Varsity Smith Westerns Atmospheric, but a very good soundtrack-like sound Atlas Coldplay The Hunger Games
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS We Came to Smash - In a Black Tuxedo Martin Solveig Late submersion in fun movies that remain over MP's head. Start a Riot Jetta Not bad background music for a traffic-ridden drive Lose Yourself to Dance Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams) Bring back Earth, Wind and Fire Entertainment Phoenix Despite the annoyances, good song from their last album Golden City Matrimony Very upbeat duet Open Season High Highs Becca laments over Jessie Far From the Roses Minor Alps Starts off like Midlake and finishes with an early 80s soft-rock chorus December Moon Matt Kabus Singer songwriter with a very good sound for a cold winter afternoon Song My Love Can Sing Doug Paisley NOT Brad. Another singer songwriter with a bit more of a small town feel All Too Well Taylor Swift The performance of this at the Grammys was actually really, really good. Talladega Eric Church Road trip music. That's all. The Deer & The Wolf Sophie Ellis-Bextor Interesting and up-beat Jungle Nina Persson This is the lead singer of the Cardigans. Great album Merry Go 'Round Kacey Musgraves Progressive country Same Mistakes Black Lillies Great alt-country band. Far From Any Road The Handsome Family Intro to True Detective Season 1 You Got Me Ashley Monroe Lovely, slightly dark alt-country The Body Electric Hurray For the Riff Raff Slightly gruff, and dark but catchy, so could not resist Magic Frances Cone Not a running song, but a great voice Are You Alright? Lucinda Williams Season 1 of True Detective
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Locked Out Of Heaven Bruno Mars MP LOVES this song After the Disco Broken Bells The Shins with a buzz Get Lucky Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams) Bring back Earth, Wind and Fire Cardiac Arrest Bad Suns Through The Deep, Dark Wood The Veils It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus) Arcade Fire Invisible (RED) U2 Thanksgiving Stephen Kellogg Crazy Bird Wild Child Advanced Falconry Mutual Benefit Los Angeles California Wives Native State Jess Williamson Silver Timothy Damien Jurado Cavalier James Vincent McMorrow Long Time Gone Billie Joe & Norah Jones Harmonia Cass McCombs Holocene Bon Iver
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Break The Walls Fitz & The Tantrums Carry-over from 2013. We Are Explorers Cut Copy New Year's Resolution music Sleeping With a Friend Neon Trees Waves Sleeper Agent Mind Over Matter Young The Giant Coming of Age Foster The People Stop Signs The Moondoggies Reflections MisterWives Luv, Hold Me Down Drowners Never Too Late Blue Rodeo Speed Of Sound Communist Daughter Sheets Down Connor Christian & Southern Gothic Gone The Head and The Heart Home For The Holidays Wheeler Brothers Everything Will Be Okay Home Free When The Sun Gets In Your Blood Railroad Earth Morning Light The Dirty Guv'nahs Dreamin Rayland Baxter
SONGS ARTISTS Alaska The Silver Seas Beggars Guild Roadkill Ghost Choir Cruise Florida Georgia Line Diamonds The Boxer Rebellion Finish Line FanFarlo From this Valley The Civil Wars Further On Bronze Radio Return Harper Lee Little Green Cars Hero Family of the Year Line of Fire Junip Love To Get Used Matt Pond Ramona Night Beds Sideways Let's Go Sailing When You Sing School of Seven Bells Whippoorwill Annuals Wild Country Wake Owl You Don't Know Me The Polyphonic Spree Safe and Sound Capital Cities Down Down The Deep River Okkervil River Dirty Paws Of Monsters and Men The Anarchist Rush Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker Lonely Anywhere The Everybodyfields Stockholm Jason Isbell Things Will Change Treetop Flyers No Way Down The Shins Little Games The Colourist Trouble Knows My Name Rand Rogers Band (feat. Willie Nelson) Ends of the Earth Lord Huron Chasing The Sunset Imaginary Cities Tennessee Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Song For Zula Phosphorescent Shake The Head and The Heart
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Faded Heart School of Seven Bells All Eyes On You St. Lucia Afterlife Arcade Fire High School Lover Cayucas Graceless The National The Old and the Young Midlake Wild Honey The Silver Seas Dear Fellow Traveler Sea Wolf Homecoming Heroes The Head and The Heart Great Day The Sounds The Other Side of OK Drag The River As Fast As My Feet Linda Thompson (et al.) Black, Black Water The Greencards The Muse The Wood Brothers Sometimes the Grass Is Really Greener Robbie Fulks Brother Wind Tim O'Brien Texas The Band of Heathens The Nothing Part II Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Run Delta Rae My Friends The Head and The Heart Underneath the Tree Kelly Clarkson The Night School of Seven Bells Later On The Swon Brothers Drinks After Work Toby Keith Whatever She's Got David Nail Carolina Parmalee Ooh, Belle The Barr Brothers I've Got Freedom Lily & Madeleine Are You My Love Kelley Stoltz Teach Me To Know The Lone Bellow Tennessee Great Peacock Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Marcus Mumford & Justin Hayward-Young When I Knew Eleanor Friedberger Dreams of Cannibalism Typhoon Tiderays Volcano Choir Omnicide Annuals Til the Storm Has Gone Thy Whybirds Truth#2 Patty Griffin Clouds Never Break Belle Adair
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Strong London Grammar (Everything Is) Debatable Hellogoodbye Get To You Matt Wertz My Heart Belongs To You Johnathan Rice Antiphon Midlake Haunted Leagues If You Didn't See Me [Then You Weren't On the Dancefloor] Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Lol. Tin Star Lindi Ortega Ends of the Earth Lord Huron Pretend It's Love The Postelles (feat. Alex Winston) There Can Be Only One Cass McCombs The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down The Band Meet Me At the Edge of the World Over the Rhine Colours To Life Temples Every Mile The Parson Red Heads Chain My Name Polica Wave Forms Islands Holy Weather Civil Twilight Speed The Collapse Metric Make A Wish On Me Helena Hunt
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Forever Mine The Greencards Appalachian Hilltop Truth & Salvage Co. Cool Kids Echosmith Another Story The Head and the Heart Pumpin Blood Nonono The Mother We Share CHVRCHES Johnson Blvd Amos Lee Open Ended Life The Avett Brothers Don't Swallow the Cap The National No Stranger Small Black Love Don't Go The Family Crest Hearts Like Ours The Naked and Famous The Dream's In The Ditch Deer Tick Ever Loved Once Blitzen Trapper Further Away (Romantic Police) Lissie Golden The Tontons Dark Road Sarah Jarosz Wave Forms Islands Ribs Lorde If It's The End Willy Mason
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Ghosts Go Blind Ola Podrida Houses Are Burning Treetop Flyers Midnight Owl The Moondoggies Lonely Anywhere The Everybodyfields My Old Friend Sam Amidon Summer Skin Amy Cook Red Vines Aimee Mann Down Along The Dixie Line Punch Brothers The Girl I Knew Reckless Kelly The Place That I Call Home Infamous Stringdusters Round Here Florida Georgia Line Down Down The Deep River Okkervil River Reflektor Arcade Fire Shotgun The Band of Heathens Riddles Minus The Bear Knee Socks Arctic Monkeys Drew Goldfrapp
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Burn Ellie Goulding Harper Lee Little Green Cars The Wire HAIM Yep, drank the Kool-Aide In Nothing Sea Wolf Backwoods Company The Wild Feathers Bad Reputation Haley Bonar Switzerland The Last Bison Sideways Let's Go Sailing Relatively Easy Jason Isbell Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) Gary Allan I Hold On Dierks Bentley Ease My Mind Two Tons of Steel Beer in the Headlights Luke Bryan The Last Goodbye Reckless Kelly Runnin' Outta Moonlight Randy Houser Forever Mine (feat. Sons of Father) The Greencards Loner In Disguise The Ravenna Colt Nothing Arrived Villagers The Way We Touch We are Twin I Didn't See It Coming (Richard X Mix) Belle and Sebastian
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Ceiling The Wild Feathers Tour of Duty Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Beautiful Ben Rector Stand Back Stevie Nicks Old Friend Sea Wolf The John Wayne Little Green Cars Love Is War American Young Shake The Head and The Heart Mercy TV On The Radio Alaska The Silver Sea Song For Zula Phosphorescent Come and Stay Vic and Gab Up From Below Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Same Old Same Old The Civil Wars Fields of June (feat. Frank Turner) Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Flying The Del-Lords Quill The Last Bison Whippoorwill Annuals Another is Waiting The Avett Brothers Forever Mine (feat. Sons Of Fathers) The Greencards
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The End is Nigh Bell XI Inspired by Talking Heads Things Will Change Treetop Flyers Modern day vintage 70's? Thoroughly enjoyable. Heidecker & Woods Yamaha Delta Spirit Wonderful sound. Niche selection from a very appealing album College Rogue Wave Humor becomes them. Perfect vacuuming song All The Time The Strokes The slight expansion of sound is welcome. One of their best albums. The Descent Bob Mould Not new, but refreshingly original Montreuil Team Ghost Montreuil-sur-Mer? Not sure. A quick fix for a droning mid-2000s sound. Sunshine Court Yard Hounds Nice song from a cobbled together country folk ensemble Younger Days Mount Moriah Easy to sing along folk/Americana The One That Got Away The Civil Wars Unfortunately overhyped duo that has very enjoyable music Crosses Stephen Kellogg Dude can sing. Can't help but think about corn flakes though Beekeeper Aoife O'Donovan A name like that deserves a listen Ain't It Enough Old Crow Medicine Show Classic alt-blue-grass Stockholm Jason Isbell Perfect vision of a harbor in Sweden Man Neko Case Seems like it was written for someone else, maybe a man? Maybe not. Troublemaker Camera Obscura Uplifting song from an otherwise drab album Pompeii Bastille Fun song. A little strange, but it is about a tumbling city, so. Leaves Cheers Elephant Recalls something from the recent past. Possibly the song immediately preceding. Float Pacific Air Groovy. Works for long walks or short runs. Byegone Volcano Choir A nice blend of 80s pomp and 2000s sophistication People of the Sticks The Besnard Lakes A modern prog platform with excellent harmonies and perfectly listenable instrumentation
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Dance the Cosmos Light Light Heat Ways To Go Grouplove It All Feels Right Washed Out Brother Swear And Shake Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker Black Holes Frontier Ruckus Safe and Sound Capital Cities Mind Your Manners Pearl Jam Brave Sara Bareilles You Don't Hear Me Now Golden Animals On the Sun Royal Forest Mission Bells Matt Nathanson Flyin' Down a Back Road Justin Moore In Love With The Girl Luke Bryan How 'Bout You Eric Church Missin' You Crazy Jon Pardi Second Chances Gregory Alan Isakov The Heart of Dixie Danielle Bradbery
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Further On Bronze Radio Return Wanna Feel It The Olms The Stairs Family Of The Year Sweater Weather The Neighbourhood Tap Out The Strokes Until The Morning Akron/Family Chocolate The 1975 Fall for You Young Galaxy Only Natural Smith Westerns Cruise Florida Georgia Line Drunk Last Night Eli Young Band Shake It Off Ash Bowers Crash My Party Luke Bryan Don't Ya Brett Eldredge American Beautiful The Henningsens I Want Crazy Hunter Hayes Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran) Taylor Swift American Lovers pacificUV When You Sing School of Seven Bells
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Hero Family of the Year Very lovely song Sea of Love The National Another good album, though they continue to be slightly overrated. Passing On The New Frontiers Great song from earlier album Everlasting Arms Vampire Weekend Ok and better than most of the over-adulated sounds of the day The Body In Rainfall Wild Nothing New album is not quite as catchy as the last but very enjoyable. Home Delta Spirit Very nice album Hope Kopecky Family Band New album is more cross-cutting, but as good as the last. Note to Self Jake Bugg The next best thing. 70s folk, singer-songwriter of the Cat Stevens ilk The Secret The Airborne Toxic Event Anthem-style band is very listenable even if somewhat trite. Always The Boxer Rebellion Consistently good Grow Wake Owl All of the songs on this EP are good. In Brilliant Sunshine Delays Nostalgic for their 2006 sound. Boy Emma Louise Hints of a more reserved Saint Savior's "I Call This Home" 3AM Spiritual Smith Westerns Oasis Finish Line FanFarlo Talking Heads mit ensemble We Bought a Zoo Jonsi Actually liked this movie. It Doesn't Matter to Him John Grant Dude reminds of Anderson on the Miami Heat (not as tall). Really weird prog/Floyd ending. Letting Go National Skyline Coldplay voice with more atmospherics. This State is Your Life A Silent Film 80s reprisal. Sings "glass" like "gloss." Enjoyable enough. If It Doesn't Rain Sally Shapiro Phoning it in a bit a la Ivy, but remain loyal to spectrum of work
SONGS ARTISTS <15 Words One Way Trigger The Strokes Mit Falsetto. Critics rib, but refreshing update to familiar sound. Next Year Two Door Cinema Club Good, upbeat sounds for the run mix. Sounds like Rogue Wave Dropla Youth Lagoon Interesting sound Drifter Roadkill Ghost Choir This is a new favorite band. Recovery Frank Turner 90s throwback. Can't believe the 90s is a genre. Wildest Moments Jessie Ware Not easy it characterize Train With No Name The Veils One of our favorite bands along the lines of Tapes 'n Tapes Spring Has Sprung British Sea Power New Album. Psychedelic Furs sound with modern touches America Religious Caroline Rose Slow, plodding folk, turns into a country/bluegrass thumper. Trouble Know My Name (feat. Willie Nelson) Randy Rogers Band Worth it for Willie Seven Angels Hem Not a running song, but lovely. Sad Angel Fleetwood Mac New song. Lindsey-centric. Never Wanted Your Love She & Him Try to ignore who it actually is. Keepin Our Eyes Out Fitz & The Tantrums Similar sound from last album. Similarly refreshing. From A Window Seat Dawes One of the few original sounds of the day. Handsprings The Kingsbury Manx Modern-day 60's prog troubadours. Soothing. Little Games The Colourist Upbeat full sound Weight Mikal Cronin Alt/rock pop Serial Bowls Futurebirds Garage rock sound with southern rock/REM influences.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Gonna Fly Now Bill Conti Great touring artist:) Strictly Reserved For You Charles Bradley Good old school soul. One and done Everything You Need The Lonely Wild Muted horns and thumping drums. Reminded of Rusted Root slightly. Diamonds The Boxer Rebellion New Album is as good as the others. Line of Fire Junip Subdued, atmospheric, crescendo build. You'll Never Go Wake Owl All of the songs on this EP are good. New Lover Josh Ritter Familiar sound, with a Simon & Garfunkle like feel. I Love You, I Do Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Short, simple folk lullaby Green Eyes And A Heart of Gold The Lone Bellow Folksy rock. Imagine crossing the Verrazano Bridge to this song one day Just Make It Stop Low Not the most uplifting, but the band's name is Low after all No Freedom Dido Not as drab as the last album, but close I've Been Around Wheeler Brothers A little Jack Johnsonesque ,with a fuller sound Put A Light On Generationals Passion Pit, Foster the People, Grouplove, etc. Ghosts and Creatures Telekinesis Radiohead texture with MGMT sound Float Away Donora Similar to the Grammy pop songs of last summer You Don't Know Me The Polyphonic Spree Song really grows on you. Takes a couple of listens In the City Caveman A bit too atmospheric but has a little Peter Gabriel to it. Chasing the Sunset Imaginary Cities It sounds like a perfect song for the end of a horror movie or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for some reason Cherry Blossoms Night Beds Different sound from Ramona. Pretty song. Boat Song Woodkid Voice like the Editors with the National sounding finish (piano and horns)
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Suit & Tie Justin Timberlake Originally thought this song was a joke from Saturday Night Live Dirty Paws Of Monsters And Men Finally broke down with their most popular song. Love to Get Used Matt Pond Revisited by special request. Now That I've Found You (Version 2) Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed Folk/country. Very sweet song Little Numbers Boy Girls. Good accompaniment for slicing onions Vacation Griffin House 70s sound like Heidecker & Woods Burn Thru Abigail Washburn Sounds like an old lady at times, but a good singer/songwriter Railroads Holly Williams Choo Choo. The boy likes it. Good Light Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Pretty much straight country Love Like Mine Nashville Cast (Hayden Panettiere) Fan of the show in the family Summer Child Dar Williams Love this album from 2012 Human Parade Silver Lakes Atlanta band from a few years ago. Ramona Night Beds Album a bit different from this song Whisper The Dear Hunter Alternative. Not very complicated, but enjoyable. Mt. Washington Local Natives Great song. Ode to NH Let the Day Begin Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Swear this is a remake. A little Jane's Addiction The Woodpile Frightened Rabbit Feed your lawn; feed it. Clever Creatures The Cave Singers Not Nick Cave. From Seattle, but sound a little Southern rock. Waitin' Caitlin Rose Good siren voice and simple groove. Because He Love Her So The Dust Busters & John Cohen Bluegrass love song.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Breakers Local Natives Interesting sound tries a little hard to be different, but good for the run mix. Keep Together Hunter Hunted A solo road-trip song when you're missing everyone American Nomad The Apache Relay Blythe Danner's movie choices (e.g., "What's Your Number?") = title of song May (Safe Hearts) Plantman Hard to become enamored with a band named Plantman, but good song. What I Love The Spinto Band Has a Beatlesesque effort as so many do at the bridge. Careless Beach Fossils The vocal is too muffled. Still a good mood song Pretty Girl From Michigan The Avett Brothers From the Carpenter. Remnants of their earlier stuff. Be Less Rude Frightened Rabbit The accent does not bother Beggars Guild Roadkill Ghost Choir Great song Silver Lining Guards Not from the movie. Uplifting song of the Sambassadour genre. Sex On The Regular Miniature Tigers It is a fun song and grows on you. Go to Sleep, Mess Day Joy A little too subdued, but we've all been there. The Storm The Airborne Toxic Event Yeah, this one is a little like that New Orleans band (Kings of Leon ?) The Hurdle The Joy Formidable It's like Letters to Cleo with Smashing Pumpkins guitars Illusions Shout Out Louds More evolved sound than previous albums Tennessee Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Very good folk/country band Somebody Help Me Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Dawn McCarthy Southern rock with country twinges. Not bad. Lies The Mavericks Elvis from Vegas. No? It's awesome. Blue Canoe Blue Mountain From the lost files of Athens, Ga. Violin Amos Lee One of his best
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Private Eyes Hall & Oates The Americans Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Kelly Clarkson She's got pipes Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen Reminder of the Summer Olympics Try Pink Never again Sinful Heaven Bear In Heaven Eminence Front The Who The Americans Tribeca South of France I Never Knew You The Avett Brothers Wild Country Wake Owl Best find so far. Folksy Restless Heart Matt Hires Where I Belong Jenny Simmons Teenage Veronica Falls My Number Foals Charlie Brown Coldplay This is the one for the Grammys? Love to Get used Matt Pond Great song. Not sure why some think he sold out. Running for Cover Ivan & Alyosha Large Taken By Trees Symptoms Atlas Genius Madness Muse This is the one for the Grammys Weird Winter Brian Wright
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Home & Dry The Silver Seas Great unknown band Summer of Broken Hearts Palmetto Something off of Switched at Birth- maybe No Way Down The Shins The best ones are not always the most popular Hang Loose Alabama Shakes Good for hanging out on the porch and relaxing Lazuli Beach House Abstract reverb is actually very addicting Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men Not sure it is very mountainy, but their Icelandic (read: Canadian) sound is pleasant enough. Change Churchill A less bluesy Alabama Shakes The Anarchist Rush If I could play these instruments, this is how I would wish to play them. (Bass-line at measure 25) I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 2 chord fast tempo banjo. Formulaic, but fun. Hindsight The Long Winters Brooding. Familiar sound, but can't place it. The Grays? Get Your Shine On Florida Georgia Line Not our favorite Randy Rogers/Abbott, etc., but uplifting for a cold January. Tarnished Gold Beachwood Sparks Good folk band. Bleeding Out The Lone Bellow A good, diverse album with good voices. Red Flag Diver Aimee Mann A good throw-back of early days on new album Paradise Wild Nothing Subtle New Order and Depeche Mode Genesis Grimes Driving through the city late at night. Jean's Waving Amor de Dias This is the Clientele dude under a different name. Like the laid back sound. The Swan of Meander Lone Wolf Lovely song. Maybe too lovely Year of the Cat Al Stewart Playlist namesake. So cheesy.
SONGS ARTISTS Emmylou First Aid Kit Liliputt Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny Set Fire To The Rain Adele Both Sides Are Even The Boxer Rebellion Keep Your Head Up Ben Howard Waterfall The Fresh & Onlys We Go Together The Farewell Drifters Empty Pockets Yarn Young Guns Moonlight Bride Sweet Georgia Pines Abbie Gardner Stubborn Love The Lumineers Working Titles Damien Jurado Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Ballad of Oregon River City Extension Breathing Underwater Metric Resuscitate Wintersleep On the Sea Beach House Stars Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 7 & 7 Turnpike Troubadours Live and Die The Avett Brothers Labrador Aimee Mann The Gifted and the Damned Repeater Cough Syrup Young the Giant Jane The Silver Seas Birmingham Shovels & Rope Slow Cruel Hands of Time Band of Horses Wishes and Stars Harper Simon Something to Me Tift Merritt All the While The Pines My Love Will Keep Adrienne Young & Little Sadie Nocturne Wild Nothing Heaven The Walkmen
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 Words The Lights Mull Historical Society Colin McIntyre 's lip biting made for tv anthem. I like the lights. Tell Me Dark Dark Dark Moody piano driven tune. The Enemy The Raveonettes An upbeat song about an enemy. Guitar sound like the Cure. Within You Ray LaMontagne I can't remember what movie or show, but it really grows on you. Heads Roll Off Frightened Rabbit Trying to follow in the Avett Brothers' footsteps a little. Quit You Tristan Prettyman Probably an Apple commercial Mother of Invention The Trishas Country voices inspire creativity (i.e. work around the house) Lord Knows Dum Dum Girls Talking with the lord god. Neverending Math Equation Sun Kil Moon Mark Kozelek. Great song. The Night I Learned How Not to Pray Iris DeMent Another Kitty Wells-like sound. October New London Fire Really like this guy's stuff. This has a little more twang to it than earlier music. Venice The Lighthouse and the Whaler Picture running through the flooded streets to the city square and rousing the pigeons! Now is the Start A Fine Frenzy She's bought into the new sound. It's not bad. Come Home CHAPPO Got caught caught up in this commercial while painting the kitchen. Can't remember which commercial. Sweet Georgia Pines Abbie Gardner Ode to the home country Room to Grow Adrienne Young This is a wonderful little song (Untitled) Love Song Romany Rye Great music. Plays well live. Pique Menomena Interesting band. Tough to peg the genre, so I guess "indy" They threw some horns in. San Francisco The Mowgli's Very upbeat jingle. Also a candidate for a commercial. You wonder if they write them that way just hoping . . . Through My Prayers The Avett Brothers Beautiful song
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 Words Kasper Sea Wolf One of our favorite bands. Another very good album Red Taylor Swift It is what it is. Don't be ashamed. Jane The Silver Seas "Jane, you know I'm fond of you . . ." JHS' favorite. Great band from Tennessee via UK, via France. Cry for Judas The Mountain Goats Very upbeat for these guys. More energy than their previous albums. Panic Station Muse Sorry Muse. You are Prog. This is so 80s and completely different from their anthems. Good for them. Cough Syrup Young the Giant Maybe they just have a cold. We love this song. How to Live Band of Horses This album is wonderfully different. Really, really like it. Play it through a few times. To Myself Tift Merritt Short diminutive song. Very laid back. All My Days Alexi Murdoch Nick Drake. Yet Again Grizzly Bear The Rosebuds and the Blonde Redheads. A little Radiohead without trying to sound that way. The Pit Silversun Pickups The Pit. The Panic Room. The Pantry. The Picnic. The P nouns are their thing. I Wonder Rodriguez 60 minutes. Who knew? Love the bass player Black Water Falls The War On Drugs Dylan before the 80s and with a couple of other musicians. Never Far Behind Ryan Bingham Either you like this guy's voice or you don't. If you do, good song. Unfinished Ben Sollee Good singer songwriter with a variety of styles. Burning Up the Sky The Parson Red Heads This is familiar (folk/americana), but can't quite peg it. CSNY, but not really. Deer Creek Canyon Sera Cahoone Lovely guitar strumming Splitter Calexico Great driving song. More upbeat than usual. Yer Only Job Joseph Arthur Found this on his crazy Web Site. Like it.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 Words Follow Me Muse Caroline Old Crow Medicine Show Live and Die The Avett Brothers Whispers In the Dark Mumford & Sons Self Made Little Big Town Nocturne Wild Nothing Would That Not Be Nice Divine Fits Applesauce Animal Collective Skyfall Adele Holding All My Love For You Julianna Raye My Dear Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics Cherokee Cat Power The Gifted and the Damned Repeater Labrador Aimee Mann Where'd All the Living Go Imaginary Cities Champion The Chevin It's Time Imagine Dragons My Shepherd The New Pornographers We Almost Had a Baby Emmy the Great
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 Words Dead Flowers Deer Tick Raggamuffin Selah Sue We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Taylor Swift I know.. . . OMG, like never. I Bought My Eyes Ty Segall Band The Garden Rush Dreams The Cranberries Sugar Pill Ambulance LTD Ode to the Summer Syd Arthur Toska Minus the Bear Overwhelmed Tim McMorris Amber Waves Erin McCarley Peaceful Easy Feeling Eagles The Wind Zac Brown Band Lost Kid The Apache Relay I Will Remain Matthew and the Atlas Weights & Measures Dry the River All the While The Pines If Only You Knew An Atlas to Follow Cali in a Cup Woods Dreams So Real Metric
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 Words There & Back Again River City Extension The Head and the Heart, only it rocks a little more. Faster Than The Speed of Light The Soundtrack of Our Lives Remember these guys? Very uplifting song. Neither Here Nor There Lost In the Trees Charmer Aimee Mann Midland Arthur Beatrice Home Sweet Home The Farm Inc. Did It For the Girl Greg Bates Knock Knock Band of Horses There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) Billy Ocean We found ourselves singing the "aye ya ya yi" part out load in the grocery store. Never Meant to Love You Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons Cathie (Carry On) The Dreaming Spires Clock Winder Hilary Hahn & Hauschka I wonder if Hauschka is the PK for the Seahawks? Flutes Hot Chip Clothes, Friends, Photos Peter and Kerry No Rest Dry the River Home Misty Miller We Come Running Youngblood Hawke Talk About Lonesome Beachwood Sparks Presence of Mind The Fresh & Onlys Sunshine In Chicago Sun Kil Moon
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 Words Eg Anda Sigur Ros There are accents missing in name, but the music is for most any mood. Fever Maps & Atlases Very familiar, but cannot place it. Good mix of genres. 1904 The Tallest Man On Earth A little Deer Tick. All the World BoDeans Melrose Place or Friends? Or, is it Party of Five? I Don't Know Kat Edmonson I Don't Know Either, but I nice song. All Those Friendly People Funeral Suits Not too bad, but difficult to distinguish. Love Don't Leave Me Waiting Glen Hansard Not that much testosterone. Goodbye Normal Street Turnpike Troubadour Alt. Country. Like these guys. Where I'll Be Horse Feathers The soothing sounds . . . Watch the Show M. Ward Are we all really wondering what M. stands for? I Believe In You Buddy Miller Good one from Mercyland CD. Not all are. Pass It On The Grascals A little straw in the mouth and knee slapping, but I like it. Stone In Love Journey It's a stone in love, man. Be Ready When I say Go Emperors Picture a fist pump during the chorus, flared nostrils and some squinting. Empire of Our States Girlyman (avec Emily Sailors) I'm guessing from NY? Puppets Man Without Country Puppets are weird. Take A Walk Passion Pit Sound of the moment. Sleeping Ute Grizzly Bear With name like Grizzly Bear, one would think Americana- nope. Santa Cruz Erin McKeown Wonderful song.
SONGS ARTISTS GENRE Randy Lynn Rag Charlie Cushman Bluegrass Flint Hill Special David Talbot Bluegrass The Foothills Sara Watkins Bluegrass Pipe Knot Trampled By Turtles Alt Bluegrass/Folkstra Ground Speed Kenny Ingram Bluegrass New Multitudes Jay Farrar/Will Johnson Country Folkstra Miles to Go Alison Krauss & Union Station Country/Bluegrass/Folk Look The Other Way Justin Townes Earle Swingin' Folkstra Josefin First Aid Kit Alt Country Earl's Breakdown Joe Mullins Bluegrass Heart Fixer The Greencards Alt Country Kansas City Southern Turnpike Troubadours Alt Country Folkstra I'm a Memory Sara Watkins Country Folkstra Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife Great Lake Swimmers Folk Come Inside Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Alt Country Folkstra The Carolinian (live) Chatham County Line Country/Bluegrass Home in the Woods Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons Folkstra/Country Midnight on the Interstate Trampled By Turtles Folkstra/Alt Bluegrass Nashville Skyline Rag J.D. Crowe Bluegrass Searching (For Someone Like You) Kitty Wells Folk/Country Steel Guitar Rag Tony Trischka Bluegrass
SONGS ARTISTS <15 Words Lost In the Sun Ivy Summer Beach Song. Trippy This Summer Superchunk Summer. A little Vince Neil at first. The lyrics are funny. Otherwise skip. Summer's Here The School Summer. Belle & Sebastian or Sambassadeur Pixels Fawn Ok, summer theme over. Belle & Sebastian/Camera Obscura theme still going Get Burned Sleeper Agent Mixed bag. A bit "Letters to Cleo," with a "Grouplove" feel. Not too synthy. We Should Be Swimming Zulu Winter Brooding melody for certain mood. Livens up. Randy Quaid Drawing of Threes (Mark Kozelek) Red House Painters. For the right time of day, week, month, etc. I Call This Home Saint Saviour Battlecry for women everywhere :) Tunnels Robert Francis Starts off poorly but it is a very good, lyrical -heavy song. Blue First Aid Kit Oddly sounds like She & Him, but they are a Swedish alt. country band. Neil Armstrong Allo Darlin' I like the European angle to an Edie Brickell & the New Bohemian-like sound. Somebody Jukebox the Ghost Not as good as "Schizophrenia" from 2010, but similar Paralyse Choir of Young Believers Prog-like, but suredly treated like a modern marvel by the DBs in music media Nothing is Anything (acoustic) Wintersleep I said my piece about this band. They are very good. Only in my Dreams Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti This seems retro. It is has a nice summer mood. Easy listening October The Helio Sequence It is a simple blend of beats, some guitar and synths with a familiar vocal. Venus Anais Mitchell Someone's holding her nose. Got to be. Keep it in Motion Guided By Voices Strange band, but a great, upbeat feel. Lost Love Giant Giant Sand Used to be Giant Sand, but now they have more folks.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 Words On the Sea Beach House Tough not to have this band playing in the background just about anywhere. Ho Hey The Lumineers Played very nicely live. Great new band. Let It Go Fossil Collective Really good tune and lyrics. Will sound good live. Lady Chromatics Listen to the opening song in the movie Drive. The Only Place Best Coast Sounds like a song from a 90s movie- American Pie or such. Nothing's Real But Love Rebecca Ferguson Sultry singer has a big, infectious voice. Adele comes to mind. How Do I know Here We Go Magic Addictive. A very easy listen. It just sort of plays. Big White Bed Guster From the On the Ocean E.P. Not bad. Lock & Key Sara Watkins Best song on her album. Breathing Underwater Metric It is what it is. It is just good. Emily Haines' voice. 200,000 The Rocket Summer Madness. Don't hold it against me. The Wreckers Rush But for the forced rhyme . . ., a very good song still. The A Team Ed Sheeran Who is Ed Sheeran? No idea. Good song though. Stars Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Sounds crazy, but they are actually very good. Hard Way Home Brandi Carlile I think it is already in a commercial. Bummer. Resuscitate Wintersleep This Canadian band has its own sound. We like it very much. 7&7 Turnpike Troubadours It's the Troubs! From their new album. Ballad of Oregon River City Extension Gradual sound build with beautiful harmonies and a blend of acoustics Trembling Hands Temper Trap Australian Band with a full synth sound. He can sing. Land of Hope and Dreams Bruce Springsteen Brother can still do it.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 Words Heaven The Walkmen Fast paced song with just the right reverb. Youth Without Youth Metric If you like the last album, get this one. Star Crossed Memories Robert Francis This is a very great album. Totally recommend it. Crosses many genres. Spirit First (Sincerely, K.) Levi Weaver Guitar picking singer-songwriter. Semi-Automatic The Boxer Rebellion Admittedly favor this band for some reason. A Promise to Keep Brandi Carlile From her new album. She will get overplayed, but deservedly so. Fit Against the Country Horse Feathers Sometimes too ethereal. Not here though. You and Me Sara Watkins Nickel Creek fiddler makes a lively album Westering Hiss Golden Messenger I LOVE this. 70s vibe. To Be Loved By You Callaghan Decatur CD Dude. It is very good. She's not Italian. Chains of Love Ryan Adams Bleeding this great album dry. Easy Come Easy Go Great Lake Swimmers Nothing fancy. But, another soothing Americana tune from a fine Canadian artist. Reverend Pearl and the Beard The New Pornographers. Great voices. Memphis In the Rain Justin Townes Earle N'Orleans style tune about Memphis. Rain Finally Coming Down Josh Abbott Band Zac Brown Band That's What's Up Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Once it gets going, it is catchy. They are better than this. Anna Son Walk the Moon Catchy and reminds me of the movie the Money Pit Sailor Song First Aid Kit On the band waggon with this Swedish folk band Friends of Friends Hospitality Odd. Longer Boats Cat Stevens Every now and then, throw in an oldie.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Good Morning Rogue Wave Very pop sounding. Will make a good commercial. Breakdown Scars on 45 Free song of the week is not so bad Only For You Heartless Bastards The Fairport Convention? Thunderbird The Golden Convention Madonna circa 2005 + Roller Skating circa 1985 = TGC Tonight Sybille Baier Back to real music, but bit of a downer. Somebody That I Used to Know Gotye (feat. Kimbya) Surprising texture. From the Valley The Civil Wars Off of the Mercyland CD It's good. Not all on the album are. Idalou The Josh Abbott Band The Randy Rogers Band California Stars Billie Bragg & Wilco I have absolutely no idea. Americana. Strange Attractor Animal Kingdom Free single of the week. Not terrible. Tuck the Darkness Bowerbirds Interesting web of piano, strings and dynamics. I'm Getting Ready Michael Kiwanuka His brother may or may not be a LB/DE for the NY Giants- no way. Here Lies John The Greencards Alt. Bluegrass masters. Give it Away Andrew Bird Could never get into this guy's music. Good song, though. The Ride Joan as Police Woman Courtesy of Paul Weller. You Are Young Keane New album is quite good Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) Silversun Pickups Sounds suprisingly like Smashing Pumpkins. Old L.A. Jay Farrar There is nothing old about L.A. The song is good, though. Maria Justin Townes Earl Combines blues and folk music into a very listenable conjugation. Beautiful Thing Slaid Cleaves Very nice folk song by singer/songwriter
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Empty Pockets Yarn I love this little folk/country song Young Guns Moonlight Bride 80's flavor, but it is perfectly 10s or whatever we call now. Come On Let's Go Broadcast Ivy with a retro James Bond intro feel. Parted Ways Hearless Bastards Sounds exactly like some other band, but I can't sort it out. Stubborn Love Lumineers Wonderful song. A bit like The Head and the Heart Save Me Gotye Belgian artist that sounds like Ah Ha. Walt Whitman Trampled By Turtles Alt. Blue grass. They are awesome. Flesh and Blood Annuals A favorite from a favorite band of ours. Going Home Little Country Giants Sweet song. If you take the long way home on an old country road . . . Hold On Alabama Shakes Saw this at Best Buy. Really? In the Same Room Julia Holter Enya in a seven time signature. This Girl Punch Brothers Can't believe they cover Radiohead on this album. Not here, but great song. The Capitol Simion Ghost A little Camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian. Myth Beach House The new one by them. It is fine enough. Patricia's Thirst Choir of Young Believers John Hughes' movies from the 80s. Young Thirst Damian Jurado Leonard Cohen. In a way, right? Need Your Love The Temper Trap Not "Love Lost," but we owe it to them for that song. Paddling Out Mike Snow 1st Listen- Nah. Second and third- will not be able to get it out of your head. Watching You Watch Him Eric Hutchinson I think this dude fancies himself another Daryl Hall. Fire Escape Civil Twilight Addictive song with 90's alternative feel. The Darkness Amos Lee Can't top "Windows are Rolled Down," but very nice.
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS The Same Thing Cass McCombs Repeat. Because. . . We Take Care of Our Own Bruce Springsteen Hard not to fall into the trap. Set Fire To The Rain Adele Fantastic song. Orange Blossoms JJ Grey & Mofro Atlanta Live Band I Raise Up Bushwalla Talented funk. Temporary White Rabbits New Sound. Better sound. On The Run Kaiser Chiefs English stadium football Band. Goin' Back To the Country The Magnetic Fields Different. Road trip for the heartland. Dodecahedron Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny To be on Best of 2012. Unfortunate album cover. Start/Stop/Synchro Rose Elinor Dougall Good for a run mix. The Globe Ben Sollee Story teller. Not perfect, but it's got lots of hmmhmm. Luh Luh Love Wide Sea Austrian band sounds like Oasis here. La Grande Laura Gibson Made for a David Lynch movie (or should have been). The Highwayman Arbouretum Can't help it. It's crazy, but I like it. No idea who this is. Swing Low Sail High The Wailin' Jennys Don't you know you are supposed to love this? It's not so bad. Give Out Sharon Van Etten She is a special talent. The Daily Mail Radiohead "It wears me out. It wears me out." From Finner Of Monster & Men Canadian probably. (Ok, Icelandic, but sounds Canadian) Rivers and Roads The Head and the Heart Best Album of 2011, by far . . . Tuesday The Everybodyfields The best band that is no more (At least for now)
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Marianna Wide Sea Austrian Band that has 70s Ambrosia. Song reminds me of a certain tree. Staircase Radiohead Thom York's diminimis beat box thing, but it is still Radiohead. It All Feels The Same Tennis A little retro. Hard to dismiss. It's Only Life The Shins Melodic sing along. Orona Park The Wilderness of Manitoba Ok, so obviously Canadian. Dude at Decatur CD again. Song for Love Plants and Animals Canadian. Not a trend. (1 bad word) Empty House Delta Spirit Great song. Not unique, but it is catchy. Lyrics are humorous. Liliputt Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny To be on Best of 2012. Unfortunate album cover. To Be Fine Sharon Van Etten She is a special talent. It Happens Sugarland Realized I had not yet put a Sugarland song on a playlist. Safe Miranda Lambert Chheeeeeseey. But, it is perfectly fine. Without You Brothers and Sisters Nothing to do with the t.v. show that finally put me out of my misery. New Man Joy Kills Sorrow Very good Americana/fol/alt blue grass band Red Lights Vib Gyor Days of our Lives music, but I confess that I like this song. Black Harvest Cow "It's an older code, but it still checks out." C'mon, the crops have failed. Love Is Requited Elisa You won't hate it. Impossible. Both Sides Are Even The Boxer Rebellion Not a 2012 song, but really worth a thorough listen. Still They Ride Journey Who are "they?" And, why are they still riding? (For LWH)
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Cloak & Dagger The Asteroid Galaxy Tour Probably on an Apple commercial I Know You Know Empire Someone made me include it. A little tough but tender for my taste. Sante Fe Beirut Guess it is about the 1840s guy? Interesting. If I Die Young The Band Perry Why not? Not too proud. My Love Will Keep Adrienne Young and Little Sadie A sweet country/folk song. Written on the Forehead PJ Harvey Bat sh[]t crazy. Perfectly listenable. Games People Play Lissie Not as good as her own stuff, but that's ok. No Escape The Chances A little like the Weepies. Ghost Driver South of France Some vocal distortion, but it is a fun song. Ordinary Husband It's like the lead singer of the National with the band from Big Country. One By One Blackbells A bit like Oasis? Airborne Red Horses of the Snow A bit like New Order? Birds The Revolving Birds Late 60s with Radiohhead synths? Born Alone Wilco I guess the allure is the unpredictability but the consistent vibe. Good Things Kathleen Edwards Tough to be beat "I make the dough, you get the glory." This does. Free (Edit) Graffiti6 No kidding- it was free. It's not bad, actually. River of Pain Newfound Road Like if you ran out of gas "somewheres" on Route 66. Time to Grow Lovell Sisters Country. It's nice. I Can't Wait Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin Accordian beginning. And then, I guess they sing very well together with guitar picking. Ridgeway Backgroads The Biscuit Burners Lively country/bluegrass
SONGS ARTISTS <15 WORDS Laughing Down Crying Darryl Hall "She's Gooooooooooone, oooh ooooh oooh I" Empty Threat Kathleen Edwards Folkey Night in Canada. In the Morning Forest Sun After a glass of wine. Country, but really just singer/songwriting Space Between the Lines Tim O'Brien Classic Americana. Sort of a road trip tune. (He's probably Canadian) Man Made Lake Calexico Best of songs composed/played while on tour. Here to There Sonya Kitchell Probably the best song on this list. You Look So Fine Garbage Easy to miss, but it is actually a very good song. Hit the Ground (Superman) The Big Pink Similar to the "pumped up kicks trend," but it is Superman. Climb Golden Kanine It's the brass that gets me. Hey Moon John Maus If you play piano/keyboards and use the sustain, this song makes sense. Old Mythologies The Barr Brothers This is a great band. Fire Ingrid Michaelson Catchy, like the other one she did. Afternoon Youth Lagoon You'll like it-eventually. There's kind of a Bridge on the River Kwai thing. Silver Dagger Gillian Welch Great voice, but never super overlifting. You know? Midwest Joseph Arthur This dude is wiped out, but I really like this song. My Way Back Home Dawes Faded Greencards Best alt-bluegrass band from Europe and based in Brooklyn. One More Night Joy Kills Sorrow This band is so good. Guitar picking, banjo and lyrics. Yellow House Red Molly Yellow house? This is song for you. (Oh Brother Where art thou ish) One By One Laura Cantrell Sissy Spacek-not really, but . . .
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS The Great Pan is Dead Cold Cave If you have trouble waking up in the morning, tee this one up. Box-Type Love Run Dan Run Just alright dude. Doorstep Tune-Yards Not totally sold, but it is interesting Brother Sparrow Agnes Obel I can't lie. I think the name Agnes Obel is cool. Valley Tampled By Turtles Alt-Bluegrass stalwarts. One of a Kind (Feat. Justin Currie) Naomi Bedford Kind of starts out sounding like Dolly, but simmers down once the dude chimes in. Give it a Try Reckless Kelly Country. Two Hearts Ryan Adams Old, but it is in my head. I'd Feel Better Rosebuds From their Punkier roots. Somewhere Across Forever Stellastar* Ned's Atomic Dustbin with chicks. Somebody Like You The Belleville Outfit Country ensemble with an indie singer. When I Was Young Nada Surf Guitar picking? They may have written this one. Waterfall The Fresh & Onlys Nice reverb sound. Upbeat Don't Carry It All The Decemberists The dude's voice gets on my nerves, but the songwriting is great. Lorelei Fleet Foxes Almost too cool for school, but it just sounds good. Serpents Sharon Van Etten Yes, different from the others. In My TIme Kurt Vile Singer/songwriter. A bit psychedelic. He uses a bad word. Brains Lower Dens Moody, prodding and nice.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS Fireside (Molly's House) Lucy Dreams The Cure without Smith's voice Colours Grouplove 90's alternative (aka, Blind Melon), but the lead singer sounds healthy I Belong In Your Arms Chairlift Apple Nano commercial band actually can do music. O Nathaniel Hiss Golden Messenger There's a hair of 70s in here. Emmylou First Aid Kit Free download turns out to be good Swedish alt-Country. Miss K. Deer Tick Tough to find the 4min. version Words Givers Indie. Good sonic build. Ultimately an upbeat song. Cuts You Up Peter Murphy Totally heard this on some recent TV episode- late 80s classic? Forever The Explorer's Club Alright, so these guys are channeling the Beach Boys. Me and You and A Dog Named Boo Lobo Is this old? It's great. Post War Blues Dan Mangan Canadian. It's good . With My Good Eye Wildfire Decatur CD talked me into this one. Metric? Summer is COming Matt Pond PA I guess he's from PA. Dunno why that's so important. Dimmunitive songwriting. Empty Ray Lamontagne It is in a recent movie (The Driver?) A special song. Honda Civic The Felice Brothers This album is terrible. The song? I loved my Honda Civic. Stopping By Jason Isbell & The 400 Club Really good listening. Nothing fancy and unpretentious folk/pop Fake Pretend Carter Tanton A bit synthy and it gets weird, but it is a really good mood song. Keep Your Head Up Ben Howard Singer/songwriter. Catchy in the David Gray mold. Over You Cat's Eyes Crazy dude from the Horrors.
SONGS ARTISTS < 15 WORDS My Mistakes Eleanor Friedburger Interesting. Fiery Furnaces' voice Into the Wild (Live) L.P. credit card commercial version (picture mad lady with hiking boots singing) Video Games Lana Del Ray This may be all we get All At Once Airborne Toxic Event HBO TV Series theme. Dramatic but enjoyable. Simply Simple Mother Mother Singing it after a couple of listens. Change the Sheets Kathleen Edwards The album is as good as her others. Very folksy Canadian. Simple Song The Shins Yep, it sounds like the Shins. Stay Gold The Big Pink Maybe slightly oversynthed for some, but good on the ears while exercising. Silverlake Azure Ray (feat. Sparklehorse) A bit of a sucker, but it is a good song. We Go Together The Farewell Drifters The Beachboys with a folk touch. Here Lies John Greencards Best alt-bluegrass band from Europe and based in Brooklyn. Easy Come, Easy Go Sierra Hull Country/folk. (long drives in the car) Birmingham The Bittersweets Dug back into the annuls. Refreshing folk/country Mountain Girl Blue Mountain Classic rootsy folk for the college kids Ballad of Restored Confidence Cadillac Sky Not sure how to describe. Sentimental folk. Irresistible Force Jane's Addiction Oh, it's terrible, but they're fun and they did write "Three Days" If I Had a Gun Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Kind of like Oasis, but can't figure out a band name? Be Here Now Silver Lakes Good Atlanta area band Cold Day Sonya Kitchell Singer/songwriter goodness
SONGS ARTISTS Down In the Valley The Head and the Heart This Old Dark Machine James VIncent McMorrow If There Was No You Brandi Carlile Badaboom Tapes 'n Tapes Cross Country Skiing Heidecker & Woods Long Walk Home Railroad Earth This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists I've Been Gone Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Paper Airplane Alison Krauss and Union Station Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee Colors April Smith & The Great Picture Show Not Going Home The Elected The Mirror Jill Andrews Little Lovin' Lissie Uberlin R.E.M. The Dive Fool's Gold Goodbye Love The Redlands Palomino Co. Go Ahead The Rosebuds Shell Games Bright Eyes Dear Holly Romany Rye SONGS ARTISTS Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires Miracle Astrid Williamson Winter Beats I Break Horses Springsteen Eric Church Me & Tennessee Tim McGraw & Gwyneth Paltrow Everything You See (Kids Count Hallelujahs) Portugal, The Man Just A Kiss Lady Antebellum Same Mistake Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Chicago Lucie Wainwright Roche Shake It Out Florence + The Machine Punching In A Dream Naked & Famous When I'm Alone Lissie Cruel St. Vincent Lost and Found Katie Herzig Midnight City M83 Rose Mary Stretch Pepper Rabbit Nomad by Fate Chuck Ragan Murderous Joy Carter Tanton Alabama Pines Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit SONGS ARTISTS Lonely Boy The Black Keys Rolling In The Deep Adele Sweet Sister Annuals Amor Fati Washed Out Tongue Tied Grouplove Love the Way You Walk Away Blitzen Trapper Cry Baby Cee Lo Green Home Engineers Coming Home Gwyneth Paltrow Lantern Josh Ritter Try To Sleep Low Whatever You Say I Am Marriage Blanc Beggar In The Morning The Barr Brothers Blue Eyes Middle Brother Little Talks Of Monsters & Men The Stars Came Out Once The Lights Went Out The Veils Baltic Wintersleep Baby Missiles The War On Drugs Into the Wild L.P. We All Go Back To Where We Belong R.E.M.
SONGS ARTISTS Winter Song The Head and the Heart As Tall as Cliffs Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos Auctioneer The Broken West First Instant Last Report Earlimart River Song Seryn Holy Holy Wye Oak Lonely Boy The Black Keys Falling The Civil Wats Mausoleum Wintersleep Lost In Time Stellastarr Jesus Fever Kurt Vile Georgia Yuck Robin Egg Blue Cass McCombs Oh, Sarah Sunday Valley Highway Song Butcher's Blend Living Free Michael Donner & The Southern Renaissance Alabama Pines Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Kmag Yoho Hayes Carll Into The Wild L.P.
SONGS ARTISTS Better Off Without You Summercamp Future Shadows Forest Fire When I'm With You Best Coast Surfer King A.A. Bondy Before the Bridge Future Islands Shake it Out Florence and the Machine Gold on the Ceiling The Black Keys Winter Wonderland Liz Phair Snow Day Matt Pond PA Love Will Take You Angus and Julia Stone Lay Myself Down Mazzy Star Ghosts The Head and the Heart The Finder Meg Baird The Fear Ben Howard Snow Days Real Estate Punching In A Dream The Naked & Famous Hooked Eilen Jewell Winter Winds Mumford & Sons A Song For My Father Heidecker & Wood Northern Lights Cider Sky
SONGS ARTISTS Tongue Tied Grouplove Something, Somewhere, Sometime Ben Soilee and Daniel Martin Moore Murderous Joy Carter Tanton Little Toy Gun Honeyhoney Days Are Forgotten Kasabian Little Talks Of Monsters and Men Your Past Life As A Blast Okkervil River Swim Jeremy Larson To Be Gone Anna Ternheim Heath Arizona Blue As Your Blood The Walkmen Safe Miranda Lambert Cuckoo Lissie Main Street Deer Tick From Now On The Features Midnight City M83 What Became of You and I? Treelight For Sunlight The Same Thing Cass McCombs Sonnet The Decemberists We All Go Back To Where We Belong R.E.M.
SONGS ARTISTS Same Mistake Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah Endtapes The Joy Formidable Chicago Promenade Jason Isbell My Heart Loney Dear Wait Alberta Cross Antarctica The Weepies 14u & u4Me The Decemberists The Getaway Athlete Slip Away Clarence Carter You're A Friend of Mine Clarence Clemmons & Jackson Browne Shine on You The Duke and the King Hard Livin' Railroad Earth Haunted The Gourds Come Inside Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Chicago Lucy Wainwright Roche Do I Wake or Do I Sleep Homer Hiccolm & The Rocketboys Shooting Star and the Ambulance Pete Francis Dreamin' Alone Hightide Blues Holiday Road Matt Pond PA
SONGS ARTISTS Paradise Coldplay Half Moon Blind Pilot Stand In The Water Wildlife Beggar In The Morning The Barr Brothers Knots Lisa Hannigan Baltic Wintersleep Cruel St. Vincent Lucky Now Ryan Adams Love the Way You Walk Away Blitzen Trapper White Elephant Ladytron A Flower My Love Grows Heirlooms of August Field Song William Eliott Whitmore Lay My Burden Down Alison Krauss & Union Station Rose Mary Stretch Pepper Rabbit Shivering Fawn Fruit Bats First Love Emmy the Great Nomad By Fate Chuck Ragan Virginia (Featuring Amy Ray) Sonia Leigh Wanderin' Justin Townes Earle
SONGS ARTISTS Lost and Found Katie Herzig Just a Kiss Lady Antebellum End of Time Lindsey Buckingham She Walks In So Many Ways The Jayhawks Hello Again Neil Diamond Friend Bob Evans Tigers Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Got it All (This Can't Be Living Now) Portugal, The Man Is And Is And Is White Denim Shoofly Pie The Wood Brothers 20 Years The Civil Wars Ritual Union Little Dragon Blue Cassette Friendly Fires Sparrow and the Wolf James Vincent McMorrow Smile For No One Sarabeth Tucek Goodbye Love The Redlands Palomino Co. Bizness Tune-Yards Ash/Black Veil Apparat Wait in the Dark Memory Tapes Hearts I Break Horses
SONGS ARTISTS Animal Ellie Goulding Hurts Like Heaven Coldplay The Heart is Willing A.A. Bondy Intro The XX Sweet Unrest The Apparat Do I Wait Ryan Adams Fletcher Blitzen Trapper Higher Ground The Believers Run Renee Stahl Who You Are Cary Brothers Sick & Tired Cross Canadian Ragweed Yesterday, Never Clap Your Hands & Say Yeah Everything You See (Kids Count Hallelujahs) Portugal, The Man Springsteen Eric Church You and I The Duke and the King Me & Tennessee Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow It's Already Tomorrow Foster & Lloyd Before the Night is Gone Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers Newspaper Angels Jenny Scheinman
SONGS ARTISTS Miss America Carolina Liar Burn Niki Barr Band Come Visit Me The Rosebuds July Youth Lagoon Dodecahedron Beth Jeans Houghton Calgary Bon Iver Kelly When Saints Go Machine Beautiful Summer Heirlooms of August Coming Down Dum Dum Girls In the Coach Station Light Fonda Viewgirls Wolf Ram Heart Time Spent In Los Angeles Dawes The Circle Married the Line Feist River of Days Rosetta West Whole Love Wilco Arrive There Is No Sin These Days David Juliet Cycles Echorev Day by Day Hank Williams III Musical Chairs Fair to Midland
SONGS ARTISTS Howlin' At The Moon Kopecky Family Band Walking Wires Radical Dads Back And Forth The Bright Light Social Hour Ten-Twenty-Ten Generationals Baby Missiles The War On Drugs Gg White Heath First Light My Morning Jacket How Far We've Come Dawes Within and Without Washed Out Summer Holiday Wild Nothing Love Can Be A Learning The Fruitful Earth She Is Yours Redlands Palomino Co. Love's Voice Jim Lauderdale Batterie Kinzie Fleet Foxes Woods The Rosebuds Loosen The Knot Lissie Lovin' Arms The Wood Brothers Way To The Future Katie Herzig We Owned The Night Lady Antebellum Other Country Burlap to Cashmere
SONGS ARTISTS Philadelphia Freedom Elton John What Part Of Forever Cee Lo Green One Horse Down Baskery What You Said Laura Cantrell Bless You California The Beau Brummels Best Night The War On Drugs Starved Of Affection The Blood Arm The Day Your Mouth Stood Still Captain Wilberforce World Gone Global The Dead Trees The Dive Fool's Gold Picture Of A Bird Fruit Bats Coeur D'Alene The Head and The Heart Hope On The Horizon Megan Henwood Mirage Ladytron Miracle Astrid Williamson Laurel Canyon Kalli Winter Beats I Break Horses Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell Streets of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen
SONGS ARTISTS Hawaiian Air Friendly Fires Morning Thought Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. The Swimming Song Vetiver The House That Built Me Miranda Lambert Flowers In Your Hair The Lumineers Misery Runs MyNameIsJohnMichael Hell On Heels Pistol Annies Wishing On Her Star Lydia Loveless Hand It Out Woods For 12 Other Lives Untitled The Globes Armored Scarves 13 & God Street Joy White Denim Baby Jeans The Wooden Birds Not Going Home The Elected Morning Son Country Mice Poor Eliza Chris Bathgate When My Name Is Spoken Spirit Family Reunion The Honest Truth Typhoon Wild Window Fool's Gold
SONGS ARTISTS The Lonely British Sea Power Blue Eyes Middle Brother Belt of Orion The Belle Brigade It's Real Real Estate Fallin' For You Colbie Caillat Houdini Foster The People Colgne Cerrone Houdini Goldfrapp Amor Fati Washed Out Up Up Up Givers Repatriated Handsome Furs Go Outside Cults I Don't Want Love The Antlers The Way it Goes Gillian Welch That's Where I'm Going Eilen Jewell If I Don't Write This Song, Someone I Love Will Die Hello Saferide Deep Elum Blues Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Wronglers Run The Erins Jolene Ray LaMontagne Think You Can Wait (From the Film Win Win) The Nationals Guilty Cubicles Broken Social Scene
SONGS ARTISTS When I'm Alone Lissie Floating in the Balance Sarah Jarosz Tangie and Ray Fruit Bats Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People Silly Fathers Rubblebucket I Love You, I Do Miss Erika Davies Holocene Bon Iver Endless Scene Still Corners Sleep Patterns Memory House Cathode Ray Blonde Summer Grown Ocean Fleet Foxes It's Always Summer The Corin Tucker Band Almost Blue Joseph Arthur Heart in the Heartbreak The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Carpetbaggers Jenny Lewis Feat. Elvis Costello Twilight Galaxy Metric Circuital My Morning Jacket Up On the North Shore The Sea and Cake I'll Fly Away Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
SONGS ARTISTS Hips Don't Lie Shakira Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) Beyonce In da Club 50 Cent Ride Wit Me Nelly featuring City Spud This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Michael Jackson Baby Got Back Sir Mix-A-Lot On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) Jennifer Lopez Gold Digger (feat. Jamie Foxx) Kanye West Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson) Jay-Z Lose Yourself Eminem Walk this Way Run-DMC The Humpty Dance Digital Underground The Power Snap! Good Vibrations Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch & Loleatta Holloway It Takes Two Rob Bass (et. al) Beautiful Christina Aguilera
SONGS ARTISTS Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists Rise Above 1 (Feat. Bono and The Edge) Reeve Carney Well, Well, Well Duffy Distant Lights Ivy Rolling In the Deep Adele Black Treacle Arctic Monkeys Love Is My New Drug Dawn Kinnard Your Life Beside Us Mark Olson I've Been Gone Zoe Muth And the Lost High Rollers Lonely East TX Nights Whiskey Myers Two Kinds of Happiness The Strokes Honey Come Home The Head and the Heart Go Ahead The Rosebuds Sound of the Bells Jill Andrews Every Girl Turnpike Troubadours Until I Die Brandi Carlile Losers The Belle Brigade Velcro Bell XI
SONGS ARTISTS Eclipse (All Yours) Metric Her Time of Day Sam Hare Village Green Preservation Society Kate Rusby Fields Are Burning Littly Country Giants Favorite Ghost Dawn Kinnard Cats in a Bag The Luyas Choir Of Angels Deer Tick The Soft Attack The Daysleepers Tea Lights Lower Dens Help You Trampled By Turtles Road Movie Tensheds Wandle Swan Danny and the Champions of the World Gossamer Hair Pearly Gate Music Futile Devices Sufjan Stevens Real Life Susan Cowsill Try to Sleep Low Sunshine Smoke Fairies Cumberland D. Charles Speer & The Helix Forever Young Bob Dylan
SONGS ARTISTS Bloom The Veils Sweet Sister Annuals Spanish Sahara Foals Since K Got Over Me The Clientele Heartbreaker Girls Starless The Unthanks The Green Pastures William Tyler Razorbacked D. Charles Speer & The Helix Powers of Ten The See See This Old Dark Machine James Vincent McMorrow This Is for Love Nicole Atkins Cold Heart of Mine Trembling Bells Get Well Soon Sarabeth Tucek Riding For the Feeling Bill Callahan Lost In My Mind The Head and the Heart Black Night The Dodos Old Man on the Mountain PG Six Willow Garden Allison Williams Love the One You're With Tensheds
SONGS ARTISTS Rider Okkervil River Montezuma Fleet Foxes Desert Island Heidecker & Wood It Happened Today R.E.M. Potter's Field Railroad Earth Badaboom Tapes N' Tapes Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk The New Pornographers Two Small Deaths Wye Oak If There Was No You Brandi Carlile Down In the Valley The Head and the Heart Moving Through Georgia Sam Hare Annabel Lee Stevie Nicks Nothing Else Will Do Babe Sandy Denny/Strawberries Le Grand Cochon D. Charles Speer & The Helix Cry Cry Cry Nicole Atkins Especially Me Low Blowing Kisses Sarabeth Tucek Blue Tip The Cars Kaputt Destroyer
SONGS ARTISTS Down From Dover Marianne Faithfull Wizbot Sea of Bees Big Burned Hand Iron & Wine Will Do TV on the Radio Windows Are Rolled Down Amos Lee Tomboy Panda Bear Paper Airplane Alison Krauss & Union Station Rest of Reaction Shake the Baron The Stars Came Out Once the Lights Went Out The Veils An Easy Life Broken Bells Belong The Pains of Being Pure at Heart I Hope That No-One Cris At My Funeral New Rules for Boats Target On Your Heart Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion Constant Future Parts & Labor Shine Like Stars Glasvegas Don't Haunt This Place The Rural Alberta Advantage Lantern Josh Ritter Jonathan Sean Rowe Marching Song Esben & The Witch Something Special Randy Newman
SONGS ARTISTS Happy 81 Modern Skirts Dear Holly The Romany Rye I Follow Rivers Lykee Li Golden Haze Wild Nothing Walk Around the Lake Lost in Trees Facing the Sun Treelight For Sunlight Home Villagers Middle Brother Middle Brother Our Hearts Are Wrong Jessica Lea Mayfield Cross Country Skiing Heidecker & Wood Young Blood The Naked and Famous Gnomes Sea of Bees Civilian Wye Oak Holly Blue The Gentle Good Long Walk Home Railroad Earth Then He Kissed Me The Crystals As Tears Go By Marianne Faithfull Crying Roy Orbison Moon River Patty Griffin Indeed You Do Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
SONGS ARTISTS Freak Out Tapes N' Tapes Machu Picchu The Strokes Uberlin R.E.M. Lotus Flower Radiohead Sad Song The Cars Love the Way You Lie Eminem Feat. Rihanna Empire State of Mnd (Part II) Broken Down Alicia Keys Something to Die For The Sounds Now Is Not The Time Pretty Little Empire 10 Mile Stereo Beach House The Mirror Jill Andrews Long Walk Home Railroad Earth The King Knows How Over the Rhine Nervous Lonely Night Jessica Lea Mayfield Ambulance Eisley Good Night California Nate Currin All Die Young Smith Westerns Map of an Englishman Erland and the Carnival Troubles Will Be Gone The Tallest Man on Earth
SONGS ARTISTS Sofia West Indian Girl Beneath the Reach of Light Yellowbirds Chucumbe David Wax Musuem Stamp The Rural Alberta Advantage Under Cover of Darkness The Strokes Tree By the River Iron & Wine Coming Home Gwyneth Paltrow January Hymn The Decemberists Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes Blue Skies Again Jessica Lea Mayfield Home Brian Eno & David Byrne Secret Love Stevie Nicks Shell Games Bright Eyes Living Is So Easy British Sea Power We Will All Be Changed Seryn Sun Room J. Irvin Dally Yer Spring Hey Rosetta! The Afterlife Paul Simon Looking For the Right Thing Jamestown Revival
SONGS ARTISTS Oh My Heart R.E.M. Good Time Alan Jackson Go Do Jonsi The Youth MGMT Your Protector Fleet Foxes Race You Elizabeth & The Catapult Casablanca Count To Fire Angela Surf City The Walkmen In Sleep Lissie River Akron/Family Where the Road Meets the Sun Katie Herzog & Matthew Perryman Jones Feels Like Rain Bill Calahan Monkeys Uptown Iron & Wine Sentimental Feelings Tensheds At My Heels Twin Shadow A Room Where Your Paintings Hang Lost In Trees Western Hospitality Club 8 Bigger Than Us White Lies This Momentary Delphic
SONGS ARTISTS Sun Hands Local Natives The Only Living Boy In New York Simon & Garfunkel Moth's Wings Passion Pit F*** You Cee Lo Green Stylo Gorillaz Dancing On My Own Robyn Harlem River Blues Justin Townes Earle Little Lovin' Lissie Crash Years The New Pornographers Boy Ra Ra Riot Colors April Smith and the Great Picture Show WIldwood Chatham County Line Home Engineers Zorbing Stornoway What I Say I Am Mariage Blanc Blood Middle East Stranded The Walkmen Floating Vibes Surfer Blood Hannah Freelance Whales Holding Us Back Katie Herzog
SONGS ARTISTS Animal Neon Trees Left Your Arms Empty Blackbud The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) Ryan Bingham Hey Little Darlin' Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers The Cave Mumford & Sons Too Late For Goodbye Randy Rogers Band Queen of the Lot The Spring Standards CaughtIn The Crowd Kate Miller-Heidke Good To Be Home The Everybody Fields Dilly Band of Horses Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap Stranded Sambassadeur Pride and Joy Brandi Carlile Mixtape Tift Merritt Twenty Miles Deer Tick The Ghost Inside Broken Bells Do You Love Me Guster Another Bad Night's Sleep The Silver Seas Down On Washington The Turnpike Troubadours Bye Bye Cellphone 1973 SONGS ARTISTS Love Lost The Temper Trap Golden Girl Blackbud Georgia Band of Horses Down By The Water The Decemberists MoneyGrabber Fitz & The Tantrums Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise The Avett Brothers Best Things In Life The Silver Seas Schizophrenia Jukebox The Ghost Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros On the Ocean Guster Beg, Steal, or Borrow Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs Same Changes The Weepies Target Heart Blue Giant Nerves of Nightmind Frontier Ruckus We Used To Wait Arcade Fire Swim Until You Can't See Land Frightened Rabbit Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons The High Road Broken Bells Zebra Beach House Sometime Around Midnight Airborne Toxic Event
SONGS ARTISTS If You Can't See My Mirrors The New Pornographers Interstate Randy Rogers Band Waiting on the Stairs Pela The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade The Joy Formidible Dragon's Song Blitzen Trapper Ringbearer Frontier Ruckus Cubism Dream Local Natives Step Out of The Car The Boxer Rebellion Let It Ride Ryan Adams & the Cardinals Holy Rollers for Love Jakob Dylan The Stranger Lord Huron It's Getting Light Outside Clearlake Springtime Annuals Bushwick Blues Delta Spirit Up With The Larks The Pearlfishers WInter Dies Midlake The Only Sound that Matters Robert Plant Fake Blues Real Estate Let Down Radiohead
SONGS ARTISTS Georgia Band of Horses Olivia New London Fire Precious Stone Pete Yorn St. Bernard's Lily The Red River Not In Love Crystal Castles (w/ Robert Smith) Scissor Runner Jenny and Jonny One of Us Pomegranates Balulalow Revolver Pinecone The Sammies My Shadow Keane Speak Now Taylor Swift Stadium Love Metric Curs in the Weeds Horse Feathers The Secret Sun Jesse Harris Pickin's Up The Pieces Fitz & The Tantrums Excuses The Morning Benders Bushwick Blues Delta Spirit The Man Who Would Speak True Blitzen Trapper My Girl to Me Dawes When She Comes Home Deer Tick
SONG ARTIST Deep Blue Arcade Fire Anyone's Ghost The National Architect's & Engineers Guster Compliments Band of Horses I Found A Whistle MGMT When You Leave My Arms The Duchess & The Duke Lingering Still She & Him Measure Field Music Silver Soul Beach House The Biblical Sense of the Word Quiet Company Drop Me Off Pela I Walked Sufjan Stevens Ms. November The Silver Seas London's In Love The Pearlfishers Back of my Mind The Autumn Defense Bluebird Danny & The Champions of the World Coma Kunek Kiss Me Again Jessica Lea Mayfield On the Edge The Open Sea Ultraviolet Light Ryand Adams & The Cardinals
SONGS ARTISTS Christmas Lights Coldplay Belly of June Horse Feathers Dragon Flys Susan Cowsill Being On Your Own Fruit Bats The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade The Joy Formidible Compliments Band of Horses The Violent Hour Sea Wolf Up From Below Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Laughing Lover Blitzen Trapper Rude to Rile Horse Feathers Nothing Like You Frightened Rabbits This Tornado Loves You Neko Case Dreams Brandi Carlile We Mad A Mountain The Mynabirds Solitary Gun Rogue Wave Add My Effort The Weepies Memory Boy Deerhunter Everything is One Big Christmas Tree The Magnetic Fields Christmas Time is Here Again My Morning Jacket Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy Bing Crosby and David Bowie
SONG ARTIST Beg Steal or Borrow Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs Simple Song (For a Complicated Girl) 1973 Wired For LIght School of Seven Bells Success Interpol Restoration The Acorn Harry & Bess Feraby Lionheart Can't Go Back Now The Weepies On the Ocean Guster Hummingbird Imaginary Cities Schizophrenia Jukebox The Ghost Into the Light The Alexandria Quartet Beautiful Day Miranda Lee Richards When You Find Me Joshua Radin Gone Away Lucy Schwartz Monsters Band of Horses Too Late For Goodbye Randy Rogers Band I Want The World To Stop Belle & Sebastian 40 Day Dream Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros We Fell S. Carey Death of a Songwritter Blabbermouth
SONG ARTIST Down By the Water The Decemberists Portions For Foxes Rilo Kiley Countdown (Sick For The Big Sun) Phoenix The Songs of the Weak Will Die Superfamily A New Day Scouting For Girls Chugjug Family of the Year MoneyGrabber Fitz & The Tantrums Same Changes The Weepies Home Glasser Sing My Chemical Romance Morning Routine The Red River Highwire The Maple Trail Call to the World Narcolepts The Ghost Inside Broken Bells Say No to Love The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Again and Again The Narcoleptic Dancers When It Rains Kidd Rock Woods White Pines Dead American Writers Tired Pony If You Ever Get Famous The Duke & The King
SONG ARTIST Home Edward Sharpe & The Magentic Zeros My Foolish Pride The Charlatans (UK) Not Getting There Blonde Redhead As She's Walking Away Zac Brown Band (w/ Alan Jackson) Happy! Blabbermouth Saturdays and Sundays Chatham County Line You're the Radio Thea Gilmore What's Wrong With This Picture Lloyd Cole For the Summer Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs Bye Bye Cellphone 1973 Sorrow, Sorrow Sad Day For Puppets Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars Afraid of Everyone The National Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire Helicopter Deerhunter Dreamsome Shelby Lynne Hallelujah Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses Heirloom Sufjan Stevens Mothers S. Carey
SONG ARTIST Do You Love Me Guster Infinite Arms Band of Horses Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons Harm's Swift Way Robert Plant Mine Taylor Swift Another Bad Night's Sleep The Silver Seas Have You Ever Brandi Carlile Chinatown Wild Nothing Never Listen to Me The Thermals State Fair The Fire Marshals of Bethlehem To the Sky Owl City One Day Sharon Van Etten Down on Washington Turnpike Troubadours Heaven's On Fire Radio Dept. Come With Me ceo Pumpkin Soup Kate Nash Song For Morrie Forest City Lovers Goodbye Midnight The Spring Standards I Was Made For Sunny Days The Weepies Heartworn Tragedy The Bart Crow Band
SONG ARTIST Half Light II (No Celebration) Arcade Fire On My Way Home Band of Horses Blue Sunshine Blue Giant Hard Drive Evan Dando Nothing But The Whole Wide World Jakob Dylan Goodbye Kiss Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Change The Young Veins Alive Goldfrapp Crazy For You Best Coast There She Goes Six Pence None the Richer Where's It Going Ellery Hey Little Bird I'm A Kloot Weighty Ghost Wintersleep The Sea and the Heather Fuzzy Lights Echoes of Time The Smiles and Frowns Equinox The Love Language Baby Lee Teenage Fanclub October Broken Bells Fire and Rain Carole King & James Taylor Soft as Chalk Joanna Newsom
SONG ARTIST Ready to Start Arcade Fire Golden Girl Blackbud Pride and Joy Brandi Carlile Numbers Don't Lie The Mynabirds It's Hard To Be Humble (When Phosphorescent Nerves of the Nightmind Frontier Ruckus Mixtape Tift Merritt Target Heart Blue Giant Wait So Long Trampled By Turtles Best Things In Life The Silver Seas New Inheritors Wintersleep Soft Skin Mountain Man Twenty Miles Deer Tick All to All Broken Social Scene Heart to Tell The Love Language Across The Wire Calexico Truth Sets In Avi Buffalo You're Not the Only One Paul Thorn Half Asleep School of Seven Bells Wet and Rusting Menomena
SONG ARTIST Talk to Me Stevie Nicks Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin How You Like Me Now The Heavy You've Got a Friend Carole King and James Taylor Dilly Band of Horses Animal Neon Trees Love Lost Temper Trap Midnight Sun The Sounds The Walls are Coming Down FanFarlo Honey in the Sun Camera Obscura Bechamel The Pernice Brothers Left Your Arms Empty Blackbud Bayonets Amazing Baby Ours The Bravery Dying Days Brandi Carlile Hard Luck Love Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers American Honey Lady Antebellum Today Was a Fairytale Taylor Swift Darkness Robert Francis
SONG ARTIST (1) Bloodbuzz Ohio The National (2) Change of Time Josh Ritter (3) Your Love Keane (4) Like Treasure Editors (5) It's Working MGMT (6) Queen of the Lot The Spring Standards (7) Caught in the Crowd Kate Miller-Heidke (8) Around the Bend Greg Laswell (9) White Blank Page Mumford & Sons (10) Own Stunts Breathe Owl Breathe (11) Dayglow Vista Rd. Minus The Bear (12) This is it Harper Blynn (13) Good to be Home The Everybody Fields (14) The Mama Papa Plants & Animals (15) World Sick Broken Social Scene (16) Ocean Floor Typefighter (17) Just Breathe Pearl Jam
SONG ARTIST (1) Resistance Muse (2) Sick Muse Metric (3) Nice Fox The Rosebuds (4) Factory Band of Horses (5) Celestica Crystal Castles (6) Days Sambassadeur (7) Always Look On The Monty Python's (8) Just the Same Way Journey (9) (What A) Wonderful World Sam Cooke (10) I Speak Because I Can Laura Marling (11) Zebra Beach House (12) Another Likely Story Au Revoir Simone (13) The Quiz Hello Saferide (14) Bring Down Midlake (15) Saw You First Givers (16) Benediction The Weakerthans (17) For Today Jessica Lea Mayfield (18) All the Time Elizabeth Cook (19) Fallin' & Flyin' Colin Farrell & Jeff Bridges
SONG ARTIST (1) Calypso Gold Princeton (2) Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap (3) That Lady The Isley Brothers (4) The is a Wind The Album Leaf (5) Stranded Sambassadeur (6) In the Sun She & Him (7) Rocket Goldfrapp (8) What's in it For? Avi Buffalo (9) Suffering Season Woods (10) Wide Eyes Local Natives (11) Laredo The National (12) Don't Wake Up The Kissaway Trail (13) Collector Here We Go Magic (14) Round and Round Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (15) One Way Out The Mother Hips (16) Marz John Grant (17) The Sea Change Turin Brakes (18) Don't Look Down or Back Tunng
SONG ARTIST (1) Hymn #101 Joe Pug (2) Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band (3) Way Go Lily Sam Amidon (4) Like A Hurricane The Coal Porters (5) Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons (6) I Can't Lose Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs (7) Ravenna Trembling Bells (8) I Saw Her At the Fair Louis Eliot & The Embers (9) When The Tailgate Drops, The BS Jack Rose (10) Need You Now Lady Antebellum (11) The Running Kind Zoe Muth & The Lost (12) Ten Thousand Words The Avett Brothers (13) Caroline Old Crow Medicine Show (14) Sourwood Mountain Carolina Chocolate Drops (15) In God's Country The Infamous Stringdusters (16) Let's Go Down to The River Amy Cook (17) These Old Shoes Deer Tick (18) I Can See The Pines Are A.A. Bundy (19) Gone, Gone, Gone Colin Farrell
SONG ARTIST Train in Vain Annie Lennox The Weary Kind Ryan Bingham You Are Wynonna Judd True Colors Caroline Herring More Like Her Miranda Lambert Absolutely Cuckoo The Magnetic Fields A History of Lovers Iron & Wine with Calexico Asking for Flowers Kathleen Edwards Wide-Eyed, Legless Laura Veirs Hey Little Darlin' Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers When You Say Nothing At All Allison Krauss and Union Station Who Knows Where the Time Goes The Fairport Convention Wake Up Sunshine Chicago You're My Best Friend Queen Never Anyone But You The Clientele Burn Down the Mission Elton John Acts of Man Midlake The Cave Mumford & Sons On the Wings of Love Jeffrey Osborne The Weight The Band
SONG ARTIST Kids MGMT Gimme Sympathy Metric Sleeping Lessons The Shins My Girls Animal Collective 25 Days Hello Saferide Show Me What I'm Looking For Carolina Liar The Reeling Passion Pit Panic Switch The Silversun Pickups To Lose My Life White Lies Mountain Great Northern Geraldine Glasvegas 31 Today Aimee Mann Always Do Annuals All I Need Radiohead By Your Side The Everybody Fields Eid Ma Clack Shaw Bill Callahan Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise The Avett Brothers Adventures In Solitude The New Pornographers
SONG ARTIST No One Is Going to Love You Band of Horses Reacharound Bell X1 Pieces The Bridges Long Walk Home Bruce Springsteen You Picked Me Feist Charming the Flames Fields Mykonos Fleet Foxes Motionland Foxtail Summersault Home Great Northern Dear Valentine Guster Run Run Run Haunt Get Your Head Around It Headlights I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory Kathleen Edwards +/- Fairytale Office Buildings & Mountains The Republic Tigers Fantasies Rogue Wave Dance All Night Ryan Adams Why Do You Let Me Stay She & Him Rainy Monday Shiny Toy Guns Orbiting The Weepies
SONG ARTIST Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) The Decemberists Wanderlust The Delays Hours TV On the Radio The Bull, and the Goat Annuals Hope Song Rock Kills Kid Isabel Fields Crazy The Fire Marshals of Bethlehem Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips Sounds Earlimart Still Long-View The Day After Tomorrow Saybia Happy Town East River Pipe When They Came For Us Shiny Toy Guns Wake Me When It's Over Longwave They Never Got You Spoon And What Fallout! The Kingsbury Manx Control Freak Copeland Lifeline Louque Old Dominion The Essex Green Allison Krauss The Stills Turn on Me The Shins
