Every year has its own vibe. I listened to a lot of albums, and in the process, didn’t digest individual songs as much as I would have liked.
That being said, there were still a lot of standouts this year. I sipped cocktails to Big Thief, enjoyed the re-released and improve synthpop gem “Go” by LeTrainiump, rejoiced in T-Swift’s entry into the nighttime music realm, and pondered the overlap of hip hop, emo and goth with Kali Dreamer. I blasted the dark synthpop/R&B of The Weeknd in my car at absurd volumes. I listened to walls of sound from SOM and Birds in Row and felt the vibrations in my chest as I drove on business trips. I searched for the next rainy day tune and found some in Ali Sperry and Left Out. I indulged in the happy-go-lucky tracks from Joywave and The Wombats. I prepared for Steadfast Festival by playing “Golden Gate” by The Midnight on repeat.
So, this was an enjoyable year.
The first 90 in no particular order:
Ali Sperry – Excuses |
alt-J – Hard Drive Gold |
alt-J – U&ME |
arlie – poppin |
Big Thief – Simulation Swarm |
Birds in Row – Rodin |
Bob Moses – Love Brand New |
Bob Moses – Seen it Coming |
Brothertiger – Torn Open |
CAAMP – The Otter |
Charli XCX – Constant Repeat |
Cherimondis J – Let it Be |
Cherimondis J – RUSH |
Crozet – My Racing Heart |
Damn the Witch Siren – Vulture Culture |
Davis Evanoff – Stranger’s House |
Death Cab For Cutie – I Miss Strangers |
Demon Hunter – Defense Mechanism |
Durry – Big Boy |
El Camino Acid – Near or Far |
Emery – Concussion |
Emery – Enemy |
Eugenius – The Last Dance |
Fontaines DC – Skinty Fia |
Gable Price and Friends – I Don’t Wanna Live Like This |
Goose – Dripfield |
half alive – Hot Tea |
Hatchie – The Key |
Hello Luna – Mind Games |
Highasakite – Keep It Alive |
Jack White – Taking Me Back |
Jady – Inverted Forest |
Jay Joseph – Let Go |
Jay Joseph – Maybe |
Joywave – Every Window Is a Mirror |
Kali Dreamer – Corpse Boyfriend |
Kali Dreamer – Harvest Moon |
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 |
Khamsin – Conniption |
Khamsin – What’s Left of Life |
KitFai – It Was Never Supposed to Be |
KitFai – You |
Left Out – Uno |
Let’s Eat Grandma – Insect Loop |
Little Image – LUNGS BURN |
Metric – Doomscroller |
Michigander – Stay Out of It |
Mitski – Love Me More |
Mountains Like Wax – A Lovers Plea (Act II) (feat Julien Baker) |
Nightbirde – Fly |
Nightlands – No Kiss for the Lonely |
Outsider Heart – Crop Circles |
Owel – Beneath the Static Haze |
Oyarsa – Lament |
Pocketshot – Donner Party |
Pool Kids – Further |
racecar – Salt |
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer |
Ronnie Martin – Snow Like Wool |
Safari Room – All Is Said and Done |
Sansol the Artist – Pocket Size |
Silent Planet – :Signal: |
Silversun Pickups – Alone on a Hill |
SOM – Clocks |
St Paul and the Broken Bones – Ghost in Smoke |
Still – Daylight |
String Machine – Dark Morning (Magnetic) |
Taylor Swift – Lavender Haze |
The 1975 – About You |
The 1975 – Oh Caroline |
The Black Keys – Wild Child |
The Head and the Heart – Every Shade of Blue |
The Head and the Heart – Starstruck |
The Linda Lindas – Oh! |
The Midnight – Golden Gate |
The Retrospect – BURN |
The Smile – The Smoke |
The Weeknd – Gasoline |
The Welcome Wagon – Knocking on the Door of Love |
The Wombats – Work Is Easy, Life Is Hard |
Toro Y Moi – The Medium (w. Unknown Mortal Orchestra) |
Truslow – Take Me Back |
Underoath – Hallelujah |
Valleyheart – Your Favorite Jacket |
VHS Collection – The Space Between Us |
WHY NOT – In Love with the Sound |
Wolves at the Gate – Kiss the Wave |
Wolves at the Gate – Peace that Starts the War |
ZAMPKAMP – California Freakin |
Zoo Trippin’ – Feelin’ |
And the top 10:
10) Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
9) LeTrainiump – Go
8) Pool Kids – Swallow
7) Wet Leg – Too Late Now
6) Joywave – We Are All We Need
5) Charli XCX – New Shapes (feat. Christine and the Queens, Caroline Polachek)
4) Hatchie – Giving the World Away
3) Anberlin – Circles
2) The Midnight – Avalanche
And, finally the number 1 song: The Weeknd – How Do I Make You Love Me?
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