As the year comes to a close more and more sites and people will starting posting their 'best of the year' lists and I certainly don't want to deprive you lovely people of the internet my own 'best of' list.
Now, I will disclaimer this with the obvious - there's plenty of music that came out this year that I didn't listen to that would have undoubtedly made it on to this list. Alas, I am merely a mortal (a handsome mortal, but a mortal nonetheless) and I'm unable to hear all the great records that I'm sure came out. That said, this is the best songs/artists that I personally heard this year, but feel free to add in your own in the comments. I'm always excited to hear new bands. Well, sometimes I'm excited. I'm also overly opinionated. Oi vey.
Anyway, I compiled a list of 150 songs which is (I know) incredibly generous of me. Will I also be providing a download link so that you can listen to each song at your leisure? But of course. That's just the nice kind of guy I am.
Since 150 songs is quite a few, I've decided to break this post into a 5-parter with 30 songs in each,starting at #121 and slowly counting down to numero uno. So, uhm, yeah. Without any further ado, here's the list.
*the download link is at the bottom.
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121. Candy Hearts - I Miss You: I'm kind of embarrassed that I like this song. It's super bubble gum pop, but it's also relatable enough that I'm a bit of a sucker for it.
122. Body Count - Talk Shit, Get Shot: This may actually be the best song that came this year. One of my favorite things to do is walk around listening to this song and feeling like a badass. For sure.
123. Mariachi El Bronx - New Beat: More mariachi music from the band that randomly decided to start making mariachi music. They get somewhat experimental and add some electronic elements this time around.
124. Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing: The mini-series that went along with the album is probably better than the actual album itself, but this song is pretty good even if people say it's a 'Holy Diver' rip-off.
125. Wild Smiles - Never Wanted This: This song sounds a lot like Nirvana and I'm okay with that. The whole album is pretty solid though and I'd suggest checking it out.
126. Tim Barry - Older and Poorer: Huge fan of the lyrics on this song. The album just came out so I haven't listened to it much.
127. Angels and Airwaves - Bullets in the Wind: I've got to say, I'm digging the new AVA album, it seems like they finally have come into their own.
128. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - My Club: Good, fun song. Not much else.
129. Cobra Skulls - No Puede Mas: Sadly, this is to be the last Cobra Skulls song ever. Hopelly Devon continues making music in something else. Oh, this song is all in Spanish if you were wondering.
130. She & Him - Time After Time: This just came out and it's nice relaxing song. Nothing groundbreaking though.
131. Restorations - Wales: First song of the album, it's a good song, but I couldn't really get into the rest of the album.
132. Ingrid Michaelson - Warpath: I didn't listen to Ingrid for a long time and then I started. I like this song and some others.
133. Iron Chic - L'esprit de L'escalier: The only song they released this year. A solid contribution, but nothing overly special.
134. Radical Face - Baptisms: I think the Culvers got me into this artist. Very relaxing track.
135. The Offspring - No Reason Why: These guys put out a little 3 song EP covering other punk bands. This one is a cover of Pennywise.
136. Bracket - She's My Eraser: A good song, but the album is a bit of a mess.
137. Fishbone - Interdependent: These guys have been around for forever and this track isn't really anything surprising. Still good though.
138. Fucked Up - Paper the House: For whatever reason (maybe the live show), these guys are really loved by the critic community. I didn't really like the album except for this song. Up to you to judge.
139. Ani DiFranco - Dithering: Singer-songwriter stuff that is pretty much what you would expect - in a good way.
140. Chumped - Hot 97 Summer Jam: I just started listening to this band and I think they'll grow on me more as time goes.
141. Busdriver - Upsweep: Busdriver has more misses than hits most of the time, but he's a great performer and this song is a nice one.
142. Tom Brosseau - Today is a Bright New Day: This guy is from Grand Forks, North Dakota and I use to live near there. Words.
143. Titus Andronicus - Stranded (On My Own): The only song this band released this year. I love pretty much anything they do, even if this track is far from their best.
144. Jojo Effect - Mungo Swing: Electro-swing? Why not right?
145. Bombshell Rocks - One Shot: This just came out and probably only really like it for nostalgic sake.
146. Pigeon John - Champagne On My Shoes: Weird song, but I like it.
147. Autopilot Off - Alcologic: These guys broke up awhile and then got back together and released a couple songs. It's not a 'great' song, but for nostalgic reasons I also like this song.
148. Stick Figure Biography - #satandotcombackslashbobvila: This is from my buddy. Who knows what the chorus is supposed to mean, but it's a grooving song.
149. Street Dogs - We're Still Here: Just sprinkling in some Oi punk.
150. Greenland Is Melting - Crossed Wires: The only song these guys released this year.
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