Another round up with my fave songs of the year, listed not by preference but how best to order them. Listen as a Spotify playlist here.
1. "All I Want" – Broken Social Scene
2. "Greenpoint Gothic" – Deerhunter
3. "Patience" – Tame Impala
4. "Real Tight" – Methyl Ethel
5. "Just Reflecting" – Maps
6. "Summer of '42" – Kishi Bashi
7. " Café Amarillo" – Local Natives
8. "Rylan" – The National
9. "No Bullets Spent" – Spoon
10. "Fade In Nylon" – A Beacon School
11. "New Familiar" – Steve Gunn
12. "Lava" – Still Woozy
13. "Calm Down" – Pete Yorn
14. "Treat" – Vacationer
15. "Sat by a Tree" – Dan Deacon
16. "Pool Party" – Rudy Willingham
17. "Good Luck" – Broken Bells
18. "Love is Everywhere (Beware)" – WIlco
19. "Lost Heads" – Moon Duo
20. "Running" – Teen Daze
21. "Take Care" – SASAMI
22. "Sleeper" – Trentemoller
23. "Entendre" – Eluvium
Here's my list of the Top 10 Albums of 2019 – check them out on Spotify at the link here.And this year my Fave Albums of 2019 playlist is 29+ hours long, as I added new music worth a listen before choosing just ten. So in no particular order, here you go!
1. Wilco, Ode to Joy2. Vacationer, Wavelengths3. Steve Gunn, The Unseen in Between4. Beck, Hyperspace5. Elbow, Giants of All Sizes6. Beruit, Gallipoli7. Deerhunter, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?8. Local Natives, Violet Street9. Pete Yorn, Caretakers
10. Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow
Here's my list of the Top 10 Albums of the past decade plus a few Honorable Mentions – music loved from front to back and listened to in full many times. Check them out on Spotify at the link here if you missed any! And yes I do love my veteran indie bands, no excuses needed.
In no particular order...
1. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
2. Arcade Fire, Reflektor
3. Arcade Fire, Everything Now
4. Spoon, Transference
5. Spoon, They Want My Soul
6. Spoon, Hot Thoughts
7. LCD Soundsystem, This is Happening
8. LCD Soundsystem, american dream
9. The National, High Violet
10. MGMT, Congratulations
Honorable Mention:
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
Okkervil River, The Silver Gymnasium
The Walkmen, Heaven
Moby, Innocents
Another round up with my fave songs of the year, listed not by preference but how best to order them. Listen as a Spotify playlist here.
