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Top 100 Songs of 2015 (60-41)

As the wheel turns, the melody is made. My Top 100 Songs of 2015 (60-41):

60. Deerhunter – Snakeskin

 

59. Shakey Graves – If Not For You

 

58. Night Riots – Contagious

 

57. Alabama Shakes – Future People/Don’t Wanna Fight

 

56. Chvrches – Playing Dead/Down Side of Me

https://youtu.be/PKUP0vg-PH0?t=27s

 

55. AWOLNATION – Woman Woman

 

Bonus: Ingrid Michaelson – Parachute

 

54. Elle King – Ex’s and Oh’s

 

53. Ra Ra Riot – Water

 

52. Atlas Genius – Molecules

 

51. Florence and the Machine – Ship To Wreck

 

50. The Decemberists – Make You Better

 

49. Death Cab For Cutie – Black Sun

 

48. Guster – Simple Machine/Long Night

 

47. Courtney Barnett – Depreston/Pedestrian At Best

 

46. Daya – Hide Away

 

Bonus: Eric Hutchinson – Watching You Watch Him

 

45. Borns – Electric Love

 

44. Alessia Cara – Here

 

43. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

 

42. The Chainsmokers f. Great Good Fine OK – Let You Go

 

41. Mates of State – Staring Contest

Top 20 Songs of September 2015

 

September was absolutely, positively stacked with giant songs. Here lie those monoliths:

20. Chvrches – Clearest Blue

 

19. Rita Ora – Body On Me

 

18. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean

 

17. Youth Lagoon – Highway Patrol Stun Gun

 

16. Tame Impala – Yes I’m Changing/New Person, Same Old Mistakes

 

15. Wavves – Way Too Much

 

14. Bleachers – Like A River Runs

 

13. Jim Adkins – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun/I Will Go

 

12. The Neighbourhood – RIP To My Youth

 

11. Vance Joy – Fire And The Flood

 

10. Brandi Carlile – Wherever Is Your Heart

 

9. Charlie Puth f. Meaghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye

 

8. Nathaniel Ratecliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B.

 

7. Foals – Mountain At My Gates

 

6. Shakey Graves – If Not For You

 

5. Deerhunter – Snakeskin

My favourite Deerhunter song ever.

 

4. Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin’

My favourite Kurt Vile song ever.

 

3. Chvrches – Never Ending Circles

It’s hard to gush any further about how talented these 3 artists are. Their way with pop music is unparalleled right now. Hit after hit after hit after hit after hit after hit after hit…

 

2. Pure Bathing Culture – Pray For Rain

“Was it pleasure, was it pain, did you pray for rain?” The downpour came at me in waves and I embraced the water as if it were air.

 

1. Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better

Obsessed. Completely and utterly.