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Top 30 Songs of November 2014

This is my last Songs of the Month list for 2014, so I’m making it a super-sized one. November definitely deserves it. A lot of new releases hit the airwaves, and a bunch of them happened to be fantastic.  Here are 30 really, really good tunes that had my aural attention in the month of November.

30. Meg Myers – Desire

 

29. Avid Dancer – I Want To See You Dance

 

28. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – In The Heat Of The Moment

 

27. Tove Styrke – Borderline

 

26. Jessie Ware – Keep On Lying

 

25. Shabazz Palaces – Forerunner Foray

 

24. Glass Animals -Gooey

 

23. Walk The Moon – Shut Up And Dance

 

22. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life

 

21. Schoolboy Q – Man Of The Year

 

20. Foo Fighters – I Am A River

 

19. Robert De Long – Long Way Down

 

18. Gerard Way – No Shows

 

17. Joywave – Tongues

 

16. Ryn Weaver – Octahate

 

15. Royal Blood – Figure It Out

 

14. Stromae f. Lorde, Q-Tip, Pusha T, Haim – Meltdown

 

13. Interpol – All The Rage Back Home

 

12. Vance Joy – Mess Is Mine

 

11. Marina and The Diamonds – Froot

 

10. Kendrick Lamar – I

 

9. Grace Mitchell – Runaway

 

8. Cold War Kids – First

 

7. Night Terrors of 1927 f. Tegan and Sara – When You Were Mine

 

6. Taylor Swift – Blank Space

 

5. Ex Cops – Black Soap

 

4. Tei Shi – Bassically

 

3. One Direction – Night Changes

 

2. Elliphant f. Mo – One More

 

1. Broods – Mother and Father

 

Top 20 Songs of January 2014

These are my Top 20 Songs of January, in terms of plays and resonance:

20. Tove Lo – Habits

 

19. Lucius – Wildewoman

 

18. Massari – Brand New Day

 

17. Alvvays – Adult Diversion

 

16. Foster The People – Coming Of Age

 

15. Trust – Rescue, Mister

 

14. Britney Spears – Alien

 

13. Kaleida – Tropea

 

12. Beyonce f. Jay-Z – Drunk In Love

 

11. Basia Bulat – Tall Tall Shadow/It Can’t Be You

 

 

10. Zedd f. Hayley Williams – Stay The Night

 

9. Broken Bells – Holding On For Life

 

8. Ghost (B.C.) – If You Have Ghosts

 

7. One Direction – Story Of My Life

 

6. Wildlife – Lightning Tent

 

5. Maximo Park – Leave This Island

 

4. Katy Perry – Unconditionally

 

3. Eternal Death – Head

 

2. Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)

I thank the stars they’re back. What an immense, amazing tune. Future Islands own so much real estate in my heart that I think I’d disappear if they ever chose to sell.

 

1. Against Me! – True Trans Soul Rebel

NB: At present, and for the life of me, I can’t find the original version of this song to share. The acoustic version I’ve shared below is brilliant, but the original is one of the catchiest alt/pop songs I’ve heard in a long time. If you can find it, listen to it. Embrace it. Against Me! are on fire.