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.

Top 100 Songs of 2014 (80-61)

The songs on this list are as cool as this doge. Well, almost.

The songs on this list are as cool as this doge. Well, almost.

 

Around this time, it starts to get really hard to place songs. I like all of these tunes — a lot. My Top 100 Songs of 2014 (80-61):

80. Vance Joy – Riptide/Mess Is Mine

 

79. Dum Dum Girls – Too True To Be Good

Favourite track from their really sexy last album.

 

78. Schoolboy Q – Man Of The Year

 

77. La Roux – Kiss And Not Tell/Sexotheque

These songs deserve waaaaaay more views.

 

Bonus: Omar Souleyman – Wenu Wenu (from 2013)

 

76. Lykke Li – No Rest For The Wicked

 

75. Foster The People – Best Friend

Best song on their latest LP.

 

74. Aphex Twin – Minipops 67 (120.2) (Source Field Mix)

Welcome back Richard. You were missed.

 

73. Marina and The Diamonds – Froot

 

72. ILOVEMAKKONEN f. Drake – Tuesday

So random. So fresh. So 2014.

 

71. Charli XCX – Boom Clap

 

Bonus: Kongos – I’m Only Joking (From 2011)

 

70. Bombay Bicycle Club – Luna/Home By Now

Two really, really good songs. Two good videos, especially the one for “Luna”.

 

69. Ex Cops – Black Soap

Heard this one late in 2014, but it grabbed me right away.

 

68. Interpol – All The Rage Back Home

El Pintor raging here, home, and anywhere else is always comforting.

 

67. One Direction – Story Of My Life

 

66. Hedley – Crazy For You

Methinks it’s the best song these canucks have ever done.

 

65. Ask Embla – Legion

 

64. A.G. Cook – Beautiful

Reminiscent of Happy Hardcore, yet still on the cutting edge of pop.  Banger.

 

63. Sam Smith – Stay With Me/Stay With Me (Rainer & Grimm Remix)

I’d previously mentioned the Rainer & Grimm Remix of this tune in my Top Remixes of 2014 list, but I had to link it again. Both it and the original are fantastic, though I do prefer the remix.

 

62. Paloma Faith – Only Love Can Hurt Like This

Big, brassy, bombastic pop.

 

61. Ed Sheeran – Sing/One

It took me a while to get into “Sing”, but when I did, I was hooked. “One” is simply gorgeous.