[mathuss]

"Artifice", "Youth", "Monument", "Boom Clap", "Coffee"

[TRF.]

75. Kane West - "The Power of Social Media" - Love this.
72. SOHN - "Artifice" - This song is really catchy.
70. Nmesh - "KΞΞP/////THIS/////" - LOVE NMESH. He's so nice and he's great, he even added me on facebook as a friend.
69. Ben Khan - "Youth" - Not the best from his EP, BUT I DIG.
67. Neneh Cherry - "Blank Project" - Had mixed thoughts about this album, but this is good.
66. Kitty Pryde - "barbie j33p" - IS IT TOO HARD TO DANCE? NO.
64. Röyksopp & Robyn - "Monument" - LOVE LOVE LOVE. But I agree with Misty, only #64?
63. Charli XCX - "Boom Clap" - I hated this at first listen. idk what I was thinking this is amazing.
62. Sylvan Esso - "Coffee" - Great great GREAT. Was my bop in winter earlier this year.
61. Zola Jesus - "Nail" - Not as good as anything on Conatus, but still pretty good.

My thoughts on the songs I like from this set.



Honestly, TRF.

[holyground]

Monument and Boom Clap

[Drowned_World]

Some really good choices you have there! My favourite so far gotta be "hunting for pearls". That track just has some magical quality to it.

This is a "remix" of ***Flawless, but let's be honest, it's really not. It's just an M.I.A. song. But it's an M.I.A. song so of course it's on my list.

MTE. But it's very enjoyable either way!

[SO.UNCOOL™]

"Boom Clap"<333.

[@michael]

Originally posted by madonnas

82. Jessie Ware - "Want Your Feeling"

Dev Hynes collaborations are usually the strongest efforts on albums.

So true. Same can usually be said for Ariel Revifdsjccished. Those two need to produce/write every album ever.

[Sunderland 4ever]

Glad to know you included Coffee in your top 100.

[madonnas]

Now's where the songs get REALLY REALLY REALLY good


60. Flying Lotus - "Never Catch Me"

MMMM! Kendrick's rapping is why I love this track. The Jazz elements ebb and flow and he manages to curve his voice and flow to perfectly fit the sort of rapidly changing song structures of the album. When I first heard it, I was disappointed at how quiet his voice was mixed but that was stupid of me, if it wasn't mixed like that it would sound crappy.

59. Wild Beasts - "Sweet Spot"

Why this wasn't the lead single, I do not know. It's easily the best introduction (for me and for many others) to the album. It pulls the perfect Depeche Mode trick - create the perfect Synth hook and the perfect vocal hook an make them compliment each other. Sounds simple but it's really not pulled off effectively often. It is here though.

58. Grace Jones - "Original Beast"

I haven't even seen the movie, but when I heard Grace Jones had a new song I rushed to hear this. I was not disappointed. It has the darker Pop vibe of Hurricane but she still has those Reggae vibes. The drums are very Caribbean and African, which fits Grace Jones chanting very well. When the synths come in, your attention is DEMANDED.

57. Jungle - "Julia"

Essentially all the songs function as one on the album, so I guess I picked this song because I heard it the most on the radio. But I mean it has what the rest of the album has, unison singing, funky disco vibes, nice melodies, all that good ****.

56. Katy B - "Everything"

Had the two best songs on the album been released in 2014, you bet your ass she would be in my top 30, but here we have Everything. It's really quite lame that I compared it to 5AM/Aaliyah but it's still fantastic. The defeated feel in the verses vs the desperate belting in the chorus gives the song emotional tension. Plus repeating "I will be the one" with different rhythms works effectively. That trick doesn't always though but Katy B knows how to treat us right.

[prézli]

Katy B

[Sunderland 4ever]

Oh yes, Sweet Spot is really enjoyable. I expected more from Present Tense considering the critical acclaim it received, but that song is a stand-out.

[madonnas]

55. Jason Derulo - "Talk Dirty"

Thrift Shop may have been overplayed, but it definitely set a great trend for a few Pop hits in 2014 - giant sax hooks. This is by FAR the best example of it. It has an almost snake-charmer feel to it. Another great thing about this song is that finally Jason Derulo has a personality - LOTS of it. What made me hate his other stuff is that it was just some generic R&B/Pop crossover artist without any interesting personality, but now it feels like a persona singing these songs instead of nothingness. Good job Jason!

54. St. Vincent - "Severed Crossed Fingers"

Vocally, this is my favorite St. Vincent song. She manages to convey a sense of world-weariness to this song, and crafts a perfect Pop tune. It's almost an anthem of defeat, with the lyrics being so dark, but really it's a complete victory being the final tune of her great album.

53. Tinashe - "Bet"

Dev Hynes collaborations are usually the strongest efforts on albums. [2]. Atmospherically this is Aquarius's highlight. Vocally she soars high and comes back down to earth hard. It's sort of an adventure between dreamy and earthy. The hook being mainly spoken with a call & response with weird synths is probably why I like this song so much.

52. Objekt - "Ratchet"

Mechanical dance-floor realness! Sometimes people wanna get on the floor because the vocalist or the song makes them feel, but this song has a very mathematical feel to it. It's repetitive and extremely mesmerizing. It sorta gives me Aphex teas every once in a while, but only a little bit.

51. Lydia Ainsworth - "Malachite"

Baroque Pop inspired, but electronic in composition. Lydia knows how to craft creative melodies over shifting soundscapes. The Kate Bush (and to a lesser extent - Björk Homogenic era) influences are very clear in this song, but she makes sure to let us know she is no copycat or boring derivative artist.

[popstar]

I love Ben Khan, he perfect.

Love all the songs this block, Everything is my fave.

Nevermind, Beautiful Experimental Track is my fave here, yes there's something magical going on the background.

Talk Dirty, that song is fire!

[madonnas]

50. FKA Twigs - "Pendulum"

The drum beat that almost seems to defy time signature keeps the song building up until it explodes with color on the chorus and later the bridge. Also those harmonies... THOSE HARMONIES. The song itself almost does feel like a single pendulum swing, getting TENSE near the middle and letting up at the end.

49. EMA - "So Blonde"

EMA's album was a huge disappointment for me, with almost all of the songs being boring folky Indie Rock boring stuff. But this song just gives me HOLE realness. The chorus is so Courtney Love and it's done so well. The switches between the apathetic girl chanting to the scream. It also has a very 90s Third Wave feminist vibe to it. Ugh I feel like I'm transported to 1994 when I hear this song.

48. Swans - "Bring the Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture"

This song itself is longer than some of the albums I have on my list, so it definitely isn't one I can listen to a lot, but it's definitely the standout on Swans album for me, being full of melodrama, madness, and emotion. It's a little Romantic era influenced of course, but stays just a little bit away from being pretentious ridiculousness.

47. Liars - "Mess on a Mission"

The latter half of Liars album is full of soundscapes, harder to decipher lyrics, and more complex structures, while the first half of more Dance inspired, with repeated hooks. This song is sort of a nice halfway point between the two halves of their album. It has an amazing spoken hook complimented by a muted screaming hook. The production is less hard hitting than the beginning of the album though, and it does sound a little more subdued which I LOVE.

46. Junglepussy - "Nah"

https://soundcloud.com/vice/junglepussys-nah-prod-by-shy-guy/sets

"I seen you eating Mickey-D's - knew you didn't love yourself. I'm up in Trader Joe's: shopping cart, full of health" That line alone is enough to justify the song's position on here.

[minho]

Malachite is by far the best song on this list. Its just absolutely perfect in every way. Edit: Or is it PENDULUM??

I also like Bet, Never Catch Me, Severed Cross Fingers, Original Beast... pretty much everything from this update.

[Sunderland 4ever]

Pendulum is some good stuff.

[August]

Woo at Never Catch Me! I love a lot of the tracks on the Mockingjay album that I can't believe I missed seeing a Grace Jones track. I haven't gotten around to "Talk Dirty" because I'm bound to hate everything Jason Derulo puts out. Love the St. Vincent and Tinashe tracks!!!

[madonnas]

Originally posted by August

Woo at Never Catch Me! I love a lot of the tracks on the Mockingjay album that I can't believe I missed seeing a Grace Jones track. I haven't gotten around to "Talk Dirty" because I'm bound to hate everything Jason Derulo puts out. Love the St. Vincent and Tinashe tracks!!!

Listen to talk dirty! It's so much better than you expect. And yeah I forgot how I found out about the grace song but it slayed my gay little self.

[AshleeSimpsonFan]

Everything is good! and I loved Jungle's album but I didn't pay too much attention to "Julia", I need to
St. Vincent again

[Ewan Chaos]

Knew Talk Dirty would be on your list when I saw Problem haha. Even though it's clearly a worse song, I do like Trumpets most of Jason's songs from this year, but Talk Dirty is clearly better.

Everything is... well everything haha great song. Blue Eyes was my #1 from Little Red.

Your song choices have been great! Sorry I haven't been commenting but I have been keeping up and it's looking good.

[Eeveelution]

Pendulum is godly.

Original Beast is a really interesting song, I kinda love it. And I can never decide on a fave from Little Red, but Everything is up there for sure!