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@michael best of 2015 COMPLETED
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Need You Now! love that song! and Love Me Like You Do is amazing too! but I hated the song on first listen
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Wow this year is truly a flop for my countdown but I'm not shocked since I haven't commented on anybody else's countdown.
40-31 tonight, I guess.
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petite noir - "mdr"
Petite Noir's album was very eclectic and complex, which made for an enjoyable listen. My favorite track from that album is "MDR". The "You're the one that I want" in the chorus reminds me so much of the hit from Grease. I don't know if this was intentional, but it's so similar that I can't help but think that it was. His baritone voice is so unique and just draws me in every time I listen to him.
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keljet - "what's your sign" (feat. holychild)
For those of you who think I've "gone indie" the past couple of years, just know that I still have my pure pop moments from time to time. It just has to be really good. This is really good. This is one of the best choruses of the whole year. I haven't heard anything else from HOLYCHILD, but I hope there's a lot more of this from them in the future.
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zhala - "holy bubbles"
I became curious about Zhala when I learned that she was the only artist signed to Robyn's record label. If she was good enough for Robyn, then I just had to see what she was about. She has a certain hypnotic quality to her music, that's for sure. The instrumental to "Holy Bubbles" reminds me of something off Kala in 2007 (such an influential album), perhaps the iconic "Jimmy"? I can see why Robyn saw so much potential in this great act.
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them are us too - "us now"
OK, so this group is about as underground as I'm going to get for this year. I found them on Pitchfork (obvs), and became fixated with this song. A lot of you may just think it's just goth synth trash, but I find something endearing about it. An emotive reverb vocal will always get me. The feedback on the live performance vid has me cackling!
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tamaryn - "hands all over me"
Probably one of my most underrated tracks, IMO. Looking back, it should be higher than 36, but I'm not willing to change it now This would have been a certified hit back in 1987 if it were sung by a man. Can't y'all imagine George Michael on this track? Would snatch. "Let you take these kisses into the niiiiiiight; Put your hands all over me!" Smash song, this one.
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selena gomez - "hands to myself"
Obviously I'm feeling very handsy tonight. This was the last song I added to the countdown. It didn't really click with me until the video was released. I love the how the song slowly but surely progresses from simple whispers to full-blown explosions by the end of it. "All of the doubts and the outbursts keep making love to each other" is a wonderful line that makes you stop and reflect. "I mean I could, but why would I want to?" is another great line with viral potential. Although Selena steals background singer's vocals almost as often as J.Lo, and rivals KP for worst live pop singer, she sure does put out some great singles.
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destroyer - "dream lover"
Thank god for trumpet & sax solos in big rock songs. One of my favorite pure rock moments of the year is this song. These guys just really go to ****ing town all over this track. Euphoria, I believe, is a good way to describe this song.
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sleater-kinney - "no cities to love"
Can we just talk about how cool it is to see three sorta suburban housewife-looking women play awesome rock music? It's such an odd visual in this patriarchal industry. If you're going to get me to listen to rock music on a regular basis, you have to give me a good chorus. It's just a necessity. This song gives me that, and I'm grateful.
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beach house - "sparks"
It's really breaking my heart to see some of these terrific songs in the THIRTIES. Like, that's how you can tell 2015 was a great year in music. This would have been Top 10 in 2014. The main criticism of Beach House is that they can get very "samey" at times, but this was a nice refresh for them. The main riff hook in the chorus is just delicious. If I was a pot smoker, I'd get high to this song for sure.
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tobias jesso jr. - "how could you babe"
TJJ was a great new discovery for 2015. "How Could You Babe" (and the whole album, really) is a great tribute to that 70s piano pop-rock, dentist office music sound. He really captures the spirit of my broken white-boy heart. I'm still undecided on his Adele collab, but I'm hoping I'll come around to it eventually.
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Sparks is good! and I love Hands To Myself! One of my favorite Selena Gomez singles ever! the music video is hot
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Hands To Myself slays my soul. It is that good.
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Selena Gomez
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neon indian - "annie"
I kick off tonight's group of songs with a lovely throwback to same late-80s, early-90s goodness. "Annie" reminds me a lot of Ace of Base with the funky poppy instrumental. I could probably groove to this song all night if I chose to do so
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father john misty - "true affection"
Father John Misty - one of my favorite artists of the year - makes his first appearance on my countdown. I absolutely adore "True Affection". It would be higher on my list if not for another, even more stellar FJM song. The song is critical of how technological our romantic lives have become, and calls for a return to genuine, in-person connections. It's quite a beautiful song with a melody that haunts me for hours on end every time I hear the song. The live video link is also the source of MP2K's iconique avi.
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lower dens - "ondine"
Lower Dens, whose album cover is the source of inspiration for my OP aesthetic this year, make their appearance on the countdown with "Ondine". I know this sounds terrible, but every time I hear that guitar being played, I always refer to it as "The xx guitar". I know they weren't the first, nor the last, to use this instrument, but it always reminds me so much of them. Lower Dens reminds me of a few different band combined into a lovechild, specifically The xx and Beach House. But the music is good so I don't hold it against them too much.
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jamie xx - "loud places" (feat. romy)
Speaking of The xx, my favorite Jamie xx song now makes its way onto the countdown. "I have never reached such heights, I feel music in your eyes." It's a special take on the whole 'Heartbreak on the dancefloor' motif that has been done many times before. Romy's vocals give this song a very somber tone, but it's such a great clash of emotions whenever the joy of the chorus comes in.
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tame impala - "eventually"
Lots of good things from Tame Impala to come in the future of my Best Of... but we start with "Eventually"! Instrumentally, this is one of the best songs I think I'll ever hear. It just takes you in so many different directions at different points in the songs. I love how it occasionally gets a little gritty with the big booms, but then it goes sugary sweet in the chorus. And then things go quiet right before the second verse. Who can resist singing along with "Eventuallyyyyyy ahhhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhhh"? It's too good.
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