Coming in hot and corked here people. Lot's of great songs to choose from this year...it was seriously difficult to even put the top 30 songs in any particular order.
30. Brendan Losch - Son of a Gun
A nice pleasant song. When I am sitting at home on a sunday afternoon in my pyjamas, this song is on my soundtrack nearly every time. That tambourine and handclap combo is dynamite.
29. Danny Brown - Grown Up
I think this is the only Hip Hop song to crack the my Top 50. I know that I'm not very well-versed on my hip hop game (apparently a guy named Frank Ocean is pretty good) but for some reason this song just had my head bobbing every time it came on.
28. The xx - Angels
Although most of the songs off of Coexist do very little to excite me, perhaps the slowest of them all was the one that made the greatest impact. Their first single 'Angels' is a spindly and delicately romantic song that recaptures the spare, insinuating sensuality of the bands first album.
27. Freelance Whales - Locked Out
There aren't too many Freelance Whales songs that I don't like. I think it's their layered instrumentals that my eardrums enjoy but I haven't quite put my finger on it. Anyways, this song off of Diluvia was one of my favourites.
26. Sonny & The Sunsets - Pretend You Love Me
I'm not typically a huge fan of pedal steel-featuring ballads but for some reason this is an easy listener. Layers of unexpected flute-slides and choir vocals mixed in with a little country twang is the winning combo in this sad, rainy day song.
25. Night Panther - Snudge
I've heard Night Panther's sound described as Hot Pop and Sex Pop. There are rumours they spend the majority of their live shows half naked and dry-humping their keyboards. Either way, these guys created a radiant, mid-temp electronic track that is both sweet and whimsical. Many a summer nights were spent with this song in mind.
24. Allah-las - Tell Me (What's on Your Mind)
Just a simple, well-executed song. Straight to the point rock-pop gem with a psychedelic/country feel to it. Yes please.
23. Wildcat! Wildcat! - Mr Quiche
I originally had this a little further down my list until a couple of days ago. I was out walking the dog and listening to my "Best Of"playlist on the ole iPod. This song came on (after a couple months of not hearing it) and just made me think back to warmer times and days on the beach.
22. The Orwells - Mallrats (La La La)
I remember the first time I heard this song over at Rollo & Grady...it got me so fired up. I'll admit that it's not a song for all occasions but when it's Go Time, throw 'Mallrats' on and prepare to get fired up.
21. Lord Huron - Time to Run
You may or may not be seeing another Lord Huron song on this list at some point in time. This album (Lonesome Dreams) was a game changer for me this year and was the soundtrack to so many days on the beach and walks in the rain. Loved it...and of course this was one of my favs from the record.
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