Best Songs of 2014

(artwork by Dana Pacifico)

Apparently I got Chinese New Year confused with the end of 2014, as it took me until now to finally share my list of favorite songs from 2014. It’s late, but you better bet it’s a true indication of my favorite songs of 2014. These are the 100 songs that I played and enjoyed the most and are still playing on regular rotation. They came from the most established artists like Beck, as well as newcomers such as Alvvays, Leon Bridges and Flyte. It’s a bit all over the map stylistically, which is a good thing if you ask me.

I’ve posted the list of songs below from 100-1. I’ve turned the entire list into a spotify playlist (keep in mind some tracks weren’t on spotify so if that’s the case, just come back here and you can click the song it will take you to the tracks soundcloud/youtube page). Head to the bottom of the page for the spotify playlist, or just head here.

With that said, here are my favorite songs that were released in 2014, finally:

100. The Crookes – Outsiders
99. Liars – Mess On A Mission
98. The Cabana Kids – Sortida
97. Ratking – So Sick Stories (feat. King Krule)
96. Flying Lotus – Never Catch Me (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
95. Childhood – As I Am
94. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Jackson
93. The Both – Hummingbird
92. Craft Spells – Nausea
91. Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It)
90. Bombay Bicycle Club – Luna
89. Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks – Little Fang
88. Protomartyr – Scum, Rise!
87. The Orwells – The Righteous One
86. Broken Bells – After The Disco
85. Neighbors – Wild Enough
84. Walter Martin – Sing To Me (Feat. Karen O)
83. Goat – Hide From The Sun
82. Oscar – Sometimes
81. Small Wonder – Until I Open My Wings
80. The Horrors – So Now You Know
79. Lydia Ainsworth – PSI
78. Owen Pallett – Song For Five & Six
77. Happyness – It’s on You
76. Marissa Nadler – Dead City Emily
75. Sharpless – Gemini
74. Hamilton Leithauser – Alexandra
73. Kishi Bashi – Philosophize In It! Chemicalize with It!
72. Mitksi – First Love-Late Spring
71. Frankie Cosmos – Buses Splash With Rain
70. tUnE-yArDs – Water Fountain
69. TV On The Radio – Happy Idiot
68. Alt-J – The Gospel Of John Hurt
67. PHOX – Slow Motion
66. Twin Peaks – Making Breakfast
65. The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart – Simple and Sure
64. Fear of Men – Waterfall
63. Snowmine – Columbus
62. Tokyo Police Club – Hot Tonight
61. Kevin Morby – The Ballad of Arlo Jones
60. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz – Human Sadness
59. Foxes In Fiction – Ontario Gothic
58. Perfume Genius – Queen
57. First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining
56. Alex G – Harvey
55. Merchandise – Little Killer
54. D’Angelo And The Vanguard – Really Love
53. Operators – True
52. Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
51. Hinds (FKA Deers) – Castigadas En El Granero
50. Adult Jazz – Am Gone
49. FKA Twigs – Two Weeks
48. Ex Hex – Don’t Wanna Lose
47. Sylvan Esso – Coffee
46. Interpol – Everything Is Wrong
45. The New Pornographers – War On The East Coast
44. Ariel Pink – One Summer Night
43. Springtime Carnivore – Sun Went Black
42. TOPS – Outside
41. The Antlers – Hotel
40. The Drums – I Can’t Pretend
39. Lana Del Rey – Old Money
38. Royal Blood – Figure It Out
37. Amen Dunes – I Know Myself
36. St. Vincent – Prince Johnny
35. Ty Segall – Feel
34. Parquet Courts – Black and White
33. Todd Terje – Delorean Dynamite
32. The War On Drugs – An Ocean In Between The Waves
31. Damon Albarn – Lonely Press Play
30. Mr Twin Sister – Rude Boy
29. Real Estate – Had To Hear
28. Father John Misty – Bored In The USA
27. Sharon Van Etten – Your Love Is Killing Me
26. Foxygen – How Can You Really
25. Hundred Waters – Murmurs
24. Wild Beasts – A Simple Beautiful Truth
23. Alvvays – Party Police
22. Shabazz Palaces – Forerunner Foray
21. Viet Cong – Continental Shelf
20. Mac DeMarco – Blue Boy
19. Ryn Weaver – OctaHate
18. Wild Beasts – Wanderlust
17. Kate Boy – Self Control
16. Angel Olsen – White Fire
15. Beck – Blue Moon
14. Beverly – Honey Do
13. Cloud Nothings – I’m Not Part Of Me
12. Tei Shi – Bassically
11. Run The Jewels – Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1
10. Future Islands – A Dream Of You and Me