The first bracket contains my favorite singles, b-sides or one-off-purchased songs of the year. Worthwhile songs populate the second. Should Have Been… are singles that came out too late last year to include or I missed their initial release during the previous year.
+ In Order +
- “Open Your Fucking Heart Boy” ~ Bigjoy
- “Dean’s Room” ~ Allison Crutchfield
- “Maria Sweet“ ~ Strange Relations
- “Know” ~ Syd
- “Close but Not Quiet” ~ Everthing is Recorded with Sampha
- “City Music” ~ Kevin Morby
- “When You're Gone” ~ Beaches
- “On The Lips” ~ JD McPherson
- “Better” ~ Parables of Neptune
- “Lower Worlds” ~ Rainer Maria
- “Surrend to the Void” ~ Hair
- “I Give You Power” ~ The Arcade Fire with Mavis Staples
- “It Ain’t Fair” (Tiny Desk version) ~ The Roots & Bilal
- “The Power” ~ Sweet Spirit
- “Baby Blue Suede & the Dangerous Three” ~ The Cutouts
- “Orbit” ~ Shenandoah Davis
- “Screen Gem” ~ Speedy Ortiz
- “3 Days 19 Hours [Rough Cut]” ~ Charlie Curtis-Beard
- “Light Of Loving” ~ Faith Healer
- “Look Like That” ~ Sneaks
- “New Stole” ~ Tricky
- “Walkie Talkie” ~ Palm
- “Wonder Why” ~ Juliana Hatfield
- “Burn the Sun” ~ Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree
+ Alphabetical +
- “Bitchin’ Place to Make Out” ~ Pledge Drive
- “Black Gospel” ~ davie
- “Claire Says” ~ GOSH!
- “Comeback River” ~ Sugar Fed Leopards
- “Enter the Black Lodge” ~ The Stargazer Lilies
- “Fatal Gift” ~ Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
- “How To Boil An Egg” ~ Courtney Barnett
- “I Wish I Could Help You” ~ The Safes
- “I'm Not a Little Axe & Music” ~ poisonous relationship
- “Kangaroo” ~ PVT
- “Lucky Girl” ~ Fazerdaze
- “Magic” ~ Rayana Jay
- “Mythological Beauty” ~ Big Thief
- “Paradise” ~ AHOHNI
- “Shouting at the Dark” ~ The Mynabirds
- “Slicked” ~ Weaves
- “South America” ~ Grape Whales
- “Turning 21” ~ Palehound
- “Waves of the New” ~ Las Robertas
- “When I Tried” ~ Widowspeak
- “Winston Red” ~ Your Old Droog
- “Zoo” ~ LEYYA