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Tag Archives: 2014 tracks
50 songs from last year – #1 – Shamir – On The Regular
Downloading lists of songs without context (or even pictures) can lead to some odd things happening. I listened to this a good ten times on the subway and thought Shamir was (a) a girl and (b) English. It was only … Continue reading
50 songs from last year – #2 – QT – Hey QT
I wrote this on The Singles Jukebox about Hey QT: “Here’s what I love about “Hey QT”: the way that immense witch house drone has been cut and stretched into something that sounds almost like pop music, yet completely not. … Continue reading
50 songs from last year – #3 – Rustie ft. Danny Brown – Attak
“imo this should be danny browns song all rustie did was the music” <– Genuine Youtube comment
50 songs from last year – #4 – Mr Twin Sister – Blush
So, just to repeat – self-released post-Domino-records LP from the buzz band of five years ago, what right does every note of this have to be so good?
50 songs from last year – #5 – Hannah Diamond – Every Night
I think this one speaks for itself. Good piece in 20jazzfunkgreats on PC music here – would like to share the Wire piece but understandably it’s not online.
50 songs from last year – #6 – Hammock – Holding Your Absence
I first found Hammock on my mp3 player while I was in Thailand in 2008. I still have no idea how it got there, but it was utterly perfect for the time and the place. I took them back to … Continue reading
50 songs from last year – #7 – Galantis – Runaway (U & I)
I was going to say this was the best ever chart EDM but brief fact-checking reveals it hasn’t actually been in the charts, not in the UK at least. What are you doing, people?
50 songs from last year – #8 – A. G. Cook – Beautiful
More PC Music. A. G. Cook shows such love for the textures and artifacts of pop music here that you can easily forget he has the name of a firm of solicitors.
50 songs from last year – #9 – John Callaghan – Once More With Feeling
Found this on a Wire cover CD – I think everyone with a sampler has started to make this track at some point or another, but this is the only time I’ve heard it properly finished.
50 songs from last year – #10 – John Luther Adams / Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Become Ocean
Stretching the definition of “song” a little here, I know.