Okay boys and girls here are the best songs of the year! I’m eschewing the modesty of calling these fifty tracks (plus a little gem known as ”Bale Out”) my ”favorite” songs of the year. Fuck that, these are the best. Deal with it. I took a couple of hours to listened to these great tunes all the way through and realized just then how great this year was for not just new artists/bands but for fringe musical genres such as electronica/noise/ambient/metal/prog. So enjoy the good ones, enjoy the weird ones, and everything in between. And if you’re lucky enough to know me I’ll burn a copy for you let you listen to all these songs I totally legally downloaded.

1. Sea Within a Sea by The Horrors
2. Kingdom of Rust by Doves
3. The Incident by Porcupine Tree
4. Surf Solar by Fuck Buttons
5. French Navy by Camera Obscura
6. I Don’t Like Your Band by Annie
7. Golden Phone by Micachu and the Shapes
8. Build Voice by Dan Deacon
9. The Afterlife by YACHT
10. Leftovers by Jarvis Cocker

 

11. Crystalised by The xx
12. Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
13. This Tornado Loves You by Neko Case
14. Corrupt by Depeche Mode
15. Glass by Bat For Lashes
16. United States of Eurasia by Muse
17. Inaugural Trams by Super Furry Animals
18. Holiday On The Moon by Puscifer
19. Dog Days Are Over by Florence And The Machine
20. Where Shadows Make Shadows by Tim Hecker

21. Give It Up by Datarock
22. Slow Poison by The Bravery
23. Since We’ve Been Wrong by The Mars Volta
24. Oblivion by Mastodon
25. Leni by Crystal Castles Remixed
26. Digidesign by Joker
27. Stillness Is the Move by Dirty Projectors
28. Drawing the Line by Porcupine Tree
29. Jetstream by Doves
30. Babel On by The Soundtrack of Our Lives

 


31. Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
32. From Africa to Málaga by jj
33. Help I’m Alive by Metric
34. Lisztomania by Phoenix
35. Funny The Way It Is by Dave Matthews Band
36. Moped Eyes by Super Furry Animals
37. Don’t Stop by Annie
38. Further Complications by Jarvis Cocker
39. Daniel by Bat For Lashes
40. True Stories byDatarock

41. Working On a Dream BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
42. House of Flying Daggers by Raekwon
43. Angela by Jarvis Cocker
44. Begin The Engine by Andrew W.K.
45. Fuck You by Lily Allen
46. Divinations by Mastodon
47. Padding Ghost by Dan Deacon
48. Here to Fall by Yo La Tengo
49. Something is Squeezing My Skull by Morrissey
50. The Mission (feat. Milla Jovovich) by Puscifer
50.1 The Shattered Fortress by Dream Theater
50.2 Bale Out by EvoLoution

 

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Best Non-Song Song of the Year:
“Bale Out” by RevoLucian. Genus on so many levels. First off, and all due respek to my man Bale, it’s funny. Second, it’s actually a very well made dance song in terms structure and beats. Third, this guy made the song, like, two days after the rant was released. This song is so good it’s fucking distracting.

1. “TiK ToK” by Ke$ha. Oh, I have a few signs for Ke$ha as well. Sure there’s the $, which is sooooo cool with its faux gangsta irony (which may not even be ironic), but there’s also a #@*%. This is the kind of post-Gaga popular dance music that is ushering in the new decade. It makes me not want to be alive to hear what the rest of the decade has to offer.  This song is… DEATH.
2. “Right Round” by Flo Rida. Fuck this shit.
3. “Party in the U.S.A.” by Miley Cyrus. If this is how we party they I’m moving to Canada.
4. “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon. It is beyond my comprehension how this band and THIS 2009 hit single grew in popularity.
5. “My Girls” by Animal Collective. Not bad by any means just overrated and kind of bland.  There are far better tracks on Merriweather Post Pavilion.
6. “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga. Maybe not the worst song ever but the opening of this song makes me feel like my skin has been cut off and bleach is being poured on my blood covered, barley alive carcass.

Best Bad Song of the Year:
I Got A Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas. A horrible song from a horrible band. Still… ehh, kinda catchy. Mazeltov!