Here are 104 songs that made 2014 special. They are in no particular order, just written out as they came to mind, one song per band or artist. And as always, if anyone wants to put all of these jams on a playlist of some sort and send it to me, i will reward you in cookies...sweet, sweet cookies.
Every single one of these is my favorite song of the year:
1. Glass Candy - "Rise"
2. Mac DeMarco - "Passing Out Pieces"
3. Linda Perhacs - "River of God"
4. Liars - "Pro Anti Anti"
5. Protomartyr - "Scum, Rise!"
6. Trust - "Capital"
7. New Bums - "Black Bough"
8. Morgan Delt - "Obstacle Eyes"
9. Young Widows - "Kerosene Girl"
10. Luminance - "Obsession"
11. Eagulls - "Possessed"
12. King Dude and Chelsea Wolfe - "Be Free"
13. Helms Alee - "Tumescence"
14. Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes"
15. Yumi Zouma - "The Brae"
16. Have A Nice Life - "Defenestration Song"
17. Marissa Nadler - "Was It a Dream"
18. Power Glove - "Blood Dragon Theme (Reprise)"
19. Future Islands - "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
20. Thou - "Free Will"
21. Ben Frost - "Venter"
22. White Lung - "Drown with the Monster"
23. The GOASTT - "Moth to a Flame"
24. Viet Cong - "Continental Shelf"
25. Golden Retriever - "Flight Song"
26. Barren Harvest - "Claw and Feather"
27. Swans - "A Little God in our Hands"
28. Sleep - "The Clarity"
29. Deafheaven - "From the Kettle onto the Coil"
30. Symbol - "Clear Passage"
31. Nothing - "Somersault"
32. Movement - "Like Lust"
33. Cluster Buster - "Female Protagonist"
34. Ex-Cult - "Ties You Up"
35. Twin Shadow - "To the Top"
36. Mica Levi - "Love"
37. Odonis Odonis - "Angus Mountain"
38. Black Monolith - "Eris"
39. Jozef Van Wissem and SQURL - "The Taste of Blood"
40. EMA - "Satellites"
41. Wolves in the Throne Room - "Celestite Mirror"
42. Haunted Hearts - "Up Is Up (But So Is Down)"
43. Amen Dunes - "Lonely Richard"
44. Slow Pulse - "Prayer"
45. Allie X - "Bitch"
46. Heroin in Tahiti - "ALO"
47. Peter Matthew Bauer - "Philadelphia Raga"
48. Wovenhand - "Good Shepherd"
49. Perturbator - "Hard Wired"
50. Zola Jesus - "Dangerous Days"
51. El Mahdy Jr - "Lost Bridge"
52. Iceage - "The Lord's Favorite"
Whew! We're half way there.
53. The Orwells - "Who Needs You"
54. Dalhous - "Abyssal Plane"
55. King Tuff - "Black Moon Spell"
56. Myrkur - "Natten Barn"
57. Ritual Howls - "Zemmoa"
58. Coral Cross - "The Coldest Steel Across your Face Slides"
59. Alex G - "Serpent Is Lord"
60. Los Angeles Police Department - "She Came Through (Again)"
61. Deers - "Bamboo"
62. Yob - "Unmask the Spectre"
63. alt-J - "Hunger of the Pine"
64. Tony Allen w/ Damon Albarn - "Go Back"
65. Pallbearer - "Worlds Apart"
66. TOPS - "Outside"
67. You'll Never Get to Heaven - "Adorn"
68. Pharmakon - "Body Betrays Itself"
69. Gap Dream - "Strong Love"
70. Roses - "The Fog"
71. Recycle Culture - "Drown Me Up"
72. Panda Bear - "Mr. Noah"
73. Youth Code - "Consuming Guilt"
74. Andy Stott - "Violence"
75. Whirr - "Heavy"
76. Princess - "Molly"
77. Blut Aus Nord - "Paien"
78. Fear of Men - "Sleeper"
79. Thom Yorke - "A Brain in a Bottle"
80. Dream Police - "Pouring Rain"
81. Grouper - "Call Across Rooms"
82. Ex Cops w/ Ariel Pink - "Tragically Alright"
83. Jennifer Castle - "Nature"
84. Katie Gately - "Pivot"
85. Mastodon w/ Gibby Haynes - "Atlanta"
86. Ariel Pink - "Picture Me Gone"
87. Doss - "The Way I Feel (Recycle Culture's Slow Emotion Reel)"
88. Aphex Twin - "minipops 67 [120.2][Source Field Mix]"
89. Death Blues - "Loss"
90. Lust for Youth - "Armida"
91. Run the Jewels w/ Zack de la Rocha - "Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)"
92. Keep Shelly in Athens - "Fractals"
93. Pompeii - "Loom"
94. Black Milk w/ Mel - "Everyday Was"
95. Mamiffer - "Flower of the Field"
96. La Casa al Mare - "Sunflowers"
97. Leon Bridges - "Coming Home"
98. S. Maharba - "Memorial"
99. Joel Ford w/ Ejecta - "Breathe"
100. John Carpenter - "Vortex"
101. Ty Segall - "Susie Thumb"
102. La Hell Gang - "So High"
103. Fucked Up - "Paper the House"
104. David Bowie - "Sue (or in a Season of Crime)"
I'm sure i'm leaving dozens of songs off of this list, but damn it, it can only be so long. Go out and listen to all of these right now, and be sure to come back tomorrow for my favorite album covers of the year.
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