I've got the list down to around 45 or so tunes that rocked my world in this year. Rather than bombard you with one giant post I've split it into 2 parts: the also-rans and then my top ten singles. So here's the also-rans and there's some really juicy ones in there:
In no particular order:
Tricky - Nicotine Love ft. Francesca Belmonte
Chicks On Speed - Plastic Bag
Lamb - We Fall In Love
Sun Kil Moon - I Love My Dad
Neneh Cherry - Naked
The Felice Brothers - Alien
Adult Jazz - Pigeon Skulls
Strand Of Oaks - Woke Up To The Light
Hafdis Huld - Pop Song
Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
Got a Girl - Theres a Revolution
Asgeir - King and Cross
Marissa Nadler - We Are Coming Back
FKA Twigs - Closer
Ty Segall - Mister Main
Moodymann - IGuessuneverbeenlonely
Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Body Electric
St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse
First Aid Kit - Waitress Song
Temples - Shelter Song
Shovels & Rope - Stono River Blues
La Roux - Let Me Down Gently
Lana Del Rey - Pretty When You Cry
JJ - Dean & Me
Numbers 20 to 11:
20 Lewis - I Thought The World Of You (The album has a John Martyn feel to it but this tune is more Nick Drake. The piano arrangement alone deserves applause.)
19 Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (I love his style. The tune belies the slightly more sinister lyrics.)
18 Interpol - All the Rage Back Home (Not their best album but this tune is definitely up their with their anthemic best.)
17 Beck - Morning (A tune that I must have played a hundred times or more this year. Still love it.)
16 Morrissey - Im Not a Man (Mozzer's strongest album for yonks. This tune in particular still has him shaking his fist at the world in indignation.)
15 Angel Olsen - Unfucktheworld (Alt-country/indie singer putting the world to rights)
14 Mirel Wagner - The Dirt (Could quite easily have been an out-track from Murder Ballads. Ethipoian/Finnish songwriter tells a great horror story.)
13 Saint Saviour - Let It Go (Why is this lady not the biggest UK female singer/songwriter? It's a crime for sure.)
12 Painted Palms - Soft Hammer (This fills the Beach Boys shaped hole in my life quite neatly and with absolutely no kitsch guaranteed)
11 Cibo Matto - 10th Floor Ghost Girl (Electro-pop with disco bass guitar. This year's party record. )
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