I previously shared my top albums and music videos lists and now it’s time to for my 50 favorite tracks from 2016, presented here in highly unscientific, mostly arbitrary list form. As always, there’s a one song per artist rule to better spread the love. Check the out the top 50 below + follow the playlist on Spotify or Apple Music to stream them + 25 extra songs that just missed the main list. Enjoy and happy holidays!
50. DIIV - Bent (Roi’s Song)
49. Miike Snow - Gengis Khan
48. Margo Price - Hands of Time
47. Kishi Bashi - m’lover
46. Hundred Waters - Show Me Love (Skrillex Remix)
45. Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
44. HAERTS - Eva
43. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Have a Heart
42. How To Dress Well - Lost Youth / Lost You
41. Case/Lang/Veirs - Best Kept Secret
40. PUP - DVP
39. Moses Sumney - Lonely World
38. Frightened Rabbit - Woke Up Hurting
37. Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop The Feeling
36. Wilco - If I Ever Was A Child
35. Tegan and Sara - Stop Desire
34. James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire (ft. Bon Iver)
33. Memoryhouse - Get Back
32. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People…
31. Wye Oak - Watching the Waiting
30. Yumi Zouma - Keep It Close To Me
29. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
28. The Radio Dept. - Committed to the Cause
27. Teenage Fanclub - I’m In Love
26. Junior Boys - And It’s Forever
25. Shura - What’s It Gonna Be
24. Okkervil River - Judey on a Street
23. Kaytranada - Lite Spots
22. Jessy Lanza - VV Violence
21. Lambchop - NIV
20. The Sun Days - Don’t Need To Be Them
19. Lucy Dacus - I Don’t Want To Be Funny Anymore
18. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
17. Andrew Bird - Roma Fade
16. ANOHNI - 4 Degrees
15. Chairlift - Moth to the Flame
14. Francis & the Lights - Friends (ft. Bon Iver)
13. Whitney - Golden Days
12. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
11. M83 - Go! (ft. Mai Lan)
10. Anderson .Paak - Am I Wrong (ft. Schoolboy Q)
09. Chance the Rapper - No Problem (ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
08. Radiohead - Identikit
07. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam (ft. Chance the Rapper)
06. Beyoncé - Sorry
05. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times
04. Bon Iver - 33 GOD
03. Blood Orange - Best To You
02. David Bowie - I Can’t Give Everything Away
01. Frank Ocean - Self Control
Just Missed:
Eleanor Friedberger - Cathy with the Curly Hair
Kero Kero Bonito - Lipslap
Father John Misty - Real Love Baby
Katie Dey - Fear O The Light
Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
The Avalanches - Because I’m Me
Shearwater - Pale Kings
Nice as Fuck - Door
of Montreal - It’s Different For Girls
Islands - Back Into It
(+15 more on the playlist)
Listen on Spotify or Apple Music