My favorite songs discovered (though not necessarily released) in 2024.
Carter U.S.M. – The Only Living Boy In New Cross
Cigarettes After Sex – Tejano Blue
The Goo Goo Dolls – Beautiful Life
Kings of Leon – Waste A Moment
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Bauhaus Staircase
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Kleptocracy
My favorite songs discovered (though not necessarily released) in 2023.
The 1975 – I’m in Love with You
All Time Low – Blinding Lights
All Time Low – Tell Me I’m Alive
Billy Joe Armstrong – I Think We’re Alone Now
Blue October – Shut Up I Want You To Love Me Back
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Bauhaus Staircase
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Kleptocracy
A Story Told – Better Than Heaven
My favorite songs discovered (though not necessarily released) in 2022.
Brimheim – Can’t hate myself into a different shape
Dave Hause – We could be kings
Ethel Cain – American teenager
Homeschool – Smartest Man (feat. Samia)
The National – Somebody desperate
Pronouns – I’m right back in it
Taylor Swift – All too well (Taylor’s version)
Artist:
Vivid
Spotify:
Not on Spotify
Video:
Favourite Lyrics:
it won’t be the same again
feel the open wind my friend
don’t you know this is the end of this game
“means nothing to me”
Thoughts:
Nearly 25 years old and still one of my all-time favorite songs from a severely underrated band (they don’t even have an entry on the English Wikipedia). The songs evokes a weird melancholic optimistic sadness in me.
Artist:
The Magnetic Field
Spotify:
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Video:
Favourite Lyrics:
The book of love has music in it
In fact that’s where music comes from
Some of it’s just transcendental
Some of it’s just really dumb
Thoughts:
The idea for the song is just brilliant.
Notable Covers:
The Airborne Toxic Event, Peter Gabriel
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Artist:
The 1975
Spotify:
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Video:[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/m1jw6Jw1Fqk”][vc_column_text]Favorite Lyrics:
I had a dream where we had kids
You would cook, I’d do the nappies
We went to Winter Wonderland
And it was shit but we were happy
Thoughts:
The song needed a few rotations to grow on me, but now it’s in my Top 3 for 2020. It’s lighthearted yet sincere, upbeat yet lamenting.
I really like the lyrics above because of they convey the beautiful idea how your spirits are elevated just by spending time with the right person, no matter what is happening around you.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Artist:
Boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Kucy Dacus)
Spotify:
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Video:
This Live version is even better than the studio version.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/6T5zc36sAIE” align=”center”][vc_column_text]Youtube comment: i heard there was a small town in Norway that was getting 50% of its renewable energy from phoebe’s voice at 2:39
Favorite Lyrics:
I never said I’d be all right
Just thought I could hold myself together
…
I wanna be emaciated
I wanna hear one song without thinking of you
Thoughts:
This incredible powerful voice carries so much sadness and vulnerability. The lyrics are authentic and touching. The song brings back memories of lost love I had not thought about in years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
1. The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
2. Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean
3. Garbage – The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
4. R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
5. Dan Wilson – Breathless
6. Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself
7. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
8. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
9. Eric Carmen – All By Myself
10. Bette Midler – From A Distance
Well, I’ve been afraid of changing
‘Cause I’ve built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I’m getting older too
Yes I’m getting older too
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide