So, as per annual tradition, I've compiled a list of my favourite songs of 2019. Why 146? That's how many I liked enough to track. Here they are, not in a countdown format--I cut straight to #1 first. They are in rough favourite order, with those toward the bottom more or lest arbitrarily listed. You must remember also that I'm a fan of alt and indie rock on a new wave foundation. I like rhythm accompanied by melody. Melody is important. Here they are.
1. “Bee-Sting” – the Wombats
2. “Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile” – the New Pornographers
3. “Hurry on Home” – Sleater-Kinney
4. “All the Way Blue” – the Ocean Blue
5. “Runaway” – LCG and the X
6. “Overexcited” – Guster
7. “Can’t Be Alone Tonight” – Atlas Genius
8. “Warm Animal” – Sure Sure
9. “Forest Fire” – Wintersleep
10. “Zoo Eyes” – Aldous Harding
11. “I’m Not Where You Are” – Marika Hackman
12. “Salted Caramel Ice Cream” – Metronomy
13. “Come Along” – Cosmo Sheldrake
14. “Real Thing” – Middle Kids
15. “Don’t Wanna Let You Go” – Imperial Teen
16. “Harmony Hall” – Vampire Weekend
17. “Give Stupidity a Chance” – Pet Shop Boys
18. “Running Up That Hill” – Meg Myers
19. “Cut the Quick” - Telekinesis
20. “How to Quit Smoking” – Papercuts
21. “Cradles” – Sub Urban
22. “Good Luck” – Broken Bells
23. “Bones” – Peter Bjorn and John
24. “My Cheating Heart” – Love Fame Tragedy
25. “Orphans” - Coldplay
26. “Die Happy” – Dreamers
27. “Obsession” – Joywave
28. “Faithless” – Operators
29. “Prom Queen” – Beach Bunny
30. “Cathedral” – Hovvdy
31. “Choke” – I Don’t Know How But They Found Me
32. “Won’t Last Long” – JR JR
33. “Social Cues” – Cage the Elephant
34. “Repetition” – Ride
35. “Complainer” – Cold War Kids
36. “Alligator” – Of Monsters and Men
37. “People I Loved” – Yeasayer
38. “Missed Connection” – the Head and the Heart
39. “Tokyo” – White Lies
40. “Trampoline” – Shaed
41. “Awful Need” – Feels
42. “Yellow Bike” – Pedro the Lion
43. “Good Things Fall Apart” – Illenium and Jon Bellion
44. “All Mirrors” – Angel Olsen
45. “Designer” – Aldous Harding
46. “Might Be Right” – White Reaper
47. “The Best” - AWOLNATION
48. “Walking in the Dark” – Metronomy
49. “Kombucha” – Winnetka Bowling League
50. “Genetic Pool” – Lucid Vanguard
51. “Wheel Well” – Bad Books
52. “Heavenly” – Cigarettes After Sex
53. “Talk” – Two Door Cinema Club
54. “Exits” - Foals
55. “Leave Us Alone” – Night Riots
56. “Nicky Buckingham” – Holy Ghost!
57. “Far from Home” – Ladytron
58. “From Out of Nowhere” – Jeff Lynne’s ELO
59. “Get Well Soon” – Boy Scouts
60. “Empires” – Elbow
61. “I See You” – Missio
62. “Waste” – Twen
63. “SGL” – Now Now
64. “Gold Past Life” – Fruit Bats
65. “Nighttime Drive” – Jay Som
66. “Spell” – Hot Chip
67. “How We Say Goodbye” – Imperial Teen
68. “It’s Alright” – Mother Mother
69. “Sisyphus” – Andrew Bird
70. “The Surprise Knock” – the New Pornographers
71. “Try Hard Fool” – the Growlers
72. “Clovers” – Barrie
73. “Sing Along” – Sturgill Simpson
74. “The Hype” – twenty one pilots
75. “Needle and Thread” – Ages and Ages
76. “Light the Way” – Mikky Ekko
77. “U.N.I.” – Mating Ritual
78. “Ecstatic Baby” – Yeasayer
79. “Damsel” – Twen
80. “Darker Days” – Peter Bjorn and John
81. “Rebound City” – Bleached
82. “The Center Won’t Hold” – Sleater-Kinney
83. “Longshot” – Catfish and the Bottlemen
84. “Battle Lines” – Bob Moses
85. “Gallipoli” – Beirut
86. “Like a Kennedy” - Joywave
87. “Future Love” – Ride
88. “Body Pars” – Love Fame Tragedy
89. “Dexter and Sinister” – Elbow
90. “Shelter” – Broken Bells
91. “Sunflower” – Vampire Weekend
92. “Don’t Go” – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
93. “Thousand” – Rosie Carney feat. Lisa Hannigan
94. “Here We Go” – Sean McConnell
95. “Over You” – Seratones
96. “Make Art Not Friends” – Sturgill Simpson
97. “2all” – Catfish and the Bottlemen
98. “Sleeping Volcanoes” – Cass McCombs
99. “Cringe” – Matt Maeson
100. “Wasted Youth” – Jenny Lewis
101. “It Doesn’t Matter Why” – Silversun Pickups
102. “The Barrel” – Aldous Harding
103. “Salt Eyes” – Middle Kids
104. “Look Alive” – Guster
105. “UFO” – Bad Books
106. “Before the Bombs” – Death Cab for Cutie
107. “Wild Roses” – Of Monsters and Men
108. “Fool” – Dan Luke and the Raid
109. “It Hurts” – Graveyard Club
110. “Big Bear Mountain” – JR JR
111. “A Thousand Years from Now” – Fort Frances
112. “Just Exist” – Eliza and the Delusionals
113. “U.F.O.F.” – Big Thief
114. “This Life” – Vampire Weekend
115. “Dead Ringer” – Yoke Lore
116. “Rylan” – the National
117. “Bad Dance” – Sleater-Kinney
118. “I Feel Emotion” - Operators
119. “Insecurity” – Metronomy
120. “Fixture Picture” – Aldous Harding
121. “The One” – Marika Hackman
122. “Wishing Well” – Ahem
123. “The Animals” – Ladytron
124. “The Runner” – Foals
125. “Trapped by the Sea” – the Shins & Fug Yep Soundation
126. “Best Clockmaker on Mars” – Sturgill Simpson
127. “Funeral Singers” – Sylvan Esso
128. “New Love Cassette” – Angel Olsen
129. “Stars Are the Light” – Moon Duo
130. “Dig” – Oso Oso
131. “Without You” – Joseph
132. “Just My Luck” – Ages and Ages
133. “Backflip” – Love Fame Tragedy
134. “In the Air” – Allah Las
135. “The Spark” – Diiv
136. “Slow Dances” – Winnetka Bowling League
137. “Wars” – Of Monsters and Men
138. “When Am I Gonna Lose You” – Local Natives
139. “I Don’t Think I Can Do This Again” – Mura Masa & Clairo
140. “UnAmerican” – Said the Whale
141. “Nice to See You” – Two Door Cinema Club
142. “Mistress Death” – White Line Darko
143. “Basically” – Catfish and the Bottlemen
144. “Weight of the Planets” – Aldous Harding
145. “Houseplants” – Squid
146. “Cat Fight (Over a Dog Like Me)" – the Stray Cats
