Sunday, December 13, 2020

120+ Fave Songs of 2020

2020 has been a dumpster fire of a year in many ways for sure, and music was not immune from the sheer disaster. Still, thankfully, I was able to find solace in 120+ songs that rose to the top of/for my annual favorite songs list. (Note: I'm not counting down here; I went right for the top spot starting at #1.) Full playlist on YouTube at www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBb3Ab6s-otRGqxZ6zC0wRvrxiZb2kLG-.

1. “Arch Enemy” – Everything Everything

2. “Masonic Temple Microdose #1” – Blitzen Trapper

3. “Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus” – the Strokes

4. “This Heat” – Deeper

5. “Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing but You)” – Bombay Bicycle Club

6. “Bad Decisions” – the Strokes

7. “Time Moves On” – Phantom Planet

8. “Dance of The Clairvoyants” – Pearl Jam

9. “Against the Day” – Wolf Parade

10. “Falling Thunder” – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

11. “Ego” – Moaning

12. “I’m Only Going to Hurt You” – the Ninth Wave

13. “On Division Street” – Nation of Language

14. “Spirits” – Dad Bod

15. “I Don’t Wanna” – Pet Shop Boys

16. “Case of the Mondays” – Pomplamoose

17. “Uh-huh” – Litany

18. “Open Relations” – Heartbones

19. “Martin” – Car Seat Headrest

20. “Lightning Riders” – AWOLNATION

21. “Love Spells” – poorstacy

22. “how will i rest in peace if I’m buried by ahighway” – KennyHoopla

23. “So Much Love” – Nada Surf

24. “Heat Death (Hold Me Here)” – Sister Species

25. “Rusty Nail” – Peter Bjorn and John

26. “The Great Divide” – the Shins

27. “What I Do” – Taylor Janzen

28. “Власть (Power)” – Ploho

29. “Friend Machine” – Nation of Language

30. “I Feel the Transition” – the Zolas

31. “You’reNot Alone” – Semisonic

32. “Cheap Regrets” – the Districts

33. “I’m No Artist” – Catholic Action

34. “Van Horn” – Saint Motel

35. “Magical Thinking” – Blitzen Trapper

36. “Cloud Nein” – Man Man

37. “Goliath” – Woodkid

38. “She’s Walking Out” – Faded Paper Figures

39. “Circle the Drain” – Soccer Mommy

40. “Hollow World” – Elephant Stone

41. “The Ceiling” – Lewis Del Mar

42. “The Only Thing” – Travis featuring Susanna Hoffs

43. “Pastime” – Samantha Crain

44. “One of Us” – Catholic Action

45. “The Adults Are Talking” – the Strokes

46. “Leave a Little Light on” – Phantom Planet

47. “No Rain” – Drab Majesty

48. “Planets” – Everything Everything

49. “Lake Song” – Deeper

50. “Obsidian Oblivion” – Say Hi

51. “Dying to Believe” – the Beths

52. “What D’ya Got to Lose” – Brett Newski

53. “Orange and Blue” – Sarah Jarosz

54. “Sainthood Is Not in Your Future” – Sparks

55. “Future Peg” – Man Man

56. “Another Name for Loneliness” – Catholic Action

57. “Never Stop the Dance” – MT Foyer

58. “Deleter” – Grouplove

59. “The Steps” – Haim

60. “Daybreak” – Sweet and Loney

61. “Spirals” – Django Django

62. “Holy Smokes Future Jokes” – Blitzen Trapper

63. “Everything Else Has Gone Wrong” – Bombay Bicycle Club

64. “Care” - beabadoobee

65. “Can I Believe You” – Fleet Foxes

66. “Good Bad Times - Hinds

67. “Bones” – Faded Paper Figures

68. “It Might Be Time” – Tame Impala

69. “Endless Reruns” – Peter Bjorn and John

70. “Violent Sun” – Everything Everything

71. “Impossible Weight” – Deep Sea Diver featuring Sharon Van Etten

72. “Valentine” – Travis

73. “Eternal Summer” – the Strokes

74. “The Godfather” – Are We Static

75. “Stranger” – Moaning

76. “Like Breaking Glass” – Cut/Copy

77. “Used to Like” – Neon Trees

78. “Fuzzybrain” – Dayglow

79. “Burn Too Bright” – Laura Veirs

80. “Pacific Standard Time” – Sparks


81. “Carousel” – Clock Opera

82. “Tiger Unicorn” – Say Hi

83. “Velour and Velcro” – the Districts

84. “My Own Soul’s Warning” – the Killers

85. “Waving at the Window” – Travis

86. “The Motorist” – Nation of Language

87. “Tattered and Torn” – Eli Gardiner

88. “Jump Rope Gazers” – the Beths

89. “In a Spiral” – Phantogram

90. “Deadlines (Thoughtful)” – Car Seat Headrest

91. “Young Buck” – Braids

92. “Come Down Forever” – the Ninth Wave

93. “Hear You Calling” – Gully Boys

94. “Running into You” – the Cribs

95. “So Handsome Hello” – Woodkid

96. “Rush and Fever” – Nation of Language

97. “A Ghost” – Travis

98. “Lost Powers” – Everything Everything

99. “Love Is All We Share” – Cut/Copy

100. “Connect the Dots” – Moaning


101. “Bardo’s Light (Ouija, Ouija)” – Blitzen Trapper

102. “Club Zero” – the Go-Go’s

103. “With That Face” – Green/Blue

104. “The Existential Threat” – Sparks

105. “Out of Nowhere” – Peter Bjorn and John

106. “Sons and Unwed Mothers” – Blitzen Trapper

107. “Do You Want Me Now” – the Beths

108. “Out of Control” – Wolf Parade

109. “Footnotes” – Land of Talk

110. “Caution” – the Killers

111. “My Resolve” – Bruce Hornsby and James Mercer

112. “Wreck Beach/Totem Park” – the Zolas

113. “Unreal City” – M. Ward

114. “Valleys” – Working Men’s Club

115. “Sleep” – House of Heaven

116. “Winona” – Miloe

117. “Televised Mind” – Fontaines D.C.

118. “Spray Paint” - Deeper

119. “Pale Yellow” – Woodkid

120. “Lawnmower” – Sparks

121. “September Again” – Nation of Language

122. “Kisser (Stripped)” – Step Rockets

123. “Private Lives” – Low Cut Connie

124. “I Fall in Love Every Night” – Born Ruffians

125. “Undecided Voters” – Kiwi Jr.

126. “Love Is not Enough” – Lydia Loveless



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