Friday Playlist, Part 2
For part two, the annual review of my favorite songs of the past 20 years. Remember there have been ties for #1 a few years, thus the extra tracks. Also don’t forget that these lists remain static once published. There are several songs I would replace with others if I re-evaluated their years today. Flags fly forever, and favorite songs of the year never die.
2004 - “Float On” - Modest Mouse 2005 - “Gone Missing” - Maximo Park 2006 - “Star Witness” - Neko Case 2007 - “Intervention” - Arcade Fire 2008 - “The Modern Leper” - Frightened Rabbit 2009 - “Whirring” - The Joy Formidable 2010 - “FootShooter” - Frightened Rabbit 2011 - “He Gets Me High” - Dum Dum Girls 2012 - “The House That Heaven Built” - Japandroids 2013 - “Holy” - Frightened Rabbit 2014 - “Red Eyes” - The War On Drugs 2015 - “California Nights” - Best Coast 2016 - “To Know You” - Wild Nothing 2017 - “Pain” / “Strangest Thing” - The War On Drugs 2018 - “Night Shift” - Lucy Dacus 2019 - “Weird Ways” - Strand of Oaks 2020 - “Can’t Do Much” - Waxahatchee 2021 - “Stacking Chairs” - Middle Kids 2022 - “the man himself” / “in the wake of your leave” - Gang of Youths 2023 - “The Window” - Ratboys