A special playlist this week. I think I finally got my Favorite Songs of the Year list hammered out yesterday. I\u2019ll finish my write up over the weekend and share it early next week.<\/p>\n
When I used to do a semi-private podcast, each year before I shared my favorite songs, I would do a review show counting down the #1 songs of all the previous years. Seems like a good way for me to share some good tunes with you.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n
https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/224aiwksicafjldlua6nnpo4y\/playlist\/3NkobofNzkjLRWftdsbb7G<\/p>\n
2004 – \u201cFloat On\u201d – Modest Mouse. Famously the song I was listening to when S yelled at me that her water had broke, and it was time to head to the hospital. Nine hours late, little baby M had arrived!
\n2005 – \u201cGoing Missing\u201d – Maximo Park. My social life went missing after I became a father. Hey-yo!
\n2006 – \u201cStar Witness\u201d – Neko Case. The song that introduced me to the treasure that is Ms. Case.
\n2007 – \u201cIntervention\u201d – Arcade Fire. A controversial year. As much as I loved this song at the time, a couple years later when I did my Best of the Decade list, it was knocked down by two songs that I had rated much lower initially.[1]<\/a>
\n2008 – \u201cThe Modern Leper\u201d – Frightened Rabbit. The year this not-so-merry band of Scots blew my mind.
\n2009 – \u201cWhirring\u201d – The Joy Formidable. Re-released two years later to wider acclaim, I was a cool \u201cinto all the music blogs\u201d guy and loved this song the first time they unleashed it.
\n2010 – \u201cFootShooter\u201d – Frightened Rabbit. Every fucking line of this song is utterly amazing. All the other songwriters should have just stopped at this point.
\n2011 – \u201cHe Gets Me High\u201d – Dum Dum Girls. Starting a hell of a run for Dee Dee and her pals; they claimed the #2 slot the next year.
\n2012 – \u201cThe House That Heaven Built\u201d – Japandroids. Kick ass rock still exists.
\n2013 – \u201cHoly\u201d – Frightened Rabbit. Three-time champs!
\n2014 – \u201cRed Eyes\u201d – The War on Drugs. I can still listen to this song – and the album it came from – 20 times in a row.
\n2015 – \u201cCalifornia Nights\u201d – Best Coast. Bethany Cosentino\u2019s entire career was a build up to this song.<\/p>\n