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45 Foals "What Went Down"

 

 

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44 The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"

 

 

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43 Jamie xx "Gosh"

 

 

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42 Grimes "Kill V. Maim"

 

 

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41 Panda Bear "Mr Noah"

 

 

 

 

In this section; a roaring comeback single from Foals, followed by one of The Weeknd's big hits this year- a switch-up from his usual style on the loose, funky "Can't Feel My Face". Jamie xx comes through with a great, looming instrumental on "Gosh", Grimes B.E.H.A.V.Es NEVAH MORE on the immensely fun album track "Kill V. Maim", and Panda Bear released the psychedelic and strangely infectious "Mr Noah" as part of his latest album. Panda Bear still has another track to come in the Top 40, except as part of his group Animal Collective~

 

Lovely to see GRADES - King here, Seven :wub: I forgot to chart it on mine, annoyingly, but it's a great little tune and very underrated. CHVRCHES, Oh Wonder & Florence are also highlights so far,Girl Band was also a fantastic discovery in Nuggets. Justin Bieber has been rather good this year too~

Edited January 6, 201610 yr by Chez Wombat

Foals, The Weeknd, Jamie XX, Grimes :heart:

 

 

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40 Taylor Swift "Style"

 

 

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39 Dan Deacon "Feel The Lightning"

 

 

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38 Django Django "First Light"

 

 

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37 Neon Indian "Slumlord"

 

 

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36 Oh Wonder "Technicolour Beat"

 

 

 

 

One of the older tracks here, Taylor's new wave-inspired "Style" thankfully saw a 2015 release and lands in the Top 40 here. We get more blissful pop tracks like the dreamy and washed-out "Feel The Lightning", and Django Django's comeback single "First Light". Neon Indian makes a second appearance with the pulsating grooves of "Slumlord" (a track where he goes in on his landlord? :heehee:), as do Oh Wonder with my favourite of their monthly track releases- the luscious "Technicolour Beat"

 

 

 

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35 Young Fathers "Rain Or Shine"

 

 

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34 Dutch Uncles "Decided Knowledge"

 

 

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33 Kendrick Lamar "The Blacker The Berry"

 

 

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32 Courtney Barnett "Pedestrian At Best"

 

 

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31 Sufjan Stevens "Should Have Known Better"

 

 

 

 

Young Fathers are at 35 with "Rain Or Shine", a grainy, lo-fi quality kind of song that features a great instrumental loop. Dutch Uncles' single "Decided Knowledge" centres around a failed job interview (i can relate!!), emphasised well with these call-and-response vocal cuts, layered onto an instrumental that feels very scattered but quite playful and groovy. Kendrick's hard-hitting "The Blacker The Berry" single is next, where he tackles the concepts of racial stereotypes and violence within the black community with a loud, passionate delivery. Courtney Barnett provided us with perhaps the best music video of the year, along with an equally great single in "Pedestrian at Best", and rounding out this section is Sufjan Stevens' reflective and also rather depressive track "Should Have Known Better", I especially love that switch up just past the halfway mark, feels kind of uplifting infact

 

 

 

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30 The Go! Team "The Scene Between"

 

 

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29 A.G. Cook "What I Mean"

 

 

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28 Fono "Real Joy"

 

 

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27 Major Lazer & DJ Snake Ft. MØ "Lean On"

 

 

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26 Everything Everything "Regret"

 

 

 

 

The Go! Team kick off the Top 30 with a colourful burst of energy on "The Scene Between", and following that is A.G. Cook's "What I Mean", where he layers his bubblegum bass sound with a cool organ refrain, it's a track that actually reminds me of Christmas time (helps that it was released around then mind you, but it just has that feeling about it). At #28 is the house banger to end all house bangers- the twisted "Real Joy" by Fono :music: Major Lazer teamed up with DJ Snake for a massive electronic/pop crossover hit "Lean On", with MØ's vocal adding that necessary zing to make this a real standout. My boys Everything Everything are next at #26 with the awesome second single from Get To Heaven; RE-GRET! RE-GRET! love that instant vocal hook and stomping instrumental

 

Really loving Lean On and Style in the last couple of sections, Seven :D

Fono, EE, Major Lazer :heart:

Real Joy :heart: massive song, to even crack the top 100 was incredible.

 

 

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25 Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"

 

 

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24 CHVRCHES "Clearest Blue"

 

 

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23 Wet "Deadwater"

 

 

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22 Rationale "Fuel To The Fire"

 

 

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21 Carly Rae Jepsen "E•MO•TION"

 

 

 

 

I'm like HEY WHAT'S UP HELLO to the Top 25 B-) as we kick off with Sir Fetty Wap and his breakthrough banger "Trap Queen" (there's still another knighted artist to come in the top 20 ;o). CHVRCHES' "Clearest Blue" was perhaps the shining beacon amongst a very good sophomore album, with its addictive synth riff building its way up to a blazing breakdown *.* We move to the more sombre stylings of upcoming pop/r&b group Wet, and the beautiful "Deadwater". Mulgracia pulled out their best BJSC entry to date with the FIGHT FOR JUSTICE anthem "Fuel To The Fire" by Rationale. One of Carly Rae's 3 remaining tracks is next, it was hard to resist that joyous title track- THIS EEEEE-MOOO-TIOOON!

 

:hi: Seven ;o

 

'E•MO•TION' *.*! One of many highlights from its parent album. :heart: Great to see 'Style' here too. :cool:

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20 Clarence Clarity "Bloodbarf"

19 Tame Impala "Let It Happen"






Kicking off the Top 20 is Clarence Clarity with the oddly moving ballad single "Bloodbarf". Clarence wallows in a state of dejection before the track is derailed by a wave of glitchy electronics towards the end (all while the music video passes through a series of old N'Sync/JT mag covers *_*)

Tame Impala's 7-minute odyssey "Let It Happen" was an easy standout on Currents, with a majestic synth riff and an AMAZING instrumental section during the second half!

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18 Drake "Hotline Bling"

17 Foxes "Body Talk"






I KNOW WHEN THAT HOTLINE BLING, THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING http://static.skaip.org/img/emoticons/v2/ffffff/call.gif: Drake smashing the Top 20 with one of 2015's other big urban jams! A simplistic approach and intoxicating beat made this easy to enjoy, plus who could EVER forget that video *.*

After nothing quite lived up to "Youth" from the previous era, Foxes delivered that second killer blow this year with "Body Talk"- shooting for a 80s-tinged euphoric synthpop jam and pulling it off with aplomb!

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16 Sicko Mobb "Kool-Aid"

15 Susanne Sundfør "Delirious"






More urban jams you say? Here's one of my personal faves; Sicko Mobb's "Kool-Aid" was an unexpected summer bop, with a very bubblegum-ish instrumental lending to its appeal. Also probably my weirdest BJSC entry yet. Which can be seen as a good thing, if you're me.

Next up is norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør. Entirely capable of carrying an dark, brooding and epic track, as the vocalist on Royksopp's excellent "Running to the Sea". "Delirious" is a different beast though, it's very grand and cinematic, almost playing out like a twisted Bond theme of sorts.

'delirious' is a beaut

 

TENTERHOOKS to see how/when this ytd will play out

 

:o

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14 Carly Rae Jepsen "All That"

13 John Newman "Come And Get It"






Another Carly Rae track here, this one in the form of the wonderful slow jam "All That"- gotta love the shimmering production from Dev Hynes really capturing the spirit of an 80s R&B/Pop ballad

NARGH NARGH NARGH NARGH NOOOOORAAAAARGHHHHHH! Sir John Newman CBE & 7-time UK #1 Artiste (is it 7-time? even I've lost count) returned with "Come And Get It", a familiar pop soul track but stands out from the likes of Love Me Again/Cheating, mainly with that laid-back, swaggering groove on the verses (but still hitting you with that exploding chorus). Quite an underrated single!

Carly, John Newman and Sicko Mobb :cheer:

So many great songs:

 

Susanne Sundfør, Everything Everything, Drake, Tame Impala, CHVRCHES, Major Lazer, The Go! Team, Courtney Barnett, Sufjan Stevens, Kendrick Lamar, Young Fathers, Neon Indian, Django Django, Grimes, Jamie xx, the Weeknd and Foals. Really looking forward to seeing what has made the cut in your Top 10!

Body Talk is fantastic, it should've been a massive hit :wub: Loving the countdown so far Seven, even with Shetty Crap and Drake being present :coffee:

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12 Sufjan Stevens "Fourth Of July"

11 Kendrick Lamar "King Kunta"






The highlight of Carrie & Lowell for me- "Fourth Of July" is positioned as a conversation between Sufjan and his mother Carrie, whilst she is dying in hospital. That sparse piano instrumental does an excellent job of creating an atmosphere of beauty and heartbreak

Moving onto a more feel good track next- Kendrick's empowering anthem "King Kunta" was a regular playlist fixture for me this year with its breezy funk groove :music: