they said it would never happen, IMPOSSIBLE they said, but the procrastination is over and here we finally are :o

 

let's go x

What, now?

Hype!! :cheer: Some of last years best songs here, will be interesting to see how things shape up!

126 Tori Amos - Cloud Riders 56

127 Young Fathers - Only God Knows 56

128 Bad Sounds - Meat on My Bones 55

129 Future Islands - Ran 55

130 MUNA - In My Way 53

131 Dan Auerbach - Shine on Me 52

132 Slowdive – Sugar For The Pill 52

133 Portugal. The Man - Live In The Moment 44

134 Beth Ditto - We Could Run 42

135 New Politics - One Of Us 41

136 Lorde - Liability (reprise) 40

137 Bleachers - Let's Get Married 40

138 CHAMPS - The Garden Is Overgrown 40

139 Green Day - Too Dumb To Die 40

140 Goldfrapp - Everything Is Never Enough 40

141 Melody's Echo Chamber - Cross My Heart 40

142 Perfume Genius - Die 4 You 40

143 Steven Wilson - Refuge 40

144 The xx - Performance 40

145 Aimee Mann - Goose Snow Cone 39

146 Tori Amos - Reindeer King 38

147 We the Lion - Found Love 38

148 Enter Shikari - Live Outside 37

149 Tom Williams - Everyone Needs a Home 37

150 Walk Off the Earth - Taekwondo 37

151 Steve Hackett - Behind The Smoke 36

152 Gorillaz - Out Of Body 35

153 Susanne Sundfør - Mountaineers (featuring John Grant) 33

154 Grizzly Bear - Losing All Sense 31

155 Vera Blue - Lady Powers 31

156 The xx - Replica 28

157 Sleigh Bells – And Saints 20

158 Oh Wonder - Lifetimes 14

159 Phoenix – J-Boy 12

160 The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You 8

161 Saint Etienne – Dive 3

162 Liam Gallagher - Chinatown 2

163 Destroyer – Tinseltown Swimming In Blood 0

164 Drones Club - International 0

165 The Radio Dept. - Teach Me To Forget 0

 

a first big batch now, featuring a typically good lead single from Phoenix (it might not go as hard as Entertainment or 1901 but does deserve a bit more love), dream pop veterans Slowdive, a Vera Blue song that only now showed up in BJSC, a double Tori Amos appearance, and a Grizzly Bear album track (a very good one mind though it's a shame Three Rings never showed up here) among the many

 

 

 

Omg at Lady Powers so low wtf, I must have been the only one to vote for it or nearly the only one? :/

'Out Of Body' is my biggest loss from this batch I think! 'Humanz' is such a strong album, it says a lot when 'Out Of Body' isn't even in my top 3 of it.

my song of the year ending up 137 lul

'Out Of Body' is my biggest loss from this batch I think! 'Humanz' is such a strong album, it says a lot when 'Out Of Body' isn't even in my top 3 of it.

 

What is your Humanz Top 3? :o Saturnz Barz has been a clear favourite from it for me, but there's 10+ other songs which could complete my Top 3 on any day :lol:

Ooh we're finally getting them? :cheer:

 

Walk Off the Earth, We the Lion and Bad Sounds already out is sad though :(

Shine On Me is such an earworm.

101 The xx - Lips 76

102 The War On Drugs - Pain 75

103 Chase Atlantic - Right Here 73

104 Fickle Friends - Glue 73

105 St. Vincent - Young Lover 72

106 Everything Everything - A Fever Dream 67

107 LCD Soundsystem - Change Yr Mind 67

108 Japandroids - No Known Drink or Drug 66

109 PVRIS - Separate 66

110 Wolf Alice - Beautifully Unconventional 63

111 AJR feat. Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up 62

112 All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 62

113 Deaf Havana - Happiness 62

114 Lana Del Rey feat. A$AP Rocky - Groupie Love 62

115 Oh Wonder - My Friends 61

116 SIAMES - The Wolf 61

117 Everything Everything - Desire 60

118 Lana Del Rey - Get Free 60

119 Bleachers - Hate That You Know Me 59

120 Neck Deep - In Bloom 59

121 Beck - Up All Night 58

122 PVRIS - No Mercy 58

123 Coldplay & Big Sean - Miracles (Someone Special) 57

124 Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 57

125 Lana Del Rey - God Bless America 57

Beck's jaunty 'Up All Night' served as the lead single for his recent album Colors, which also spawned the excellent single 'Dreams' (by comparison that finished 38th in Indie SOTY 2015). for SHAME there's no Everything Everything in the top 100, a fail on the part of the voters of course, i'll ensure you all give points to Breadwinner next year. a fair amount of the casualties here [bleachers/oh wonder/pvris/julien baker etc] still have at least one track still left in the top 100 which we'll swiftly move onto ~~~

 

 

 

91 Declan McKenna - Humongous 89

92 Royal Blood - I Only Lie When I Love You 89

93 Lorde - Hard Feelings/Loveless 88

94 Spoon - Hot Thoughts 87

95 alt-J - In Cold Blood 86

96 Amy Shark - Adore 82

97 Björk - Arisen My Senses 81

98 Paramore - Grudges 79

99 Coldplay - Hypnotised 77

100 PVRIS - Winter 76

 

First appearances from Radio 1 rock favourites Royal Blood and relative newcomer Declan McKenna. Amy Shark's "Adore" rose to chart stardom in Australia following its runner up finish on Triple J's Hottest 100, and about a year later went onto BJSC success for Unovia. from their Kaleidoscope EP, Coldplay's Big Sean collab (that was a thing apparently) missed the top hundred but Hypnotised fares better at #99. alt-J communicate via binary on In Cold Blood, and Spoon deliver a superfuckingHOT comeback single with Hot Thoughts. given the low position most of you clearly haven't heard it so i'll give you that courtesy right now

 

Oh Lana's 'Get Free', The xx's 'Lips' and alt-j's 'In Cold Blood' are all big losses :(

 

What is your Humanz Top 3? :o Saturnz Barz has been a clear favourite from it for me, but there's 10+ other songs which could complete my Top 3 on any day :lol:

My favourite is 'Saturnz Barz' as well *.* then my top 3 is completed by Ascension and Strobelight <3

81 Julien Baker - Appointments 100

82 Lana Del Rey - White Mustang 100

83 Nothing But Thieves - Sorry 100

84 CoCo & The Butterfields - Battlegrounds 99

85 Declan McKenna - Why Do You Feel So Down 99

86 LCD Soundsystem - Call The Police 99

87 The National - Day I Die 99

88 Lana Del Rey feat. Stevie Nicks - Beautiful People Beautiful Problems 95

89 Harry Styles - Kiwi 92

90 Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark 90

 

Not often a former 1D member would find themselves in Indie SOTY but Harry Styles' venture into hard rock with Kiwi fits right in. LCD Soundsystem picked up a ton of critical adoration with their first three albums, eventually disbanded in 2011 but made their big return seven years - 'Call the Police' being the first taster for their new stuff (surprisingly Grammy-winning single 'Tonite' doesn't show up here). Hailing from Tennessee, Julien Baker released her second album in 2017, she seems to have garnered a bit of a mini-following here! give the single Appointments a spin below, it's rather lovely

 

 

Yasss Pvris scraping into the top 100, small victories *.*

Shame that Hypnotised was higher than Someone Special as the Big Sean collab was actually really good

 

Paramore & Lorde album tracks out so soon :cry:

 

Loving the recognition for Royal Blood though, really loved both of their albums

Appointments might be my #1 song of the last year

 

the bit that goes:

 

Maybe it's all gonna turn out all right

and I know that it's not

but I have to believe that it is

 

How Did We Get So Dark is a great song. Almost got the white vinyl of the new album, but because I was saving up towards the OK Computer blue vinyl re-release at the time, I got the CD instead.

Sorry, Call The Police, Day I Die, WDYFSD, Kiwi are some other greats on this list.

 

 

 

Omg go Lorde

71 Confidence Man - Better Sit Down Boy 109

72 Declan McKenna - The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home 108

73 Fleet Foxes - Third Of May / Ōdaigahara 106

74 PVRIS - Heaven 106

75 King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Crumbling Castle 104

76 Royal Blood - Lights Out 104

77 Susanne Sundfør - Undercover 104

78 Lorde - Sober II (Melodrama) 103

79 Gorillaz - Ascension 102

80 alt-J - Deadcrush 101

 

Royal Blood's lead single from "How Did We Get So Dark?" ranks the highest, that's followed by "Crumbling Castle", a 9-minute psych rock epic from one of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's five album releases last year (yes that happened). Fleet Foxes came back too, one of indie folk's breakout bands from the late 2000s, with the progressive tune Third Of May/Ōdaigahara. You've all been sleeping on Susanne Sundfør's recent material so here's the hauntingly wonderful Undercover for you to delve into~