Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong [single]
[fourtet]
MorMor – Some Place Else [from Some Place Else]
[mormor]
Chance the Rapper – All Day Long (feat. John Legend) [from The Big Day]
[chancetherapper]
CHVRCHES – Death Stranding [from Death Stranding: Timefall (Original Music from the World of Death Stranding)]
[chvrches]
Technically a 2017 release, but it dropped at the end of the year and I wasn’t able to feature it during 31days2017. It’s a shame I missed the opportunity to feature it last year, but this song is too good to completely pass over and i’m happy to kickoff 31days2018 with this excellent single.
♩ Solar Estates – Tonight [single]
[solarestates.bandcamp.com]
This track is super fun. The build up is addictive and I can’t help but sing and dance along to this track with every listen.
♩ Ezra Furman – Love You So Bad [from Transangelic Exodus]
[ezrafurman.com]
I mean this in the best, possible way. I hope a new Pitch Perfect movie so the Bellas will perform as their inevitable, show stopping final number.
♩ CHVRCHES – Get Out [from Love is Dead]
[chvrch.es]
Another fantastic 2017 release that I missed. Stunning. Gorgeous. Beautiful. Everything you expect from a Sufjan track.
♩ Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of Love [from Call Me By Your Name]
[sufjan.com]
A few of my favorite covers from 2017. Am I missing any of your favorites?
♩ Sharon Van Etten – The End of the World (Skeeter Davis cover) [from Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album]
[sharonvanetten.com]
♩ Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton – American Dream (LCD soundsystem cover) [single]
[emilyhaines.com]//[lcdsoundsystem.com]
♩ Moving Units – Disorder (Joy Division cover) [from A Tribute to Joy Division: Collision with Joy Division]
[facebook.com/MovingUnits]//[joydivisionofficial.com]
♩ Day Wave & Hazel English – PDA (Interpol cover) [single]
[daywavemusic.com]//[hazelenglish.com]
♩ Rogue Wave – Let My Love Open the Door (Pete Townshend cover) [from Cover Me]
[roguewavemusic.com]//[petetownshend.net]
♩ Japandroids – Love –> Building On Fire (Talking Heads cover) [from Near To The Wild Heart Of Life]
[japandroids.com]//[talking-heads.nl]
♩ Middle Kids – All the Small Things (Blink-182 cover) [from Amazon Acoustics]
[middlekidsmusic.com]//[blink182.com]
♩ Grandaddy – Love Hurts (The Everly Brothers cover) [from Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album]
[grandaddymusic.com]
♩ The Blow – Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston/George Benson cover) [from Brand New Abyss]
[theblow.org]//[whitneyhouston.com]//[georgebenson.com]
♩ Jim James – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times (The Beach Boys cover) [from Tribute To 2]
[jimjames.com]//[thebeachboys.com]
♩ Benjamin Gibbard – Is This Music? (Teenage Fanclub cover) [from Bandwagonesque]
[benjamingibbard.net]//[teenagefanclub.com]
♩ CHVRCHES – Call It Off (Tegan and Sara cover) [from Tegan And Sara Present The Con X: Covers]
[chvrch.es]//[teganandsara.com]
A few of my favorite covers from this past year…
One of my favorite tracks + one of my new favorite artists. So good.
♩ Torres – Special (Garbage cover)
CHVRCHES took the Bieb’s best track and made it better.
♩ CHVRCHES – What Do You Mean (Justin Bieber cover)
Ryan Adam’s 1989 cover album got all the press, but Screaming Females rendition of Swift’s infectious “Shake It Off” deserves it. Frontwoman Marissa Paternoster’s vocals are one-of-a-kind and she fucking shreds at the 2:54 mark. You’ll either love this or hate it. I for one can’t get enough.
(p.s. If you’ve never checked out The A.V. Club’s Undercover series, what the heck are you waiting for?)
♩ Screaming Females – Shake It Off (Taylor Swift cover)
♩ Chromatics – Girls Just Want to Have Dub (Cyndi Lauper cover) [from Girls Just Want to Have Dub]
Another year of fantastic tunes. Not sure why, but it was a bit easier to nail my favorite LPs down than the last couple of years (favorite EPs was a bit more work this year). Enjoy and tune in later today for Brendan’s favorites.
15 – Will Butler//Policy
14 – The Go! Team//The Scene Between
13 – Youth Lagoon//Savage Hills Ballroom
12 – White Reaper//White Reaper Does It Again
11 – Colleen Green//I Want To Grow Up
♩ TV
10 – Dean Hurley//Days of Thunder & Rain
♩ How Can Love Grow From Pain?
9 – Dan Deacon//Gliss Riffer
8 – CHVRCHES//Every Open Eye
7 – Sufjan Stevens//Carrie & Lowell
6 – Beach House//Depression Cherry
5 – Emile Haynie//We Fall
♩ Come Find Me (ft. Lykke Li & Romy)
4 – Hot Chip//Why Make Sense?
3 – Telekinesis//Ad Infinitum
2 – Father John Misty//I Love You, Honeybear
1 – Jamie xx//In Colour
♩ Gosh
What are your favorite LPs of 2015?
