Day three of our countdown – tracks 60 through to 41 of our favourite songs of the year.
60 Cate Le Bon – He’s Leaving
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59 Jamie T – The Prophet
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58 Mark Lanegan Band – Sad Lover
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57 The Districts – Funeral Beds
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56 The Amazing Snakeheads – Here It Comes Again
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55 Sleaford Mods – Routine Dean
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54 Simone Felice – Running Through My Head
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53 Sam Doores – Drifter’s Wife
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52 The Wytches – Burn Out The Bruise
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51 Sun Kil Moon – Jim Wise
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50 Early Winters – A Thing For You
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49 Smashing Pumpkins – Being Beige
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48 Matt Kivel – Insignificance
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47 Hamilton Leithauser – 11 O’Clock Friday Night
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46 Together PANGEA – River
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45 The Dune Rats – Dalai Lama, Big Banana, Marijuana
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44 Chimes – Total Sunflower
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43 Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
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42 Shovels & Rope – Evil
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41 First Aid Kit – Heaven Knows
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Check out numbers 100 – 81 here, and 80 – 61 here.
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Enjoyed more of these than the last bunch. Guess I’m more into indie/punk/rock/pop/psychedelic/experimental works than the hill billy stuff. Looking forward to the top 20 and hope that youve got Spookyland in there. The best track of the year without question.
Thanks for the comments and glad you’re getting back into the groove – hate to think you were drifting apart from MM…and yes Spookyland will definitely feature in the Top 40 countdown!
it is drifter’s wife, not drifter’s life
Quite right – we deliberated for ages but went with the title that had been uploaded onto Soundcloud in the end. Will get it changed – thanks for pointing it out