My first full year hosting 101x Xposure has (as the show’s title suggests) exposed me to so much music. Usually I have a system for knowing how many times I have played what but between the radio, streaming and old fashion downloading music I have no clue what I really listened to the most. Anyhow, I was able to cobble together a pretty good list of my favorite and most played songs of the year. Enjoy!
Behind the List
Since 2002 I would make a monthly playlist and burn CDs for friends. At the end of the year, I like to list my top according to play count, culture and my gut (well, ears).
The Music
So many genres so little time. I stick to what I know best which is indie, alternative and electronica. Well, I probably know Wu-Tang and Townes Van Zandt better but this isn’t the time for a hipster pissing match.
The Methodology
My primary decision when it comes to putting one song on top of another is usually based in emotion. Why was I so attached to that song versus another? There are also excel sheets, drugs, and loud listening parties.
Once I get close to 75ish I start organizing them in order of weighted play count and emotional importance. The last step is really just “massaging the playlist“ so it has a nice flow.
Is this a Recipe Blog?
No and good point. You want the list not a pile of poor grammar word salad aimed at search engine optimization. Enough ego typing and let us get to my ego listing!
The Podcasts
The List
50) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wolf
49) Daisy the Great – Crying in the Mirror
48) Kurt Vile – Like Exploding Stones
47) Beach House – Once Twice Melody
46) Foals – 2am
45) Future Islands – King of Sweden
44) The Afghan Whigs – Catch a Colt
43) Preoccupations – Slowly
42) Young Fathers – I Saw
41) Alex G – Blessing
40) Goth Babe – I’m in Luv
39) mehro – pretty kids
38) Young Fathers – Geronimo
37) Iceage – Pull Up
36) Black Country, New Road – Snow Globes
35) The Mountain Goats – Training Montage
34) Phoenix – Winter Solstice
33) Holy Fawn – Void of Light
32) almost monday – Sunburn
31) Perfume Genius – Photograph
30) Sharon Van Etten – Mistakes
29) Wet Leg – Daisy
28) Montell Fish – Hotel Room
27) Joy Wellboy – No Mistakes
26) Mitski – The Only Heartbreaker
TOP 25
25) Yeah Yeah Yeahs -Burning
24) Dehd – Empty in My Mind
23) Wolf Alice – Lipstick on the Glass
22) Bakar – NW3
21) thxsomch – Spit in My Face
20) The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Real
19) Ezra Furman – Forever in Sunset
18) Sharon Van Etten – Headspace
17) The Murder Capital – A Thousand Lives
16) Jungle – GOOD TIMES
15) Gogol Bordello, KAZKA – Take ONly What You Can Carry
14) Sorry – Key to the City
13) Santigold – Fall First
12) Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
11) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Lovebomb
TOP TEN!
10) Broken Bells – We’re Not In Orbit Yet
09) Joywave – Buy American
08) Interpol – Toni
07) Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
06) Arcade Fire – Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)
OMG THE BEST, WTF?!
05) !!!, Maria Uzor – Storm Around the World
04) Wet Leg – Wet Dream
03) Spoon – Wild
02) Fontaines D.C. – Jackie Down the Line
01) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Perfume Genius – Spitting off the Edge of the World
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
