Best Songs of the Year 2016: 50-26

As promised yesterday, here's the third round of our Best Songs the Year, with the tunes comprised between positions 50 to 26. As we are getting closer to the "final countdown" this is becoming harder and harder, but there's so many music wonders to enjoy that the struggle choosing & mounting the Spotify playlist below is a real pleasure. The 25 tunes topping the list will be online tomorrow! Keep an eye on the Blog and, even more important, keep listening!

50. Baby Blue- Soft Wounds
49. Cuban Cigars- WALL
48. Different Shades of Blue- The Buildings
47. Lay Down- DMA'S
46. Crooked Cop- Beverly
45. Sometimes Accidentally- The Goon Sax
44. Efectos Especiales- Sr. Chinarro
43. Squirrel vs. Snake- The Posies
42. Crowd- EGO
41. Extraños- Juvenilia
40. Wallflower- Martha Ffion
39. If You Say That- Young Scum
38. I Don’t Want To Be Funny Anymore- Lucy Dacus
37. All That Heaven Allows- Mercury Girls
36. Infamous- Basia Bulat
35. Folk Arp- Minor Victories
34. Pitiless- Witching Waves
33. The First Sight- Teenage Fanclub
32. Cricket o Croquet- Cómo Vivir en el Campo
31. Bitter Pill- Flowers
30. Ready for the Magic- Honeyblood
29. Never Be Mine- Angel Olsen
28. The roundabout- Ryley Walker
27. Cartas al apóstol- El Lado Oscuro De la Broca
26. Under London Skies- Close Lobsters

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 113

Back home for a short time before getting on the road again (Emerald Isle, here we go!) but there's so much music out there to simply miss the chance to present you another TOP TEN Jukebox for you listening pleasure. Excellent comebacks from Tennis and our dear Persian Leaps, the new tunes from Egoism (formerly EGO) and Mercury Girls, confirming here we have two bands to follow closely, a killer version of The Replacements... plus plenty more to discover & enjoy! And remember, all songs are listed at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

Direct links to 2016 Jukebox playlists

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Discoverer 143: new indie findings

Back with another trio of new proposals in our discoverer series. Three versions of indiepop you won't like to miss!

Oscar. Let me introduce you to Oscar Scheller and his music. Hailing from London, UK, this young musician who started to make some noise in spring of 2014 with debut 7" 'Sometimes' that June via Brown Rice, followed by 7" 'Daffodil Days' in 2015, his first release with Wichita Recordings. EP 'Beautiful Words' surfaced that summer, confirming here was an indiepop auteur to get excited about. In 2016, after 7" single 'Sometimes' he has delivered the album 'Cut and Paste', out just now. No longer a "laptop pop" maker (hate that lame definition, anyway), Oscar is a modern pop artisan, blending lo-fi gems with his baritone voice, recalling Stephen Merritt, Damon Albarn, Jens Lekman, melancholy and upbeat optimism, kind of gathering the 90s'slacker-Britpop-quirky-alternative-songsmith altogether. One to follow closely.

Desario. Hailing from Sacramento, CA, Jim Rivas and John Conley began Desario in 2004, as a side project from their other bands (Holiday Flyer, California Oranges, Rocketship), recruiting Michael Yoas and Mike Carr to form a full band, playing their first gig in September 2005. In a pretty slow-burning process, debut album 'Zero Point Zero' arrived in 2009 via Darla Records, with sophomore record 'Mixer' following in 2012 thanks to our dear friends at Test Pattern Records, achieving overall praise and even a Sammie nomination at the indie category. After drummer Jim Rivas left the band a year later, being replaced by Kirklyn Cox, Desario decided to work with recording engineer Tony Cale on their new songs with EP 'Red Returns', out just now, showing how wonderful are the results. Slightly gloomy jangle rock with a foot on the 80s indiepop classics and the other on the 90s Britpop and shoegaze. Elegant, intimate but irresistibly melodic, here's a heavy contender for EP of the year and, hopefully, an exciting promise for much more about to come...

Mercury Girls. And we end in Philadelphia, PA, to meet this mindblowing quintet featuring Sarah Schimineck (formerly of Pet Milk), Kevin Attics (Literature), Andrew Hagiwara, Chris Schackerman, and Kevin O'Halloran (Little Big League). Formed just in March of 2015, the first demos arousing at their bandcamp started making the buzz around the band's potential, collecting endorsements by fans, critics and other bands as they were sharing stage with the likes of Joanna Gruesome, Beverly, TEEN, Expert Alterations or Eternal Summers. Now they are ready to offer us first release, out now through the wise people at Slumberland Records, the 7" 'Ariana' backed with the equally gorgeous 'All that Heaven Allows'. I don't care if it sounds too bombastic, but they sound as the most incredible group ever: you'll hear Sarah Records for sure, but also the darker vibes of post-punk, with a firepowered rhythmic base along with guitars raging with urgency and a carefree intention to face some sonic experimentation. Add huge choruses and dreamy vocals and here's the instant crush. Oh my...

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 101

Probably the most exhausting and stressful week of the year to date, mixing lots of work & great experiences, meeting new & old friends plus, but also some bad news... making pretty hard keeping with the updates at the Blog. But here we are today, bringing you our last TOP TEN Jukebox full of discoveries, like the exciting new tune of dear Prophet Hens from our beloved Fishrider Records, the catchy Soda Fountain Rag from the WWNBB collective or the unbeatable track of Mercury Girls. Plenty to listen! And remember all songs are listed at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

Direct links to 2016 Jukebox playlists

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Week 100

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 70

With almost a week of concerts ahead in Barcelona we couldn't miss the chance to join the celebration of La Mercè with a new TOP TEN playlist, This week we bring you some beloved artists/bands, like Alela Diane (we will see you soon!) or the long-awaited reutrn of DIIV. And, as it its the norm, we have included new discoveries like Varsity or Nevski. Lot to enjoy and discover! Have a nice weekend! And remember, it's also available at our Soundcloud, so please join us! 

Direct links to 2015 Jukebox playlists
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The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 56

Meanwhile the (in capital letters) Week of Music, the Primavera Sound Festival in few days, we propose you a new round of our TOP TEN playlist, with the tunes we have been enjoying the most lately. This time, we bring you an eclectic, diverse bunch of groups, ranging from the dark proposal of Mercury Girls to more "pure" indie pop songs like Linden or The Smoking Trees, without forgetting a nice dose of national bands like Mourn or Ghost Transmission (yeah, it's our latest love). Take care, rest, gather all the energy you can, you're going to need it the forthcoming days and don't forget to join us at our Soundcloud blog page!

Direct links to 2015 Jukebox playlists
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