Best Songs of the Year 2019: 50-26

As the world keeps its quest towards total madness & extinction (thanks again, orange monkey), we don't have time to waste so, here's the third chapter of our Favorite Songs of 2019! Today we "enter" the last rounds of our list, with tunes comprised between positions 50 to 26. Getting closer to the end of the road, you can imagine difficulty increases, so we hope you like our choices as much as we do. Have a nice Friday, and stay tunned. The final post it's already in the pipeline!

50. Bad Blood- Working Men’s Club
49. Texas Instruments- Priests
48. Blankenship- DIIV
47. Human- Molly Sarlé
46. Enemies- Egoism
45. Tumult Around the World- Titus Andronicus
44. Nothing at All- The Stroppies
43. A Bird a Bee the Humanity- The Leisure Society
41. Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You- Julia Jacklin
42. You’re Not Always On My Mind- Quivers
40. Walking on a String- Matt Berninger & Phoebe Bridgers
39. Hero- Michael Kiwanuka
38. Anhedonia- Ducks Unlimited

37. There Flies a Seagull- Grace Cummings
36. Marketing- The Black Fever
35. Olympic Girls- Tiny Ruins
34. Shitty Ballet- Bleached
33. The Lotts- Fontaines D.C.
32. We’re All Fucking Morons- Comet Gain
31. Morning in America- Durand Jones & The Indications
30. Mother- Tallies
29. Father Mountain- Calexico and Iron & Wine
28. Cotton & Cane- Olden Yolk
27. Not- Big Thief
26. Rylan- The National

Best Songs of the Year 2019...so far

It took us a little while (it has been a really thoughtful decision) but, as promised, here's the second of our "best of the year so far" lists, with our 40 favourite songs halfway through 2019! As in the previous list of records & EPs, the tunes are not ranked, just listed in alphabetical order (only one per group is allowed). The result is, in our humble opinion, an amazing collection of music that needs to be vindicated and celebrated, so we encourage you to hurry up and enjoy the playlist below.

4AM- The Maureens
A Bird a Bee the Humanity- The Leisure Society
Alexandra- RVG
Bad Blood- Working Men’s Club
Booksmart- Holiday Ghosts
Cattails- Big Thief
Cotton & Cane- Olden Yolk
Diary of a Rose- Mega Bog
Dylan Thomas- Better Oblivion Community Center
Either Way- Jeanines
Father Mountain- Calexico and Iron & Wine
For Maurice- Hobby Club
Forever Half Mast- Lucy Dacus
Head Alone- Julia Jacklin
Holograms- Tiny Ruins
Honey- Drugdealer
Kamane Tarhanin- Mdou Moctar
Kennedy Hair- Martha Ffion
Light Years- The National
Love Keeps Kicking- Martha
Marketing- The Black Fever
Nothing at All- The Stroppies
Old Man- Stella Donnelly
Olympians- Andrew Bird
One Bird in the Sky- Robert Forster
Red Bull & Hennesy- Jenny Lewis
Seventeen- Sharon Van Etten
Shitty Ballet- Bleached
Sicilian Crest- The Mountain Goats
Television Screens- Fontaines D.C.
Texas Instruments- Priests
That’s Where the Trouble Started- Rose Elinor Dougall
The Barrel- Aldous Harding
Tumult Around the World- Titus Andronicus
Turtleneck- Elenin
Twelve Divisions of the Day- Drahla
Un Bosque- Pauline en la Playa
Under Your Spell- Annie Taylor

Weird Ways- Strand of Oaks
You’re Not Always On My Mind- Quivers

And if you want to check the previous years, click on 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 selections!

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 233

Last weekend of June, and first heatwave of the summer across Europe (thanks a lot climate change deniers). So, before taking shelter anywhere you can find fresher airs, here we propose you new music pearls awaiting to be discovered in our latest TOP TEN JUKEBOX. A soundtrack of eclectic sounds, with folky vibes, komische tunes, wiry art-punk and knockout indiepop, ready to help you combat the heat and your daily routine. So press play, don't forget to hydrate yourself properly, and remember, all the songs are available at our Soundcloud. (Join Us!)

Direct links to 2019 Jukebox playlists

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The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 226

Last weekend of April (we won't miss you, terrible month) and to kick the off days in good spirits, here's our latest TOP TEN JUKEBOX, ready to cheer up your hours of relaxation or break away. As always, we have selected the 10 songs that we have liked the most lately of the indie music scene, and we have listed a fantastic mix between recurring groups at our Blog as Bleached (awaited comeback) Olden Yolk or the mighty Sebadoh, but also discoveries like Jeanines, The Infinites or Elenin. Lot to choose from and listen to! We encourage you to dive into this knockout playlist and remember, all the songs are available at our Soundcloud. (Join Us!)

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The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 141

IT troubles solved (not a computer crush but a pretty serious upset), so here we are, ready to fire back with our latest TOP TEN JUKEBOX. It's a diverse playlist conformed mostly with exciting "newbies" plus a few "repeaters", like Horsebeach or Rat Columns returning in knockout form, or the latest tune from our beloved Bleached. Lot to love here! Have a nice weekend and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

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The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 133

Dear followers, while the world outside keeps going mad, prepare yourself for an amazing new TOP TEN JUKEBOX. Pardon the lack of modesty, but this is a complete, straight flush. Friends of the Blog coming back with a bang? Check, we have When Nalda Became Punk and Desperate Journalist. A return to form? Check, Bleached "dealing with it". Confirmations? Check, Fazerdaze and Ms. Burch, ready to blow our minds. Discoveries? Check, of course, Coco Hames, Priests, Dag... Oldies but goldies? Check, glorious power-pop courtesy of The Modulators. And, last but by no means least, one of our all-time favourite bands, Sleater-Kinney, storming Paris live... on a gig we were lucky to enjoy at the very first row. Not bad for a playlist, don't you think? And remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

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RiotGrrrl Day Playlist!

Today is the RiotGrrrl Day! Why the 9th of April? Because last year, the Major of Boston, Mark Walsh, honored and recognized the great Kathleen Hanna's works towards music and feminism, with the idea to promote riot grrrl culture in his own city. A much welcomed celebration we obviously couldn't miss. So, in order to celebrate, we have created a playlist with female bands from the last four decades. The idea is try to bring you a diverse and significant, in terms of riotgrrrl/feminist movement (knowing it's impossible to include all of them of course, share your favourites with us!). A fantastic excuse to enjoy and celebrate much loved music played, sung and written by women! Girls to the front!

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 93

We are in the middle of a very intense weekend with books presentations, a most promising new edition of our dear Minifestival today and another book related event tomorrow. No time to waste indeed. But we couldn't miss the chance to offer you our TOP TEN Jukebox, as its full of new, exciting discoveries, and the return of Bleached and our beloved Pale Spectres with a shimmering tune. See you around and remember all songs are listed at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

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Best Records of the Decade So Far

As promised, and following the Best Spanish Records, here are our Best Records of the Decade So Far, with our 60th favourite albums released within the first five years of the decade (2010-2014). As you can imagine, it has been a tough one to make, leaving out many records we love is SO painful. Anyway, just enjoy it & stay tuned. We are working on a spectacular list with our Best Songs of the Decade So Far (we love playlists too!)

60, Say Yes!- The Hi-Life Companion
59. You Love It Here- I Was a King
58. Sugaring Season- Beth Orton
57. Tall Tall Shadow- Basia Bulat
56. Build a Rocket Boys!- Elbow
55. Siesta- The Zebras

54. Sky at Night- I Am Kloot
53. The Luxembourg Signal- The Luxembourg Signal

52. Colour of the Trap- Miles Kane
51. Cold- Be Forest
50. Release Me- The Like
49. The Fool - Warpaint
48. The Soft City- The Soft City
47. Bang Goes the Knighthood - The Divine Comedy
46. Torres- Torres
45. Desire Lines- Camera Obscura
44. Cape Dory- Tennis
43. The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years- The Wild Swans
42. Are We There Yet?- Sharon Van Etten
41. Sealed with a Kiss- Alpaca Sports
40. Evans the Death- Evans the Death
39. Atlas- Real Estate
38. Only in Dreams- Dum Dum Girls
37. The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas - Courtney Barnett
36. Canines- Shrag
35. Veronica Falls- Veronica Falls
34. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light- Spiritualized
33. Alps - Motorama
32. Moth- ExLovers
31. Over the Bluffs- The Holiday Crowd
30. Loveless Unbeliever- The School
29. Collapse Into Now- R.E.M.
28. Ride Your Heart- Bleached
27. Kill My Blues- The Corin Tucker Band
26. Oshin- DIIV
25. Without Why - Rose Elinor Dougall
24. Heart of My Own- Basia Bulat
23. A Year with the Very Most - The Very Most
22. Trouble Will Find Me- The National
21. What we lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood - The Mynabirds
20. Choose Your Own Adventure- Arts & Leisure
19. Europe- Allo Darlin'
18. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
17. Always- Alvvays
16. Hospitality- Hospitality
15. Between the Times and the Tides- Lee Ranaldo
14. Heaven- The Walkmen
13. The King is Dead- The Decemberists
12. Suck It and See- Arctic Monkeys
11. Personal Record- Eleanor Friedberger
10. Silence Yourself- Savages
9. Loom- Fear of Men
8. Honeyblood- Honeyblood
7. Wild Flag- Wild Flag
6. Teen Dream - Beach House
5. Rips- Ex Hex
4. Days- Real Estate
3. Let England Shake- PJ Harvey
2. Tramp- Sharon Van Etten
1. High Violet - The National

Best Songs of the Year 2014: 75-51

The music keeps coming! Here's the second round of our favourite 100 songs of the year, now with tunes comprised between numbers 75 to 51. As the previous list, you'll find it also at our Soundcloud page. The countdown will continue shortly with the third part, so you should stay tuned! Hope you enjoy!

75. For the Feel- Bleached
74. Weekend- Arts & Leisure
73. Crime- Real Estate
72. Leave the family - The Skygreen Leopards
71. Flesh War - Total Control
70. All the Rage Back Home- Interpol

69.You can't make me make up my mind-The Sun Days
68. Ashes and Embers- The Casket Girls
67. Party Police- Alvvays
66. Stay Gold- The Hobbes Fanclub
65. Cool Runnings- Tashaki Miyaki
64. Simple And Sure - The Pains Of Being Pure
63. Embers- Night Flowers
62. Rimbaud’s Eyes- Dum Dum Girls
61. Now Time- Close Lobsters
60. Every Morning- J.Mascis
59. Visiones- Aries
58. This Is Pop- Latimer House
57. In My Teeth- The Rosebuds
56. Head Down- The Ocean Party
55. The Rent I Pay- Spoon
54. Running Wild- La Sera
53. Coming Down- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
52.Some Dreams Come True- SW/MM/NG
51. Rabbit Run- Lily and Madeleine

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox 14

Once again here's a new round of our TOP TEN playlist with several exciting tunes I'm enjoying the most lately. There are things that should last in time while others should NOT.  Luckily, not everything in life is politics and we are here to talk abount music, so let's go! This week we bring you some bands with a promising career, a new song from the never-ending ¡Between Two Waves' from our dear EardrumsPop, and some consecrated musicians. Do you want to know more about the playlist? Just listen it!  This is also available at the blog's soundcloud, so please Join Us!. 

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Discoverer 85: new indie findings

Looking for new music? Here's a trio of amazing discoveries, enjoy!

Watoo Watoo. Fated to love this band. Hailing from Bordeaux, Pascale & Michaël Korchia began offering their majestic indiepop in 1997, with first EP "Un Peu de Moi". Since then, the duo have released 3 albums, "Le Fumalin" & "Curiosites?" in 2001, latest being a covers record, and "Le Fuite" in 2007, plus 2 more EPs, "Picture of a Lost Friend" in 1999 & "Le Tourbillon" in 2011, released on Dufflecoat Records. Luckily, this 2014 is going to be a Watoo Watoo year with the release of 4th album "Une Si Longue Attente", out now in Jigsaw Records. A delight from start to finish, their music is lush, warmly textured, a reincarnation of Stereolab willing to pen the perfect pop song... once and again!
Major Leagues. Back to Australia to meet this Brisbane quartet, formed in 2012, offering wonderful tastes of their pop talent in digital format since that September, until past December arrived their debut EP "Weird Season". Five tunes infused by the sun, armed with an arsenal of irresistible hooks and bigger-than-life melodies, fuelled by fuzzed-out guitar and a carefree, youth spirit. Best Coast, the poppier side of Bleached, I'll let the comparisons to you. Me, I prefer to focus just on the immediate joy and promise of this first batch of tunes. More soon, please!

Caténine. Another one thanks to the great February Records, folks. Caténine is the Massachusetts-based recording project of Dylan Connor, who began his career with a self titled (and self-released) EP in December 2012. Live shows (where he expands the project into a quartet) and a split release with Funeral Advantage on Disposable America Records followed in September 2013. And with the mind-blowing (oh, these guitar lines!) single "In Your Ruin" surfacing now courtesy of February Records we can certify Connor is an artist to follow closely. Classy jangle pop meeting hazy dreampop, with slight touches of synths and icy 80's post-punk. A mixture of wonders.

Discoverer 83: new indie findings

What a trio of discoveries I've prepared this Sunday. You are going to enjoy, granted!

Desperate Journalist. Coming from North London, this quartet began their career in January 2013, debuting at the Negative Creep club a month later, and quickly started to create some buzz with their single "Cristina", which entitles their debut EP, released in June. Two more tracks followed in November with the mind-blowing single "Organ", out on Label Fandango / Fierce Panda. Atmospheric but thunderous, pensive but immediate and passionate, fuelled by the cathartic voice of Jo Bevan, this is post-punk at its best. In the league of Savages, but more reminiscent to (deeply missed) The Organ, this is seriously a band to believe in.
Joyce in Pola. Eager to introduce you this band. Sort of an Italian super-group, Germana Bargoni used to play in Les Mange-Tout, while Nazareno Realdini was in Calorifero. They shared live paths with their respective bands, and later on shared songs. So when their projects called it a day, they decided to rescue the tunes written. But with the help of some friends, by 2013 they were a proper full band. Our dear friends from We Were Never Being Boring released their debut EP "Any, Some, Other" past October. Five delicious, literate (their name is a tribute to James Joyce's stay in Istria, and within their songs you'll find words from poets Wislawa Szymborska and Sylvia Plath) slices of sunny indiepop, somewhere between The Lucksmiths and Neutral Milk Hotel, at times mellow and acoustic, at times quirky, but always precious and special. More soon, please! Alvvays. Hailing from Toronto, this quintet (recommended to me by Indie Pop Saved My Life, so be prepared, this is really good) formed in late 2012, self-releasing the hyper-addictive singles "Adult Diversion" and "Archie, Marry Me" during 2013, and announcing their early 2014 upcoming debut full-length (cassette versions already circulating). Propulsive, vital and leaded by the killer voice of Molly Rankin, Alvvays first tunes sound like the impossible (?) combination of Bleached and Teenage Fanclub, fuzzy pop with irresistible, larger-than-life choruses. Don't need to tell you I'm dying to hear the full album.

Best Songs of the Year 2013: 50-26

Chapter III of our favourite 100 tunes of the year. The next 25 songs, now comprised between positions 50 to 26. Again, you have the complete (21 tunes) playlist at our newly created Soundcloud page, and if the song isn't available there, you'll have an alternative direct link. As we explained on the previous list, only three songs per band, so we've been able to include more groups (bands "affected" by this limitation are The National, Savages and Go Violets). Fourth and last part coming very soon, with the best 25 songs of 2013. Stay tuned!

50. Send Them Away- Beaches
49. Ken- Ex Cops
48. Pretty Colors- Chalk and Numbers
47. When It Happens- Wax Idols

46. Rue Savage- Dub Noir
45. Are You With Me Now?- Cate Le Bon
44. Next Stop- Bleached
43. New Life- Jim James
42. San Francisco- Foxygen
41. Waiting for Something to Happen- Veronica Falls
40. Sleeptalking- Hella Better Dancer
39. Youth- Daughter
38. Miracle Mile- Cold War Kids
37. Jean’s Waving- Amor de Días
36. Wolf Pack- Arts & Leisure
35. Little Games- The Adelines
34. New Year’s Resolution- Camera Obscura
33. After You- Pulp

32. Amarillo- Wiggum
31. Timothy- Tennis (link to video)
30. Morning Sun- Big Summer
29. It Can’t Be You- Basia Bulat
28. I Am the Past- Eleanor Friedberger (link to video)
27. She Will- Savages (link to video)
26. Graceless- The National

Click here to check the SoundCloud playlist!