| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |
Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |
64. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks “Stick Figures In Love” (2011)
| Youtube |
63. Jai Paul “Jasmine (demo)” (2012)
"We want to believe Jai Paul woke up the next morning with no memory of recording any of this. Its murkiness and depth yield more space and infectiousness than most bands are able to cram into a 40-minute full length."
| Hot Mix 2013: #42 |
62. Joanna Gruesome “Wussy Void” (2013)
61. No Age “Genie” (2009)
Don't call it "post-punk."
"Wussy Void"
Alanna: “['Wussy Void'] was called 'Dave' for a really long time.”
Owen: “And then it was changed to 'Davey von Bohlen.' After it was recorded, we changed it to 'Wussy Void'. We don't have many slow songs, so it's like our ballad.”
| Hot Mix (2013): #37 |
"Genie"
| 500 Jams (2016): #263 | Hot Mix (2009): #66 | Hot Mix '09 (2015): #3 |
60. Kurt Vile "Was All Talk" (2013)
"Relaxation therapy. Clouds, waves, wind, spacious nature, clear-headed, sober, traveling into the future, moving forward from something worth forgetting." | Youtube |
| Hot Mix (2013): #2 | One-Third Decade Wrap-Up (2013): #9 |
59. Tony Molina “Don’t Come Back” (2013)
58. Pile “Prom Song” (2012)
The most fire guitar solos of the decade."Don't Come Back"
"As Tony places emphasis on the strength of hooks and the structure of solos, “Don't Come Back” is a peak in craftsmanship."
| Hot Mix (2013): #42 |
"Prom Song"
"Pile’s signature tension-building leads them to one of the year’s best and most soulful guitar solos, played from atop an especially gigantic mountain. From up above, long-bearded God obliges, throwing up the devil-horns as he rides his chopper across the sky desert."
| Hot Mix (2012): #52 |
57. Frank Ocean “Swim Good” (2011)
56. Frank Ocean “Thinking About You” (2011)
55. Earl Sweatshirt f/ Tyler the Creator “Couch” (2010)
54. Earl Sweatshirt f/ RZA “Molasses” (2013)
Golf Wang's Greatest Hits."Swim Good" : | Youtube |
"Self-exploration? Escape from pain? It's a drug song."
| Hot Mix (2011): #16 |
"Thinking About You" : | Youtube |
"Lonely 2AM. The fadeout after only 3 minutes suggests the ambien mercifully kicked in. We haven’t heard a soulful falsetto like this since young Al Green."
| Hot Mix (2011): #69 |
"Couch"
"“I got you nervous like virgins flirtin’ with uncle Mervin.” It’s been years since the last time we heard Dawson’s Creek, Twilight, Kelly Clarkson and Miley Cyrus all namedropped in the same song."
| Hot Mix (2010): #42 | Once Again For 2010 (2011): #10 |
"Molasses"
"Odd Future's new leaders - Frank and Earl - usher a new dawn, lyrically closer to the teachings of JD Salinger. While introspection and right of passage have been accompanying OFWGKTA's best music since 2012, the lopsided and off-kilter loop in "Molasses" seems closer to the path of his 2010 self-titled mixtape. RZA's cameo suggests passing of the torch."
| 500 Jams (2016): #416 | Hot Mix (2013): #11 | One-Third Decade Wrap-Up (2013): #10 |
53. Ty Dolla $ign f/ Babyface “Solid” (2015)
52. Two Inch Astronaut “Foulbrood” (2014)
51. Surface To Air Missive “Get In The Truck” (2015)
The juxtaposition of proficiency and punk.
"Foulbrood"
"Colesville. Free Adnan."
| Hot Mix (2014): #106 |
"Get in the Truck"
"Its tape warmth, precise guitar tone and boundless energy might have tricked just about anyone into believing that this was a lost proto-punk relic from the early '70s. With a remarkably enormous musical scope, "Get in the Truck" covers so much ground within three minutes while somehow never feeling especially busy."
| Hot Mix (2015): #4 |
50. Dornik “Something About You” (2013)
"Trancy dream sequence blurriness and stars, like when Wayne sees Cassandra for the first time."
| Hot Mix (2013): #13 |
49. Mac Demarco “Ode To Viceroy” (2012)
48. Homeshake “Heat” (2015)
47. Palehound “Healthier Folk” (2015)
46. Good Morning “Warned You” (2014)
Our attempted tag Post-Rubber Soul did not catch so well. Go figure. (On a personal note, these are among our top scrobbles.)"Ode To Viceroy"
"The smokes may allude to something or someone who feels like a part of us even though we recognize that they’re slowly killing us inside. Viceroy is an old-timey brand recognized more often by older folks. Smokers like to stick to their brand for life. Quitting is essentially amputation."
| Hot Mix (2012): #2 | One-Third Decade Wrap-Up (2013): #13 |
"Heat"
"Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke having a heart-to-heart in bed while stoned out of their minds on some of that purple kush."
| Hot Mix (2015): #25 |
"Healthier Folk"
"Excellent usage of careful restraint, but the structural twists and turns are what might make this their quintessential jam. We're led to some unexpected areas throughout the journey."
| Hot Mix (2015): #23 |
"Warned You"
"This infectious song easily could have placed Top 10 in our 2014 Hot Mix. (Boo-urns.)"
| Memba Vids (2016): #5 |
45. Three Knee Deep “Hackin’ Of Da Mindz” (2018)
"The year's most ignorant jam. We'd say "PMA is back" but that seems inappropriate here."
| Hot Mix (2018): #4 |
44. Lil B “The Age Of Information” (2010)
"Lil B's perplexing dichotomy... introspective and philosophical, fun-loving and horny. He's never marched in time with modern trends, nor walked away from what made him special."
43. Nicki Minaj “Did It On ‘Em” (2010)
42. Trinidad James “All Gold Everything” (2012)
41. Big Sean f/ Nicki Minaj “Dance (A$$) Remix” (2011)
Next level shit. A few candidates for "The Whisper Song of the 2010s." (And they all made our 500 Greatest Jams!)"Did It On 'Em"
| 500 Jams (2016): #301 |
"All Gold Everything"
"2013's finest anthem for living well. “Who's hatin' on you this summer? Fuck 'em.” It took a few weeks before the GoldenEye sample finally became unstuck. By the 50th listen, its magically infectious dirt became unshakable; it's basically infused in our DNA by now."
| 500 Jams (2016): #410 | Hot Mix (2013): #4 | Two-Thirds Decade Warp Up (2016): #13 |
"Dance (A$$) (Remix)"
"We haven’t heard a massive-beat/massive-lolz combo like this since Ying Yang Twins whispered “Wait’ll you see my dick.” “Wakikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii” is the real Nicki. She should stick to more stupid fun shit on her guest-spots instead of fake-British accents. She is now free from the “I’m trying way too hard” motif."
| 500 Jams (2016): #338 | Hot Mix (2011): #24 | One-Third Decade Wrap-Up (2013): #14 |
40. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll” (2009)
| Hot Mix (2009): #50 | Once Again For 2009 (2010): #34 |
39. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
"Around 4:02, there's a quick shot of her vomiting some type of neon glow-in-the-dark substance, giving the impression she ate about 50 of those lime green Laffy Taffy's and another 50 blue raspberry Laffy Taffy's, and then chased it with a pint of Jameson and a fifth of Dewer's. And if this was the case, then we admire her dedication."
| Sick Vids Brah (2011): #10 |
38. Animal Collective “What Would I Want? Sky” (2009)
"Whatever happened to the days when the #1 song of the year actually sounded like a #1? Not only huge and epic, it's unmistakably a product of its year, borrowing from the past while anticipating the future with full force."
| 500 Jams (2016): #421 | Hot Mix (2009): #1 | Once Again For 2009 (2010): #1 | Hot Mix '09 (2015): #1 |
37. D’Angelo “Another Life” (2014)
| 500 Jams (2016): #343 |
| Youtube |
| #61 - #41 || #40 - #21 || #20 - #1 || Reissues |
Tracks 2008-2018:
| #129 - #99 || #98 - #65 || #64 - 37 || #36 - #1 |
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