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Sharam (feat. Kid Cudi) / She Came Along
Kristin: I love so much about this song....the way it starts like it's coming uphill, or around the corner. I especially love how the woman's voice sounds so old-timey and distant.
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With the arrival of his long-awaited debut disc GET WILD, in North America (Album is scheduled to launch worldwide this summer), revered electronic music trendsetter SHARAM makes his boldest studio statement yet. Counting superstar collaborations with everyone from Kid Cudi and Tommy Lee to Diddyand Daniel Bedingfield, SHARAM’s ability to draw such a vast talent pool is as impressive as his longstanding reputation for mesmerizing club crowds from Miami to Ibiza. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Wiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth) / See You Again
Kristin: No, this isn't Sam Smith. And No, I didn't hear it when watching "Furious 7", though I'm sure that one is just as good as 5 and 6. But I love this song. I love that after hearing it, I have two songs stuck in my head: this one, and Free Falling ("It's been a long day"...living in Raseda....without you my friend).
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Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987 in Minot, North Dakota), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, signed to Rostrum Records. According to the Black and Yellow Songfacts, his stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom. His nickname growing up was "Wizard" which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen. In 2005 he released his first official mixtape Read more on Last.fm more...
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Father John Misty / Bored In The USA
Lindsay: This tune caught me early on in the year, and has haunted me regularly since. It's not a sweet song, or a fun one, and I fought with myself about submitting it for the "best of" simply because it is just so damn dark. That being said, what this man has to say, needs to be said... "And now I can't get off, but I can kind of deal" ... so much of this is so cringeworthy because he's talking about the stuff we all share but don't share. Can you believe he performed this on Letterman?? Brilliant, brave, powerful... best served in small doses with a strong martini.
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Father John Misty, or J. Tillman, has been recording/releasing solo albums since 2003. Josh also played drums for Seattle’s Fleet Foxes from 2008-2011. On January 31st 2012, he released the first single, 'Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings', for his debut album under the Father John Misty moniker, "Fear Fun". The Phil Ek mixed and Jonathan Wilson produced LP was released on May 1st 2012 through Sub Pop (U.S.) and Bella Union (U.K.) Read more on Last.fm more...
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Courtney Barnett / Pedestrian At Best
Lindsay: On a lighter note, though perhaps not really, this woman's creativity blows my mind. This track, in particular, has kept my steady interest for much of this year... initially for it's effortlessly syncopated female ferocity, but later for my desire to dissect the phrasing of her lyrics... which just mush together when you read them, but manage to assemble into various configurations with her strangely monotoned voice. She grabbed me with "give me all your money and I'll make some origami honey" ... and tops it with "I suppose we all outgrow ourselves." Genius. Makes me want to drop a mic and walk off stage.
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Courtney Barnett is an Australian singer/songwriter originally from Sydney, New South Wales; later moving to Hobart, Tasmania[/placeform] where she began performing music in 2006 before relocating to Melbourne in 2010. Barnett puts a lot of effort into sounding effortless. Her songs are wild and wooly and wordy, her lyrics plainspoken and delivered like she’s making them up on the spot. Barnett was originally a part of several bands, including Immigrant Union and The Olivettes before focusing on her solo work. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Rey Pila / Surveillance Camera
Joe: May invoke some finger wagging from Depeche Mode fans but I like it better than anything that I’ve heard from them. This track also just happens to be one of the more synthy tracks from their record, The Future Sugar, but the voice pervades throughout the album. The tie in to the Strokes is that they're signed to Julian Casablancas record label and he produced a few of their tracks including a pretty awesome rendition of Lady In Red. It comes to a crashing halt at the chorus but I think it’s worth fighting through.
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Rey Pila is the solo project of Los Dynamite's ex frontman and vocalist, Diego Solórzano. Los Dynamite split in 2008 and in 2009 Diego started writing music for his new project which he would come to call Rey Pila. Rey Pila's first album was composed and produced by Diego himself and includes ten tracks - four of these in Spanish and six in English. In the album, he combines a variety of musical genres that span from psychedelic to shoegaze and showcases old-school Motown references as well. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Albert Hammond, Jr. / Born Slippy
Joe: Both my entrees have direct ties to the Strokes and call on familiar sounds. Momentary Masters took up a good chunk of my ear space over the latter half of 2015, and this one is the most infectious of the bunch. As a bonus, it gives me the opportunity to include this gem from the late nineties that bears the same name. Would’ve been quite the way to bring in the New Year.
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Albert Hammond, Jr. (born April 9, 1980, in Los Angeles) is a musician best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Strokes. Outside of the band, he has released four solo albums. The son of Gibraltarian-British songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr. was sent to the elite boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland at the age of 13. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who would go on to be a fellow band member. In 1998, Albert met up Read more on Last.fm more...
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Eza / We Keep The Lights Out
John: EZA is Ellery Bonham – a 22 year-old based in Nashville. I heard this song while perusing ITunes and digging into a compilation called Nashville Indie Spotlight 2016. I was hooked by the hooks. While it is surely formulaic electropop, I love the deep lush sound of this tune – reminiscent of Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” from the sixties. That sound was developed to allow music to push through AM radio, which was what we listened to pre-FM. The digitization of that wall of sound 50 plus years later is all-encompassing, especially on good speakers or headphones. I loved pairing this together with Sonny Landreth – opposite ends of the spectrum.
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Sonny Landreth / The High Side
John: I heard this song at a listening station (remember those?) at a bookstore up in Vermont. I am always struck by his incredible musicianship, unique style and the funky vibe he creates with his slide guitar. Beauty through simplicity – you can’t get much simpler than a 12 bar blues progression. One of my favorite songs of his is a cover of Randy Newman’s “Louisiana.” Sonny is 64, a young’un in my book, and hails from southwest Louisiana. His music rings of Zydeco and he has been called the “King of Slydeco.” Eric Clapton says he is one of the most advanced guitarists in the world and one of the most under-appreciated. I second that emotion. I would love to see him live.
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Clyde Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, but soon after, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana. When he is not touring and performing, he resides in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Although Landreth is an extremely competent guitarist in the conventional form, he is most well-known for his slide playing. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sleater-Kinney / Price Tag
Andy: Bear witness to the might and glory of the heroic Sleater Kinney!
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Sleater-Kinney (/ˌsleɪtərˈkɪniː/ SLAY-tər-KIN-ee) is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1994. The band's current lineup features vocalists/guitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, following the departure of longtime drummer Janet Weiss. Sleater-Kinney came out of the riot grrrl movement, formed from the ashes of the bands Heavens to Betsy and Excuse 17. Today they are recognized as a key part in the American indie rock scene. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Jennifer Castle / Nature
Andy: Everything about this is good: the way the piano is set against the rush of white noise, the long, linear melody with its subtle lifts, and how everything evokes the McGarrigles without feeling like imitation.
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Jennifer Castle is a Canadian singer-songwriter, based in Toronto, Ontario. She released two albums under the name Castlemusic. Born in Toronto, Castle was raised in Mississauga and Orangeville, and spent time living in London, England, and Vancouver, British Columbia, before returning to Toronto and launching her music career at open mic nights in the city. Castle says that she “takes the world very seriously, while believing very much in impossible things. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Amy Winehouse / Valerie (Live)
Bryn: The documentary on her life was one of the most powerful films I saw this year. Deeply moving and a beautiful/tragic reminder of what a striking talent she was.
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Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983 in Southgate, London, died 23 July 2011 in Camden, London) was an English singer and composer, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll and Rhythm and Blues. Her musical formation went through listening to such jazz legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan; she was later influenced by contemporary metropolitan popular music as well. She represented a union of these aesthetics: a happy fusion of '40s jazz Read more on Last.fm more...
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Lianne La Havas / Wonderful
Bryn: I learned about Lianne from Burnmix (shout out to John) and will forever associate her with this crew. Plus I love her and was grateful for another release from her this year. This song is a gentle, enveloping sound to wind down the year.
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Lianne Charlotte Barnes a.k.a. Lianne La Havas (born August 23, 1989, in London, England) is an English folk, soul, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. La Havas was born in London, England to a Greek father and Jamaican mother. She was raised in Tooting and Streatham, spending the majority of her time with her grandparents, following her parents' separation as a child. La Havas' cites her parents' diverse musical tastes as having the biggest influence on her music. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sia / Elastic Heart
Noah: I think technically the album came out in 2014, but he single and video came out in 2015 so I'm going with it. The cage match video was the #8 most viewed on Youtube, with almost 500 million views. It is definitely a head scratcher, but I couldn't look away, definitely a memorable song for me.
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Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (/ˈsiːə/; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, record producer and music video director. She started her career as a singer in the local Adelaide acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album titled OnlySee in Australia. She then moved to London, England, and provided lead vocals for the British duo Zero 7. In 2000, Sia signed to Sony Music's sub-label Dance Pool and released her second studio album Read more on Last.fm more...
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats / S.O.B.
Noah: This is another song that wormed it's way into my consciousness with the help of some great videos. The official one puts Johnny Cash firmly tongue in cheek, at first I thought it was too corny, but that's certainly the point. The second was his turn on Jimmy Fallon, the dance moves!
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats is a soulful American band formed in 2013 by singer and songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff. Some artists undergo reinventions. What Nathaniel Rateliff accomplishes on his first LP with the Night Sweats — transforming himself from folk troubadour to funky soul bandleader — is a revelation. Rateliff comes on like Van Morrison fronting Booker T. & the MG's, reviving the glory days of the Stax label. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Frazey Ford / Done
Saunders: Frazey Ford has incongruously takes the high road while also singing a deserving "fuck you" to her ex. Her voice shivers with a low key, super chill, almost blase anger. This song is best listened to after watching this video.
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Frazey Ford is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was a founding member of The Be Good Tanyas. Her solo debut Obadiah was released on Nettwerk on July 20, 2010. Ford cites Rhythm and Blues singers Ann Peebles, Roberta Flack, and Donny Hathaway as influences, and this is evident in her debut album. Jenny Charlesworth of The Georgia Straight wrote that a few of the songs "swing with a mellow neo-soul beat enlivened by buttery vocals". Ford also credits her free spirited parents (her father was an American draft dodger who moved to Canada) Read more on Last.fm more...
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DOROTHY / Gun In My Hand
Saunders: Dorothy isn't well known yet but she will be. I love the raw edginess of her voice.
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Dorothy is a name that's been used by several different artists: 1. Dorothy is an American rock band founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band is composed of vocalist Dorothy Martin, drummer Dylan Howard, guitarist DJ Black and bassist Gregg Cash. They released their first project, a self-titled EP, in 2014. Rolling Stone deemed them "a band you need to know," and named them #14 on their 50 Best New Artists of 2014 list. On June 24, 2016, Dorothy released their debut album, ROCKISDEAD. Read more on Last.fm more...
2015 Best of the Rest
68 / January 2016 / BurnMix
- Pedestrian At BestCourtney Barnett
- Surveillance CameraRey Pila
- She Came AlongSharam (feat. Kid Cudi)
- See You AgainWiz Khalifa (feat. Charlie Puth)
- DoneFrazey Ford
- Gun In My HandDOROTHY
- Valerie (Live)Amy Winehouse
- Bored In The USAFather John Misty
- The High SideSonny Landreth
- WonderfulLianne La Havas
- We Keep The Lights OutEza
- NatureJennifer Castle
- Elastic HeartSia
- S.O.B.Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Born SlippyAlbert Hammond, Jr.
- Price TagSleater-Kinney
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