Every year I make a mix for my dad with what I think the best songs of the year were. It’s like a time capsule of the year and I have done it for the last four years. I decided to share with you this year, catagory-wise (because I can’t rank them, that’s for stupid people):
What could be considered Rock Songs:
You Won’t Be Fooled By This — Albert Hammond Jr
Fascination — Alphabeat
The Kelly Affair — Be Your Own Pet
Strange Times — The Black Keys
Furr — Blitzen Trapper
Mercury — Bloc Party
For Emma — Bon Iver
Lights Out For Darker Skies — British Sea Power
Lost? — Coldplay
Lights Off — The Dears
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song — Fleet Foxes
The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room) — Flight Of The Conchords
The French Open — Foals
Ulysses — Franz Ferdinand
My Friend John — The Fratellis
Wonderlust King — Gogol Bordello
Love Hurts — Incubus
In The Rushes — Islands
Sleep Through The Static — Jack Johnson
Always Wanting More — Jay Reatard
Sex On Fire — Kings Of Leon
Always Where I Need To Be — The Kooks
The Age Of The Understatement — The Last Shadow Puppets
Kim And Jessie — M83
Run To Your Grave –The Mae Shi
All Nightmare Long — Metallica
Kids — MGMT
Veiled In Grey — Mystery Jets
Sleeper Hold — No Age
I’m Outta Time — Oasis
St Exquisite’s Confessions — Of Montreal
Negative — Project Jenny, Project Jan
Salute Your Solution — The Raconteurs
No Sex For Ben — The Rapture
Gravity — Sara Bareilles
Gobbledigook — Sigur Ros
Dinosaurs — The Stills
London Bridges — This Is The Ivy League
Great DJ — The Ting Tings
Red Dress — TV On The Radio
M79 — Vampire Weekend
Pork And Beans — Weezer
What could be considered Rap Songs:
Dang — Buck 65
In Search Of The Youth Crew — Cadence Weapon
She’s So High — Charles Hamilton
What Up Man — Cool Kids
American Boy — Estelle
Coldest Winter — Kanye West
Cappuccino — The Knux
A Milli — Lil’ Wayne
Superstar — Lupe Fiasco
Kill Joy — N.E.R.D.
Royal Flush — Outkast
Move — Q-Tip
Shove It — Santogold
On The Flip Of A Coin — The Streets
The Freestyle (Roc Boys) — Wale
What could be considered Dance Songs:
Coming From A Higher Place — Baby Charles
Lights And Music — Cut Copy
With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You) — Does It Offend You? Yeah?
O Shot (Dmerit Mix) — The Gay Blades
Hercules Theme — Hercules And Love Affair
Shake A Fist — Hot Chip
Little Bit Of Feel Good — Jamie Lidell
Planisphere — Justice
These Girls Are Dressed To Kill (Russ Chimes Mix) — The Outrunners
Silence — Portishead
Circus of Horror — Quiet Village
Mirando — Ratatat
When You Talk — The Twelves
Golden Cage (Fred Falke Mix) — The Whitest Boy Alive
