Favorite Song Discoveries of 2018
This year's list involves more than the usual amount of blues.
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1. "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton. The original and by far the best version.
2. "Ocean of Tears" by Big Maybelle. This voice! This women should be as famous as Aretha or Elvis.
3. "Home" by Marc Broussard
4. "Voodoo Woman" by Koko Taylor
5. "You Worry Me" by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
6. "Things Have Changed (by Bob Dylan)" by Betty Lavette
7. "Get the Family Together" by Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
8. "BoJack's Theme" by Patrick Carney
9. "Late Night People" by Goldfish featuring Soweto Kinch
10. "Wait in the Car" by the Breeders
11. "Somewhere a Judge" by Hop Along. Political, dreamy, jarring, personal and insightful all in one song
12. "Oom Sha La La" by Hayley Heynderickx.
13. "Frostbiter" by Saintseneca. A beautiful offering to the spirit of the waster of days.
14. "Bodys" by Car Seat Headrest. "Is it the chorus yet?" "Everybody’s swinging their hips."
The Songs I Could Not Get Out of My Head
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1. "Song" by Sylvan Esso. "I'm the song ..."
2. "SPRORGNSM" by Superorganism.
3. "Gravity" by Blondie. Yeah the latest album was good.
4. "Bird in Space" by Screaming Females. I always tend to prefer their quieter songs.
5. "Four Out of Five" by Arctic Monkeys. "I put a taqueria on the moon."
6. "Nobody Cares" by Superorganism
7. "Leave the Party" by Miya Folick.