Following yesterday's albums of the year post, here are our favorite songs from the first half of 2016. Check the list below, and keep up with our running songs of 2016 spotify playlist, which we're updating just about every week.


01 JESSY LANZA :: It Means I Love You

02 KAYTRANADA :: Lite Spots
03 RADIOHEAD :: True Love Waits
04 BEYONCÉ :: All Night
05 MITSKI :: Your Best American Girl

06 KANYE WEST :: Ultralight Beam
07 JAPANESE BREAKFAST :: The Woman That Loves You
08 WHITNEY :: No Woman
09 KEDR LIVANSKIY :: Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)
10 KENDRICK LAMAR :: untitled 06 l 06.30.2014.
11 DANNY L HARLE x CARLY RAE JEPSEN :: Supernatural
12 YUMI ZOUMA :: Short Truth
13 KERO KERO BONITO :: Lipslap

14 BOYBOY :: Boy
15 ANTWON :: 100k

16 SKEPTA :: Lyrics
17 CASS MCCOMBS :: Opposite House (feat. Angel Olsen)
18 WHITE DENIM :: Take It Easy
19 DJDS :: You Don’t Have to Be Alone (Charlie Wilson version)
20 MAGGIE ROGERS :: Alaska
21 FORT ROMEAU :: Secrets & Lies
22 FUTURE :: Inside the Mattress
23 FEAR OF MEN :: Sane
24 ERYKAH BADU :: Trill Friends
25 FOG LAKE :: Rattlesnake







NEXT (alphabetical)

ANGEL OLSEN :: Intern
ANNA OF THE NORTH :: Baby
ARIANA GRANDE :: Be Alright
BEVERLY :: Victoria
CHAIRLIFT :: Moth to the Flame
CHARLI XCX :: Paradise (feat. Hannah Diamond)
CHARLIE HILTON :: Funny Anyway
DILLY DALLY :: Know Yourself (Drake cover)
EKKAH x DAM-FUNK :: What’s Up
EXIT SOMEONE :: Sydney, the List Goes On
FATHER :: Why Don't U (feat. Abra + ilovemakonnen)
GUCCI MANE :: First Day Out Tha Feds
HAERTS :: Eva
HINDS :: And I Will Send Your Flowers Back
HUNDRED WATERS :: Forgive Me For Giving Up
JAMES BLAKE :: Always
JIM-E STACK :: Deadstream
JULIANNA BARWICK :: Nebula
KRISTIN KONTROL :: X-Communicate
LEON VYNEHALL :: Blush
LUH :: Future Blues
MALL GRAB :: Can’t
MAMIFFER :: Mara
MARIA USBECK :: Uno De Tus Ojos
MARISSA NADLER :: Katie I Know
MERELY :: Limestone Corridor
MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER :: From Pink They Fell into Blue
NITE JEWEL :: Boo Hoo
PATIENCE :: The Church
PRINCE INNOCENCE :: Polished
SOPHIA LOIZOU :: Genesis 92: The Awakening
TERROR JR :: Trippin
TIFFANY :: I Just Wanna Dance
TIM HECKER :: Music of the Air
TROLLER :: Storm Maker
WHITE LUNG :: Below