GORILLA VS. BEAR’S SONGS OF 2015
Following last week's Albums of 2015 list, here are our favorite songs of the year: we went deeper than ever this time out, and while 111 tracks might seem like a lot to love in any given 12 month span, I feel like the list is a pretty accurate representation of just how unreal 2015 has been for new music. Featuring multiple entries from Grimes, Jamie xx, Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar, Chromatics, Erykah Badu, Beach House, TOPS, and Cindy Lee, and spanning from underground Russian dance music and soaring Norwegian pop to incendiary west coast rap and inspired Texas soul, and just about everywhere in between. Check out the full list below, right after you hit play on that nearly 7-hour-long Spotify playlist:
111 KODAK BLACK | SKRT
110 MOTORCRAFT | Track 1
109 TA-HA | Orion
108 SOFIE WINTERSON | I Only Wanted You
107 PICNICTYME | Burnin Up
106 CUUSHE | We Can't Stop
105 THE SANDWITCHES | Dead Prudence
104 ALDOUS HARDING | Stop Your Tears
103 CAFE LANAI | Lanai
102 OCEAN HOPE | By Your Side
101 HINDS | Garden
100 QUILTLAND | Detach
99 2 8 1 4 | 恢复
98 ANA CAPRIX | Perthro
97 MORLY | And Sooner Than We Know It…
96 LAURA CLOCK | Fantasy
95 PLASTIXX | Goodbye
94 FOUR TET | Morning
93 SKYLAR SPENCE | Can't You See
92 SKEPTA | Shutdown
91 DOMENIQUE DUMONT | L'Esprit de L'Escalier
90 TORO Y MOI | The Usual
89 EMPRESS OF | Standard
88 POST MALONE | White Iverson
87 MISS RED | No Guns
86 ELLIE HERRING | Why'd You
85 SOFT LIT | I Can't Help It
84 BOUQUET | Stacks on Stacks
83 LEON VYNEHALL | Midnight on Rainbow Road
82 PLASTER CAST | Sunless
81 STORMZY | Standard
80 SMALL BLACK | Boys Life
79 BEACH HOUSE | Space Song
78 KELELA | Rewind
77 PURO INSTINCT | Lake Como
76 RECYCLE CULTURE | Love Will Always Win
75 MOLLY NILSSON | 1995
74 HANNAH DIAMOND | Hi
73 TOPS | The Hollow Sound of the Morning Chimes
72 NATALIE PRASS | My Baby Don't Understand Me
71 U.S. GIRLS | Window Shades
70 PENDER STREET STEPPERS | The Glass City
69 LIZ | When I Rule the World
68 ABRA | Roses XOXO
67 HELEN | Motorcycle
66 KEDR LIVANSKIY | Sgoraet
65 NICOLAS JAAR | Swim
64 FREDDIE GIBBS | Fuckin' Up the Count
63 EASYFUN | Laplander
62 KORALLREVEN | Here in Iowa
61 JOANNA NEWSOM | A Pin-light Bent
60 POSTILJONEN | The Open Road
59 YOUNG THUG | Raw (Might Just)
58 NICOLE DOLLANGANGER | You're So Cool
57 SUSANNE SUNDFØR | Fade Away
56 CHASTITY BELT | Time To Go Home
55 JOHNNY JEWEL | Tell Me (feat. Saoirse Ronan)
54 PRINCE INNOCENCE | Manic
53 COUSIN STIZZ | Dirty Bands
52 JULIA HOLTER | Betsy On the Roof
51 JACK Ü | Where Are Ü Now
50 THE WEEKND | Can't Feel My Face
49 JESSY LANZA | You Never Show Your Love (with DJ Spinn + Taso)
48 NEGATIVE GEMINI | You Never Knew
47 ALLIE X | Good
46 AUTRE NE VEUT | Never Wanted
45 MAJOR LAZER | Lean On
44 ERYKAH BADU | Cel U Lar Device (Hotline Bling)
43 RICH HOMIE QUAN | Flex
42 CHROMATICS | Shadow
41 FETTY WAP | Trap Queen
40 BICEP | Just
39 YOUNG THUG | Constantly Hating
38 KERO KERO BONITO | Picture This
37 TAMARYN | Cranekiss
36 WET | Deadwater
35 YUMI ZOUMA | Song for Zoe & Gwen
34 SHE-DEVILS | Come
33 GEORGE CLANTON | It Makes the Babies Want to Cry
32 JAY ROCK | Vice City (feat. Black Hippy)
31 DILLY DALLY | Ice Cream
30 NEON INDIAN | Annie
29 CINDY LEE | Always Lovers
28 BEACH HOUSE | The Traveller
27 KENDRICK LAMAR | Alright
26 VINCE STAPLES | Norf Norf
25 TOPS | Anything
24 LANA DEL REY | Art Deco
23 BOP ENGLISH | The Hardest Way
22 JAMIE XX | Gosh
21 LOWER DENS | Your Heart Still Beating
20 SOPHIE | Just Like We Never Said Goodbye
19 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | No Good
18 BULLY | I Remember
17 KENDRICK LAMAR | King Kunta
16 CARLY RAE JEPSEN | Run Away With Me
15 DEJ LOAF | Back Up
14 THE GALLERIA | Mezzanine
THE GALLERIA // Mezzanine
13 SUFJAN STEVENS | Fourth of July
12 ERYKAH BADU + ANDRE 3000 | Hello
11 FUTURE | March Madness
10 JAMIE XX | Loud Places (feat. Romy)
09 CINDY LEE | Power and Possession
CINDY LEE // Power and Possession
08 CHROMATICS | I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around
07 PANDA BEAR | Crosswords
06 LEON BRIDGES | River
05 JAMIE XX | I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)
04 GRIMES | Kill V. Maim
03 METRO THUGGIN | Free Gucci
02 D'ANGELO | The Charade
01 GRIMES | REALiTi