Streaming below (“↓” = MP3 Download) are 20 songs from the past 6 months, carefully chosen by Rawkblog and TwentyFourBit as our favorite new tunes of the year (so far). Half are Dave’s picks and the rest are mine. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do:
Anaïs Mitchell (feat. Ben Knox Miller and Justin Vernon) – “Wait For Me”
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Round and Round”
Avi Buffalo – “What’s In It For?”
Beach House – “Norway”
Bonnie “Prince” Billy and the Cairo Gang – “Go Folks, Go”
BP Fallon – “I Believe In Elvis Presley”
Bright Eyes – “Happy Accident”
The Dead Weather – “Gasoline”
Fiona Apple (w/ Jon Brion & the Punch Brothers) – “So Sleepy”
Frightened Rabbit – “Things”
Joanna Newsom – “Good Intentions Paving Company”
Judson Claiborne – “Twilight Spirit”
Kanye West (feat. Dwele) – “Power”
Laura Marling – “Hope In The Air”
The Morning Benders – “Excuses”
The National – “Conversation 16”
The National – “Lemonworld”
The Radio Dept. – “Heaven’s On Fire”
Sally Seltmann – “Harmony to My Heartbeat”
Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill”