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2014 Songs of the Year: Part Two - 50 through 41

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Just got here? Get up to speed by reading Part One here. Click the Prev post button at the bottom of this post to get to Part Three.

50. Slow Build - The Range

Following his acclaimed album Nonfiction and completed while touring across the US, The Range returns with a new EP Panasonic, out digitally and on vinyl on Donky Pitch March 24th, 2014. Panasonic sees The Range further cement his position as one of electronic music’s most unique voices. Elements of light and dark meet dense orchestration, breakbeats and a fresh approach to sampling across all six tracks, which remain true to The Range’s love of R&B, Hip Hop and Drum & Bass channeled in a way that he has made his own. After several EP’s across the last two years, The Range released his breakthrough album Nonfiction in October 2013 on Donky Pitch, receiving ‘Best New Music’ and a place in the Top 50 Albums of the year on Pitchfork. Further praise came from Billboard, XLR8R, Dazed & Confused, Line of Best Fit, Dummy and many others. Since its release, The Range has toured extensively across the US, with headlining shows and supporting slots for Thundercat and Metronomy, as well as a North American spring tour supporting CHVRCHES, a set at Primavera Festival in Barcelona and to be announced shows at this March's SXSW in Austin. Artwork by www.ianglover.com

 

49. Lighting Sparked - Dillon

Dillon's Second Single of her album "The Unknown" out on BPitch Control now.

 

48. Kind Of…Sometimes…Maybe - Jessie Ware

From the new album Tough Love out NOW. GET THE ALBUM: Official store: http://po.st/J7r5Ws iTunes: http://po.st/ToughLoveDLXYT Amazon: http://po.st/ToughLoveAm3 Google Play: http://po.st/dTTb1T JESSIE ONLINE: http://twitter.com/jessieware http://facebook.com/jessiewaremusic http://instagram.com/jessieware http://jessieware.com http://soundcloud.com/jessieware http://open.spotify.com/artist/5Mq7iqCWBzofK39FBqblNc

 

47. Girl - Jamie xx

Pre-order from YT: http://smarturl.it/sleepsoundyt Also available at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/sleepsoundi Girl / Sleep Sound is out 5 May 2014 on Young Turks. Hear Sleep Sound here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fOHh5Q7Q1E http://jamiexx.com https://www.facebook.com/jamiexxofficial http://theyoungturks.co.uk Animation: Alden Volney

 

46. Sick Beat - Kero Kero Bonito

Taken from Intro Bonito, out 25th August on Double Denim Records.

 

45. Call My Name - Haerts

http://haertsmusic.com

 

44. Pretty Girls - Little Dragon

Music video for "Pretty Girls", from the album Nabuma Rubberband available here : http://po.st/NabumaRubberband Video directed by Nabil Subscribe to Little Dragon's channel here : http://po.st/LDyoutube Visit our Website : http://po.st/littledragon Facebook : http://po.st/LDfacebook Twitter : http://po.st/LDtwitter Instagram : http://po.st/LDinstagram Soundcloud : http://po.st/LDsoundcloud Get "Ritual Union" on iTunes here : http://bit.ly/qqfUXb http://www.nabumarubberband.com

 

43. A Place Called Space - The Juan Maclean

The Juan MacLean A Place Called Space Visuals by Tyler Brodie Edited by Andrew Adair

 

42. Never Work For Free - Tennis

New Album "Ritual in Repeat" out 9/9 via Communion Records.

 

41. Pieces - Paperwhite

http://hypem.com/track/275vz/Paperwhite+-+Pieces www.facebook.com/paperwhitemusic Twitter - @paperwhitemusic Instagram - @paperwhitemusic Written, Produced and Mixed by PAPERWHITE Video by Mike Sobo


2014 Songs of the Year: Part One - 60 through 51

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It's that time of year and as always I'm a little late out of the gate (blame the fact that advertising, my day job, doesn't make compiling this sort of list in December particularly easy!)

I didn't do a songs list last year but as I've focused more on posting one off tracks in 2014 it felt much more relevant. I'm going with a top 60 format and will be posting ten every day or so, then I will look to cover the top ten albums of the year.

I won't comment on these early ones (I just don't have the time sadly!) but where possible I've included a free streaming link or video, otherwise I expect a Spotify player.

Finally before we dive in, I wanted to call out four songs that very nearly made it but just missed out. Stills by Panes, Restless by Oyinda (big hopes for 2015!), Levitation by Marz Léon and Everything We Touch by Say Lou Lou. And with that, on to the list...

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60. Mess On A Mission - Liars

For the 17th installment of the UO Music Video series, experimental noise-pop band Liars team up with wunderkind director Luis Cerveró on the song "Mess on a Mission" off Liars' new album Mess. Band member Angus Andrews and Cervero talked to us about the making of the video in an exclusive interview here: http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/liars.

 

59. Hold Me - JJ

JJ All White Everything V - 2014 Indie Pop, Swedish.

 

58. Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) - Run The Jewels feat. Zack De La Rocha

Pre-order the Album & Get this track: http://found.ee/rtjitunespreorder "Oh My Darling Don't Cry" picks up right where first RTJ2 single "Blockbuster Night Pt. 1" left off -- with El-P and Killer Mike, two of the best rappers currently doing it, ferociously proving they can out-rap anyone else in their field.

 

57. Summer Jorts (Some Cats Still Do) - Lockah

Download: http://ks.kud.li/dky015 Subscribe: http://sb.kud.li/donkypitch Official stream from donky pitch. Distributed by Kudos Records. On iTunes: http://it.kud.li/dky015 On Amazon: http://az.kud.li/dky015 More music playlists: http://pl.kud.li/donkypitch Album: Yahoo or the Highway [ALBUM] Track: 8 of 13 Title: Summer Jorts (Some Cats Still Do) Artist: Lockah Label: donky pitch Cat#: DKY015 Formats: Digital Digital Release: 14th April 2014 About This Release: On April 14th Donky Pitch will release the debut album from Lockah.

 

56. Origins - Max Cooper

iTunes - http://smarturl.it/MCKindred A few years ago I did a remix of a track by Dominik Eulberg called Sansula, which featured an instrument of the same name. After the release a builder of sansula instruments in the Netherlands was kind enough to give me one as a present in case I wanted to use one again in a live recording, which I have finally got around to doing now with this track! My process consisted of me sitting in my studio (badly) playing the thumb plucked sansula for quite a while, so that I could go back to the recording and pull out some useable loops as a starting point. I wanted a nice warm analogue chord progression to complement, but more in the high bass and low mids than my usual chord progression that's down really low, to fill the mix with the warmth as much as possible. The track still needed something though, so I turned to some spare recordings of my favourite vocalist - Kathrin deBoer, from some of our previous recording sessions. I didn't want to go for the usual full lyrical approach of a vocal collab track, I just wanted to add some small snippets of human feeling to round off the track properly. The release is coming out on Fields on the 1st of December along with an intense synth experiment with a Prophet 08, and beautiful remixes from David August and Throwing Snow. If you're not into buying music there is also a new website I have just launched which will be providing exclusive new free downloads for all in return for signing up to the website - http://www.maxcooper.net/downloads

 

55. Let Me Down Gently - La Roux

 

54. Heroine - The Night VI

Heroine directed by Toby Ross-Southall, director of photography: Ralph Fuller, Art direction and concept by Anna Pesquidous & THE NIGHT VI.

 

53. Johnny and Mary - Todd Terje

TODD TERJE Debut Album - http://smarturl.it/TTitsalbumtime Order Now... Bryan Ferry sings and plays Suzuki Omnichord and ES4 piano Oliver Thompson plays guitar Cherisse Ofuso-Osei plays drums Hanne Hukkelberg sings too

 

52. Getaway - EBY feat. IIRIS

Like my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/AirwaveMusicTVOfficial EBY feat.

 

51. Oasis - Alpines

From the album 'Oasis', out now on iTunes: http://bitly.com/1hAUCNP Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/alpines/oasis http://alpinesmusic.com Directed by Tom Beard

More to follow...

Video: Friday Night - The Grizzly Folk

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This was filmed and edited entirely within the iPhone 6, using lots of slow motion and hyperlapse effects. We think it might be the first to be done entirely in the phone itself, without using external equipment or software. We shot it in and around London, and on some of the commuter lines leading in and out of Waterloo Station.

This hit my inbox in a moment introspection on Friday night, as I was on the train home, and it probably benefitted from the perfect timing... But having gone back to it a couple of times since it still tugs at my heart strings.

The song is a heartfelt ballad about waiting patiently for someone returning from a long trip. The video was a collaboration between The Grizzly Folk and Three Mobile. To celebrate the launch of the iPhone 6 they decided to see what kind of music video they could film and edit entirely on the phone itself, and this is the result. You can see some good use of the phone's hyperlapse and slow motion capabilities in here but it also perfectly captures the feel of London now that the weather has turned - something made possible by how quickly you can produce this kind of thing on a phone these days.

Anyway, lovely song and a nice little video.

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