Once again, the year in music was dominated by a young female singer-songwriter whose latest album isn’t on Spotify. While “Hello” was the year’s biggest sing-along, I was most captivated by “Water Under the Bridge,” allegedly a tribute to her boyfriend and the father of her child. While I wouldn’t consider 25 – by far the year’s biggest album – one of my favorites of the year, this is the best song on it, and considering Adele’s powerful pipes, that’s not faint praise.
The rest of the playlist can be heard below.
Alabama Shakes – “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Beck – “Dreams”
BORNS – “Electric Love”
Carly Rae Jepsen – “All That”
Coheed & Cambria – “Here to Mars”
Death Cab for Cutie – “Black Sun”
Disclosure feat. The Weeknd – “Nocturnal”
Father John Misty – “Bored in the USA”
Gollay – “Built for Love”
Jason Derulo – “Want to Want Me”
Josh Ritter – “Getting Ready to Get Down”
Justin Bieber – “What Do You Mean?”
Luxury Elite – “Strut”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz – “Downtown”
Mark Ronson – “Daffodils”
Mat Kearney – “One Black Sheep”
Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell – “WTF (Where They From)”
Sarah Jaffe feat. Sam Lao and ZHORA – “Vision”
Seryn – “Disappear”
St. Vincent – “Teenage Talk”
Sufjan Stevens – “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross”
Tame Impala – “Yes, I’m Changing”
Titus Andronicus – “Come On, Siobhan”
Valise – “Charlie Gray”