Sometimes, making my best albums list can feel like a chore. There’s so much music out there, and narrowing it down to my 10 favorites sometimes feels pointless. But I often feel like my best songs list is better representative of my taste. There’s a lot more stuff to dance to, for one, and it usually just comes down to one criterion: Did I enjoy listening to this?
Aimee-Leigh & Baby Billy – “Misbehavin’ 1989”
(Sandy) Alex G – “Gretel”
Angel Olsen – “All Mirrors”
Bear and the Beasts – “City O City”
Beck feat. Robyn and The Lonely Island – “Super Cool”
Best Coast – “For the First Time”
Beyoncé – “Before I Let Go”
Bon Iver – “Faith”
Jessie Buckley – “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)”
Charly Bliss – “Chatroom”
Clairo – “Bags”
Gary Clark, Jr. – “This Land”
Miley Cyrus – “Slide Away”
Lucy Dacus – “Forever Half Mast”
Lana Del Rey – “Doin’ Time”
Far Caspian – “A Dream of You”
FIDLAR – “By Myself”
FKA twigs – “Cellophane”
Friendly Fires – “Lack of Love”
Frou Frou – “Guitar Song”
Gang Starr feat. J. Cole – “Family and Loyalty”
Georgia – “About Work the Dancefloor”
HAIM – “Summer Girl”
Helado Negro – “Running”
The Hold Steady – “Traditional Village”
Brittany Howard – “History Repeats”
Jimmy Eat World – “All the Way (Stay)”
Miranda Lambert – “It All Comes Out in the Wash”
Lizzo – “Juice”
Damon Locks and the Black Monument Ensemble – “The Colors That You Bring”
Maren Morris – “GIRL”
Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron – “Love Without Possession”
Róisín Murphy – “Incapable”
Nas feat. Al Jarreau and Keyon Harrold – “Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)”
The National – “So Far So Fast”
Neon Indian – “Toyota Man”
Maggie Rogers – “Light On”
Mark Ronson feat. Angel Olsen – “True Blue”
Sturgill Simpson – “Mercury in Retrograde”
Sigrid – “Mine Right Now”
Sonsi – “Problems”
Sufjan Stevens – “Love Yourself”
Harry Styles – “Fine Line”
Taylor Swift – “The Archer”
Tyler, the Creator – “ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?”
Vampire Weekend – “Harmony Hall”
Sharon Van Etten – “No One’s Easy to Love”
Kanye West – “Selah”
Wilco – “Quiet Amplifier”
Thom Yorke – “Dawn Chorus”