Another fifty modern day classics as the top 200 countdown reaches the point where pretty much any song on the list could’ve been in the top 10. Skimming through the songs I’m almost embarrassed to damn some of these with what may seem like faint praise… but my longlist was 500 tracks so some mighty audio beats have fallen at the wayside long before here.
Also I’m sorry for the almost complete lack of text or description, I’m a little busy right now but I figured it’s the music not my waffle that counts ultimately!
As ever there are Whyd, soundcloud and spotify playlists below although the number of tracks available on each service decreases from 199 on Whyd to about 100 on Spotify.
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PLAYLISTS:
WHYD.COM / SOUNDCLOUD / SPOTIFY (Web / Player)
Top 200 of 2013 – 101-150 / 151-200 [/highlight]
100. 100. Avec Sans – Shiver
“You got carried away, you got carried away,
you said walking walking walking right over my grave”
Facebook / Twitter
99. Jean Grae – Before the Summer Broke / Kill Screen
“Cause I don’t get what you be putting me in lanes for
It’s fucking music, what you giving it a name for” (lyrics)
98. Pye Corner Audio – Black Mist
97. The Uncluded – Delicate Cycle
“I miss the smell, the dust, the coins, the trust
The squeaky carts, the vibrations
The bucket full of bleach, the dryer sheets” (lyrics)
If you ever wondered what the Mouldy Peaches would sound like fused with hip-hop, then wonder no more. In 2007, while on tour supporting his album None Shall Pass, indie rapper/ producer Aesop Rock wrote a fan email to folk singer and former Mouldy Peach, Kimya Dawson. A few years later they reconnected during the creation of arts-and-oddities blog 900Bats, which in turn sparked the pair’s collaborative musical efforts. After appearing on each other’s respective recent solo records, both found more worth pursuing within the group dynamic, and The Uncluded were hatched.
96. Connan Mockasin – I’m The Man, That Will Find You
95. Grumbling Fur – Tilda Holds a Sword and Lilies
94. Sky Valley Mistress – Dirty Blonde Blues
Their debut EP “The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard” sits somewhere between R.L Burnside and the Alabama Shakes.
93. PVT – Vertigo (Hype Williams Snapback Remix)
92. The White Mandingos – My First White Girl
“I would yell and she’d never say a word back
She used the word “cock”, I’d never heard that” (lyrics)
Twitter / Facebook
91. Vic Mensa – Lovely Day
“Oh oh oh what a lovely day
Is what a lovely day”
90. Tricky – Valentine (Andy Stott Remix)
89. Thunderbird Gerard – Live
88. Suzanna Choffel – Guardians
“Who will guard the guardians of my heart?
I put them there so when my world falls apart, someone remains in charge, someone remains in charge.”
87. Samthing Soweto – Jack Of All Trades
86. Public Service Broadcasting – Theme From PSB
85. Andrew Ashong – Never Dreamed
84. Dessa – Warsaw
“And I’ve done some living in a glass house
High note blew the motherfucking walls off”
83. Chaos In The CBD – 78 To Stanley Bay
82. Maxo Kream – Lewinsky
81. M.anifest – Someway Bi
“Cross my T’s and dot my I’s
Stress wey e dey my chest I ostracize”
80. Lethal Dialect x JackKnifeJ – School Dayz Are Over
79. Glasser – Design
78. G/L/A/S/S/C/A/N/D/Y – THE POSSESSED (Runway Edit)
77. Daniel Avery – Drone Logic
76. A$AP Ferg Feat. Shabba Ranks, Busta Rhymes and Migos – Shabba (Remix)
75. Only Real – Blood Carpet
74. Kwabs – Spirit Fade
73. Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back
72. Fat White Family – Cream Of The Young
71. Omar Souleyman – Wenu Wenu
70. Alex Smoke – Dust [Tessela RMX]
69. Endless Boogie – Taking Out The Trash
68. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
67. Mungo’s Hi Fi – Dubplate Master
66. Congo Natty – UK Allstars (Congo Natty meets Benny Page)
65. Summer Camp – Fresh
64. Miley Cyrus – We Can’t Stop
63. Pronto Mama – Rubber
“Rubber” follows up on Glaswegian band Pronto Mama’s excellent “Still Swimming” single which was one of my top 25 tracks of 2012.
Both the video and song are charm personified, beginning with gentle keys, soothing brass and a funky bass line. As is Pronto Mama’s way it doesnt take too long to build to a call and response cacophony of”Open up lets go, we’ll have a meeting of the souls“. Having seen the band live last summer I’d love to witness the singalong po-going mayhem this tune induces at their gigs. Come to London soon please.
It’s available as a free download — which I’d have embedded here but they’ve turned off sharing — and has been universally acclaimed with the except of one curmudgeon on Youtube:
“so yees use yer deprived backgrounds as an anchor for your “creative outlets” whilst singing in a regional accent to indie music (SO UNIQUE!!!) to bathe us all in a sea of realism. Yawn.”
62. Run The Jewels – Banana Clipper (Feat. Big Boi)
61. Ana Threat – Bretzel High stomp
60. Lion Babe – Treat Me Like Fire
59. Shy FX – Soon Come (feat. Liam Bailey) / Liam Bailey – Save Some Love
58. KA – Off the Record
Originally only available on the vinyl version of the “Grief Pedigree” album, “To Our Name” has thankfully broken free for our digital listening pleasure on the hip-hop veterans soundcloud page.
57. Safia – Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues
56. Rejjie Snow – Loveleen
55. Gregory Porter – No Love Dying
54. Donnie Trumpet – Zion ft. Chance the Rapper & Vic Mensa
53. Busta Rhymes & Q Tip – Thank You
52. Gilligan Moss – Choreograph
51. Palace – Veins (demo)
Thanks must go to Beatnik online for tipping us the wink on Brighton based four piece, Palace. All three demos on their soundcloud page are worth a listen but the wistful bluesy “Veins” is the standout.
They state their main influences as “White Denim, Kraftwerk, Wu Lyf, Jeff Buckley, Foals, Wu Tang Clan and Nigerian Blues” although I’m not quite hearing Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s oeuvre in their gentle blues rock as yet.
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TOP TRACKS OF 2013 (51-100): Another fifty modern day classics as the top 200 countdown reaches the point wher… http://t.co/kTgBNfUSEF
Shiver is such a good song.. hope it’ll get recognize more. oh well..