Top 30 Songs of 2016: Non Hip Hop
Time to expand the good ol’ horizon. Here are the non hip hop tracks that I couldn’t stop
playing in 2016. Discussion is welcomed in the comments section. Enjoy and thank you for being here!
30) Crystal Castles – ‘Their Kindness is Charade‘
29) Tokimonsta – ‘I’m Waiting‘
28) Bankz & Steelz – ‘Can’t Hardly Feel‘
27) Justice – ‘Alakazam!‘
26) Tenement – ‘Roads of Home‘
25) Angel Olsen – ‘Never Be Mine‘
24) Yeasayer – ‘Prophecy Gun‘
23) Petite Biscuit – ‘Once Again‘
22) Local Natives – ‘Ellie Alice‘
21) Whitney – ‘Golden Days‘
20) Flume – ‘Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)‘
19) Car Seat Headrest – ‘Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales‘
18) Francis and the Lights – ‘Friends (feat. Bon Iver)‘
17) Burial – ‘Young Death‘
‘Young Death’ hits me right in my core. It’s the repetition of the “I will always be there for you” line that gets me. Sounds so earnest. Beautiful music!
16) Wild Nothing – ‘Alien‘
15) Bibio – ‘Wren Tails‘
14) Joe Fox – ‘Like Jesus‘
13) Radiohead – ‘Ful Stop‘
12) Bon Iver – ‘00000 Million‘
11) Animal Collective – ‘FloriDada‘
10) Maggie Rogers – ‘Alaska‘
9) Skrillex & Hundred Waters – ‘Show Me Love Remix (feat. Chance the Rapper, Moses Sumney & Robin Hannibal)‘
8) Michael Stein & Kyle Dixon – ‘Kids‘
7) The Avalanches – ‘If I Was a Folkstar‘
6) Sunflower Beam – ‘Easier Said‘
5) Daniel Caesar – ‘Get You (feat. Kali Uchis)‘
4) Childish Gambino – ‘Me and Your Mama‘
3) Charles Bradley – ‘Changes‘
2) James Blake – ‘I Need a Forest Fire (feat. Bon Iver)‘
1) Kaytranada – ‘Lite Spots‘
Honorable Mention
David Bowie – ‘Blackstar’
BADBADNOTGOOD – ‘Speaking Gently’ & ‘Cashmere’
The Avalanches – ‘Colours’ & ‘Kaleidoscope Lovers’
Beck – ‘Wow’
The Gaslamp Killer – ‘In the Dark Pt. 2’
Miguel – ‘waves (Tame Impala Remix)’
Bat For Lashes – ‘Never Forgive the Angels’
Radiohead – ‘Burn the Witch’ & ‘Present Tense’
Tycho – ‘Epoch’
Childish Gambino – ‘Redbone’ & ‘Stand Tall’
Michael Stein & Kyle Dixon – ‘Stranger Things (Extended)’
Blood Orange – ‘Best to You’ & ‘Better Numb’
Steven Julien – ‘XL’
DIIV – ‘Loose Ends’
Whitney – ‘No Woman’ & ‘No Matter Where We Go’
Parquet Courts – ‘Steady on My Mind’
Mitski – ‘Your Best American Girl’
Bon Iver – ‘8 (circle)’ & ’22 (OVER S∞∞N)’
Dr. Dog – ‘Good Grief’
The Head and the Heart – ‘Signs of Light’
Moglii – ‘Golden Lights’
Charlotte Day Wilson – ‘After All’
Grandaddy – ‘Way We Won’t’
Massive Attack – ‘Ritual Spirit’
Tokimonsta – ‘Starlight Lace’
For Everest – ‘Reasons #2-7’
Kaytranada – ‘Track Uno’ & ‘You’re the One’
Artificial Pleasure – ‘I’ll Make it Worth Your While’
Flying Lotus – ‘R2 Where R U?’
Tenement – ‘Your Shadowed Alleyways’
Angel Olsen – ‘Give it Up’
Wiley College Choir – ‘Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray’
Opia – ‘Falling’
James Blake – ‘Love Me in Whatever Way’ & ‘Waves Know Shores’
Krrum – ‘Hard on You’
Balam Acab – ‘&&&heartsss;;;’
Crumb – ‘Vinta’
Foreign Air – ‘In the Shadows’
Loyal – ‘House For You’
Bishop Briggs – ‘River’
images via Justin Vernon, Jenn Five, Crystal Castles, Petite Biscuit, Joe Fox, Maggie Rogers, Daniel Caesar, Christina Cheng, Alexandra Gavillet and Kaytranda