2014 was an incredible year for new music across a vast array of genres including rock, pop, folk, alt-indie, electronic, and country/Americana. The year produced a bumper crop of great new tunes and artists making it very difficult to narrow down the list to only the top 50 tunes but here it goes....presenting my top 50 tunes of 2014. Enjoy!!!
50. The New Basement Tapes - "When I Get My Hands On You"
49. Junior Prom - "Sheila Put The Knife Down"
48. Son Little - "The River"
47. Liam Bailey - "Stun Me"
46. The Both - "Milwaukee"
45. Broncho - "Class Historian"
44. Chet Faker - "1998"
43. Conor Oberst - "Hundreds of Ways"
42. Damien Jurado - "Silver Timothy"
41. My Brightest Diamond - "Pressure"
40. Polygrains - "Mirage"
39. Hippo Campus - "Little Grace"
38. Holy Ghost! - "Bridge & Tunnel"
37. SomeKindaWonderful - "Reverse"
36. Big Data - "The Business of Emotion (ft White Sea)"
35. Ages and Ages - "Divisionary"
34. Baba Stiltz - "Reality Sparks"
33. Young Rising Sons - "High"
32. Christian Gregory - "Count on You"
31. TOPS - "Way To Be Loved"
30. Dreamers - "Wolves"
29. Mike Snow - "Paddling Out"
28. Coldplay - "Magic"
27. Spoon - "Do You"
26. Courtney Barnett - "Avant Gardener"
25. Hurray for the Riff Raff - "The Body Electric"
24. Sir Sly - "You Haunt Me"
23. Future Islands - "Waiting on You"
22. Alvvays - "Archie Marry Me"
21. Bleachers - "Shadow"
20. Bear Hands - "Agora"
19. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness - "Cecilia And the Satellite"
18. The Antlers - "Parade"
17. Caribou - "Can't Do Without You"
16. The New Pornographers - "War On The East Coast"
15. Belle and Sebastian - "The Party Line"
14. Sinkane - "How We Be"
13. Colony House - "Silhouettes"
12. Rubberbucket - "Rewind"
11. Bahamas - "All The Time"
10. Rubblebucket - "Carousel Ride"
9. Kindness - "I'll Be Back"
8. Blood Orange - Champagne Coast"
7. Tennis - "I'm Callin"
6. Jungle - "Time"
5. The War On Drugs - "Under The Pressure"
4.Thumpers - "Unkinder"
3. The 2 Bears - "Not This Time
2. The Decemberists - "Lake Song"
1. Angus & Julia Stone - "Grizzly Bear"
BONUS TRACK: Low - I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
BONUS TRACK: The Acid - Fame