As we said in our Favourite Albums of 2015 post, the last year has been a pretty strong one as far as music goes. With that in mind, here is a list of 50 of our favourite songs of 2015. The only rule we gave ourselves when compiling the list was that we could only include one track from a single artist.
Slammer – Radical Dads
Pool Boyz – Diet Cig
The Closing Door – LVL UP
Lullaby – Long Neck
The Day Draws Nearer – The Washboard Abs
Slow White Beams of Light – Trace Mountains
Milo – Young Jesus
…Until They’re Called – Old Earth
The Offer – Yowler
Light Leaks – Ben Seretan
Deserter – Siskiyou
Seven – Oh, Rose
Rare Beliefs – Elephant Micah
Rescue Teams – Evening Hymns
Goodness – Valley Maker
Kitty Winn – Advance Base
Kathleen – Samantha Crain
The Thunder Answered Back – Eskimeaux
Dinosauria – Good Good Blood
Your Voice – Jake Rollins
Past Lives – Nice Legs
All You Gotta Be Whe You’re 23 – Free Cake For Every Creature
David’s Wolves – Hip Hatchet
Personal Eclipse – The Weather Station
Return To View – The Wandering Lake
Driving Toward the Smoke – Talons’
Last Past Life – GRNDMS
In Evil Hour – Battle Ave.
Municipal Xerox – Lejsovka & Freund
Old Tucson – Sun Organ
Everything That Rises Must Converge – Pasture Dog
Drifting In Space – Fairweather Currents
A Swift Thing – EP
River – Saintseneca
Fire Flames – Anna McClellan
5 AM – The Parade Schedule
Fall Out – Gleemer
Dumb Ideals – Gorgeous Bully
Snow – Alanna McArdle
Fire in My Eyes – Yours Are the Only Ears (close enough to 2015!)
Sparks – Beach House
Feelies – No Aloha
Halo (Reappear/Disappear) – Noah Gundersen
Her – Haybaby
Battered – Radioactivity
Every House is on Fire – Island Eyes
The Infinite Eye of Mount Douglas, I See My Love – Doomking
Midnight Cross – Fog Lake
Concrete Plans – Summering
Smileboy – Small Houses
Something I Know – Eva Foote
Dope Cloud – Protomartyr
Using – Sorority Noise
Saint Peter Upside Down – Craig Finn
Pylon Pile-On – Benjamin Shaw
Hope Springs (Night Version) / Psalm – Wilder Maker
Red Coat – Adeline Hotel
Fade to Black – CUTTERS
Tavern – Dear Sister
Soft Reputation – Unlikely Friends
Dog Improv – Sarah Louise
Dk/Pi – Aero Flynn
The Ghost at Woodland Park – Molly Drag
Tulsa – John Statz
Sugar for the Queen – Bells Atlas
Summer Lawns – Mike Pace and the Child Actors
West Texas – PWR BTTM
Wastes of Time – Elvis Depressedly
Waves – Abby Gundersen