Over the past year, we’ve listened to thousands of singles – way too many to count. Throughout the year, we’ve shared many of them through three regular features – The Melodic Tonic, The Matinee, and The Weekend Showcase. While we could have rolled up all those singles into one mammoth playlist, that would have meant a playlist of nearly 1,500 songs, not to mention singles to be added from our 50 Favorite Albums, 20 Favorite EPs (Parts 1 & 2), Our Favorite Hidden Gems, and then some. But we haven’t done that. Instead, we share with you 111 of our favorite singles from the year in our Mega, Mega Playlist of 2015.
Our Mega, Mega Playlist of 2015 features 111 songs with a total time of 7 hours, 33 minutes. It’s a lengthy playlist, but it just shows that 2015 was a fantastic year in music. Plus, since Ben is New Zealand, we thought 111 was apt (if you’re a Lord of the Rings fan, you’ll get the reference).
The greatness of 2015 is demonstrated in the diversity of music created throughout the year, not to mention by whom. Some bands reunited and blew our minds with new LPs, such as Sleater-Kinney. Established bands like Unknown Mortal Orchestra, My Morning Jacket, Foals, Death Cab for Cutie, and Belle and Sebastian all surprised us with spectacular efforts.
Some of the best singer-songwriters of our time also dropped great albums and singles, including Sufjan Stevens, Dan Bejar (Destroyer), José González, and Jason Isbell. Among the best of the best in indie music released instant classics – Tame Impala, Grimes, and Deerhunter to name a few. Meanwhile, a host of newcomers made breakthroughs, such as Chris Stapleton, Annalibera, Bitter’s Kiss, Steven A. Clark, and American Wrestlers. 2015 will go down as one of music history’s best years, and, therefore, it’s only appropriate to celebrate it with a playlist that offers a glimpse of the past 365 days. Oh, and this playlist doesn’t include singles released this year in anticipation of new albums in 2016. As such, you won’t find Beck, David Bowie, LP, or Shearwater (we’ll save those for another list).
The tracklisting follows the Spotify player. We hope you enjoy this playlist, listening to it over the coming weeks. Have a safe, prosperous, and memorable New Year’s. See you in 2016!
Mega, Mega Playlist of 2015 Tracklisting
- American Wrestlers – “There’s No One Crying Over Me Either”
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Multi-Love”
- Belle and Sebastian – “Party Line”
- Pond – “Elvis’ Flaming Star”
- Saint Motel – “My Type”
- Astronauts, etc. – “Shake It Loose”
- Bloodhounds On My Trail – “Jolly”
- Natalie Prass – “My Baby Don’t Understand Me”
- Sundara Karma – “Flame”
- Sleater-Kinney – “Bury Our Friends”
- Tame Impala – “‘Cause I’m A Man”
- Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – “Sunny Afternoon”
- Viet Cong – “Continental Shelf”
- Haux – “Homegrown”
- Sarah Bethe Nelson – “Paying”
- New Pharaohs – “Empire”
- Pumarosa – “Priestess”
- Wolf Alice – “Bros”
- Michael Rault – “All Alone (On My Own)”
- TORRES – “Strange Hellos”
- Violent Mae – “In The Sun”
- Sufjan Stevens – “All of Me Wants All of You”
- Chris Stapleton – “Traveller”
- Glen Hansard – “Lowly Deserter”
- Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian At Best”
- INHEAVEN – “Bitter Town”
- Foals – “What Went Down”
- Maribou State – “The Clown”
- Nova Heart – “We Are Golden”
- San Fermin – “Jackrabbit”
- Father John Misty – “I Love You, Honeybear”
- Big Smoke – “Lately (Part II)”
- City Calm Down – “Rabbit Run”
- Eskimeaux – “Broken Necks”
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – “S.O.B.”
- Wild Child – “Fools”
- Tiny Ruins with Hamish Kilgour – “Hurtling Through”
- Reservations – “To Be Honest”
- hd hausmann – “old satellites”
- Pearl and The Beard – “Again Animal”
- Jessie Jones – “Lady La De Da”
- Lower Dens – “To Die in L.A.”
- José González – “Leaf Off / The Cave”
- Annalibera – “Battle World”
- Doctor Goddard – “Without Love”
- Heather Woods Broderick – “Glider”
- We Are All Astronauts – “Doves”
- Zachary Cale – “Sundowner”
- Death Cab for Cutie – “Little Wanderer”
- Optivion – “Free Unicorn”
- The Dodos – “Competition”
- Kacey Musgraves – “Dime Store Cowgirl”
- Brandi Carlile – “The Eye”
- The Amazing – “Picture You”
- Car Seat Headrest – “Times to Die”
- David Ramirez – “Harder to Die”
- Anderson East – “Keep the Fire Burning”
- Bop English – “Sentimental Wilderness”
- Alabama Shakes – “Don’t Wanna Fight”
- Pure Bathing Culture – “Pray for Rain”
- Young Romance – “Wild”
- Eliza Shaddad – “Wars”
- Bryde – “Wait”
- Blajk – “Lost”
- Belle Mare – “Dark of My Evening”
- Ofelia K – “White T-Shirt”
- Dolores Haze – “Touch Me”
- Unloved – “Guilty of Love”
- My Baby – “Remedy II”
- Gun Outfit – “Worldly Way”
- Oh Pep! – “The Race”
- Alberta Cross – “The Ghost of Santa Fe”
- Oyster Kids – “Creepy”
- Gengahr – “Haunter”
- GEMS – “Living as a Ghost”
- Cloves – “Frail Love”
- Max Frost – “Withdrawal”
- Small Black – “No One Wants It To Happen To You”
- Cold Beat – “Spirals”
- Chorusgirl – “No Moon”
- Bitter’s Kiss – “The Rope”
- Miya Folick – “I Got Drunk”
- Fuzz – “Rat Race”
- Deerhunter – “Snakeskin”
- Steven A. Clark – “Can’t Have”
- The Phoenix Foundation – “Mountain”
- Anthonie Tonnon – “Water Underground”
- Surf Rock Is Dead – “Zen A”
- Blonde Maze – “Ocean on Fire”
- Grimes – “Flesh Without Blood”
- Esther Joy Lane – “Travelling Light”
- For Esmé – “Just Yet”
- Young Fathers – “Shame”
- Kirsten Izer – “Burning Out”
- Jacuzzi Boys – “Sun”
- The Arcs – “Outta My Mind”
- Jacco Gardner – “Find Yourself”
- Júníus Meyvant – “Color Decay”
- Destroyer – “Times Square”
- Jason Isbell – “Children of Children”
- Planes on Paper – “Iron Boat”
- Kurt Vile – “Pretty Pimpin'”
- The Helio Sequence – “Upward Mobility”
- Ought – “Beautiful Blue Sky”
- Diet Cig – “Sleep Talk”
- The Districts – “Peaches”
- El Vy – “Happiness, Missouri”
- Carl Barat and The Jackals – “Glory Days”
- Desperate Journalist – “Control”
- Futurebirds – “Hotel Parties”
- The Bright Smoke – “Howl”
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