Alright, here we are: about midway through another strong year for new music, there were and are plenty more songs just on the outskirts of this list. With about six more months to go before I really have to get cracking on the year's top 100, here's how I feel about what's available to our ears so far. I'll save my descriptions and explanations for the tracks until the end of the year; this one's all about the tunes.
The three songs without links do not have anything readily available on YouTube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, or a web page I could find. The Spotify playlist contains every song but #37, and the Rdio playlist is complete.
50. Tokyo Police Club - Tunnel Vision
49. Ages and Ages - Light Goes Out
48. Young the Giant - Eros
47. Bombay Bicycle Club - Carry Me
46. Thumpers - Unkinder (A Tougher Love)
45. How to Dress Well - What You Wanted
44. Kalle Mattson - Sound & Fury (A Dream Within a Dream)
43. The Antlers - Hotel
42. Hospitality - Last Words
41. Kishi Bashi - Carry On Phenomenon
40. SOHN - Fool
39. Real Estate - Navigator
38. Wye Oak - Glory
37. Torres - New Skin
36. La Sera - Hour of the Dawn
35. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
34. The War On Drugs - An Ocean in Between the Waves
33. Elizabeth & the Catapult - Shoelaces
32. St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse
31. Future Islands - Spirit
30. Tycho - Spectre
29. Broken Bells - After the Disco
28. St. Vincent - Regret
27. Trust - Joyland
26. Frankie Cosmos - Buses Splash With Rain
25. Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra
24. Mac Demarco - Blue Boy
23. First Aid Kit - The Bell
22. The Notwist - Kong
21. Real Estate - Talking Backwards
20. Owen Pallett - The Riverbed
19. Ed Zealous - 147
18. Cymbals - Erosion
17. Jeremy Messersmith - Tourniquet
16. Fear of Men - Descent
15. Tycho - Montana
14. Real Estate - Crime
13. The Sunshine Underground - The Same Old Ghosts
12. Cloud Nothings - I'm Not Part of Me
11. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
10. The War On Drugs - Burning
9. The Antlers - Palace
8. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
7. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
6. Lake Street Dive - You Go Down Smooth
5. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
4. Fickle Friends - Play
3. Tokyo Police Club - Argentina (Parts I, II, III)
2. Bombay Bicycle Club - It's Alright Now
1. Sharon Van Etten - Your Love is Killing Me
