It’s here. The greatest songs of the year, chosen by Velvet and soon to be loved by you. No double entries, no rankings this year either, just 140 of 2016’s finest tracks:
ABRA – Crybaby
Actor – Girls Do
Adult Jazz – Eggshell
Alpines – Stay
Amethysts – Intro (Diamonds)
Angel Orsen – Shut Up Kiss Me
Ardyn – Gold Dust
Arizona – I Was Wrong
Armors – Genesis
Arms Akimbo – Michigan
B Boys – Get A Grip
Baby In Vain – The Urge
Bad Sounds – Avalanche
Beach Baby – U R
Ben Hobbs – Animals
Benny Boeldt – Phone Call
Beverly – Contact
Billionaire – Next Year’s Model
Black Honey – Hello Today
Blajk – Good Liars
Brandyn Burnette – State I’m In
Broods – Heartlines
CLAWS – Nobody’s Perfect
Candy Cigarettes – My 45
Chaika – The Quietness
Childish Gambino – Redbone
Chirping – Corona
Chloe x Halle – Drop
Chrome Pony – Ragged Child
Clams Casino – Blast
Clipping – Wriggle
Colouring – In Motion
Cosmos & Creature – Young
DRÆMINGS – Area 51
Deep Dark Blue – Been Here Once Before
Dinosaur Jr. – I Walk For Miles
Dominique – Love You Better
Duns Scott – Neij
Dutch Uncles – Big Balloon
ELEL – Animal
Eagulls – Skipping
Fans – Not In Love
Fears Chella – Cool
Fews – The Zoo
Fling – Welcome To The CIty
Fou De Toi – Only In My Head
Frank Ocean – White Ferrari
Frightened Rabbit – Get Out
Gioumourtzina – Chrysostomou Smyrnis
Girl Friend – Tragic On The Dancefloor
Good Good Blood – Soak
Greys – No Star
Grim Brides – I’m Gunna Be Sick
Gypsy & the Cat – I Just Want To Be Somebody Else
HICARI – Consumed
HONNE – Someone That Loves You (Ben Pearce Remix)
Hante – Bienvenue en Enfer
Haux – Seaside
Her – Her
Hinds – Warts
Hot Dreams – Plungepool
Island – Come With Me
Jack Frederick – In My Dreams
Jojii – Be Well
Jr Jarris – Intimate
Kanye West – Fade
Kauf – A Ruin
LIF – Say What
Lady Gaga – Hey Girl
Lanks – holla
Linying – Alpine
Local Natives – Coins
Loom – Hate
Lust For Youth – Sudden Ambitions
Lyfe Indoors – Imaginary You
MIYNT – The Strangest Game
MOSSY – Ginsberg
MOTH – Measured Time
Majik – Closer
Marcus Alan Ward – Little Sunshine
Mathematic – Brrrlin
Merchandise – Lonesome Sound
Minor Victories – Scattered Ashes (Song For Richard)
Molly Moore – Imaginary Friends
Mt. Wolf – Anacrusis
NVDES – 8am
Nearly Oratorio – Tin
Oxen – Luck
Palace – Holy Smoke
Paris Youth Foundation – Losing Your Love
Perhapsy – All My Soul Swallowed
Phoria – Loss
Pierce Fulton – False Proof
Plaza – Totem
Prince Rama – Now Is The Time Of Emotion
RAPHAELLA – Alien
Raury – Butterfly
Ray Blk – My Hood
RendezVous – Distance
Rihanna – Love On The Brain
Rina Sawayama – Where U Are
Robbing Millions – WIAGW
Rosie Carney – Better Man
Roy Woods – Why
RuPaul – The Realness
Sales – Jamz
Sisters – Buck
Skin & Bones – Ghost In This Town
Skott – Wolf
Solange – Don’t Touch My Hair
Sports – You Are The Right One
Spring King – Rectifier
St. Tropez – Which Side Are You On
Subculture Sage – Nuff Ish On My Mind
Sunflower Bean – Easier Said
Swimming Tapes – Set the Fire
Tape Waves – So Fast
Teen – Tokyo
The 1975 – Love Me
The Academic – Mixtape 2003
The MNKD – Elate Me
The Naked And Famous – Higher
The Orwells – Buddy
The RiceCrackers – Five Golden Rings
The West Ghost – Worthless
The xx – Hold On
Thyla – Car Crash
Trudy and the Romance – Wild
Truett – Left In The Dark
Vacances – Runaway
Victor Love – Irrationality
Vow – Withdraw
VÉRITÉ – Constant Crush
White Denim – Holda You (I’m Psycho)
Wild Nothing – Reichpop
Wishes – Settle
Yalta Club – Exile
Young Mister – Pasadena
Yung – The Child
Zola Blood – Heartbeat
Songs in bold are not available on spotify
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