Best Songs of 2019
For these year-end lists, I like to undertake the seemingly impossibly task of creating an hours-long mix. The order you see below represents that effort, which you can listen to via Spotify (all 100 tracks!) and Apple Music. Track notes to come eventually or maybe never.
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Juice
Lizzo
Cuz I Love You
Atlantic
via past experience, the ether library: 7/17/2019 -
Now That I Found You
Carly Rae Jepsen
Dedicated
Interscope
via past experience library: 5/18/2019 -
Cross You Out
Charli XCX featuring Sky Ferreira
Charli
Asylum
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Wild Girl
Kito & Empress Of
Wild Girl digital single
Astralwerks
via Said the Gramophone library: 12/14/2019 -
Pleaser
Georgia Maq
Pleaser
Run for Cover
via past experience (Camp Cope) library: 12/14/2019 -
Tears
Nilüfer Yanya
Miss Universe
ATO
via KEXP library: 4/10/2019 -
Faithless
Operators
Radiant Dawn
Last Gang
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Your Capricious Soul
Michael Stipe
Your Capricious Soul digital single
self-released
via past experience library: 11/2/2019 -
Impossible Knots
Thom Yorke
ANIMA
XL Recordings
via past experience library: 7/23/2019 -
Water Me Down
Vagabon
Vagabon
Nonesuch
via past experience, KEXP library: 11/12/2019 -
PDA
Manatee Commune
PDA
Bastard Jazz
via past experience, KEXP library: 12/14/2019 -
Pieces
Tourist
Everyday
Monday
via 10x19.co library: 12/23/2019 -
Can’t Believe the Way We Flow
James Blake
Assume Form
Polydor
via past experience, Fluxblog library: 1/26/2019 -
Hey, Ma
Bon Iver
i,i
Jagjaguwar
via past experience library: 8/30/2019 -
Cast-Off
Bruce Hornsby featuring Justin Vernon
Absolute Zero
Zappo Productions
via past experience library: 5/3/2019 -
You Had Your Soul With You
The National
I Am Easy to Find
4AD
via past experience library: 5/18/2019 -
You Ain’t the Problem
Michael Kiwanuka
KIWANUKA
Interscope
via past experience library: 11/26/2019 -
Ordinary Pleasure
Toro y Moi
Outer Peace
Paper Bag
via past experience library: 3/1/2019 -
Old Graffiti
Bibio
Curls / Old Graffiti 7"
Warp
via past experience library: 4/6/2019 -
Only Human
KH
Only Human digital single
Ministry of Sound
via past experience (Four Tet) library: 12/23/2019 -
Home
Caribou
Home digital single
Merge
via past experience library: 10/12/2019 -
It Rains Love
Lee Fields & The Expressions
It Rains Love
Big Crown
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Beauty & Essex
Free Nationals featuring Daniel Caesar & Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Free Nationals
OBE
via past experience library: 1/25/2020 -
King James
Anderson .Paak
Ventura
OBE
via past experience library: 4/20/2019 -
10%
Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis
BUBBA
RCA
via past experience, Fluxblog library: 12/14/2019 -
Outta My Head
Khalid featuring John Mayer
Free Spirit
RCA
via past experience library: 4/10/2019 -
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles
Fine Line
Columbia
via Rob Sheffield in Rolling Stone library: 12/23/2019 -
Harmony Hall
Vampire Weekend
Father of the Bride
Columbia
via past experience library: 1/26/2019 -
Summer Girl
Haim
Summer Girl digital single
Columbia
via past experience library: 8/16/2019 -
Just a Little Bit
Norah Jones
Begin Again
Blue Note
via past experience library: 12/24/2019 -
Seventeen
Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow
Jagjaguwar
via past experience library: 1/18/2019 -
The Future Is Here
Sleater-Kinney
The Center Won’t Hold
Mom and Pop
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
I’m Not Where You Are
Marika Hackman
Any Human Friend
Sub Pop
via KEXP library: 12/23/2019 -
Bags
Clairo
Immunity
Fader
via the ether library: 9/8/2019 -
Superbike
Jay Som
Anak Ko
Polyvinyl
via past experience library: 8/30/2019 -
Drive On
Alex Schaaf
Drive On / Armistice 7"
Offline
via past experience (Yellow Ostrich), KEXP library: 12/14/2019 -
Kiss It Away
The Drums
Brutalism
Anti-
via past experience library: 4/13/2019 -
In the Capital
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
In the Capital / Read My Mind 7"
Sub Pop
via past experience library: 12/23/2019 -
Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself
Alex Lahey
The Best of Luck Club
Dead Oceans
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Big Ups
Ravens & Chimes
The Empty House
Better Looking
via past experience, Freegal Music library: 12/24/2019 -
Knock Me Off My Feet
SOAK
Grim Town
Rough Trade
via Side One Track One library: 12/23/2019 -
Four Tries Down
Hater
Four Tries Down digital single
Fire
via past experience, KEXP library: 12/14/2019 -
Maybe You’re the Reason
The Japanese House
Good at Falling
Dirty Hit/Interscope
via Evan Johnson, 10x19.co library: 12/23/2019 -
So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings
Caroline Polachek
PANG
Perpetual Novice
via past experience (Chairlift), Stereogum library: 10/21/2019 -
Confessions
Sudan Archives
Athena
Stones Throw
via KEXP, Said the Gramophone library: 12/14/2019 -
BALDWIN
Jamila Woods
LEGACY! LEGACY!
Jagjaguwar
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
No Sé
Ximena Sariñana
¿Dónde Bailarán Las Niñas?
WM Mexico
via Julia Paleski library: 12/23/2019 -
Rooting for You
Alessia Cara
This Summer
Def Jam
via past experience library: 8/16/2019 -
Carry on With Me
Júníus Meyvant
Across the Borders
Record Records
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Stay High
Brittany Howard
Jaime
ATO
via past experience (Alabama Shakes) library: 11/12/2019 -
Shining Woman
Daughter of Swords
Dawnbreaker
Nonesuch
via past experience (Mountain Man) library: 11/12/2019 -
This Close
Molly Sarlé
Karaoke Angel
Partisan
via past experience (Mountain Man) library: 11/12/2019 -
Love Yourself
Sufjan Stevens
Love Yourself / With My Whole Heart 7"
Asthmatic Kitty
via past experience, KEXP library: 12/14/2019 -
Sunspots
Sarah Bethe Nelson
Weird Glow
Burger
via past experience library: 7/17/2019 -
Without a Blush
Hatchie
Keepsake
Double Double Whammy
via Said the Gramophone library: 12/14/2019 -
Capacity
Charly Bliss
Young Enough
Barsuk
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Windows
Frankie Cosmos
Close It Quietly
Sub Pop
via past experience library: 12/23/2019 -
Hard to Kill
Bleached
Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
Dead Oceans
via past experience library: 9/8/2019 -
Come for Me
Sunflower Bean
King of the Dudes
Mom and Pop
via KEXP library: 4/10/2019 -
Mercury in Retrograde
Sturgill Simpson
Sound & Fury
Elektra
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
GIRL
Maren Morris
GIRL
Columbia
via past experience library: 4/10/2019 -
Redesigning Women
The Highwomen
The Highwomen
Elektra
via past experience (Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, et al) library: 10/15/2019 -
Thoughts and Prayers
The Raconteurs
Help Us Stranger
Third Man
via past experience library: 7/16/2019 -
Western Stars
Bruce Springsteen
Western Stars
Columbia
via past experience library: 7/16/2019 -
747
Bill Callahan
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Drag City
via past experience library: 6/24/2019 -
Lincoln
Damien Jurado
In the Shape of a Storm
Mama Bird
via past experience library: 4/13/2019 -
Coming Down for You
Joan Shelley
Like the River Loves the Sea
No Quarter
via past experience library: 8/30/2019 -
Midnight Sun
Calexico | Iron & Wine
Years to Burn
Sub Pop
via past experience library: 6/24/2019 -
New Moon
Steve Gunn
The Unseen in Between
Matador
via past experience library: 1/18/2019 -
Texas Sun
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Texas Sun digital single
Dead Oceans
via past experience (Leon Bridges), Said the Gramophone library: 12/14/2019 -
Terlingua Girl
Lillie Mae
Other Girls
Third Man
via Mark Baker library: 12/31/2019 -
Love Is Everywhere (Beware)
Wilco
Ode to Joy
DbPM
via past experience library: 10/15/2019 -
Resentment
Kesha featuring Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson & Wrabel
High Road
Kemosabe
via past experience library: 12/24/2019 -
Didn’t Know What I Was in For
Better Oblivion Community Center
Better Oblivion Community Center
Dead Oceans
via past experience (Conor Oberst, Phoebe Bridgers) library: 3/11/2019 -
Walking on a String
Matt Berninger featuring Phoebe Bridgers
Walking on a String digital single
Dead Oceans
via past experience library: 11/2/2019 -
Weightless
Elbow
Giants of All Sizes
Polydor
via past experience library: 10/14/2019 -
Will We Talk?
Sam Fender
Hypersonic Missiles
Polydor
via Heather Ryan library: 12/14/2019 -
Nice to Meet Ya
Niall Horan
Nice to Meet Ya digital single
RCA
via Fluxblog library: 10/12/2019 -
Turn the Light
Karon O & Danger Mouse
Lux Prima
BMG
via past experience library: 12/23/2019 -
Late Night Feelings
Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li
Late Night Feelings
Columbia
via past experience library: 5/3/2019 -
Turn Up the Radio
Jenn Champion featuring Victor Le Masne
Turn Up the Radio digital single
Hardly Art
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
The Knife
Maggie Rogers
Heard It in a Past Life
Capitol
via past experience library: 1/26/2019 -
The Way I Loved You
Reyna
The Way I Loved You digital single
self-released
via Julia Paleski library: 7/17/2019 -
Breaking Your Silence
Generationals
Reader As Detective
Polyvinyl
via past experience library: 11/2/2019 -
Long Time Coming
Trixie Whitley
Lacuna
Unday
via past experience library: 12/14/2019 -
Hard Times
Guster
Look Alive
Nettwerk
via past experience library: 6/5/2019 -
I’ll Be Around
Joseph Arthur
Come Back World
Moonage Rebel
via past experience library: 10/15/2019 -
I’m a Stranger Now
The Tallest Man on Earth
I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream.
Dead Oceans
via past experience library: 7/16/2019 -
Cattails
Big Thief
U.F.O.F.
4AD
via past experience, Song Exploder library: 9/8/2019 -
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Hand Habits
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Saddle Creek
via 10x19.co library: 12/23/2019 -
Nights That Won’t Happen
Purple Mountains
Purple Mountains
Drag City
via KEXP library: 12/14/2019 -
Everlasting Nothing
Beck
Hyperspace
Fonograf
via past experience library: 11/26/2019 -
Do You Remember
Chance the Rapper featuring Ben Gibbard
The Big Day
self-released
via past experience library: 11/2/2019 -
No Bullets Spent
Spoon
Everything Hits at Once (The Best of Spoon)
Matador
via past experience library: 9/8/2019 -
Little White Dove
Jenny Lewis
On the Line
Warner Bros.
via past experience library: 4/6/2019 -
No Halo
Kevin Morby
Oh My God
Dead Oceans
via past experience library: 4/6/2019 -
Blankets
Craig Finn
I Need a New War
Partisan
via past experience library: 4/6/2019 -
Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile
The New Pornographers
In the Morse Code of the Brake Lights
Concord
via past experience library: 10/15/2019 -
Quietest Friend
Pedro the Lion
Phoenix
Polyvinyl
via past experience library: 2/8/2019 -
Weird Ways
Strand of Oaks
Eraserland
Dead Oceans
via past experience library: 3/1/2019