Top 25 Best Songs of 2015 - Part Two
And now the final Top 10 Best Songs (Sorry it took so long). Here is the first part of the list in case you've missed it!
Also check out our Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 here!
10) Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
Album: Art Angels
Flesh Without Blood was the first single of Art Angels. After the initial (and natural) shock of listening and watching the music video, it was clear that Claire Boucher was aiming for something very different from her previous albums. Flesh Without Blood is insanely poppy and catchy but in a way that only Grimes could make. The lyrics of the song also deserve a note since Claire tweeted that Flesh Without Blood isn't about a break up and that she no longers writes music about love. Then what the hell is this song about ? "You hate, you bite, you lose/ After all, I just don't like you", "If you don't need me/Just let me go" Is it about her dog?
7) The Lonely Wild - Running
Album: Chasing White Light
This song has the most suitable title ever. You feel like running faster and faster, freeing yourself from everything as the song grows. In the final verse, the song reaches its climax while Andrew Carroll and Jessi Williams sing together.
The first 2 minutes of this song puts you in a really cold, dark place, then a guitar solo makes you feel a little better, but just a little. On the mark of 3 minutes, the emphasis on the vocals brings you again to an unbearable state of mind. Then the guitars show up again triumphantly to rescue you, this time they're accompanied by a keyboard buried in the wall of sounds created by the guitars. The final 3 minutes is hauntingly beautiful, especially the piano part. This song is a masterpiece of black metal.
There's nothing overly pompous in this song. Each instrument fills its role in the simplest way. Bass and drums dictate the rhythm, the organ and piano add beauty and profundity to the music and the tasty guitar tone is just perfect. Taylor's vocal abilities also deserve praise as he shows a great vocal range.
4) Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Album: To Pimp a Butterfly
It was hard to choose one track from the monolithic To Pimp a Butterfly. To a certain extent, it feels like loosing the sense of unity when one song is separate from the rest of the album. So the task was to choose the strongest song of record which I consider to be King Kunta. The song makes references to Kunta Kinte, a fictional 18th century slave that had his right foot cut off. At the same time, Kendrick raps about his life from the hood to the fame. The rich instrumentation is flawless (there's even guitar fingering and solo) and the funky flavour is irresistible.
3) Titus Andronicus - Fatal Flaw
Album: The Most Lamentable Tragedy
This is the best rock & roll song of 2015. Contagious guitar riffs and solos and a lively sing-along chorus, even the piano and the strings give the music an urgent "let's rock" tone. When Stickles screams "It's the best thing you never saw" is pure catharsis.
2) Dawes - I Can't Think About It Now
Album: All Your Favorite Bands
The formula of I Can't Think About It Now is similar to Right on Time's just add more emotion to the band's performance, awesome gospel-style female vocals in the chorus and near-perfect guitars with a gorgeous 3-minute solo. Dawes totally nailed the art of making beautiful yet simple music and I Can't Think About It Now is exhibit A of that.
1) Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
Album: Surf
As much as we enjoy songs about broken hearts, about philosophical questions, about politics, about daily life or about social issues, there's nothing more powerful than a song about love. I mean real songs not these tons of cheap and corny love songs that we hear out there. After all, humans are moved by love, love should be the most important thing in everybody's life. Chance The Rapper endorses that by singing for his grandmother in Sunday Candy. I can't highlight any specific part of the lyrics as they're so truthful and filled with Chance's gratitude and admiration for his grandma. Also the instrumentation gives the perfect uplifting vibe for the song. The icing on the cake is Jamila Woods' lovely vocal performance.
Also check out our Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 here!
10) Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
Album: Art Angels
Flesh Without Blood was the first single of Art Angels. After the initial (and natural) shock of listening and watching the music video, it was clear that Claire Boucher was aiming for something very different from her previous albums. Flesh Without Blood is insanely poppy and catchy but in a way that only Grimes could make. The lyrics of the song also deserve a note since Claire tweeted that Flesh Without Blood isn't about a break up and that she no longers writes music about love. Then what the hell is this song about ? "You hate, you bite, you lose/ After all, I just don't like you", "If you don't need me/Just let me go" Is it about her dog?
9) Turnstile - Gravity
Album: Nonstop Feeling
Gravity is the first track of Nonstop Feeling and one of the longest track of the record at 3:10. The song is equally heavy and groovy, it's The Beastie Boys meets Helmet or Rage Against the Machine meets 90's Hardcore. And that riff in the last 30 seconds of the song should get you jumping higher than Lebron James.
8) Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator
Album: Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
3 minutes and 15 seconds of this album and I was sold. Elevator Operator is a great alternative rock song and the lyrics are truly outstanding. The way Courtney tells the story of Oliver Paul, a young man who decides to skip work for a day is so relatable. She makes it funny and reflexive at the same time in a way that only great lyricists can do.
7) The Lonely Wild - Running
This song has the most suitable title ever. You feel like running faster and faster, freeing yourself from everything as the song grows. In the final verse, the song reaches its climax while Andrew Carroll and Jessi Williams sing together.
6) Ghost Bath - Golden Number
Album: MoonloverThe first 2 minutes of this song puts you in a really cold, dark place, then a guitar solo makes you feel a little better, but just a little. On the mark of 3 minutes, the emphasis on the vocals brings you again to an unbearable state of mind. Then the guitars show up again triumphantly to rescue you, this time they're accompanied by a keyboard buried in the wall of sounds created by the guitars. The final 3 minutes is hauntingly beautiful, especially the piano part. This song is a masterpiece of black metal.
5) Dawes - Right on Time
Album: All Your Favorite BandsThere's nothing overly pompous in this song. Each instrument fills its role in the simplest way. Bass and drums dictate the rhythm, the organ and piano add beauty and profundity to the music and the tasty guitar tone is just perfect. Taylor's vocal abilities also deserve praise as he shows a great vocal range.
4) Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Album: To Pimp a Butterfly
It was hard to choose one track from the monolithic To Pimp a Butterfly. To a certain extent, it feels like loosing the sense of unity when one song is separate from the rest of the album. So the task was to choose the strongest song of record which I consider to be King Kunta. The song makes references to Kunta Kinte, a fictional 18th century slave that had his right foot cut off. At the same time, Kendrick raps about his life from the hood to the fame. The rich instrumentation is flawless (there's even guitar fingering and solo) and the funky flavour is irresistible.
3) Titus Andronicus - Fatal Flaw
Album: The Most Lamentable Tragedy
This is the best rock & roll song of 2015. Contagious guitar riffs and solos and a lively sing-along chorus, even the piano and the strings give the music an urgent "let's rock" tone. When Stickles screams "It's the best thing you never saw" is pure catharsis.
2) Dawes - I Can't Think About It Now
Album: All Your Favorite Bands
The formula of I Can't Think About It Now is similar to Right on Time's just add more emotion to the band's performance, awesome gospel-style female vocals in the chorus and near-perfect guitars with a gorgeous 3-minute solo. Dawes totally nailed the art of making beautiful yet simple music and I Can't Think About It Now is exhibit A of that.
1) Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
Album: Surf
As much as we enjoy songs about broken hearts, about philosophical questions, about politics, about daily life or about social issues, there's nothing more powerful than a song about love. I mean real songs not these tons of cheap and corny love songs that we hear out there. After all, humans are moved by love, love should be the most important thing in everybody's life. Chance The Rapper endorses that by singing for his grandmother in Sunday Candy. I can't highlight any specific part of the lyrics as they're so truthful and filled with Chance's gratitude and admiration for his grandma. Also the instrumentation gives the perfect uplifting vibe for the song. The icing on the cake is Jamila Woods' lovely vocal performance.
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