Top 100 Songs of 2014

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After listening to music on Spotify for 101,976 minutes this year (I will forever remember that number!), I was able to whittle down my list of top tracks of the year from roughly 240 to 100. It was a tough process. A lot of great songs got left off, but what I love about making these lists is that all 100 songs I truly enjoyed and listened to many, many times. In fact, “last place” at #100 was Theophilus London’s “Do Girls,” a song that I played constantly over a two week span. 

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Bands and Money - Pomplamoose

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I've always been interested in the finances of bands, especially smaller indie bands, to learn how they get by and how much money comes in and out during their tours.  We probably all remember the New York Magazine article on Grizzly Bear which revealed that despite being one of the bigger and more critically adored indie bands around, some in the the band still didn't have health insurance.

A much smaller band, Pomplamoose, just wrote a blog post about their finances on their recent 28-day tour. The bottom line:

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Singles - New Artist - The Night VI - Thinking of You

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This band only has a few tracks out at the moment, but I was instantly drawn to this woman's siren: it's a bit raspy yet she hits so many highs and lows. I'm also a sucker for songs of heartbreak especially with a delivery and lyrics like these:

I lay low in my hotel room
thinking of you
when I'm the loneliest i've been
after a few
I'm still thinking of you.
And every time
the pills are trying to hide
this empty bedside.
I'm done with being alone.
I'm still thinking of you.

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You'll Be Standing Next to Me

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The pillars upon this earth we’ve built
solidify and modify to hold our weighty ways.
And the tears we sweat,
drip by drip,
fuel the ocean’s sway.
And those songs we sing
blow the time in sync
cascading through our memories,
building these pillars
brick by brick.

The pillars grow larger, straighter
and those cracks still show,
but we’d never paint them over,
those badges of honor
remind the true tests we’ve known.

And soon we’ll be standing on top
labeling stars,
laughing at the little people
inconsequentials conquered thus far.
And I’ll always stand
weightless with my mind at ease
knowing you were the reason,
the base and the mortar,
that’ll leave my dying days
days in peace.

And you’ll always be there
standing right next to me.
You’ll be standing next to me,
You’ll be standing next to me.
You’ll be standing next to me...

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5 Faves - The Underachievers

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I love to hear when artists' influences broach the wide realm of music. The Underachievers have a near and dear place to my heart because they told Complex Magazine, "We love Local Natives ridiculously," and Issa said that his favorite band of all time is Fleet Foxes and favorite artist is John Mayer!! So cool to hear that since each of those bands have been so instrumental in my love of music. 

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