1. FKA Twigs - Video Girl
For your next sexually tantric or eye-opening avant-R&B experience.
2. Tobacco (feat. Notrabel) - Streaker
For the soundtrack of your next acid trip or snuff film.
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Thuggin’
The next rap masterpiece worth learning every single word to.
4. Joyce Manor - Christmas Card
For every summer drive until you turn 25.
5. Silver Mt. Zion - What We Loved Was Not Enough
In case you were looking for a solid 11 min. crying session.
6. White Suns - Clairvoyant
The most terrifying noise rock song in years, highly recommend to be played on headphones around 3am.
If you ever meet an idiot you says rock music is dead, slap the shit out of them with this.
8. Rodrigo Amarante - Irene
Smoke some weed, get some hot chocolate, maybe some bonbons and a lover. This is music to live for.
9. Todd Terje - Svensk Sas
It’s like doing cocaine while eating yourself out of a bouncy castle made of chocolate.
10. Adult Jazz - Springful
You should play this if you’re about to break up with someone, so they’ll be less mad at you than normal because this song’s pretty dope and be forced to ask you who this is.
12. Flying Lotus (feat. Captain Murphy & Snoop Dogg) - Dead Man’s Tetris
For the hip-hop production style fanatic/former Snoop Dogg fan inside you.
13. Iceage - On My Fingers
You like Nick Cave? You’re pupils are about to dilate for a hot minute.
14. Phantogram - Fall in Love
Easily the pop banger of the year, play this at every party until you can’t tolerate it anymore.
15. Girl Talk & Freeway (feat. Waka Flocka Flame) - Tolerated
If you feel alienated from society and/or get belligerent to Waka Flocka without fail, meet your spirit animal.
16. Sun Kil Moon - I Can’t Live Without My Mother’s Love
For those who’ve recently lost a loved one, this is your next jam!
17. Ned Doheny - A Love Of Your Own
Everybody bangs to ’70s music. No? Try this.
The scariest piece of film score of the last five years. You should play a prank on your friends where you break into their house, leave glass on the floor and let this echo their hallways. Hilarious!
19. The Hotelier - An Introduction to the Album
Need to bond with some emotional dudes (or yourself)? Do it with finesse and pick this!
20. The Bug (feat. Death Grips) - Fuck a Bitch
3 years of the same shit and Death Grips still knows how to get me aggro on the drop of a hat.
21. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
Have you ever wanted to dance with a black woman?
22. Run the Jewels (feat. Zack De La Rocha) - Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
For music lovers who know how to have fun, you better run them jewels fast.
Walking home in the middle of a night in some sexy metropolitan city, don’t forget your headphones.
Oooh, look at me, I like eccentric Brooklyn bands who still revive genres like dance-punk.
If you’re hanging out with holier-than-thou music snobs, this works like a pacifier for 8 minutes.
Even though that record store clerk swears Spoon is yuppie garbage, he jams this shit on way home.
27. Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me
This could fit every chick flick third-act super-sad montage, but thank god nobody did. Use it for your third-act romantic moments.
Hey, Chance and Kanye didn’t put out a new album this year. Somebody’s gotta keep reminding us Chicago has the coolest cats.
29. Tune-Yards - Real Thing
This would be sick as a stadium anthem song if there was ever an avant-garde-inspired sports team.
30. Isaiah Rashad - R.I.P. Kevin Miller
Do you live for weed and money?
31. Milo - You Are Go(o)d to Me
If you’re an English or Philosophy major, meet your favorite rapper.
32. Clipping (feat. Cocc Pistol Cree) - Work Work
If it’s looking like you ain’t gonna smash but she got legs up on the dash, play this song.
33. Frankie Cosmos - Birthday Song
For the next time you wear an ugly sweater and lie on your bedroom floor for no reason.
34. The Men - Another Night
Perfect for every single Springsteen super-fan dad.
35. Chet Faker - Release Your Problems
For strippers who love James Blake.
36. How to Dress Well - Words I Don’t Remember
For nervous dudes who don’t know what to play in their car on a first date.
37. Nocando - Too Much to Ask
For confident dudes who do know what to play in their car on their 12th date.
Inspiration for beat-making trios with different sonic palettes.
39. White Lung - Down It Goes
If you weren’t a head-banger before, you sure as hell will be after this.
40. Sturgill Simpson - Living the Dream
Meet the new prince of country music.
What do you mean, you haven’t done ecstasy before? Play this.
42. Avi Buffalo - Memories of You
Within minutes, you’ll be wailing this in front of your mirror with hairbrush in hand.
If you really want to impress your friends, come up with some solid choreography to this in your room (or Zumba class). Then impress them all at your next party. Just don’t overdo it, because they’ll hate you for it.
44. Wild Moccasins - Eye Makeup
I’d have gone to my high school prom if Wild Moccasins performed. For similar occasions, this song will be your secret weapon.
45. La Roux - Uptight Downtown
Remember that one song La Roux did? Yeah, this one’s really good too.
46. Habits (Stay High) [Hippie Sabotage Remix] - Tove Lo
A rare stroke of pop brilliance for the downtrodden cross-faded youth. Play this as your party clears out for some extra salt to the wound.
47. Tennis - Viv Without the N
For your next beach trip.
48. Hundred Waters - Out Alee
If Hansel & Gretel were into electronic music.
50. Ariana Grande (feat. Iggy Azalea) - Problem
For all my kazoo fanatics out there, I see you.
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