The third part of our Top 100 tracks of 2015 countdown features Portuguese siblings’ garage rock; the animal who championed them; the first of three tracks from our album of the year; a sexually charged metaphor; a classically trained performance influenced by Native American folk; three of our “Sound of 2016” chosen artists and this year summer’s craze (Trap, that was!).
Check it all out here:
| 50-DAWN RICHARD Billie Jean (Our Dawn) |
| 49-JENNY HVAL Sabbath (Sacred Bones) |
| 48-DJ RASHAD,/DJ SPINN FEAT. DANNY BROWN Dubby (Hyperdub) |
| 47-ABRA Roses (Awful) |
| 46-DEERHUNTER Snakeskin (4AD) |
| 45-PEGA MONSTRO Braço De Ferro (Upset The Rhythm) |
| 44-PANDA BEAR Tropic Of Cancer (Domino) |
| 43-JAMIE XX FEAT. ROMY Loud Places (Young Turks) |
| 42-JULIA HOLTER Feel You (Domino) |
| 41-VINCE STAPLES Norf Norf (Def Jam) |
| 40-NAO Apple Cherry (February 15 EP) (Little Tokyo) |
| 39-NEON INDIAN Annie (Transgressive) |
| 38-GIRLPOOL Chinatown (Wichita) |
| 37-SUFJAN STEVENS Should Have Known Better (Ashmatic Kitty) |
| 36-KELELA Rewind (Hallucinogen EP) (Warp) |
| 35-MIGUEL FEAT. WALE Coffee (Fucking) (RCA) |
| 34-KURT VILE Pretty Pimpin (Matador) |
| 33-JOANNA NEWSOM Sapokanikan (Drag City) |
| 32-SHEER MAG Fan The Flames (II EP) (Katorga) |
| 31-TATE KOBANG Bank Rolls (Remix) (300 Entertainment) |
| 30-NATALIE PRASS Bird Of Prey (Spacebomb) |
| 29-BEACH HOUSE PPP (Bella Union) |
| 28-EMPRESS OF How Do You Do It (Terrible) |
| 27-FATHER JOHN MISTY Chateau Lobby#4 (In C For Two Virgins) (Bella Union) |
| 26-FETTY WAP FEAT. AZEALIA BANKS & QUAVO & GUCCI MANE Trap Queen (Remix) (300 Entertainment) |
And the rest of the Top 100:
TRACKS 75-51
TRACKS 100-76
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