Wow, wow, wow, none of those will change my list, but I'll certainly follow their work, especially Joshua Abrams and Metasplice. Where do you find new music?

It barely tops Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 for me.

YES. EASYFUN AND RUSTIE. I appreciate you. I am so happy that Rustie is back to normal, even if almost all of the songs have the same structure.

non-Anglosphere/English-language lyrics of the year: (sorry, most of my Russian guys, Iceland, Estonia, Germany, Sweden, et cetera)

Wow, Native Construct is not what I thought it was going to be.

They timed it perfectly! It's always music, television, movies (when Star Wars comes out), books/comics/video games.

Happy To See Me is 1 of those songs that I wouldn't mind being licensed for every indie movie or commercial ever. Give her/them sacks full of money!

I am TRULY surprised DJ Koze doesn't get crossover appreciation here. He's 1 of, like, 4 people you have to pretend to like, A.V. Club! His only problem is he's so consistent that he doesn't get the individual acclaim in lieu of his body of work.

I am hugely surprised To U didn't get play after Bieber's hit. I hope AlunaGeorge;s next is near the top of my list.

depression cherry

People totally overlooked Thank Your Lucky Stars. Dang it, Rough Song is the best of either album! Cheers to someone mentioning Belle And Sebastian, finally.

Snakadaktal (1 of my favorites, hugely tragic that they broke up after 1 EP and LP, plus the singer is 1 of the most gorgeous people) https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Fishing (chilled beats, 1 of my favorites) https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Sarah Blasko (1 of my favorites, although albums 2 and 3 will always be better) https:/…

Man, I even went to Churches live again and Clearest Blue is such a dud for me. Everyone was freaking out at the finale, but it's the same thing over and over again and reminded me of being at a bro-ed out EDM festival stage. Give me Down Side Of Me any day.

Can someone tell me if Chris Stapleton is worth my time? He's the other country musician people insist matters, but I think maybe people just like that Justin Timberlake was with him?

Last year's was fantastic, too!

This is what I'm talking about. Chihei Hatakeyama strikes me as someone you might like. Do you visit Textura? http://www.textura.org/revi…

To be fair, that's a pretty diverse group of songs these days. You're doing fine.

Basically, what if Sean O'Neal wrote folk songs? I think that's basically the gist. He's irascible yet acerbic! Personally, I think Sufjan Stevens was wittier while maintaining sincerity.

Critics love the chant overlaid with the growl, I guess? Like you, I thought it was solid, but not something I'd use to convince a skeptic of the genre's worth.

Well, Kyle himself noted the heavy emphasis on witty people with loud guitars on this year-end list, so the more things change, the more they stay the same.