Sunday, February 16, 2020

Triple J Hottest 100 of the decade (2010s)

I love voting in the hottest 100; I feel like it's a great time to reflect on how musics has shaped the past year and what songs "felt" like that your for you. Voting for anything more than a year is extremely tough, and I was also interested to notice that my short-list wasn't just a summary of each of my vote lists from the past 10 years.

Can't wait to listen in and see what everyone thought the best song of the decade is, and whether it's a song that won any other title!

My votes:
  • Alt-J - Breezeblocks (2012) (#12)
  • Banks - Beggin For Thread (2014)
  • Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless (2018)
  • FKA Twigs - Two Weeks (2014)
  • Grimes - Oblivion (2012) (would have also voted for Kill V. Maim but it wasn't in the list)
  • The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio (2010) (#197)
  • Pendulum - Witchcraft (2010) (#169)
  • Pond - Daisy (2019)
  • Tame Impala - Let It Happen (2015) (#26)
  • SBTRKT - Wildfire {Ft. Little Dragon} (2011)

Just missed out:
  • Phoenix - Entertainment (2013)
  • Methyl Ethel - Twilight Driving (2015)
  • Nero - Guilt (2011) (would have voted for My Eyes, but it wasn't in the list)
  • Purity Ring - Begin Again (2015) (would have voted for Stranger than Earth but it wasn't in the list)
  • Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (2012) (#65)

Further on the short list:
  • Abbe May - Karmageddon (2012)
  • Alpine - Seeing Red (2012)
  • Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane (2010)
  • Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)
  • Banks - Brain (2014) - well, everything by Banks
  • Ball Park Music - Everything Is Shit Except My Friendship With You (2014)
  • Billie Eilish - bad guy (2019) (#71)
  • The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (2011) (#45)
  • Calvin Harris - Pray To God {Ft. Haim} (2014)
  • Caribou - Odessa (2010)
  • Disclosure - Latch {Ft. Sam Smith} (2012)
  • Flume - Never Be Like You {Ft. Kai} (2016)
  • Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (2010) (#7)
  • Frank Ocean - Lost (2012) (#34)
  • Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know {Ft. Kimbra} (2011) (#2)
  • K.Flay - Blood In The Cut (2016)
  • LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change (2010)
  • Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (2012) (#123)
  • Lorde - Green Light (2017) (#61)
  • M83 - Midnight City (2011) (#22)
  • M.I.A. - XXXO (2010)
  • Major Lazer - Lean On {Ft. MØ & DJ Snake} (2015) (#136)
  • Mansionair - Easier (2016)
  • Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance the Way I Feel (2010) (#107)
  • Pnau - Chameleon (2016) (#149)
  • Skrillex - Bangarang {Ft. Sirah} (2012) (#55)
  • Superorganism - Something For Your M.I.N.D. (2017)
  • Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun (2010)
  • Violent Soho - Covered In Chrome (2013) (#4)
  • The xx - On Hold (2016)
  • Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (2010)
Past votes:
Update: What a great countdown! Tame Impala is definitely the sound of the 2010's for me, glad the rest of Australia agrees. I actually liked all of the songs in the list and was happy to see some bandy bands in the top 4.