Like a middle child, this episode of the podcast will be keeping the peace between the coolest tunes at the start of the list and the popular ones we will hear next time. Nevertheless it is filled to the brim with some of the best music released last year. Listening hats on, it’s time to carry on counting down!

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Playlist:

33 Archaique Smile – Faraway Salvation

John Q

32 Jens Lekman – How We Met, The Long Version

Katy

31 Juana Molina – Sin Dones

Chris from Dead Sea Apes

30 Tourist – We Stayed Up All Night

Linda from Speed of Dark

29 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires

Rick

28 Diet Cig – Sixteen

Ram from Dying Note

27 Tashaki Miyaki – Get It Right

John Q

26 Halsey – 100 Letters

Andy from RVA Playlist

25 Kendrick Lamar – DNA

James from Appetite For Distraction

24 MGMT – Little Dark Age

Linda from Speed of Dark

23 The Horrors – Something to Remember Me By

Robert Todd

22 Neil Finn – More Than One of You

Nat from Another Aging Hipster

21 Jeremy Messersmith – Everybody Gets a Kitten

Kev from Let Me Educate You

20 Halsey – Alone

Andy from RVA Playlist

19 Rolling Blackouts Coast Fever – French Press

Shaun from Cold Citrus

18 Sleaford Mods – BHS

Stuart from The Accies Blog

17 The Regrettes – Seashore

Kathy