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CCP’S TOP 20 TRACKS OF 2015

Posted on December 22, 2015December 23, 2015 by poetryinanemptycokecan

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Well another year has drawn to a close, which means it’s time for all the ‘best of’ lists in music to emerge. Most of the heavyhitters (Pitchfork, NPR, etc.) have already weighed in at this point, and now it’s time for CokeCanPoetry to toss in our humble, synth-doting hat as well. This year we’ve pared down our list to a selective top 20, which have been conveniently collated in a Spotify playlist below. Yes, we aim to please. Of course, you can click on the artists links for individual past entries as well.

It should be noted that these picks are representative of great records in general, and that selecting the best track is subjective and even arbitrary in some cases. That is just to say that we suffer from an “utter conflict of love and duty” in assembling these best-of lists, as Inverted Audio so aptly put it. In any event, enjoy these tunes anew — plus our top five remixes of the past year below. Thanks for listening and following along with CCP in 2015!

1. Jose Gonzalez – Let It Carry You
2. Natalie Prass – Bird of Prey
3. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
4. Braids – Sore Eyes
5. Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July
6. Purity Ring – stranger than earth
7. Leon Bridges – Better Man
8. Farao – Bodies
9. Father John Misty – Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
10. Florence + The Machine – Queen Of Peace
11. Panda Bear – Boys Latin
12. Shura – White Light
13. Beat Connection – Illusion
14. Beirut – No No No
15. Mac Demarco – No Other Heart
16. Thundercat – Them Changes
17. Empress Of – How Do You Do It
18. Years & Years – King
19. Youth Lagoon – The Knower
20. Grimes – REALiTi

TOP 5 REMIXES OF 2015:

POETRY’S TOP TRACKS OF 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014January 1, 2015 by poetryinanemptycokecan

After much deliberation, Poetry is ready to present our picks for 2014, neatly compiled in no particular order below into a trim Top 40 Tracks. Considering the myriad of factors to consider when distilling a ‘best of’ list — not to mention sheer volume of quality music produced over the past year — this was no easy feat. Thus, we’ve included a handful of Honorable Mentions as well. While most of these tracks have been posted previously, there are a few that prior to now went unrecognized (our apologies to Owen Pallett, for example).

As an aside, it’s been a good year for Poetry In An Empty Coke Can and we’re excited for an even more expansive 2015 — so thank you for listening — and break out the champ as you relive some of the merrier (and not so merry) moments of 2014.

1. Bombay Bicycle Club – Luna

2. Phantogram – Fall In Love

3. Years & Years – Real

4. Sylvan Esso – Hey Mami

5. Jungle – The Heat

6. The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?

7. Glass Animals – Pools

8. Tune-yards – Water Fountain

9. Tycho – Spectre

10. Jessie Ware – Tough Love

11. Todd Terje – Delorean Dynamite

12. CATHEDRALS – Unbound

13. SOHN – Artifice

14. JUCE – Call You Out

15. BROODS – Bridges

16. Sam Smith – Good Thing

17. Lykke Li – No Rest for the Wicked

18. Mac DeMarco – Passing Out Pieces

19. Alt-J – Hunger of The Pine

20. Banoffee – Got It

21. Caribou – Can’t Do Without You

22. Wild Beasts – Wanderlust

23. Tourist – Sights (ft. London Grammar)

24. RAC – Cheap Sunglasses

25. The Antlers – Hotel

26. HAERTS – All The Days

27. BANKS – Beggin For Thread

28. Osca – Blood

29. Mt. Si. – Oh

30. Arcade Fire – Afterlife

31. Slow Magic – Waited 4 U

32. Sinkane – New Name

33. PHOX – Kingfisher

34. Beat Connection – Hesitation

35. Stars – From The Night

36. Odesza – Say My Name

37. Tei Shi – Bassically

38. Chet Faker – 1998

39. Prinze George – Victor

40. Owen Pallett – The Secret Seven

— HONORABLE MENTIONS —

1. Mr Little Jeans – Good Mistake

2. Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)

3. Wild Ones – Paia

4. Spoon – Let Me Be Mine

5. SPEAK – Weiss + This Much I Know

POETRY’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013December 13, 2015 by poetryinanemptycokecan

It’s that time of year again — the time in which the year’s best ear candy is served up in one delicious location for your listening pleasure. Unlike last year, however, I’ve streamlined my ‘best of’ index into a selective top ten list — so you KNOW they’re the cream of the crop.

Cheers to CHVRCHES, Disclosure and Arctic Monkeys amongst others for bringing us their indie A-game in 2013. So basically, well done to the UK; thanks for the aural alchemy. All of these artists made an impact on the music scene this past year in a major way — so if you see some cross-collaboration, well, there’s a reason. Without further ado, I present my top picks for 2013:

1. Disclosure – Latch (ft. Sam Smith)

Bonus: Disclosure – “F For You” (TEED Remix)

2. CHVRCHES – “Recover”

3. Dillon Francis – “Without You” (ft. TEED)

4. AlunaGeorge x Disclosure – “White Noise”

5. Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know?”

6. MS MR – “Think of You”

7. Bombay Bicycle Club – “Carry Me”

8. BANKS – “Change”

9. Kanye West – “Blood On the Leaves”

10. London Grammar – “Strong”

Bonus: London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years (Sound Remedy Remix) + Free DL

And last but not least, the award for Best Remix of the Year goes to:

Grizzly Bear – “Will Calls” (Diplo Remix)

JENN’S EPIC ‘BEST OF’ LIST: 2012

Posted on January 18, 2013June 7, 2015 by poetryinanemptycokecan

Now that I’m back from abroad, I’m amped to finally be sharing my list of stand-out indie tracks from the last year!

In no particular order, below are my top 50 artists and/or tracks of 2012. Since I started blogging midway through the year, some of these artists have been honored with a post prior and some have not. Thus for the sake of diversifying, in some cases the featured track below is not necessarily my favorite but a varying version of the original or new track entirely (but equally adored, obv).

1. Alpine – Hands