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# Favorite Songs of 2014 (and Other Stuff)
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- Published: 2014-12-28T22:28:09.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-28T22:29:21.000Z
- Author: Brendan Hilliard
- Tags: #Import 2026-06-24 03:26, #Import 2026-06-24 15:11

No particular order outside of “Grand Canyon” which is #1.

**Favorite Songs of 2014**

“Grand Canyon” – Drive-By Truckers  
“Spinners” – The Hold Steady  
“The Only Thing” – The Hold Steady  
“i” – Kendrick Lamar  
“Transgender Dysphoria Blues” – Against Me!  
“Fuckmylife666” – Against Me!  
“Black Me Out” – Against Me!  
“Ain’t Got Nobody” – Weezer  
“Go Away” – Weezer  
“New York Kiss” – Spoon  
“Do You” – Spoon  
“Echo Boomer” – Fucked Up  
“Glass Boys” – Fucked Up  
“Red Eyes” – The War on Drugs  
“Under The Pressure” – The War On Drugs  
“An Ocean In Between The Waves” – The War on Drugs  
“Waste Your Time” – Ex Hex  
“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams  
“Change Your Mind” – Ryan Adams  
“Low Key” – Tweedy  
“A Little God In My Hands” – Swans  
“She’s Not Me” – Jenny Lewis  
“Oh My Darling Don’t Cry” – Run The Jewels  
“Blockbuster Night Part 1” – Run The Jewels  
“Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)” – Run The Jewels  
“Bury Our Friends” – Sleater-Kinney  
“Afraid of Nothing” – Sharon Van Etten  
“Our Love” – Sharon Van Etten  
“It’s Time To Come Home” – The Rentals  
“Seventeener (17th and 37th)” – The Lawrence Arms  
“Beautiful Things” – The Lawrence Arms  
“Maidenhead” – Protomartyr  
“Trust Me Billy” – Protomartyr  
“Break Free” – Ariana Grande & Zedd  
“Problem” – Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea  
“Rattlesnake” – St. Vincent  
“I Prefer Your Love” – St. Vincent  
“Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars  
“Champions Of Red Wine” – The New Pornographers  
“Ain’t That Easy” – D’Angelo  
“Make You Better” – The Decemberists  
“Can’t Do Without You” – Caribou  
“Seasons (Waiting On You” – Future Islands  
“Tell You (Today)” (Arthur Russell Cover) – Robyn  
“Chandelier” – Sia  
“I Wanna Get Better” – Bleachers  
“Out of the Woods” – Taylor Swift  
“Style” – Taylor Swift  
“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift  
“I”m Not Part of Me” – Cloud Nothings  
“Jealous (I Ain’t With It)” – Chromeo  
“Two Weeks” – FKA twigs

**Favorite Non-2014 Album Discovery**

The Long Winters – **When I Pretend To Fall**

**Honorable Mention Albums**

D’Angelo and the Vanguard – **Black Messiah** (came as I was writing my list)  
Swans – **To Be Kind**  
The New Pornographers – **Brill Bruisers**  
Jenny Lewis – **The Voyager**  
Spoon – **They Want My Soul**