Songs of 2018 Part 1: 100-51

Yes, it's the end of another year, which means it's the end of another annual music project. Once again this year Jez and I managed to get through more than 1000 albums (including throwbacks and EPs) - he has the exact numbers so watch out for his corresponding posts (or not since he may not actually write anything). Anyway, point is, we listened to a hell of a lot of music this year but at the same time, there's a hell of a lot of music released that we didn't hear at all. So if you read through all these posts and don't see your favourite, it's quite possible that we missed it; it's just as possible that you have bad taste. That's a joke, by the way. I don't pretend that this list is in any way objective or based on any Hegelian proofs of aesthetic merit, it's just personal preference and is here for interest's sake and potentially personal recommendation if you like the sound of something.

 As with previous years, I'm starting with a countdown of my favourite 100 songs of the year (100 seems to be the 'cool' number of songs to count down), starting off with the first fifty, presented without comment - because commenting on 100 songs would just be more effort than you're worth, dear reader (Hi, Mother!). Come tomorrow, I will present my 50-21 songs of the year with a small amount of commentary. Then, come Boxing Day, my top 20.

So, without comment, my 100-51:

100) Advaita Shuffle - The Fratellis (Indie Pop Rock)
99) Full Force - Slamboree (Circus Rave)
98) Two of Cups - Moon Honey (Art Pop)
97) Return to Lemuria - Visions of Atlantis (Symphonic Metal)
96) To Come Back - Kristoffer Bolander (Indie Folk)
95) Eden - NoMBe (Contemporary RnB)
94) Hey Larocco - Rayland Baxter (Indie Folk)
93) Coward's Confidence - Cut Worms (Retro Rock)
92) Tunnel Rat - Sweet Valley (Experimental Synthpop)
91) Keep On Going - Andrew WK (Arena Rock)
90) I Fucked Up I Was a Child - Les Big Byrd (Neo-Psychedelia)
89) Get Out - Chvrches (Synthpop)
88) Northern Lights - Death Cab For Cutie (Indie Pop)
87) Risk - Metric (Indie Pop)
86) Geyser - Mitski (Indie Rock)
85) Space - Murder by Death (Country Rock)
84) Cary's Dreams - Trace Mountains (Dreamrock)
83) Salvation - Tash Sultana (Reggae Rock)
82) Rats - Ghost (Heavy Metal)
81) Heads - James (Indie Rock)
80) Empty Vessels - Devotchka (Gypsy Noir)
79) El Dorado - Saint Nomad (Indie Pop)
78) What's the Deal with David? - Oh Pep! (Indie Pop)
77) Before the Timelapse - 3D Stas (Soiltronica)
76) Jealous Buffoon - AWOLNATION (Indie Pop Rock)
75) Window - Gogo Penguin (Jazz)
74) Goodbye Blue Sky - Ray LaMontagne (Indie Singer-Songwriter)
73) It's Not Living (if it's not with you) - The 1975 (Pop)
72) The Reason They Hate Me - Daughters (Industrial Rock)
71) Better Than That - James (Indie Rock)
70) Graffiti - Chvrches (Synthpop)
69) Have It All - Jason Mraz (Pop)
68) Broken - The Bamboos feat. J-Live (Funk Soul-Hop)
67) Kiss Like a Woman - Mona (Indie Pop Rock)
66) Jumpstarted - Jukebox the Ghost (Power Pop)
65) What About the Body - Donny McCaslin (Jazz Rock)
64) I Won't Back Down - Hybrid (Electronica)
63) How Hard the Day - James (Indie Rock)
62) Say It Right - Just Loud (Funk)
61) All the Way Up - Welshly Arms (Indie Rock)
60) Hard Luck - Gin Wigmore (Blues Rock)
59) We Were Beautiful - Belle and Sebastian (Indie Pop)
58) Polygraph Eyes - Yungblud (Brit-hop)
57) Fireworks - First Aid Kit (Indie Folk)
56) Under the Wheels - Calexico (Desert Noir)
55) Stand Up Tragedy - The Fratellis (Indie Pop Rock)
54) Backwater Zoo - The Temperance Movement (Dad Rock)
53) Sister Moon - The Magpie Salute (Indie Rock)
52) Mother Mary - Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear (Indie Folk Rock)
51) Day In Day Out - Johnny Marr (Alt Rock)