wongieFM carmix new tracks for November 2016
though my posts on this music blog are down to 1-2 a week, that doesn't mean that i'm not checking out new tracks whenever i can. in fact, if you're a follower of carmix 2016 on a weekly basis, you'll see the amount of new tracks that get added every week. as something i'll try to do bi-weekly, here are all the wonderful new additions that are on my radar and please remember to follow the spotify playlist to hear all my faves of 2016!
new tracks added:
dua lipa - room for 2
etta bond - all of my love
terror jr - 3 strikes
lliam taylor - to you
tkay maidza - simulation
pharrell williams - runnin'
c. duncan - other side
jaws - just a boy
the japanese house - swim against the tide
tkay maidza - drumsticks no guns
peking duk feat elliphant - stranger
gryffin feat bipolar sunshine - whole heart (dave winnel remix)
Here it is, the last batch of the Best songs of 2015 for wongieFM!
You're probably not surprised with the choices made here cause all of these tracks made their imprint at some point in the charts or playlists around you. You MIGHT be surprised at how highly regarded some of these songs are, but they played continuously on my end and stood the test of time.
So press play, enjoy the year that was and if you want to hear the full 150 strong list of the best songs of 2015 according to us, then check out the spotify playlist (remember to follow us there too!).
Now onto 2016!
1. Major Lazer feat MO & Dj Snake – Lean On
2. Justin Bieber – Sorry / & Jack U (Skrillex, Diplo) – Where Are U Now
3. Naughty Boy feat Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin – Runnin’ (Lose It All)
4. Rudimental feat Anne Marie & Will Heard – Rumour Mill
5. Jack Garratt – Weathered / Breathe Life
6. Jessie Ware – Champagne Kisses
7. Drake – Hotline Bling
8. Christine and the Queens – Tilted / Saint Claude / Night 52
9. Taylor Swift – Style / Wildest Dreams
10. Alessia Cara – Here / Wild Things / Outlaws / Seventeen
11. Years & Years – King / Shine
12. Troye Sivan – Youth / Talk Me Down
13. Hozier – Like Real People Do / Something New
14. Ed Sheeran vs Rudimental – Bloodstream
15. Borns – Electric Love
16. Kygo feat Conrad Sewell – Firestone
17. Billie – Give Me The Knife
18. Little Big Town – Girl Crush
19. Ryan Adams – Blank Space / Out of the Woods
20. The Lone Bellow – Telluride / Watch Over Us
21. Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey
22. Shamir – On The Regular
23. Calvin Harris & Disciples feat Ina Wroldsen – How Deep Is Your Love
24. Chvrches – Clearest Blue / Leave a Trace / Tether (Eric Prydz remix)
25. Nao – Zillionaire / Bad Blood / ft Mura Masa - Firefly
26. Jamie xx feat Young Thug & Popcaan – I Know There’s Gonne Be (Good Times)
27. Tazer feat Tink – Wet Dollars
28. James Bay – Hold Back the River / Let It Go / Scars
29. Coasts – Oceans
30. Madeon – Home / feat Kyan – You’re On
31. Aqualung feat Luke Sital Singh – Be Beautiful
32. Adele – Send Me Love (To Your New Lover) / Water Under the Bridge
33. SOAK – Blud
34. Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s
35. DJ Snake feat Bipolar Sunshine – Middle / feat AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It
36. Joy Williams – Woman (Oh Mama)
37. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. / Nathaniel Rateliff – Liverpool
38. Zak Abel – Say Sumthin
39. Missy Elliott feat Pharrell Williams – WTF (Where They From)
40. Leslie Odom Jr & The Original Cast of Hamilton – Wait For It
41. Gavin James – 22 / Nervous / For You (Bearcubs remix)
42. The Paper Kites – Electric Indigo
43. Conrad Sewell – Start Again
44. Cam – Burning House
45. Bear’s Den – Elysium / Agape / Above The Clouds of Pompeii
46. Monakr – Calling Out
47. Wolf Alice – Bros
48. Tennis – Never Work For Free
49. Dotan – Hungry
Here is the 2nd batch of our best of 2015 list from #99-50! As you can see the closer we get to #1, the more poppier/mainstream the tracks get (which still tells me that i'm a pop gal at heart!).
Of course if you want to hear the playlist in full, feel free to check out the spotify playlist as it's all there for you to enjoy (and remember to follow me there too).
50. Florence + The Machine – Third Eye / Ship To Wreck
51. Seinabo Sey – Pretend / Younger
52. Kelly Clarkson – Piece By Piece / Take You High
53. Prides – Messiah / Little Danger
54. Tame Impala – Let It Happen
55. Vianney – Pas La / Je Te Deteste
56. Circa Waves – Stuck in My Teeth / Lost It
57. Mansionair – Hold Me Down
58. City Calm Down – Rabbit Run
59. Royce Wood Junior – Midnight
60. Charlie Puth feat Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye
61. Omi – Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
62. Synapson feat Anna Kova – All In You
63. Meg Mac – Roll Up Your Sleeves / Never Be
64. Lord Huron – Fool For Love
65. Sam Bruno – Search Party
66. Will Joseph Cook – Beach
67. Snakehips feat Tinashe & Chance The Rapper – All My Friends / All My Friends (99 Souls remix)
68. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
69. The Dealer feat Shells – For A Night
70. George Maple feat Grande Marshall – Where You End And I Begin
71. Shura – 2Shy
72. Highasakite – Since Last Wednesday / Heavenly Father
73. Goldroom feat George Maple – Embrace
74. Rationale – Fast Lane
75. Wild Belle – Giving Up On You
76. Lonelady – Bunkerpop
77. Dawin – Dessert
78. Aurora – Running With The Wolves
79. Hana – Avalanche
80. Bleachers feat Sia – Like A River Runs
81. Kacey Musgraves – High Time / Late To The Party
82. The Coronas – How This Goes
83. Jai Wolf – Indian Summer
84. Handsome Ghost – Steps
85. Young Fathers – Rain Or Shine
86. Gang of Youths – Benevolence Riots
87. Sam Hunt – Take Your Time
88. Fred Page – Magnetically
89. Clean Cut Kid – Vitamin C
90. Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
91. Kendrick Lamar – Alright
92. Hippo Campus - South
93. Cold War Kids – First
94. Filous feat James Hersey – Coming Over (filous Remix)
95. Hayden James – Something About You
96. Karen Harding – Say Something
97. 99 Souls feat Destiny’s Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine
98. Jake McMullen – If I Go
99. The Tallest Man On Earth – Sagres / Darkness of the Dream
Check out the first batch of our best of 2015 song list!
With such a rich year in music, these indie/dance/pop/r&b tracks definitely made an impression for us and hopefully will allow you to discover some new awesome tunes if you didn't know these acts before!
As always, if you want to hear the full list, remember to check out our spotify playlist too!
For now enjoy part 1 of our best of 2015!
100. The Very Best – Let Go
101. Matt Simons – Catch & Release (Deepend Remix)
102. George Fitzgerald feat Boxed In – Full Circle
103. Gemma Hayes – Palomino
104. Brothers Osborne – Stay A Little Longer (demo)
105. Caitlin Canty – Get Up
106. Cloves – Don’t You Wait
107. LA Priest - Oino
108. New Politics – Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)
109. Car Seat Headrest – Something Soon
110. Day Wave – Drag
111. Hockey Dad – I Need A Woman
112. C. Duncan – Garden
113. Fink – Pilgrim
114. Jarryd James – Do You Remember
115. Ryn Weaver – The Fool
116. Sheep Dog & Wolf – Glare
117. Charles Kelley feat Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay – The Driver
118. Black Coffee feat Nakhane Toure – We Dance Again
119. Lost Frequencies feat Janieck Devy – Reality
120. SAFIA – Embracing Me
121. Urban Cone – Sadness Disease
122. Milk & Bone – Pressure
123. Jukebox The Ghost – Girl
124. Nothing But Thieves – Trip Switch
125. Lawrence Taylor – Bang Bang
126. Montgomery – Pinata
127. Sachal – Cover The Water
128. Fetty Wap feat Monty – 679
129. Lion Babe – Wonder Woman
130. Kelela – Rewind
131. Allan Rayman – Beverly
132. Willy William – Ego
133. Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix)
134. Disclosure – Bang That
135. Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo – Rhymes
136. Mark Ronson feat Keyone Starr – I Can’t Lose (Duke Dumont remix)
137. Robin Schulz feat Ilsey – Headlights
138. Son Little – Lay Down
139. Sufjan Stevens – Death With Dignity
140. Pepa Knight – Clams
141. Cheat Codes feat Evan Gartner – Adventure
142. Baauer feat AlunaGeorge – One Touch VIP
143. Danny L Harle – Broken Flowers
144. Feder feat Lyse – Goodbye
145. Cosmo Sheldrake – Rich
146. Ezra Furman – Restless Year
147. Benjamin Clementine – Cornerstone
148. Marc Scibilia – Jericho
149. Villagers – Courage
150. Findlay Brown – Made of Stone
james bay - let it go
something wonderful happened last week thursday for british singer/songwriter james bay. in one prime time hour, TWO shows (greys anatomy / the vampire diaries) showcased the beautiful 'let it go' track to millions of viewers in the US. hopefully he'll soon be getting that highly coveted saturday night live slot too! with a 2015 BRIT awards critics choice under his belt (previous winners sam smith, ellie goulding and adele have all done quite well thank you), you will be hearing ALOT more of this guy in the coming months (if you're not already).
james bay - hold back the river
since we're on a james bay lovefest, check out the amazing current single which has been on repeat on our carmix 2014/2015 the second we heard this song last year!
1. Disclosure feat Sam Smith – Latch
Slinky and sexy and smoldering in the best of ways! This was the song that made evenings exciting and perfectly soulful. Throw in the fact that these UK dj producers are just so smart with the musical twists throughout the track and you have, in my book, the best thing of 2012!
2. Fun. – We Are Young feat Janelle Monae / Some Nights / Carry On
I honestly thought these guys were a one hit phenom, but then anthemic song after anthemic song came out of their debut album and well... it was too wonderful to ignore. Easily the best songwriters of 2012 and the strongest debut of last year too.
3. Usher – Climax
I just wanna make things clear, I'm not a fan of most of Usher's songs, but THIS diplo produced slow burn just crept in and just lingered. It was probably too subtle for fans of cheesy r&b, which is why it didn't do so well, but damn I blasted this over and over and over again throughout the year.
4. Rita Ora – R.I.P. / How We Do
Easily the best pop gal of 2012, Rita Ora brought her London streetwise sense to her music, offering songs that leaned just a little to cool-town but not too much to alienate soul pop fans. Throw in the fact that she is damn gorgeous (that smile!) and you have one of THE debuts of the year. Now lets party and bullshit!
5. Jessie Ware – 110% (If You’re Never Gonna Move) / Wildest Moments
There was an easy reason why Jessie Ware's beautiful soulful voice and dynamic debut got her a nominee slot in the prestigious Mercury Prize, her mere presence on the music scene offered a voice that was at once exciting and fresh, but also mature and heartfelt. Speaking of the latter, "Wildest Moments" was born to be THE love theme for a soundtrack! Someone make it happen already!
6. Rudimental feat John Newman – Feel The Love
2012 offered up the return of drum n bass (or whatever the new term is called these days) and no other track celebrated that return than with this #1 smash by Rudimental. What made the song even more amazing is the subtle intro of jazz influences that eventually overtakes the song by the end (it's 2 songs in one yo!) Just brilliant!
7. The Lumineers – Hey Ho / Stubborn Love
Taking the reins of the collective roots musicana movement, the Lumineers specialize in singalongs that you don't feel stupid wailing along to. I discovered them on a TV show (which shall be nameless since it would kill any street cred I have ;) but, they soon, like for many people, became part of my soundtrack of 2012. Making rustic cool for the masses, I sure love these guys.
8. Stars – Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It
Thanks to Stars, THIS was my mantra of 2012. Whether this is because I've hit that age that every song offers up a reason to contemplate my life or the fact that I love songs that remind me of the 80's, you can't NOT get a chill when you hear the lyrics, "Take the weakest thing in you and then beat the bastards with it. And always hold on when you get love so you can let go when you give it." Brilliant.
9. Emeli Sande – Next To Me / My Kind of Love / Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder
My favorite artist of 2012 was also one of my favorite acts of 2011, so Emeli Sande has done a solid job of keeping my love for 2 years running (no wonder her debut is the biggest selling album in the UK for 2012!) With song after song telling stories that I completely relate to, Emeli is a powerhouse that will only get bigger in the years to come. Love.
10. Alex Clare – Too Close
Who'd have thought that Internet Explorer would actually help someone? Reviving interest in a song that was considered dead back in 2011, "Too Close" quickly got picked up again by radio stations and ended up one of biggest songs of 2012 (one that had a dubstep bass during the chorus, how's that for crossover!) But the true reason for it's success is Alex's soulful growl that just rips through the breakup song. Powerful and exciting, this song has no place BUT in the top 10 for 2012!
As we get closer to the Top 10, one wonders how pop icons like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran all got shafted into the Top 20 instead! Of course they all offered some serious tracks for the year (Riri with her club anthems, Taylor supplying some of the best pop ballads - and the heartbreaking Ronan, Ellie bringing her form of future pop and Ed just writing endless hit after hit) but somehow it still wasn't enough to break the 10.
As for the rest of the Top 20, they offer up a wonderful 'best of' 2012: Jake Bugg (the best old skool rockabilly young singer of the year! his energy is amazing!), Conor Maynard (the best pop boy vocalist out at the moment), Bastille (the best indie pop dude of last year and maybe this one!), Icona Pop (the best kick you in the neck bratty bitch song of the last year!), 2ne1 (the best kpop song of last year - it's 5 songs in one and all of them are catchy!) and Grimes (the best hipster girl pop song of the year - literally EVERYONE i know sings along to this song when they hear it).
Edging closer to the top 20, this batch consists of some of my favorite bands of last year (The Maccabees, Dirty Projectors, Everything Everything and Alt J are all f-ing brilliant!) that offered up a mix of tracks that both appealed to my quiet internal and boppy external, all the while teaching me some quirky musicality no one else had.
While the rest of the bunch definitely showcases the fact that electronic music and hipster soul have ALOT in common these days (Solange, Santigold and Azealia Banks being the best examples of what I'm talking about). Of course fans of dance music will not be surprised that the epic Swedish House Mafia track made the list, as did the uber catchy Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (I mean the vocal hook is "feet don't fail me now!"). Finally 2012 discovery Haim make their way into the top 30 with their happy go lucky sunny pop that feels both retro and fresh at the same time. Just love these gals!!!
Best of 2012:
#31-40
When you go about listening to your favorite song of the year, one quickly starts to see the pattern that most of these songs sound like they belong in a post john hughes outsider coming of age/first heartbreak soundtrack for the new decade. Just playing all the songs within this grouping makes me realize that if anyone is looking for a music supervisor of something similar, please look me up!
Besides the cinematic pop epicness of clock opera, niki and the dove, kindness, paloma faith (drama ballad of the year yo!) and even drake feat riri, dance also featured heavily in my 2012 soundtrack with the heartbreaking burns, hypnotic purity ring, new wave-y tanlines and pure poppery of carly rae jepson (her 2nd track "tonight i'm getting over you" is just brilliant and destined to be a massive hit in 2013) all go to tracks. Finally one of my fave breakout acts of 2012 Lianne La Havas offers up 2 gems from her awesome debut. I can't wait to see what this year will bring for this talented singer/songwriter!
WONGIE FM BEST OF 2012: guilty pleasures #1-15
1. Otto Knows – Million Voices
2. Sam and the Womp – Bom Bom
3. Cheryl – Call My Name
4. Jessie J feat David Guetta – Laser Light
5. Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together
6. One Direction – Little Things
7. Little Mix – DNA
8. Loreen – Euphoria
9. The Saturdays – 30 Days
10. Florence and the Machine – Spectrum (Calvin Harris remix) / Calvin Harris feat Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
11. Scissor Sisters – Lets Have A Kiki
12. James Arthur – Impossible
13. Jason Mraz – 93 Million Miles / I Won’t Give Up
14. B Traits feat Elisabeth Troy - Fever
15. Cher Lloyd – Want You Back
wanna check out the 2nd half of this list? click this link now!
