I will soon post the list of my favorite albums of the year, but I’ll begin this year—like I did in 2016—with a list of my favorite songs. (These are in alphabetical order.)
- “About a Bruise,” Iron & Wine
- “Academia,” Miguel Zenón
- “Akira Kurosawa,” Ben Miller Band
- “American Flowers,” Birds of Chicago
- “Anxiety,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- “Arkansas,” Ha Ha Tonka
- “Astral Plane,” Shamir
- “At the Purchaser’s Option,” Rhiannon Giddens
- “Bad Bohemian,” British Sea Power
- “Beacon Hill,” The Royal Alberta Advantage
- “Brand New Day,” The Mavericks
- “Cairo,” San Fermin
- “Champagne Corolla,” Justin Townes Earle
- “Crying’s Just a Thing You Do,” JD McPherson
- “DNA.,” Kendrick Lamar
- “Don’t Be Afraid to Call Me,” Marc Broussard
- “Doomsday,” Ryan Adams
- “Find Yourself,” Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
- “Gas Station Rose,” Sean Rowe
- “Gentle on My Mind,” Robert Ellis & Courtney Hartman
- “Hang On,” St. Vincent
- “Hollywood,” Lee Ann Womack
- “Is It Too Much,” Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer
- “K.,” Cigarettes After Sex
- “Lies I Chose to Believe,” John Moreland
- “Long Lonely Road,” Valerie June
- “Make It Me,” Max Gomez
- “New York,” St. Vincent
- “New York,” Peter Silberman
- “The Night David Bowie Died,” Lilly Hiatt
- “Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore,” Marlon Williams (feat. Aldous Harding)
- “The Perilous Night,” Drive-By Truckers
- “Quatere,” Mario Batkovic
- “Re-Member,” Steelism
- “Restart,” BNQT
- “Sallisaw Blue,” John Moreland
- “Sauce It Up,” Lil Uzi Vert
- “Sixteen,” Diet Cig
- “Strange or Be Forgotten,” Temples
- “Tennessee Waltz,” Cassandra Jenkins
- “Thomas County Law,” Iron & Wine
- “To Know Your Mission,” Jens Lekman
- “A Tornado Warning,” The Turnpike Troubadours
- “Visions of Gideon,” Sufjan Stevens
- “Voices Carry,” Eric Whitacre & Hila Plitmann
- “Walls, MS,” Cory Branan
- “Wasted on Fidelity,” Cameron Avery
- “When We Were Vampires,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- “You Don’t Look So Good (Cocaine),” Caroline Spence
- “You Must Be Drunk Again,” Charley Crockett
- “Your Hometown,” Porter and the Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes
P.S. I sorta love that there are two different songs with the same name on this list.