Song for Sunday

Rostam – Gwan

Song for Sunday

Leif Vollebekk – Elegy

Band/artist of the week: Four Tet
Song of the week: LCD Soundsystem – Call the Police

Song for Sunday

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Manic Street Preachers – International Blue

Song for Sunday

Alvvays – Dreams Tonite

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Alexander Wolfe – Oslo

Song for Sunday

Young Fathers – Lord

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Khalid – Young Dumb & Broke

Song for Sunday

The Go-Betweens – Finding You

Band/artist of the week: The Rural Alberta Advantage
Song of the week: The Rural Alberta Advantage – Toughen Up

Song for Sunday

Emma Russack and Jessica Says – Little Kick

Band/artist of the week: Burial
Song of the week: Khalid – Young Dumb & Broke

Song for Sunday

Khalid – Young Dumb & Broke

Band/artist of the week: Bruce Springsteen
Song of the week: Mogwai – Party in the Dark

Song for Sunday

Ohbijou – Niagra

Bit of a theme this week, can you spot it?

Band/artist of the week: The Rural Alberta Advantage
Song of the week: The Rural Albert Advantage – Toughen Up

Song for Sunday

Wolf Alice – Heavenward

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: The Veils – Do Your Bones Glow at Night?

Song for Sunday

The National – Day I Die

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Blue Aeroplanes – Sixth Continent

Song for Sunday

LCD Soundsystem – Call the Police

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Public Service Broadcasting (feat. Tracyanne Campbell) – Progress

Song for Sunday

Frightened Rabbits – Roadless

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: The National – Day I Die

Song for Sunday

Imagine Dragons – Thunder

Song for Sunday

Charles Bradley – Changes

And now Charles Bradley. Very, very sad.

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: The National – Day I Die

Song for Sunday

Saint Etienne – Magpie Eyes

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: The National – Day I Die

Song for Sunday

Tricky feat. Martina Topley-Bird – When We Die

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Mogwai – Party in the Dark

Song for Sunday

Lowtide – Alibi

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Mogwai – Party in the Dark

Song for Sunday

Mogwai – Party in the Dark

This is the week!

Band/artist of the week: Emma Russack
Song of the week: Emma Russack – Everybody Cares

Song for Sunday

The National – Guilty Party

Band/artist of the week: Emma Russack
Song of the week: Holly Throsby – What Do You Say?

Song for Sunday

Roger Waters – The Last Refugee

Band/artist of the week: Roger Waters
Song of the week: The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness

Song for Sunday

Briggs – The Children Came Back (feat. Gurrumul & Dewayne Everettsmith)

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai

Song of the week: Briggs – The Children Came Back (feat. Gurrumul & Dewayne Everettsmith)

Song for Sunday

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunipingu – Gopuru

Saddened to hear of the death of Gurrumul this week at the distressingly young age of 46.

Band/artist of the week: Emma Russack
Song of the week: Pale Honey – Lay All Your Love on Me

Song for Sunday

Toby Martin – Spring Feeling

Sometimes a happy, sunny tune makes all the difference.

Band/artist of the week: Public Service Broadcasting
Song of the week: Mogwai – Party in the Dark

Song for Sunday

Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life

Band/artist of the week: Public Service Broadcasting
Song of the week: Public Service Broadcasting – Progress (feat. Tracyanne Campbell)

Song for Sunday

Holly Throsby – What Do You Say? (Feat. Mark Kozelek)

Band/artist of the week: Emma Russack
Song of the week: Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life

Song for Sunday

liv – Heaven

Band/artist of the week: Radiohead
Song of the week: Mogwai – Party in the Dark

Song for Sunday

Public Service Broadcasting – They Gave Me a Lamp

Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: Emma Russack – He Was My Family

Song for Sunday

The War on Drugs – Holding On

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Julia Michaels – Issues

Song for Sunday

Mogwai – Coolverine

No matter what else happens in 2017, there will be a new Mogwai album.

Band/artist of the week: U2
Song of the week: Mogwai – Coolverine

Song for Sunday

The Wedding Present – Scotland

See also: Northern Ireland, Wales and England from The Home Internationals E.P.

Band/artist of the week: The Wedding Present
Song of the week: Julia Michaels – Issues

Song for Sunday

Land of Talk – This Time

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Julia Michaels – Issues

Song for Sunday

Blondie – Long Time

Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: The Veils – Do Your Bones Glow at Night?

Song for Sunday

The National – The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness

Band/artist of the week: Emma Russack
Song of the week: Emma Russack – he was my family

Song for Sunday

Julia Michaels – Issues

Band/artist of the week: Emma Russack
Song of the week: Emma Russack – he was my family

Song for Sunday

Emma Russack – You Shouldn't

Band/artist of the week: Trembling Blue Stars
Song of the week: Christine and the Queens – Paradis Perdus

Song for Sunday

Trembling Blue Stars – All Our Tomorrows

Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: Public Service Broadcasting – Progress (feat. Tracyanne Campbell)

Song for Sunday

The Jesus And Mary Chain – Always Sad

Band/artist of the week: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Song of the week: Public Service Broadcasting (feat. Tracyanne Campbell) – Progress

Song for Sunday

Public Service Broadcasting – Progress

Excited that new album Every Valley is out on 7 July ...

Song of the week: Young Fathers – Ebony Sky
Band/artist of the week: Public Service Broadcasting

Song for Sunday

Wolf Alice – Silk

Band/artist of the week: Tindersticks
Song of the week: The Veils – Do Your Bones Glow at Night?

Song for Sunday

Pale Honey – Why Do I Always Feel This Way

And, ooh this is exciting. Although distressingly Northern hemisphere-centric at this stage. 😱

Band/artist of the week: Public Service Broadcasting
Song of the week: The Veils – Do Your Bones Glow at Night?

Song for Sunday

Underworld – Nylon Strung

Band/artist of the week: All India Radio
Song of the week: Lykke Li – Jerome

Song for Sunday (bonus)

The Blue Aeroplanes – Plane Intro + Dead Tree! Dead Tree!

Takes me back to King Tuts Wah Wah Hut circa 1991. When did Gerard turn into Jack Nicholson? Great to see Wotjek still strutting his stuff ...

Song for Sunday

The Veils – Do Your Bones Glow at Night?

Band/artist of the week: Charles Bradley
Song of the week: Holly Throsby – Aeroplane

Song for Sunday

Lowtide – Wedding Ring

Band/artist of the week: The Blue Aeroplanes
Song of the week: Oddnesse – Somewhere Somehow

Song for Sunday

Holly Throsby – Aeroplanes

Song of the week: Young Fathers – Ebony Sky
Band/artist of the week: Underworld

Song for Sunday

Margo Price – Hands of Time

Band/artist of the week: Charles Bradley
Song of the week: Charles Bradley – Changes

Song for Sunday

Charles Bradley – The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

Band/artist of the week: Christine and the Queens
Song of the week: Taron Egerton – I'm Still Standing

Song for Sunday

odnesse – Somewhere Somehow

Band/artist of the week: Christine and the Queens
Song of the week: Taron Egerton — I'm Still Standing

Song for Sunday

Underworld – Low Burn

Band/artist of the week: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Song of the week: Malcolm Middleton – Choir

Song for Sunday

Pinegrove – Size of the Moon

Band/artist of the week: Young Fathers
Song of the week: Christine and the Queens – Paradis Perdus

2016 music by numbers

Summary at Last.fm is interesting:

Although the top tags breakdown diagram is not as varied as I expected:

By way of illustration, the top 50 artists and tracks are listed below.

Bands/artists
1 Mogwai (426)
2 Suede (409)
3 Ryan Adams (368)
4 Public Service Broadcasting (346)
5 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (257)
6 Pink Floyd (228)
7 British Sea Power (225)
8 All India Radio (205)
9 Bruce Springsteen (204)
10 Christine and the Queens (194)
11 Marillion (182)
12 CHVRCHES (181)
13 The National (177)
14 Frightened Rabbit (176)
15 Luna (168)
16 Twenty One Pilots (167)
17 Minor Victories (160)
18 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (148)
19 Malcolm Middleton (141)
20 Michael Kiwanuka (139)
21 Trembling Blue Stars (139)
22 Idlewild (129)
23 HÆLOS (128)
24 Hello Saferide (121)
25 Young Fathers (121)
26 Phosphorescent (120)
27 R.E.M. (119)
28 Manic Street Preachers (117)
29 Bob Mould (115)
30 Dido (112)
31 Low (110)
32 Tindersticks (108)
33 Wolf Alice (107)
34 Torres (106)
35 King Creosote (103)
36 Burial (101)
37 Lucinda Williams (96)
38 Pale Honey (95)
39 Richard Hawley (94)
40 Best Coast (93)
41 Sarah Cracknell (93)
42 Blur (87)
43 Saint Etienne (87)
44 Roger Waters (83)
45 Radiohead (82)
46 MBONGWANA STAR (79)
47 Lykke Li (76)
48 The Leaf Library (75)
49 Glasvegas (74)
50 M83 (72)

Songs
1 Minor Victories — Folk Arp (56)
2 Twenty One Pilots — Ride (49)
3 Sufjan Stevens — All of Me Wants All of You (45)
4 Michael Kiwanuka — One More Night (43)
5 Christine and the Queens — Paradis Perdus (43)
6 Public Service Broadcasting — Go! (38)
7 Twenty One Pilots — Stressed Out (38)
8 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) (37)
9 Suede — No Tomorrow (37)
10 Ryan Adams — Shake It Off (37)
11 Christine and the Queens — Tilted (37)
12 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — Dance Off (Feat. Idris Elba & Anderson .Paak) (36)
13 Violenta Josefina — Ascensor (35)
14 Public Service Broadcasting — Fire In The Cockpit (33)
15 Mogwai — Ether (32)
16 Frightened Rabbit — Get Out (32)
17 Public Service Broadcasting — The Other Side (31)
18 Public Service Broadcasting — Valentina (31)
19 Wolf Alice — Bros (29)
20 Torres — Cowboy Guilt (29)
21 Public Service Broadcasting — Everest (29)
22 Young Fathers — Feasting (28)
23 Public Service Broadcasting — The Race For Space (28)
24 British Sea Power — The Great Skua (27)
25 HÆLOS — Separate Lives (26)
26 Sarah Cracknell — Take the Silver (26)
27 Public Service Broadcasting — Tomorrow (26)
28 Ryan Adams — Wildest Dreams (26)
29 Public Service Broadcasting — E.V.A. (25)
30 Public Service Broadcasting — Gagarin (25)
31 Public Service Broadcasting — Sputnik (25)
32 Ryan Adams — Bad Blood (24)
33 Ryan Adams — Welcome To New York (24)
34 Ryan Adams — Blank Space (23)
35 Ryan Adams — How You Get The Girl (23)
36 Minor Victories — A Hundred Ropes (22)
37 Moby & The Void Pacific Choir — A Simple Love (22)
38 Ryan Adams — All You Had To Do Was Stay (22)
39 King Creosote — You Just Want (22)
40 LNZNDRF — Beneath the Black Sea (21)
41 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — Downtown (feat. Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Eric Nally) (21)
42 Haley Bonar — I Can Change (21)
43 Ryan Adams — I Know Places (21)
44 Ryan Adams — I wish you Would (21)
45 The Wedding Present — Marblehead (21)
46 Chester See, Kevjumba & Ryan Higa — Nice Guys (21)
47 Ryan Adams — This Love (21)
48 The Leaf Library — asleep between stations (20)
49 CHVRCHES — High Enough To Carry You Over (20)
50 Torres — Sprinter (20)

Song for Sunday

Rural Alberta Advantage – White Lights