My favorite songs of the year.
The eternal emperor of progressive rock and world music, Peter Gabrial returned this year with the warmly familiar and pop-ethereal “Road to Joy”, my #1 choice of the year.
The Golden Dregs: “Dealer”.
Two from Quasi: “Gravity” and “Last Long Laugh”.
Big Thief: “Vampire Empire”.
Ulrika Spacek: “If The Wheels Are Coming Off, The Wheels are Coming Off”.
Sunny War: “No Reason”.
Lonnie Holley (with Sharon Van Etten): “None Of Us Have But A Little While”.
Iggy Pop: “New Atlantis”.
…And one retro choice I embraced more fully than in 1982: The Waitresses’ “Square Pegs (Theme Song)”. How did I miss this banger when I was 18?