Again this year my music buying was mostly online, free tracks from NoiseTrade, Google Play, and Amazon as well as preordering mp3s and CDs from Kickstarter and PledgeMusic.
Here’s a playlist of everything available on soundcloud.com.
| Band | Song | Why them | |
| 01. | Look Park | Shout Part 1 | Chris Collingwood leaves Fountains of Wayne, but brings Winterpills. |
| 02. | The Dollyrots | Save Me | Power pop punk parents. |
| 03. | Tommy Gann | Medicine | A Todd Wright co-write he sings at his shows. |
| 04. | Letters To Cleo | Can’t Say | Reunited and it feels so good. |
| 05. | Miike Snow | Genghis Khan | The video is great, but so’s the song. |
| 06. | Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion | Chairman Meow | Woody’s granddaughter goes in a different direction, but I like it. |
| 07. | Elle Macho | Your Sister Called | Butterfly Boucher returns as part of this trio. |
| 08. | Ryan Wright | More Than You | Another Todd Wright co-write, this time with his daughter. |
| 09. | AJR | Weak | Brothers who toured with Ingrid Michaelson, good match. |
| 10. | The Krickets | Guinevere | Lovely folk harmonies. |
| 11. | Pop Etc | Please, Don’t Forget Me | Released a lot of great covers as The Morning Benders before coming out with their own stuff. |
| 12. | Valerie Vigoda | Just Getting Good | GrooveLily singer and violin player goes solo. |
| 13. | The Cowards Choir | Name The Fear | Local Andy Zipf’s new band. |
| 14. | The Accidentals | Parking Lot | Wants to work with Ben Folds and Jack White – sounds about right. |
| 15. | Miles to Dayton | Reason And Rhyme | Second married couple in this year’s mix. |
| 16. | No Fuss and Feathers | Union Pacific | Folk supergroup with an ex-Red Molly. |
| 17. | Tom Chaplin | Still Waiting | Keane frontman tries the solo scene. |
| 18. | Cimorelli | Up At Night | Six sisters singing. |
| 19. | Abbie Gardner & Jesse Terry | Joyful Noise | Speaking of Red Molly, here’s Abbie with her tourmate. |
| 20. | Applewood Road | Honey Won’t You | Amy Speace’s new trio. |
| 21. | The Legal Matters | Anything | Power pop pizazz. | 22. | Infamous Stringdusters | Run To Heaven | I like Aoife O’Donovan solo, but still miss Crooked Still. This track is the closest thing since they split up. | 23. | Johnny Kasun and Caroline Powers | Haven’t Seen The Sun | Todd Wright co-write one more time. | 24. | Birds of Chicago | Dim Star Of The Palisades | Lovely song to end on. |