This time with a complete Spotify list of the whole megillah!
But first, once again for you latecomers, all that has preceded the climax!:
20. (2017) I love the David Lynch vibe of this one:
19. (2016)
18. (2014) Ya wanna see the very moment when a band breaks through? This was when it happened for Lake Street Dive:
17. (2015) Love the community theatre feel…
16. (2017) I think that Moses Sumney will become one of the most intriguing artists of the 2020’s. This one shows that he has no limits:
![Moses Sumney - Lonely World [Official Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fS63c-C-Rc4/hqdefault.jpg)
15. (2015) Son of a bitch!
14. (2019) He’s an Arden fave, and he put this one into his permanent pantheon this year. BTW, how does this have only 8500 views?:
13. (2019) I would hate to imagine this decade w/o Brittany Howard:
12. (2011)
11. (2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiLqAu4s-_s
10. (2013) I could easily have chosen three other Jason Isbell songs for this list, and I doubt that anyone would have complained b/c he wrote so many great songs during the decade. Here is my favorite. For today at least:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIQ1NHa0g6A
9. (2014) One advantage that this has over Spotify is that I can choose just the right version of a song. Mavis Staples brings unmitigated joy to this. I can’t get enough of it:
8. (2018) A great decade for Philly music. This was my highest-ranked song from the Philly scene. Just amazing:
![Hop Along - Prior Things [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6IbBU4QXxD4/hqdefault.jpg)
7. (2015) I could have easily chosen a bleepload of Josh Ritter songs as well.
6. (2011) All just personal faves from now on…
5. (2012) Did I mention that the decade would have been even bleaker w/o Brittany Howard?:
4. (2015) This song is about how John Darnielle, as a kid, was able to escape into fantasy for awhile from his abusive father. And hey, it’s got a pro rasslin’ theme:
3. (2013) From the first time I heard this song, I knew that Kacey Musgraves was someone special. ‘Same trailer, different park’ indeed:
2. (2014) Alynda Segarra is one of the most important voices of our time. On this incredible song, she turns the tables on the perpetrators of violence in murder ballads. I love everything she does and everything she stands for:
1. (2010) From the beginning of the decade comes the ultimate kiss-off to the ending of the decade:
And because you demanded it, here are my fave 100 (actually 101, it’s a long story) songs of the decade in Spotify form, in no particular order! Pleasepleasepleasemake this go viral: