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Favorite Songs from 2016

Favorite Songs from 2016

Nine of my favorite songs from last year in no particular order.

Blind Pilot – Don’t Doubt

"Don't Doubt" is from Blind Pilot's new album "And Then Like Lions", out now via ATO Records: Official Store: http://smarturl.it/blindpilot-official iTunes: http://smarturl.it/blindpilot-itunes Amazon: http://smarturl.it/blindpilot-amazon Filmed at Bear Creek Studio - Woodinville, WA Directed by Patrick Richardson Wright Additional camera work by Luke Knecht and Scott Holpainen Session engineered by Jerry Streeter Audio mix by Jon Kaplan Follow Blind Pilot: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlindPilot/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/blindpilot Twitter: https://twitter.com/blindpilot Spotify: http://smarturl.it/blindpilot-spotify Official Website: http://www.blindpilot.com http://vevo.ly/qVuE5E

Now you don't have a word to call this kind
Of the year, made you knell and beg it to turn you right

Joseph – I Don’t Mind

Don't forget to subscribe for more Crypt Sessions: http://bit.ly/cryptsessionssubscribe Joseph performs "I Don't Mind" for The Crypt Sessions.

I never know your troubles
I only know what’s mine

Laura Gibson – Empire Builder

The official lyric video for "Empire Builder" from Laura Gibson's album 'Empire Builder'. Edited by Kelly Lyon Shot by Laura Gibson Worldwide iTunes Preorder: http://geni.us/empirebuilder USA LP (Barsuk): http://www.barsuk.com/w3.cgi?vwy=shop... USA CD (Barsuk): http://www.barsuk.com/w3.cgi?vwy=shop... EU LP (City Slang): http://cityslang.frocksteady.com/shop......lder-lp.html EU CD (City Slang): http://cityslang.frocksteady.com/shop......lder-cd.html Facebook: www.facebook.com/lauragibsonmusic/ Twitter: twitter.com/lauragibsongirl Instagram: www.instagram.com/lauragibsongirl

Thought I heard you whisper in the dark
That you knew were the light would be
Thought I saw your shape against the black
Thought I felt you moving beside me
We are not alone
And we are more alone
Than we’ve ever been

Lisa Prank – Starting Again

Directed by Faye Orlove (http://www.fayeorlove.com/) Filmed in Los Angeles at Junior High (http://www.welcometojuniorhigh.com/) Adult Teen out now on Father/Daughter Records & Miscreant Records. http://www.fatherdaughterrecords.com/ https://miscreantrecords.bandcamp.com/

You say your not still drinking
You just started again
I swear I don’t still miss you
I just started again

Lucius – Born Again Teen

'Born Again Teen' is taken from the new album, GOOD GRIEF, out now.

It’s a feeling like a born again teen
Got a heartbeat we’re only 16

Mitski – Your Best American Girl

Mitski, Your Best American Girl from the forthcoming record, 'Puberty 2' out June 17 on Dead Oceans.

Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
But I do, I finally do
And you're an all-American boy
I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl

National Park Radio – Walking Song

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises The Walking Song · National Park Radio The Great Divide ℗ 2016 Edgewater Music Group Released on: 2016-07-29 Music Publisher: Edge Water Music Group Auto-generated by YouTube.

You walking in the street
Just staring at your feet like you do
And as you pass me by
You glance at me I saw you smile

Regina Spektor – Older and Taller

Watch the "Small Bill$" music video: https://youtu.be/EY22JySZ91Q Regina Spektor's new album Remember Us To Life out now!

All the lies on your resume
Have become the truth by now
And the things that you never did
Have become your youth somehow

Weyes Blood – Used to Be

Weyes Blood - Used to Be [Official Video] From Front Row Seat To Earth October 21 from Mexican Summer Get Front Row Seat To Earth here...

Used to be the one that knew me
Saw through me
Used to be the one that knew me


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