Here we are, it’s that time of the year when I publish the list of the 90 best songs. Before recalling the rules, why would I publish such a top 90 every year you’d tell me? Well, to make a tribute to this great decade, the nineties, and also to give some light to all of those names who had fallen while playing their sets, to frighten our grandparents and for the seek of Love.
Created under a (very) scientific method (consisting of spending 10 hours looking at my iTunes and invoking the music Gods to make this ranking suddenly appears), this top 90 is subjective and assumed as such. And yes, to sum up an entire year of music in 90 tracks, it’s bizarre and questionable, but yet, so practical. You’ll find some garage rock in it – lots of garage – but also some power pop, some bedroom pop, some punk, some folk, some stoner, some experimental rock and some shoegaze… The same rule applies as in previous years: only one track per album!
Gabba Gabba Hey, let’s go!
90. King Trash – Love Isn’t Easy
89. The Gooch Palms – Trackside Daze
88. Acapulco Lips – Tonight
87. Guinea Worms – Nothin’ to Say
86. Synthetic ID – Blind Spots
85. Twin Peaks – Cold Lips
84. Golden Daze – Never Comin’ Back
83. Double Cheese – You Know Better
82. Combomatix – Chinese Thought
81. Jacuzzi Boys – Boys Like Blood
80. Woods – Sun City Creeps
79. Holy Wave – You Should Lie
78. The Side Eyes – Cat Call
77. Jonathan Richman – Ishkode! Ishkode!
76. Slick! – I Hate Girls
75. Mourn – The Unexpected
74. Loving – The Not Real Lake
73. Chuckers – Tongue
72. Platinum Boys – Confessions
71. EZTV & Nic Hessler – Buy This Record
70. White Lodge – California Sun
69. Omni – Cold Vermouth
68. The Pukes – Donkey Song
67. Cool Ghouls – (If I Can’t Be) The Man
66. Dumb Punts – Space Waster
65. Cass McCombs – Bum Bum Bum
64. EZTV – States of Confusion
63. Vaguess – Danny’s Park
62. The Murlocs – Wolf Creep
61. Audacity – Overrated
60. Junkie – I Like The Things You Say
59. Bleached – Desolate Town
58. Escobar – You Must Get Stoned
57. Goth Babe – Dazed
56. Summer Cannibals – Full of It
55. Mean Jeans – Nite Vision
54. Sunflower Bean – I Was Home
53. Wild Raccoon – Oh Well, Okay
52. Wine Lips – Out of Control
51. Tomorrows Tulips – Check Me Out
50. Black Bats – Salt
49. Hoops – Cool 2
48. Death Valley Girls – Death Valley Boogie
47. Alex Calder – Out of Tune
46. Le Grotto – Waves
45. Good Morning TV – Ordinary People
44. Violent Femmes – Memory
43. Deaf Chonky – Bad Things Could Happen
42. B Boys – Get a Grip
41. Whitney – No Woman
40. Shannon & the Clams – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
39. CFM – Brain of Clay
38. Lance Bangs – Dig
37. Wild Wing – So L.A.
36. Parquet Courts – Human Performance
35. Meat Market – Dig Deep
34. Apache – Hey Medusa
33. Paul Jacobs – All I Know
32. Pleasers – Here Comes My Girlfriend
31. Ultimate Painting – Monday Morning, Somewhere Central
30. BT’s – I Like It A Lot
29. Yak – Alas Salvation
28. Zen Mantra – Dimming Son
27. DIIV – Bent (Roi’s Song)
26. Magic Potion – Booored
25. Kaviar Special – Morning Light
24. Los Scallywaggs – White Face
23. Chris Cohen – Yesterday’s On My Mind
22. Mac DeMarco & Jon Lent – I Was A Fool To Care
21. Basketball Shorts – 9 Lives
20. Frankie Teardrop – Stay Dumb
19. Ty Segall – Diversion
18. Natural Child – Benny’s Here
17. Dog Date – Crybaby
16. Dr Chan – Sleeping Like A Horse
15. Sapin – Mr Pleasant
14. Mozes and the Firstborn – OC/DC
13. Tall Juan – Why Not?
12. Goodbye Honolulu – Bum Me Out
11. Volage – Coffee Dreamer
9. The Parrots – No Me Gustas, Te Quiero
8. Tracy Bryant – Hey Spaceman!
7. Wyatt Blair – Monday Morning Mess
6. The Wytches – Can’t Face It
5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Robot Stop
4. Sheer Mag – Can’t Stop Fighting
3. Soft Hair – Lying Has To Stop
2. Murals – Adina
1. Thee Oh Sees – Gelatinous Cube
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