100 “I Want Your Love” Chromatics Night Drive: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Italians Do it Better]

Straddling the line between creepy and sexy = hard to do.

99 "(Even if You Die on the) Ocean" Saturday Looks Good to Me Fill Up the Room [K]

Dudes who can't sing given yet another chance, and it's so adorable.

98 “Opr8r” Shape of Broad Minds Craft of the Lost Art [Lex]

Wait for it...where did that vibraphone come from? In a hip-hop song? I can dig it.

97 “Misfits and Mistakes” Superchunk Misfits and Mistakes 7" [Merge]

Most earnest song to ever be inspired by a movie based on a TV show about a mustachioed carton of french fries and his dimwitted food item friends, and only released on vinyl.

96 “Outside of This Car, the End of the World!” Le Loup The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly [Hardly Art]

One man sounding like a million, each second more layered than the last.

95 “23 Years Too Late” Wire Read & Burn 03 [Pink Flag]

Punk, industrial, legendary, British, and epic. I never thought those would all go together so well.

94 “4,738 Regrets” Trans Am Sex Change [Thrill Jockey]

Listen to this right when the sun rises and your day will be a good one. Promise.

93 “The Plot” White Rabbits Fort Nightly [Say Hey]

Okay so I'm officially not pissed anymore about The Walkmen turning to crap, because now we have this, the real sequel to "The Rat."

92 “Crash, Crash, Crash” Prinzhorn Dance School Prinzhorn Dance School [DFA]

Can any other song get you revved up in 39 seconds with only two voices and a snare drum? I thought not.

91 “Fire Fire Fire” Dappled Cities Granddance [Dangerbird]

Lackadaisical pretty boy pop band makes the best "I don't care that the Apocalypse is coming" song I've heard in a while.

90 “Azure” Akira Kosemura + Haruka Nakamura Afterglow [Schole]

Chimes, backwards tape looping, and the most beautiful piano lines to ever come out of Japan.

89 “Archangel” Burial Untrue [Hyperdub]

Dance music for aliens. Sure the whole abduction process would be scary, but it would be worth it for the killer metallic zero gravity rave that would follow.

88 “Men's Needs” The Cribs Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever [Warner Bros.]

Dumb sloppy guys manage to somehow make a fun and crsip song about sexual politics. Warning: this song may be on repeat forever if you listen to it once.

87 “Absorb the Lip Gloss” The Hood Internet The Mixtape Volume One [Self-Released]

You say, "I hate that lip gloss song." No you don't, you just wish it had Marnie Stern's eyeball-popping fretwork underneath it. Trust me.

86 “The World Outside” Maserati Inventions for the New Season [Temporary Residence]

File under: I don't smoke pot, but if a song ever made me wish I did...

85 “Rainbowarriors” CocoRosie The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn [Touch & Go]

Is she rapping? Not really, but on top of those clicky samples and soothing synths, it's the perfect kind of vocal melody, especially accompanied by the cooing of the chorus.

84 “Always on the Telephone” The Ladybug Transistor Can't Wait Another Day [Merge]

Slide guitar I can handle, not to mention when it's used judiciously. But a saxophone? That just blows me to smithereens. Reminds me of Rob Lowe in St. Elmo's Fire - it's that hot.

83 “Shim Sham” Imperial Teen The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band [Merge]

Now if only I could see my 12-year-old crush Kennedy from Alternative Nation to say a half-witty joke every time I listen to this song, my nostalgia for 1995 will be complete...

82 “Once and Never Again” The Long Blondes Someone to Drive You Home [Rough Trade]

It almost sounds like Save Ferris, but minus the ska (somehow possible): "Nineteen, you're only nineteen for God's sake, you don't need a boyfriend!!!" Try to listen to this without screaming that out.

81 “Welcome, Ghosts” Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone [Temporary Residence]

I almost died when these guys, the biggest instrumental band in the country, played this song on Conan O'Brien. So weird not to see a microphone on stage at a late night talk show - plus Conan said he loved it! (I know he always does, but I want to believe he actually did).

80 “Modern Lover” Coco B's Coco B's [K Double]

I yearn for the days that Nada Surf could churn out a perfectly innocuous yet anthemic pop-rock gem. Luckily, Coco B's pick up when the former went off to too-bland-land.

79 “Gimme Gimme Gimme” The Dirty Projectors Rise Above [Dead Oceans]

Cocteau Twins channeled by Animal Collective channeled by Antony and the Johnsons channeled by angels demons in a rapturous battle, intertwined, making love and war simultaneously.

78 “She's the One” Caribou Andorra [Merge]

Re: the title and the song's corresponding message. Whether you're an idiot and need the reminder or you take solace and renewed happiness in hearing the trite yet true words as if it's the first time you've realized it, this is the song to do it for you.

77 “Handwriting” Bottom of the Hudson Fantastic Hawk [Absolutely Kosher]

Tiny and simple lo-fi song with the biggest heart and charm - and it's about the little things. Do a little and it will do it a lot.

76 “ASA” Caspian The Four Trees [Dopamine]

Each note is crafted with care, love, dedication, and is simmering beneath, waiting to explode. And when it does, it's oh so smooth and transcendent.

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