With Australia’s favourite alternative radio station Triple J having already dished out their best-of awards for 2014, as well as the staff providing their top records from the year, it’s now up to the public to cast their votes for their favourite tracks of 2014, and to give you a little inspiration, some artists have shared their top 10 votes for the best song of 2014 as Triple J point out (via Fasterlouder.)
Four artists including Aussie favourites alt-J, the terror twosome Royal Blood, 2013’s winner Vance Joy and unearthed artist of 2014 Meg Mac have all detailed their treasured tunes of 2014, which has seen seem some fairly disparate results.
Pop-soul groovers Jungle with their infectious track ‘Busy Earnin” lead the artist nominated charge, followed closely by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier for ‘Take Me To The Church’ whilst Ryan Adams is the only artist multiple entry with tracks ‘Gimme Something Good’ and ‘Trouble’.
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From an Aussie standpoint, the list features a boastful amount of homegrown artists, from the record smashing Iggy Azalea to newcomers such as the young art-popster Montaigne, not to mention to the addition of a Like A Version by James Vincent McMorrow for Lana Del Rey’s ‘West Coast’, which was also voted for by Royal Blood, the hard-hitting duo clearly fond of the track after they too released a scorching rendition earlier this year.
Despite these being only 40 entries to 2014’s Hottest 100, there are some fairly noticeable omissions, such as War On Drugs for ‘Red Eyes’, Chet Faker’s ‘Talk Is Cheap’, Milky Chance’s ‘Stolen Dance’, Future Island’s ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ or Peking Duk’s ‘High, just to mention a very short few, which suggests this year’s poll is pretty damn tough.
Cast your vote over at Triple J, and while you’re at it, throw your stone in for our fifth annual poll too.
alt-J’s Hottest 100 Top 10
Arca – Wound
Thom Yorke – Guess Again
Jack ü – Take ü There
Busdriver – Ego Death
Hudson Mohawke – Chimes
clipping. – Work Work (ft. Cocc Pistol Cree)
Jungle – Busy Earnin’
Arca – Xen
Holly Herndon – Chorus
Jamie T – Don’t You Find
Royal Blood’s Hottest 100 Top 10
Jack White – Lazaretto
Lana Del Rey – West Coast
Jungle – Busy Earnin’
Coldplay – Midnight
Iggy Azalea – Fancy
Hozier – Take Me To Church
Ryan Adams – Gimme Something Good
Paolo Nutini – Iron Sky
Banks – Drowning
Vance Joy’s Hottest 100 Top 10
Sylvan Esso – Coffee
Yelawolf – Till Its Gone
Beck – Blue Moon
Ryan Adams – Trouble
Augie March – Definitive History
Chet Faker – 1998
Coldplay – Magic
Airling – Wasted Pilots
Jungle – Busy Earnin’
Mogwai – No Medicine for Regret
Meg Mac’s Hottest 100 Top 10
Bon Iver – Heavenly Father
Montaigne – I Am Not An End
Kimbra – Goldmine
Husky – I’m Not Coming Back
James Vincent McMorrow – West Coast (Like A Version 2014)
Ibeyi – River
Hozier – Take Me To Church
FKA Twigs – Two Weeks
Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat
Elliphant – One More (ft. MØ)
