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The Dogs Will Bark, So Let Them Bark: Top 25 Tracks of 2014

Limit one per artist. Format is #. Artist - Song || Genres || Country

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25. Mitski - First Love / Late Spring  ||  Indie Rock  ||  USA

24. Spoon - Do You  ||  Indie Rock  ||  USA

23. Run the Jewels - Oh My Darling Don't Cry  ||  Hardcore Hip Hop  ||  USA

22. Gazelle Twin - Exorcise  ||  Post-Industrial, Electronic, Art Pop  ||  UK

21. The Hotelier - An Introduction to the Album  ||  Midwest Emo  ||  USA

20. St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse  ||  Art Pop, Art Rock  ||  USA

19. Mica Levi - Lipstick to Void  ||  Experimental, Film Soundtrack  ||  UK

18. Xiu Xiu - Archie's Fades  ||  Post-Industrial, Synth Punk, Experimental  ||  USA

17. A Silver Mt. Zion - What We Loved Was Not Enough  ||  Post-Rock  ||  Canada

16. Dean Blunt - 50 Cent  ||  Art Pop  ||  UK

15. Sia - Chandelier  ||  Electropop, Alt-Pop  ||  USA

14. Fever the Ghost - Source  ||  Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelia  ||  USA

13. Lana Del Rey - Cruel World  ||  Art Pop  ||  USA

12. Thom Yorke - Truth Ray  ||  Glitch Pop, Art Pop  ||  UK

11. Timber Timbre - Run From Me  ||  Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter  ||  Canada

10. Phantogram - Fall in Love  ||  Electropop, Indietronica, Glitch Pop  ||  USA

9. D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Really Love  ||  Neo-Soul  ||  USA

8. FKA twigs - Pendulum  ||  Wonky, Trip Hop, Electronic  ||  UK

7. Behemoth - O Father O Satan O Sun!  ||  Death Metal  ||  Poland

6. Coldplay - Midnight  ||  Ambient Pop, Art Pop  ||  UK

5. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes  ||  Heartland Rock, Folk Rock  ||  USA

4. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz - Human Sadness  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental Rock, Hypnagogic Pop, Art Rock  ||  USA

3. Emma Ruth Rundle - Shadows of My Name  ||  Dream Pop, Folk, Singer/Songwriter  ||  USA

2. Swans - She Loves Us!  ||  Post-Rock, Experimental Rock  ||  USA

1. Brian Reitzell - Bloodfest  ||  Experimental, Television Soundtrack  ||  USA

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