Kristen's 2015 Hottest 100 Picks

A belated Happy New Year to all you lovely folks out there. Big news today. I've just managed to finish sorting out my short list for the Hottest 100 this year.

Phew. That only took me 30000 hours. Holy moley, this one was tough. I was studying my music choices and loves over the last 12 months harder than I studied for my exams.

Why must I be so particular, why does everything need to be just so? Why do I have to only pick 10? The truth of the matter is, I don't have any other hobbies. Literally, the sad truth of my existence is that when I'm not eating, sleeping, or working, I'm 100% mucking around with music and making playlists. My eclectic and somewhat strange tastes have dazzled my friends for ages, I am not known for my great taste nor my ability to form playlists that remotely tie in together well. My friends just know me as the chick with the playlist that has Coolio next to Alt-J. So, I feel that my shortlist this year accurately represents the range of my weirdo tastes.

Well, it's 1am, I feel my last ounce of sanity is slipping away. So here's my picks for this year's Hottest 100.

1. Brandon Flowers -  Can't Deny My Love
2. Grimes -  Flesh Without Blood
3. Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better
4. Florence and the Machine - Queen of Peace
5. Disclosure - Magnets 
6. Florence and the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
7. CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
8. Macklemore - Downtown (feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee)
9. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
10. Vance Joy  - Fire and the Flood

That's it. I'm done. The ordeal is over.

In other news, I'm off on holiday tomorrow afternoon! I'm gone! I'm jet setting away from all the hustle and bustle of the city to go visit the tranquil oasis that is New Zealand. However, I shall be in the country to listen intently for my favourite tracks from midday (AEDT) Tuesday, January 26th with the rest of the country. As per usual, here's a little playlist I put together to commemorate my picks for this year's Hottest 100. 

So, have you got your votes in yet?

Lukewarm 100

So, in case you actually have been living in a bomb shelter somewhere completely impenetrable by any type of radio waves, you would have known that the season is upon us.

Voting for Triple J's The Hottest 100  is open now guys! And every man and his dog is getting their votes in and telling the world about it. So I guess its my turn now.

I feel a bit like I'm behind on the times though. I still haven't narrowed down my Top 10 yet whilst all my friends have put up their votes and are relaxing and waiting for the big countdown. I've spent the last few weeks deliberating, and choosing and shuffling my lists around. In fewer words: stressed out! In all honesty, I am surrounded by little scraps of paper with different short lists for tracks that I've jotted down whilst at work, eating dinner, out with friends etc. It's been music central over here, my car has become a sounding board for my thoughts on what should be on my Hottest 100 list, with my passengers the official voting panel of judges. I've been desperately trying to relive and remember which songs I LOVED and which songs I kinda liked in 2015. Luckily this blog has been useful, and in my official Hottest 100 list you'll definitely see some of these songs that I've written about.

So let's talk about the songs I haven't written about.

This week's post is going to feature the songs I won't be voting for, not because they were especially bad, but just because they weren't good enough to make the cut.

So here's  my Lukewarm 100

1. Of Monsters and Men - Empire
2. Vance Joy - Red Eye
3. The Wombats - Your Body is a Weapon
4. Halsey - Hold Me Down
5. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
6. The Weeknd - Losers (feat. Labrinth)
7. Jarryd James - Do You Remember
8. Elliphant - Love Me Badder
9. Troye Sivan - EASE (feat. Broods)
10. Last Dinosaurs - Apollo

Shout out to Justin Bieber, One Direction, and all the stupid mainstream pop songs and artists that I loved this year but couldn't vote for.

And because nobody has time to listen/watch ten YouTube videos, I've made a little Spotify playlist for you to check out.

Stay tuned for Part 2 when I actually make up my mind and decide on my real Hottest 100 playlist. Until then, I hope you enjoy!


Kristen