Mark Zurlo
“Annie’s A Witch” – LVL UP

If you think there was a better two minute pop song released this year, I think you’re very wrong.

Jeeyoon Kim
“Black Me Out” – Against Me!

It takes one hell of a frontwoman to write a chorus that starts with, “I wanna piss on the walls of  your house,” and make it stick. This year started with Against Me! dropping Transgender Dysphoria Blues, the sixth studio album and first released under the band’s own independent label Total Trebel. ‘Blues is capped off with this spiky anthem that spits in the faces of the band’s former labels. Sometimes the best solution is just to do it by your goddamn self. 2014 for me was about cutting off the tethers and kissing your demons goodbye. Cheers, Laura Jane.

Sharon Weissburg
“Instant Disassembly” – Parquet Courts

Because it’s the sexiest and sweetest 9 minutes ever.

George Greenstreet
“Jealous (I Aint With It)” – Chromeo

Chromeo jumped back onto the scene this year with almost unquestionably the song of the summer. A mix of soulful vocals, groovy synth lines and a playful, tongue in cheek tone (in other words, everything that makes Chromeo great) the track is both relentlessly catchy and endlessly relistenable.