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89. The Staves - \"Teeth White\"

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88. Mumford and Sons - \"The Wolf\"

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87. Beach House - \"Sparks\"

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86. Lizzo - \"Ain't I\"

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85. Brandi Carlile - \"The Things I Regret\"

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84. Florence and the Machine - \"St. Jude\"

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83. D'Angelo and the Vanguard - \"Sugah Daddy\"

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82. Wilco - \"Random Name Generator\"

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81. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment - \"Sunday Candy\"

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80. Sufjan Stevens - \"No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross\"

","fallback_url":"","fallback_text":""}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Album of the Week: Sufjan Stevens, ","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/03/24/first-listen-sufjan-stevens-carrie--lowell","title":null,"className":null}}]},{"text":"Carrie & Lowell","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/03/24/first-listen-sufjan-stevens-carrie--lowell","title":null,"className":null}},{"type":"em"}]},{"type":"hard_break"},{"text":"The Eaux Claires Festival brings all the feelings to the Chippewa Valley","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"http://blog.thecurrent.org/2015/07/the-eaux-claires-festival-brings-all-the-feelings-to-the-chippewa-valley/","title":null,"className":null}}]}]},{"type":"apm_custom_html","attrs":{"html":"

79. Wolf Alice - \"Giant Peach\"

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78. Cage the Elephant - \"Mess Around\"

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77. Lana Del Rey - \"High By the Beach\"

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76. Alabama Shakes - \"Future People\"

75. Matt and Kim - \"Get It\"

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74. Dawes - \"Things Happen\"

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73. Hot Chip - \"Huarache Lights\"

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72. The Arcs - \"Outta My Mind\"

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71. The 1975 - \"Love Me\"

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70. Leon Bridges - \"Smooth Sailin'\"

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69. CHVRCHES - \"Never Ending Circles\"

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68. Lizzo - \"Humanize\"

67. Florence and the Machine - \"What Kind of Man\"

66. JD McPherson - \"Let the Good Times Roll\"

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65. Sleater-Kinney - \"Bury Our Friends\"

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64. Courtney Barnett - \"Pickles from the Jar\"

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63. Glass Animals - \"Black Mambo\"

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62. Hozier - \"Work Song\"

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61. Disclosure - \"Magnets\" feat. Lorde

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60. Death Cab for Cutie - \"Black Sun\"

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59. TV on the Radio - \"Happy Idiot\"

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58. Tame Impala - \"'Cause I'm a Man\"

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57. The Chemical Brothers - \"Wide Open\" feat. Beck

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56. Low - \"What Part of Me\"

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55. Bully - \"Trying\"

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54. Leon Bridges - \"Better Man\"

53. Wolf Alice - \"Moaning Lisa Smile\"

52. St. Vincent - \"Teenage Talk\"

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51. Tame Impala - \"Eventually\"

50. Beirut - \"No No No\"

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49. Ben Folds - \"Phone in a Pool\"

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48. Modest Mouse - \"The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box\"

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47. Spoon - \"They Want My Soul\"

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46. Alessia Cara - \"Here\"

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45. Hippo Campus - \"Souls\"

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44. Cold War Kids - \"First\"

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43. The Chemical Brothers - \"Go\" feat. Q-Tip

42. Ryan Adams - \"Bad Blood\"

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41. Doomtree - \"Gray Duck\"

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40. Leon Bridges - \"Coming Home\"

39. Jamie xx - \"Loud Places\" feat. Romy

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38. Charlie Parr - \"Over the Red Cedar\"

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37. Jason Isbell - \"24 Frames\"

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36. Kendrick Lamar - \"i\"

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35. Low - \"No Comprende\"

34. Atmosphere - \"Finer Things\" feat. deM atlaS

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33. BORNS - \"10,000 Emerald Pools\"

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32. Courtney Barnett - \"Nobody Really Care If You Don't Go to the Party\"

31. Father John Misty - \"The Ideal Husband\"

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30. Brandi Carlile - \"The Eye\"

29. Modest Mouse - \"Lampshades on Fire\"

28. EL VY - \"Return to the Moon\"

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27. Dawes - \"All Your Favorite Bands\"

26. Mark Ronson - \"Uptown Funk\" feat. Bruno Mars

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25. Belle and Sebastian - \"The Party Line\"

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24. Houndmouth - \"Sedona\"

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23. Cloud Cult - \"No Hell\"

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22. Florence and the Machine - \"Ship to Wreck\"

21. BORNS - \"Electric Love\"

20. CHVRCHES - \"Leave a Trace\"

19. The Decemberists - \"Make You Better\"

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18. Elle King - \"Ex's and Oh's\"

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17. Courtney Barnett - \"Depreston\"

16. Sufjan Stevens - \"Should Have Known Better\"

15. Father John Misty - \"Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)\"

14. Kurt Vile - \"Pretty Pimpin\"

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13. Father John Misty - \"Bored in the USA\"

12. Brandi Carlile - \"Wherever Is Your Heart\"

11. Tame Impala - \"Let It Happen\"

10. Alabama Shakes - \"Gimme All Your Love\"

9. Hippo Campus - \"South\"

8. Courtney Barnett - \"Pedestrian at Best\"

7. Kendrick Lamar - \"King Kunta\"

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6. Bad Bad Hats - \"Midway\"

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5. Beck - \"Dreams\"

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4. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - \"S.O.B.\"

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3. Adele - \"Hello\"

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2. Hippo Campus - \"Suicide Saturday\"

1. Alabama Shakes - \"Don't Wanna Fight\"

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Top 89 of 2015: Songs

Top 89 Songs of 2015