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50. FAYE – Ancient Bones ( Faye ) Faye are one of the newest and youngest signees of the Tiny Engines imprint any their debut EP was a musical moment to behold this year. Clear stand out between their agile punk rock is the closer “Ancient Bones”. The band slows their tempo down on this unexpected left turn and lets the instrumental slow down between the breathy vocals of Sarah Blumenthal. This track alone carries more disarray and yearning than any flip out could ever deliver and hopefully serves as an indicator for a promising new band. 49. Frightened Rabbit - An Otherwise Disappointing Life ( Painting Of A Panic Attack ) Who do you sing your blues to, who will cover for the disappointments without becoming one itself? This is the basic premise of this broken ballad between hope and total surrender. The band is one of the greatest when it comes to charmingly saying that your life is fucked and there isn´t that much to look forward to, if you take a sobering look...

50. Future Islands – Singles Like many this year I learned about Future Islands through their Letterman performance of “Seasons (Waiting On You)” and Samuel T. Herring´s stage antics . What started as a synthpop band playing pretty much revivalist tunes became a really interesting listen as Herring´s powerhouse performance was so over the top, I had to rewatch it to get that it wasn´t my speakers lagging. The duck-dancing aside, Herring stretched and drowned his voice, becoming guttural as singing for a metal act. And it is exactly in this guttural quality, where some might even say, it is pretty much amateurish, where the appeal of Future Islands is hidden. There are far more interesting bands instrumentally, but it´s the strange introspection and slobbish singing that keeps them in your mind and Singles a great listen from front to back.  49. S. Carey – Range Of Light  When knowing that S. Carey is one of the musicians in Bon Iver, correlating...