Requiem For A Year: 2014

2014 was an absolutely ridiculous year.
Ferguson Missouri, Eric Garner, Ebola, Isis, the GOP inexplicably taking back control of the house despite the country's continued growth under the current administration.
Which begs the question: Was there anything WORTH celebrating?
Yes, yes, my pet.
Join me tonight as I offer up 27 golden nuggets of POP that prove 2014 wasn't a total loss.

(...and just so you don't think it was ALL bad news, here's 2014's FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE YEAR)

Song	Artist	Album		Year
Cherish	Ballet School	The Dew Lasts An Hour		2014
Whenever	The Death Of Pop	Fifths		2014
Sisters	The Reaveonettes	Pe'ahi		2014
For You	Nude Beach	77		2014
The Fool	The Lisa Mychols 3	The Lisa Mychols 3 EP		2014
++++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++
Coming Down	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (ft. Matt Berninger)	Onlu Run		2014
In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)	A Sunny Day in Glasgow	Sea When Absent		2014
Magic Mountain	The Drums	Encyclopedia		2014
Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!	Kishi Bashi	Lighght		2014
++++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++
Sumatran Tiger	Portugal, The Man			2014
High Time	LEGS	LEGS EP		2014
Mess With Me	Lia & The Daymakers	Steady!		2014
Blue Eyes	The Rosebuds	Sand + Silence		2014
The Drop Beneath	Eternal Summers	The Drop Beneath		2014
Long, Weird Night	The Mad Extras	DEMO		2014
++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++
I Can't Stay Long But I Can't Stay Gone	Benjamin Shepherd	Eleven For The Road		2014
You Keep The Muse	Benjamin Shepherd	Eleven For The Road		2014
Dad	Benjamin Shepherd	Eleven For The Road		2014
Ana Ng (They Might Be Giants cover)	ARMS	Backwards Record		2014
++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++
Golden Surf II	Pere Ubu	Carnival Of Souls		2014
Pegasus In Glue	Clear Plastic Masks	Being There		2014
Tame	The History Of Apple Pie	Feel Something		2014
Happy Idiot	TV On The Radio	Seeds		2014
+++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++
Brasilia	Populous (ft. Giorgio Tuma)	Night Safari		2014
A Sender	Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks	Enter The Slasher House		2014
++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++++++	++++++++++++++++
West End Girls/ People Who Died	GWAR