2014 Alt-Indie-Rock Buffet (Update 2.0)

AIR Buffet

A selection of the best songs by artists in the alternative, indie, rock and other related genres of music for 2014.

This playlist has been updated from an earlier release, with more songs added.

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Full list of songs on this playlist:

• Accidental Song – The Magic Numbers
• Addicted to You – Scorpio Loon
• Ålen – Amason
• All for Nothing – Kensington
• All Our Friends – Monarchy
• All the Rage Back Home – Interpol
• All Things Shining – Gabriel the Marine
• The Amazing Heart Attack – Wampire
• Ambitions – Chirping
• Amnesia – Wooden Wand
• Anaise – The Smashing Pumpkins
• And Then – J Mascis
• Angel in Blue Jeans – Train
• Animals – The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
• Arcadia – Fairchild
• Around Town – The Kooks
• Artifact #1 – Conor Oberst
• Ask Yourself – Foster the People
• Back to Life – Wolf Gang
• Bad Taste – The Datsuns
• Bag of Bones – Animal Noise
• Balance – Opus Orange
• Baptisms – Radical Face
• Barricade – Red Cabin
• Bavarian Porcelain – Sea Wolf
• Be the One – Erasure
• Beaches – Tokyo Police Club
• Beat the Love – Autoheart
• Beetle – Run River North
• Believe – Ted Zed
• The Bell – First Aid Kit
• Beneath the Brine – The Family Crest
• Better Man Than He – Sivu
• Beware the Dog – The Griswolds
• Big Toe – The Growlers
• Birth in Reverse – St. Vincent
• Black Mambo – Glass Animals
• Bloodshot Eyes – Soft Swells
• Blue Skies – Death By Robot
• Bored Teenagers – Afternoons
• Brain Cells - Maxïmo Park
• Breathe Again – The Kickdrums
• Bright Minds – We Were Promised Jetpacks
• Brother – Last Lynx
• Brother – Mac DeMarco
• Brother – Mighty Oaks
• Brother – The Mispers
• Cannibal – Silversun Pickups
• Cannons – Kaiser Chiefs
• Can’t Be Broken – Twin Forks
• Can’t Do Without You – Caribou
• Cardiac Arrest – Bad Suns
• Careless – Alex Winston
• Carousel Ride – Rubblebucket
• Carry On Phenomenon – Kishi Bashi
• Cataclysm – Miracle of Sound
• Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
• Charge – Elbow
• Cheap Life – The Society Islands
• Class Historian – Broncho
• Clearly Again – Small Wonder
• Coast – HalfNoise
• Cold – Winterbourne
• Cold Cold Man – Saint Motel
• Come Closer – Hospital
• Come With Me Now – Kongos
• Coming Down (feat. Matt Berninger) – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
• The Complete Robot – The Burning of Rome
• Compliment Your Soul – Dan Croll
• Control – Olympic Ayres
• Cool Trip – Linus Young
• Copper Thief – Case Conrad
• Crash and Burn (feat. Natasha Bedingfield) – Frankmusik
• Cruel Sexuality – La Roux
• Crush! – Tahiti 80
• Crusoe – Halcyon Drive
• Curtains – Vita Bergen
• Cut the Root – Spring Offensive
• Da Vinci – Weezer
• Dance Floor – The Elementary Penguins
• Dare I Care – Julian Casablancas + The Voidz
• Dayzed Inn Daydreams – Ariel Pink
• Dead Dog – Salvation Bill
• The Dead Leaves (Danse Macabre Midnight) – Modern Rivals
• Diamonds (Rihanna Cover) – Josef Salvat
• Did We Lose Something Here? – Team Me
• Dirty White Boots – Lenny Kravitz
• Divisionary (Do The Right Thing) – Ages and Ages
• Do You – Spoon
• Donna – Midnight Faces
• Don’t – Larkin Poe
• Don’t Tell – Mansions on the Moon
• Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye – The Meligrove Band
• Doubt My Legs – Oh Land
• Down – Raglans
• Down From Above – Tweedy
• The Dragonfly Queen - …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
• Dream a Little Crazy – Architecture in Helsinki
• Dream and an MPC – Golden Coast
• Dreamy Bruises – Sylvan Esso
• Drive – Casa Murilo
• Dry – Jungle Doctors
• Dumb Luck – We Are Scientists
• Earth is the Loneliest Planet – Morrissey
• East Enders Wives – mewithoutYou
• Echo – Vérité
• Edge of the Blue Line – Hannah & The Heartbreak
• Electric Love – BØRNS
• Elephants – Fire/Works
• Empty Motorcade – Manic Street Preachers
• End of the World – The Dirty Heads
• Euphoria – Blaudzun
• Every Time – The Last Bison
• Every Time the Sun Comes Up – Sharon Van Etten
• Everybody Knows – Iska Dhaaf
• Everything is New – Slow Club
• Fall in Love – Phantogram
• False Start – We Were Evergreen
• Fault Lines – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• Final Masquerade – Linkin Park
• Fire – Swallow and the Wolf
• Floor of the Ocean – Mark Lanegan Band
• Florence en Italie – Yelle
• Fly Low – Inspired & The Sleep
• Follow You Out – Desert Noises
• Friction – The Family Rain
• From the Night – Stars
• Frontline – Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes
• The Future – The Pass
• Garden Grays – Wildcat! Wildcat!
• Gates – SPEAK
• Get Out the Way – Mother Mother
• Getting Close – Pauma
• Ghostly – Home Video
• Giant of Illinois (Handsome Family Cover) – Andrew Bird
• Giants – Bear Hands
• Go Quietly – Cold War Kids
• God Be Careful – Coronation Ball
• Gold – Chet Faker
• Gold – Sir Sly
• Golden – Brett
• The Golden Bough – The Coral
• Golden Ocean – Miner
• Good Talk – Bishop Allen
• Good Together – Joan As Police Woman
• Goodbye – Slipknot
• Had to Hear – Real Estate
• Happy Idiot – TV on the Radio
• Harbinger – Anberlin
• The Heart – Needtobreathe
• Heart in Two – Generationals
• A Heartbreak – Angus & Julia Stone
• Heavenly Creatures – Wolf Alice
• Heavy Hearts Club – Baby Baby
• Heavy Seas of Love – Damon Albarn
• Hello, San Francisco – Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
• Hero – Frank Ocean, Diplo & Mick Jones
• He’s a Lie! He’s Not Real! – Sunbears!
• Hi – Warpaint
• High – Young Rising Sons
• High Hopes (feat. Tom Morello) – Bruce Springsteen
• Himalayan – Band of Skulls
• Hollow Tune – Brick+Mortar
• Home – Dotan
• Home – Ingrid Michaelson
• Home from Home – Roo Panes
• Hotel – The Antlers
• Hotel – Dog is Dead
• The House – Air Traffic Controller
• How Good It Was – The Courteeners
• How You Got That Girl – Ex Hex
• Hunger of the Pine – Alt-J (?)
• Hurricane – The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
• Hurt in the Morning – Say Hi
• Hymnals – Grizfolk
• I Don’t Believe You – The Coasts
• I Don’t Know You Anymore – Bob Mould
• I Don’t Need Your Love – Clone of Clones
• I Don’t Want to Change You – Damien Rice
• I Miss Your Bones – Hospitality
• I Surrender – Sweet Apple
• I Wanna Get Better – Bleachers
• If I Don’t Have You – Mando Diao
• I’ll Be Good – Jaymes Young
• I’ll Be With You – Flora Cash
• I’ll Be Your – The Tallest Tree
• I’m Not Coming Back – Husky
• I’m Not Part of Me – Cloud Nothings
• Imperfections – Passport to Stockholm
• In Time – The Black Keys
• Innocent – Boxed Wine
• Inside Outside – Ernest Ellis
• Instant Disassembly – Parquet Courts
• Into the Thicket – U.S. Royalty
• Iolo – Gruff Rhys
• Is This a Breakdown – Echo and the Bunnymen
• Isavelle – O’Death
• It Was Like That When We Got Here – Camper Van Beethoven
• It’s About Time – Young the Giant
• It’s Beautiful Here – The Minus 5
• It’s Good to Touch You in the Sunlight – Castanets
• It’s Not Over – Guano Apes
• I’ve Seen Rio in Flames – Electric Six
• January, 2008 – Math the Band
• Kansas City – The New Basement Tapes
• Keep on Running – Andy Bull
• Keys – Hooray for Earth
• Killer in the Streets – The Raveonettes
• Killin’ the Planet – The Vines
• Kings – The Pierces
• Kings & Queens of the Underground – Billy Idol
• Kiss with a Spell – Angels & Airwaves
• Kong – The Notwist
• L’aimant – Monogrenade
• La Lune – Moodoïd
• La nuit – Dumas
• Lady Vengeance – Moulettes
• Last Fad – Deerhoof
• Last Living Doll – Evil Arrows
• Leaves Like Glass – Woods
• Leipzig – Balthazar
• Lekka Freakout – Beaty Heart
• Les Squelettes – Essential Machine
• Let It Go – The Tins
• Let Me In – Grouplove
• Let’s Go Extinct – Fanfarlo
• Letters – Wake Owl
• Life is Boring – Tiny Victories
• Life Tourist – Foreign/National
• Light It Up – Eliza and the Bear
• Lights – Manfred Kidd
• Lights Out – Angel Olsen
• Like a Lie – Copeland
• Like the Wind – NONONO
• Lila – Chad VanGaalen
• Lips – The Hearts
• Liquorlip Loaded Gun – Sticky Fingers
• A Little Lost (Arthur Russell Cover) – Sujfan Stevens
• Little Pieces – The Beaches
• Long Way Down – Robert DeLong
• Lost in the World – Beat Radio
• Love Alight – Crystal Fighters
• Love Alone is Worth the Fight – Switchfoot
• Love and Celebrate – WALLA
• Love Don’t Die – The Fray
• Love in the 21st Century – Neon Trees
• Lover – Sons & Lovers
• Lovers Rock – TV Girl
• Lucifer – Sondre Lerche
• Luck – American Authors
• Made for Ending – Jukebox the Ghost
• Magic Mountain – The Drums
• Make Me a Robot – Tessa Violet
• Marching Orders – The New Pornographers
• Mess on a Mission – Liars
• Midland – Arthur Beatrice
• Miss My Friends – Zeus
• Mission Bell – Elliott Brood
• Mistakes of My Youth – Eels
• Monument (feat. Robyn) – Röyksopp
• Moonlight – Mating Ritual
• The Mother Lode – Thom Yorke
• The Mountains – The Mountains
• Moving On – James
• Mr Fist – Movie
• Mumma – Spring King
• My Spirit is Broken – Champs
• Nameless World – Skip the Use
• Never Thought That This Would Happen – Arkells
• Never Work for Free – Tennis
• New Country – Racing Glaciers
• New Reality – Klaxons
• No Hands – Attica Riots
• No Matter – Breaks Co-op
• No More Time – We Have Band
• No Mythologies to Follow – Mø
• No Rest for the Wicked – Lykke Li
• No Shoes Blues – The Phantom Band
• Nomad – Stellar Young
• Not the End of the World (Even As We Know It) – Faded Paper Figures
• Now You are Free – Augustines
• The Ocean – Manchester Orchestra
• On a Path – Owen Pallett
• One Ocean – Chevelle
• Only Love – I Heart Sharks
• Open Up – Hudson Taylor
• Opinions – Miamigo
• Original Script – Derrival
• Original Sin – Howling Bells
• The Other Side – French For Rabbits
• Out of Control – Bonaparte
• Over, Under – My Darling Fury
• Paradise – Belarbi
• Passing Ships – The Travelling Band
• Patiently Waiting – Minus the Bear
• People Forget – Antemasque
• Perfect World – Broken Bells
• Plastic Soul – YACHT
• Play with Guns – Seafret
• Pray Woman – Love & Other Crimes
• The Prettiest – Adna
• Pretty Respectable – Mounties
• Pure Dynamite – The Beth Edges
• Quail and Dumplings – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
• Queen – Perfume Genius
• The Record’s Flawed – The Delta Riggs
• Red Eyes – The War on Drugs
• Reverie – Side Saddle
• Reverse – SomeKindaWonderful
• The Right Thing – James Supercave
• Rimbaud Eyes – Dum Dum Girls
• Riptide – Vance Joy
• Rise and Shine – Mr. Gnome
• Rollerskate – Dry the River
• Rolling Stone – Reuben and the Dark
• Royal Blue – The American Scene
• Ruby – The Apache Relay
• Runaway – Mr. Little Jeans
• Running – Hyper Heart
• San Francisco Patrol – Robyn Hitchcock
• Say Goodbye – Beck
• Scarface – Cascadeur
• Seasons (Waiting on You) – Future Islands
• Sell Your Soul – Pink Mountaintops
• Septic Skeptic – Sigmatropic
• Shakespeare – Fink
• She Paints Houses – Eugene McGuinness
• She’ll Come Back For Indian Summer – Alpaca Sports
• Shelter Song – Temples
• A Shelter, A Weapon – Deptford Goth
• Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
• Sink or Swim – Lewis Watson
• Skin & Leather – The Hidden Cameras
• Sleep Song – Mark Morriss
• Small Things – Ben Howard
• The Snake – David Ford
• Snow in Vegas – David Gray
• So Close I Almost Believed It – Beginners
• So Now What – The Shins
• Solar – Cosmo Sheldrake
• Something Different – Godsmack
• Speech Coma – Blood Red Shoes
• Stay Vicious – The Gaslight Anthem
• Stevie – Kasabian
• Strangers – The Rebel Light
• Strong People – Quantum Keys
• Stupid – Brendan MacLean
• Subterranean – Foo Fighters
• Sugar for Horses – Strangejuice
• Sun Went Black – Springtime Carnivore
• Surrender – Robbie Williams
• Take Me – Hiawata!
• Take Me to Church – Hozier
• Taking You with Me – Kid Astray
• Tall Ships – Wolfmother
• Tastes So Sweet – Dog Fashion Disco
• That Black Bat Licorice – Jack White
• There Goes My Love - +/- {Plus Minus}
• There’s Something Wrong – The Watanabes
• Third Dimension – Buzzcocks
• This House is on Fire – Bush
• This is Grey – The Domino State
• Tiger Meets Lion – Coming Soon
• Time Machine – Kumm
• Time’s Up – Stone Cold Fox
• Tomorrow Always Knows – Cheerleader
• Tonight – Empire of the Sun
• The Tower – Wye Oak
• Trainwreck 1979 – Death From Above 1979
• The Troubles – U2
• True Love – Coldplay
• Trustful Hands - The Dø
• Turn On the Light – Jamie T
• Twisted Tongue – MisterWives
• Under Stars – Aurora
• Unkinder (A Tougher Love) – Thumpers
• Uppercutter – Saintseneca
• Upstairs – Lost in the Trees
• Vampires – S
• The Villain – Mesita
• Volcano – Port Isla
• Vulcan, AB – The Rural Alberta Advantage
• Want to Believe – Rich Aucoin
• Wanted (Dead or Alive) – Strange Talk
• War Machine – Delta Spirit
• Warpaint – Manicanparty
• Waves – Bahamas
• Waves – Blondfire
• Waves – Magic Man
• Waves – Thirteen Senses
• We Made – Nova & The Experience
• We Open the Door – Live
• Weekend Warrior – Eytan and The Embassy
• West Coast – Lana Del Rey
• What a Dream I Had – Cool Ghouls
• What Arrows – Hey Rosetta!
• What Goes Boom – Pixies
• What I Am Doing – Hi Ho Silver Oh
• What You Want Me to Do – Future Monarchs
• When You Come Down – Cracker
• Where Did the Love Go – Bipolar Sunshine
• White Flag – Royal Wood
• White Noise – Ex Cops
• White Shadows – Lydia Ainsworth
• Whorehouse – ceo
• Why did you Make Me Care? – Sparks
• Wishing Wells – The Colourist
• With Roses – The Walking Who
• Wolves – Dreamers
• Would Be Lion – AstroMaps
• You Are the Stars – Yellow Ostrich
• You Got Caught – Kevin Drew
• You Want Everything – Snowmine
• You Win Some – The Rifles
• Your Green Jacket – Sinead O’Connor
• Your Wish – Talisco
• Yugen (Telling Me All) – Diaster in the Universe
• 1000 Seasons – The Rentals
• 23 Floors Up – Teleman
• The 4-3 Days – Get Well Soon