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