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SiriusXMU's Top Songs of 2019 & the 2010s

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SiriusXMU spent the holidays counting down both their Top 41 Songs of 2019 as well as the Top 41 of the 2010s. As for the year that was, their most-played list included Sharon Van Etten‘s “Seventeen” and “You Shadow,” Aldous Harding‘s “The Barrel,” Vampire Weekend‘s “Harmony Hall,” and “This Life,” Big Thief‘s “Not” and “UFOF,” Purple Mountains‘ “All My Happiness is Gone,” Thom Yorke‘s “Traffic,” Tame Impala‘s “Patience” and “Borderline,” Sleater-Kinney‘s “Can I Go On” and more.

For their decade list, songs that made the list included Courtney Barnett‘s “Avant Gardener,” St. Vincent‘s “Los Ageless,” M83‘s “Midnight City,” LCD Soundsystem‘s “Dance Yrself Clean,” Grimes‘ “Oblivion,” Alvvays‘ “Archie, Marry Me,” Beach House‘s “Myth,” Arcade Fire‘s “The Suburbs,” Future Islands‘ “Seasons,” Angel Olsen‘s “Shut Up Kiss Me,” Bon Iver‘s “Holocene,” Parquet Courts‘ “Stoned and Starving,” Kurt Vile‘s “Pretty Pimpin’,” and more.

Check out both lists below. Don’t forget that SiriusXMU is also where you can hear BrooklynVegan Blog Radio every Monday night from 10 PM – midnight.

You can also check out BrooklynVegan’s top albums of 2019 and the 2010s.

SiriusXMU – Top 41 of 2019
41. Purple Mountains – All My Happiness is Gone
40. Yuno – Sunlight
39. The New Pornographers – Falling Down The Stairs of Your Smile
38. FKA Twigs – Cellophane
37. Barrie – Clovers
36. Cigarettes After Sex – Heavenly
35. (Sandy) Alex G – Hope
34. Sharon Van Etten – You Shadow
33. Chromatics – Time Rider
32. girl in red – We Fell in Love in October
31. Whitney – Giving Up
30. Bleached – Hard to Kill
29. Clairo – Sofia
28. Men I Trust – Say, Can You Hear
27. Middle Kids – Real Thing
26. Toro y Moi – Ordinary Pleasure
25. SOAK – Knock Me Off My Feet
24. Foals – Exits
23. Sleater-Kinney – Can I Go On
22. Aldous Harding – The Barrel
21. Spoon – No Bullets Spent
20. Grimes – Violence
19. Thom Yorke – Traffic
18. Vampire Weekend – This Life
17. Big Thief – UFOF
16. Tame Impala – Borderline
15. Jenny Lewis – Red Bull and Hennessy
14. Mac DeMarco – Nobody
13. The National – Rylan
12. Mark Ronson (ft. Angel Olson) – True Blue
11. Bon Iver – Hey Ma
10. Better Oblivion Community Centre – Dylan Thomas
9. Orville Peck – Turn To Hate
8. Big Thief – Not
7. Local Natives – When Am I Gonna Lose You
6. Angel Olsen – All Mirrors
5. Clairo – Bags
4. Karen O/Danger Mouse – Turn The Light
3. Tame Impala – Patience
2. Sharon Van Etten – Seventeen
1. Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall

SiriusXMU – Top 41 of the 2010s
41 Boyfriend – Best Coast
40 Two Weeks – FKA twigs
39 Pristine – Snail Mail
38 Stoned And Starving – Parquet Courts
37 Seventeen – Sharon Van Etten
36 Still Sound – Toro y Moi
35 The House That Heaven Built – Japandroids
34 Queen – Perfume Genius
33 Shark Smile – Big Thief
32 Polish Girl – Neon Indian
31 Bury Our Friends – Sleater-Kinney
30 It’s Real – Real Estate
29 The Mother We Share – CHVRCHES
28 Archie, Marry Me – Alvvays
27 Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes
26 Pretty Pimpin – Kurt Vile
25 Coffee – Sylvan Esso
24 Under Cover of Darkness – The Strokes
23 Lampshades on Fire – Modest Mouse
22 Chamber Of Reflection – Mac DeMarco
21 Your Best American Girl – Mitski
20 Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales – Car Seat Headrest
19 Yet Again – Grizzly Bear
18 Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? – Arctic Monkeys
17 Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings – Father John Misty
16 Shut Up Kiss Me – Angel Olsen
15 Myth – Beach House
14 On Hold – The xx
13 Holocene – Bon Iver
12 Red Eyes – The War On Drugs
11 Avant Gardener – Courtney Barnett
10 Bloodbuzz Ohio – The National
9 The Less I Know The Better – Tame Impala
8 True Love Waits – Radiohead
7 Los Ageless – St. Vincent
6 Seasons (Waiting On You) – Future Islands
5 Midnight City – M83
4 Dance Yrself Clean – LCD Soundsystem
3 Step – Vampire Weekend
2 Oblivion – Grimes
1 The Suburbs – Arcade Fire