Popular With Me 2016: Finale of the Buzz Bands LA Show’s annual 101-song countdown

Kevin Bronson on December 23rd, 2016

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Who’s our No. 1?

Find out today when the second part of the annual Buzz Bands LA 101 — this little blog’s countdown of our favorite L.A. songs of the year — is broadcast on The Independent FM.

A special, three-hour edition of The Buzz Bands LA Show kicks off at 11 a.m.; click here to stream it.

Updated since the webcast is completed — Here’s an archive of show, and the playlist, with last week’s beneath:

50. Hunny, “Vowels (And the Importance of Being Me)”
49. Deap Vally, “Smile More”
48. Elle Belle, “Knock on the Light”
47. Valley Queen, “In My Place”
46. Dawes, “When the Tequila Runs Out”
45. Leslie Stevens, “Everybody Drinks and Drives in Heaven”
44. Mike Sempert, “Anything But Me”
43. Brian Whelan, “Americana”
42. Turquoise Noise, “Wasting All My Time”
41. Alex Lilly, “Paranoid Times”
40. SWIMM, “Man’s Man”
39. Maria Taylor, “If Only”
38. Gallant, “Bourbon”
37. Warpaint, “New Song”
36. Moons of Mars, “Na Na Na”
35. Weyes Blood, “Seven Words”
34. Ray & Remora, “Startle It Up”
33. Warbly Jets, “Alive”
32. Kid Moxie, “Dirty Air”
31. Emerson Star, “La Dolce Vita”
30. The Shelters, “Rebel Heart”
29. Saro, “Test”
28. Billie Eilish, “Six Feet Under”
27. Dear Boy, “Alluria”
26. Brett, “California Nights”
25. KING, “The Greatest”
24. Alice MK, “All in Your Head”
23. Elohim, “Pigments”
22. Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, “Pleasure Delay”
21. James Supercave, “Better Strange”
20. Daisy House, “Languages”
19. Lo Moon, “Loveless”
18. Big Search, “Can’t Understand the News”
17. Dorothy, “Raise Hell”
16. Local Natives, “Past Lives”
15. Paper Pilots, “Automatic”
14. Fenway, “New Status Quo”
13. Lone Kodiak, “Disaster” (feat. Storm Smith)
12. Gothic Tropic, “Stronger”
11. T.O.L.D., “Master of the Species”
10. Magic Bronson, “Hell With a Water Pistol”
9. Sego, “Obscene Dream”
8. Cherry Glazerr, “Told You I’d Be With the Guys”
7. VEERS, “Invaders”
6. Death Valley Girls, “Disco”
5. Kan Wakan, “I Would”
4. Bishop Briggs, “River”
3. Miya Folick, “Pet Body”
2. Blondfire, “True Confessions”
1. Mondo Cozmo, “Shine”

Last week’s show (Nos. 101 through 51):

101. Bleached, “Wednesday Night Melody”
100. PARTYBABY, “I Don’t Wanna Wait”
99. Freedom Fry, “Shaky Ground”
98. Trapdoor Social, “Sunshine”
97. FEELS ,”Close My Eyes”
96. TUFT, “Stills”
95. Adult Books, “Suburban Girlfriend”
94. Jenny O., “Be Here Now”
93. Luke Top, “On the Shore”
92. Anna Schulze, “Get Me Outta Here”
91. Dreamers, “Sweet Disaster”
90. Madeline Spooner, “Had to Let It Go”
89. Draemings, “Like a Ghost”
88. FRENSHIP, “Capsize”
87. The Soft White Sixties, “Sorry to Say”
86. Miranda Lee Richards, “Colours So Fine”
85. Forebear, “Delroy Lindo”
84. BRAEVES, “Bitter Sea”
83. TV Heads, “Chin Up”
82. The Moth & the Flame, “Red Flag”
81. EFG, “Outlier”
80. Saint Cecilia, “Everyone You Know”
79. Frankel, “Forget About”
78. Isle & Fever, “Dime Piece”
77. Beck, “Wow”
76. The Dead Ships, “Company Line”
75. Psychic Love, “Ultralight”
74. Plague Vendor, “jezebel”
73. Cuesta Loeb, “My King”
72. Oyster Kids, “Gum (Everybody’s My Friend)”
71. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, “No Love Like Yours”
70. The Sweet Hurt, “All the Thing”
69. Springtime Carnivore, “Face in the Moon”
68. Manhattan Murder Mystery, “Too Tough to Survive”
67. Ramonda Hammer, “Goddamn Idiot”
66. Fatal Jamz, “Jean Paul Gauthier”
65. CELLARS, “Nighttime Girl”
64. Cosmos & Creature, “Young”
63. Cate Le Bon, “Wonderful”
62. Touché Amoré, “Rapture”
61. Luna Shadows, “Waves”
60. NVDES, “The Other Side”
59. Antoine Diligent, “All Is Flux”
58. ExSage, “Tripwire”
57. Bloodboy, “Human Female”
56. Moses Sumney, “Lonely World”
55. Dios, “Ain’t Nothin’ Here to Bother You No More”
54. Steady Holiday, “Open Water”
53. Kevin Morby, “Dorothy”
52. Ruby Friedman, “Fugue in LA Minor”
51. TOKiMONSTA, “Put It Down” (feat. Anderson .Paak & KRNE)