>Top 10 countdown of 2014. #9–>Lykke Li: Gunshot*

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Lykke Li’s ‘Gunshot‘ is the most ‘Shazamed’ song to be featured in a  European advert in 2014. The track – which appeared in Peugeot’s recent 108 campaign – was searched more times than any other song featured in a advert this year.

>Top 10 countdown of 2014. #10–>Kendrick Lemar: i

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Better late than never! Kicking off our top 10 of 2014 is Kendrick Lemar’s ‘I’. “Not sure at all” if his album was actually going to be released in 2014, Kendrick still delievered on his promise to deliever new material this year and dropped ‘i’, the first single off his forthcoming good kid, m.A.A.d city follow-up. Produced by Rahki, it samples the Isley Brothers“That Lady”.

>New Bon Iver: Heavenly Father*

Thanks to the crowdfunded film ‘Wish I Was Here’ by actor/director Zach Braff, Justin Vernon and his group have released their first song in 3 years titled ‘Heavenly Father’. Full of loops, and vocal layering, the folk group takes an electronic approach with this single: