Sam's Top 20 of 2016: #19

19.Coast Modern-Hollow Life

I saw this band open for the Wombats this year and I'm not going to lie I was pretty damn impressed with their laid back nature and found their show to be incredibly solid but of all the things that stuck most with me after seeing them was just how god damn dope this track in particular was.

Hollow life for lack of a better descriptor is a track that just begs for you to light a joint and let the groove just carry you all the way.

It's a very reggae tinged rocker with a chorus that's one part dreary and another part floaty as hell and when you hear them sing it it's most certainly bound to get stuck in your head and leave you playing it on repeat quite a bit.

It's not an overly complicated track that really needs too much explanation really it is just a fucking killer groove that's structured very well and goes just long enough to make you want more.

Sam's Best of 2012: #20

Sunshine-Matisyahu

AH BUDDY how I have this very odd infatuation with this Hasidic Jewish Reggae artist and his wonderfully vibrant tunes about life, religion, and faith in a better humanity and it’s awesome to see him come back swinging for the fences in what has to be the brightest tune of the year.

Sunshine is a bad ass tune that’s only recently begun to gain some momentum, but I figure if it was around summer when this song had come out it would have been a lot bigger of a hit.

Unlike tunes like, “King without a Crown,” this song seems to not be as much a hip hop tune as it is a danceable reggae tune and that’s a nice change of pace because of the fact that it's some bit of progression in Matisyahu's sound. So not only is this one of the most refreshing cuts of the year but it's most certainly one of the best.