The Top 100 Local Songs of 2015.

Counting Down From 40 to 26.

The North Texas music scene has really come into its own the past 12 months. There hasn’t been a year in recent memory when so many local artists appeared on the Billboard charts, played Saturday Night Live and other late night television programs, or otherwise appeared in the national spotlight. Here, as we’ve done in years past, we’re highlighting what we think are the 100 best songs locally-tied of the year. The thing is, as far as this list is concerned, we’re judging the quality of the songs irrespective of the popularity of the people putting them out — meaning, you’re just as likely to have a song by a Grammy-winning act sandwiched between a couple of high school bands. Hey, it’s just more interesting that way. Also keeping with tradition, we’ll be rolling out the list in smaller, more digestible portions every weekday through the end of the month, complete with embedded streams of each. We think that gives each of these more than deserving acts a little more shine, and it also gives you a little more time to really check out each of these high quality tunes — including, presumably, a few that you may have missed upon their initial release.

Three batches into this month-long countdown, we’re changing things up ever so slightly today. For this fourth slow reveal, we’re only giving you 15 songs to try and absorb. It’s a subtle difference, sure, but as we get closer and closer to the top songs on the list, the more stellar each of these tracks truly becomes.

See Also:
• The Top 100 Local Songs of 2015. // Counting Down From 100 to 81.
• The Top 100 Local Songs of 2015. // Counting Down From 80 to 61.
• The Top 100 Local Songs of 2015. // Counting Down From 60 to 41.
• The Top 100 Local Songs of 2014.

That is to say, you might start noticing a few more superstar level names cropping up, including the locally raised Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, who topped the national charts this year. Still, though we’ve decided to include their ilk, they don’t necessarily overshadow names like Fort Worth piano man Andy Pickett or the jazz-influenced Dallas trio Herrick & Hooley, which were mostly little-known in larger circles prior to 2015 yet appear higher on our list than those noted Disney alums.

It really is solely about the songs here. And, damn, if there aren’t some really incredible ones still to come. — Cory Graves

40. The Outfit, TX — “Wild Turkey”

39. Doug Burr — “White Night — Black Light”

38. Jake Paleschic — “When it is Played”

37. Party Static — “Mr Sexypants”

36. Pearl Earl — “Karaoke Superstar”

35. Lower Dens — “To Die in L.A.”

34. Selena Gomez — “Good For You”

33. Brack Cantrell — “Corpus Christi”

32. Demi Lovato — “Confident”

31. Herrick and Hooley — “Skeletor vs He-Man”

30. Dripping Wet — “She’s Not Mine”

29. Maren Morris — “My Church”

28. Andy Pickett — “Don’t Bro Me”

27. Post Malone — “Tear$”

26. Leon Bridges — “Smooth Sailin'”

100. Terrence Spectacle — “King’s Cup”
99. Tunk — “Scarface The Rapper”
98. Lil Ronny MothaF — “Circle”
97. Denim Wonder — “I Love My City”
96. Sin Motivo — “Sintomas”
95. Kevin Aldridge — “Winner Leaves Town”
94. Sarah Jaffe — “Vision”
93. Coach Tev — “Omens (ft. Drugs, The Model Citizen & Rei Altru)”
92. Bummer Vacation — “Silver Hands”
91. Danny Cainco — “In My Bed”
90. Dove Hunter — “Dream Catcher”
89. GHETTODSKO — “It’s Like That”
88. Toadies — “In the Belly of a Whale”
87. 87. Sad Cops — “Allen Road Park”
86. Essay EyE — “Day Da Day”
85. Astronautalis — “Sike”
84. The Azealia Project — “Chameleons”
83. Rhett Miller — “Most in the Summertime”
82. Botany — “Jotu”
81. Ghoulfive — “Materialistic”
80. VIDEO — “New Immortals”
79. No Touching — “Any Minute”
78. Damaged Good$ — “FCKBOY JIHAD PT. 1”
77. Jarvis Hodges — “Ball Out”
76. Hate Your Friends — “Whooda Thunk?”
75. Blessin’ — “Eileen”
74. Birds of Night — “Asleep in the Pine”
73. Parquet Courts — “No, No, No!”
72. Bobby Sessions — “Black Neighborhood”
71. Larce Blake w/ Masego & BeMyFiasco — “SwingInLove”
70. Sudie — “Van Morrissey”
69. Buffalo Black — “High Noon”
68. Zane Williams — “A Song tor the Folks That Stole Our Van and Trailer”
67. Colton Carlyle — “Stalker”
66. Smoke Paint — “Chastity Belt”
65. Pinkish Black — “Brown Rainbow”
64. KoolQuise — “Cupid’s Handgun”
63. Nick Jonas — “Jealous”
62. Skagg Philips — “Problems in Japan”
61. Brave Young Lion — “Girls”
60. Plain Jane Francis and Tony Q — “Silent Sounds”
59. Valise — “Charlie Gray”
58. Siamese — “Savage High”
57. Vandoliers — “Runaway Sons”
56. Claire Morales & Jena Pyle — “Strange”
55. Rhett Miller & Madison King — “Feel Like Fallin’ in Love”
54. Nervous Curtains — “Devastator”
53. The Outfit, TX – “All Bills Paid” ft. Devy Stonez
52. These Machines Are Winning — “Kuru”
51. St. Vincent — “Bad Believer”
50. Snow that Product — “AyAyAy”
49. Kacey Musgraves — “Pageant Material”
48. Neon Indian — “Slumlord”
47. War Party — “Nolo Mori”
46. Conner Youngblood – “The Badlands”
45. Radioactivity — “Silent”
44. Birds of Night — “Dark”
43. A.Dd+ — “The Rhyme and The Rhythm”
42. Color TV — “Cadillac”
41. LUWUM — “The Band”
40. The Outfit, TX — “Wild Turkey”
39. Doug Burr — “White Night — Black Light”
38. Jake Paleschic — “When it is Played”
37. Party Static — “Mr Sexypants”
36. Pearl Earl — “Karaoke Superstar”
35. Lower Dens — “To Die in L.A.”
34. Selena Gomez — “Good For You”
33. Brack Cantrell — “Corpus Christi”
32. Demi Lovato — “Confident”
31. Herrick and Hooley — “Skeletor vs He-Man”
30. Dripping Wet — “She’s Not Mine”
29. Maren Morris — “My Church”
28. Andy Pickett — “Don’t Bro Me”
27. Post Malone — “Tear$”
26. Leon Bridges — “Smooth Sailin'”
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