The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2025/2026

 

 

In ancient times, demons fed human souls to their ruler, Bawley. That was until three brave hunters created a protective magical song-list called the Bawley 100. Over generations, new trios of hunters have maintained the list, hoping one day to perfect it into the Golden Bawley, a final perfect list that would vanquish demons forever.

By 2025, demon hunting K-pop trio Bestofrix, trained by former Bawley-100-topping hunter Courtney Barnett, notice an eerie spread of dull, lifeless songs. Their mission is to gather powerful new tracks to strengthen the latest Bawley 100.

Meanwhile, in the demon world, ruler Bawley has resurrected legendary demon brothers Noel and Liam, fueling a new wave of nostalgia bands, filling stadiums while draining the souls of young musicians and local live venues.

Will the 2025 Bawley 100 save the world or will the demon brothers live forever?

 

100 Garbage - There's No Future In Optimism

99 annie hamilton - rosemary

98 Maple's Pet Dinosaur - lego

97 The Darkness - The Battle for Gadget Land

96 BIG NOTER - IDENTITY

95 Nightmares On Wax - Bang Bien (feat. Yasiin Bey, Mos Def)

94 Paul Kelly - The Body Keeps The Score

93 Sleigh Bells - This Summer

92 Tunde Adebimpe - Drop

91 Chrissie Hynde - Love Letters (feat. Shirley Manson)

90 Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante - End of You

89 Phantastic Ferniture - Change My Mind

88 Bleak Squad - Lost My Head

87 DIIV - Return of Youth

86 Bad//Dreems - Shadowland

85 Deafheaven - The Garden Route

84 Puscifer - Self Evident

83 The Mars Volta - Vociferó

82 IAH - A Warm Place

81 Wednesday - Townies

80 Dear Seattle - Say What You Want

79 Welly - The Roundabout Racecourse

78 Danger Mouse - UP (feat. Black Thought Rag'n'Bone Man)

77 Mariachi El Bronx - Forgive Or Forget

76 Genesis Owusu - DEATH CULT ZOMBIE

75 Hatchie - Sage

74 Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - WATCHING ME LEAVE

73 MEMORY MOTEL - Apollo

72 Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH

71 Everything Is Recorded - Never Felt Better (feat. Sampha, Florence + The Machine)

70 Krystal Rivvers - Prisoner

69 Softcult - Naive

68 Franz Ferdinand - Hooked

67 Bush - The Land of Milk and Honey

66 Salarymen - Let Me Go

65 Blondshell - Event of a Fire

64 Playlunch - Keith

63 Welly - Big In The Suburbs

62 Matt Berninger - Bonnet Of Pins

61 Jessie Reyez - **PSILOCYBIN & DAISIES**

60 Folk Bitch Trio - Cathode Ray

59 Stereolab - Melodie Is A Wound

58 Courtney Barnett - Stay In Your Lane

57 Perfume Genius - Full On

56 Deftones - departing the body

55 Jeffrey Lewis - Inger

54 Spanish Love Songs - Cocaine & Lexapro (feat. Kevin Devine)

53 Lauren Mayberry - Sorry, Etc, Etc (feat. Joe Talbot)

52 Big Thief - Words

51 Ruby Fields - Half the Laugh

50 Kae Tempest - Bless The Bold Future

49 Floodlights - The Light Won't Shine Forever

48 Clipse - Chains & Whips (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

47 Pulp - Got to Have Love

46 Turnstile - DREAMING

45 Geese - Getting Killed

44 Jeffrey Lewis - Do What Comes Natural

43 Press Club - To All The Ones That I Love

42 Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

41 Deftones - milk of the madonna

40 Olana - Chicken On Bike

39 Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - BALCONY

38 Idlewild - Like I Had Before

37 Viagra Boys - Man Made of Meat

36 Gorillaz - The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)

35 David Byrne with Ghost Train Orchestra - Everybody Laughs

34 Kae Tempest - Know Yourself

33 Momma - Last Kiss

32 Scowl - Tonight (I’m Afraid)

31 ROLE MODEL - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out

30 Lorde - What Was That

29 Little Simz - Flood (feat. Obongjayar Moonchild Sanelly)

28 Big Thief - Incomprehensible

27 Wolf Alice - White Horses

26 Momma - Sincerely

25 Deftones - infinite source

24 The Beths - Mother, Pray For Me

23 Scowl - Not Hell, Not Heaven

22 Brian Jackson - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (feat. Masters At Work, Black Thought)

21 Teen Mortgage - Box

20 Stella Donnelly - Standing Ovation

19 Wet Leg - catch these fists

18 The Cruel Sea - How Far I'd Go

17 Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be

16 Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing To Be Young

15 Press Club - Wilt

14 Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? (feat. Judeline)

13 Everything Is Recorded - My And Me (feat. Sampha, Laura Groves, Rickey Washington, Alabaster DePlume)

12 Sharon Van Etten - Afterlife

11 Garbage - Hold

10 Ecca Vandal - CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE

9 Sharon Van Etten - Somethin’ Ain’t Right

8 Teen Mortgage - I Don’t Wanna Know

7 Momma - I Want You (Fever)

6 The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie

5 Garbage - Radical

4 Pulp - Spike Island

3 Sharon Van Etten - Idiot Box

2 Press Club - Vacate

1 Deftones - my mind is a mountain

 

 

Is this list the Golden Bawley, have the demons been overcome for good, for ever?

 

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