July 1, 2026
Blog
Column
Writer: Nicko
A List
| Song Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm Not to Blame | Sun Ra & his Orkestra | SongBarLandlord |
| 2 | Absinthe | Beth Orton | severin |
| 3 | All I Am Ever | The Cure | tincanman |
| 4 | Big Louise | Scott Walker | TarquinSpodd |
| 5 | Autoclave | The Mountain Goats | Shoegazer |
| 6 | She Moves Among Men (The Barmaid's Song) | June Tabor | ShivSidecar |
| 7 | Queen of the Silver Dollar | Emmylou Harris | treefrogdemon |
| 8 | Hell in a Bucket | The Grateful Dead | Chris7572 |
| 9 | Baudelaire | And You Will KNow Us By the Trail of Dead | happyclapper |
| 10 | The Fits Come on Me Now or the Bishop of Chester's Jigg | The Broadside Band | ParaMhor |
| 11 | Medieval | James | DiscoMonster |
| 12 | La Taberna del Buda | Cafe Quijano | Maki |
| 13 | I Want You | Marvin Gaye | pejepeine |
| 14 | I Got Loaded | Peppermint" Harris | AltraEgo |
| 15 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Green Day | Marconius7 |
| 16 | Between the Bars | Elliott Smith | Uncleben |
| 17 | It's Been a Long, Long Time | Yoshiko Shinkura | Jamesowen475 |
| 18 | Nighthawk Postcards (from Easy Street) | Tom Waits | BanazirGalbasi |
B List
| Song Title | Artist | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Can Music | Offenbach | TarquinSpodd |
| 2 | Beddy Bye (Strangers in the Night) | Bert Kaempfert | Marconius7 |
| 3 | L'Absinthe | Barbara | BanazirGalbasi |
| 4 | Latin Quarter | Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees | TarquinSpodd |
| 5 | En Mi Casa es El Desorden | Joel Mosquera | pejepeine |
| 6 | Nightclubbing | Grace Jones | severin |
| 7 | Dream Kitchen | Mark Stewrt | pejepeine |
| 8 | Punishment of Luxury | Engine of Excess | Maki |
| 9 | Booze Party | Three Aces and a Joker | TarquinSpodd |
| 10 | Pieta (La Piccola) | Wire | ShivSidecar |
| 11 | Absinthe | The Damned | severin |
| 12 | Lonely Crowd | Alice Phoebe Lou | SongBarLandlord |
| 13 | I Don't Want the Night to End | Phoebe Snow | Marconius7 |
| 14 | Pictures of You | The Cure | ParaMhor |