Ill admit to not having a great critical perspective on EDM as well as being a bit late to the party. Rarely has popular music pushed the aesthetic boundaries of any particular genre, but this seems particularly true with EDM. Most of the pop crossover hits are riddled with cliches, and lack nuance, and most producers dont handle vocals very well, especially with female singers. With all that said, there are still some very amazing tracks on Spins generally awesome top 100 EDM list. The Chainsmokers, Audien, Gesaffelstein, Duck Sauce, Disclosure, and TNGHT tracks are all in my personal cannon (though Id argue that most of those arent what I think are EDM). I was a bit surprised by the lack of recent tracks on this list. I believe theres only one post-2013 track in the top 20. Maybe Spin thinks that EDMs glory days are behind it?
