We All Want Someone To Shout For’s Best Songs Of 2013…So Far

artwork credit: Camilo Bejarano

It’s time. I present to you: The best songs of the year…so far. It’s a little past the halfway point of 2013, but I felt it was best to let some releases digest to provide the most accurate list possible. As always, I use the title “best” loosely, as these are really just my favorite songs so far. A lot can change from now to December. New songs will arrive, songs will grow on me, some will rise on the ranks, some may drop, or drop out. It’s cool to see what I thought was the cream of the crop in June, and what ends up finishing as my favorite 3-5 minutes of ear candy of the entire year.

If you’ve been too busy to be our friend this year, or just in desperate need of some new tunes: This is for you. There’s 50 songs, something for everyone. Let me know what you think of the list in the comment section. If you hated it, if you loved it. Tell me what I missed.

I can’t give you guys those free downloads anymore (it won’t fly at this stage), but I can provide you with a lovely spotify link where you can listen to the entire playlist from top to bottom. Or you can just check out the list below, where I’ve included either soundcloud or youtube links.

With that said, enjoy some of my favorite songs of 2013, so far:

50. MØ – Glass

49. Elephant – Skyscraper

48. Young Galaxy – Pretty Boy

47. Earl Sweatshirt – Whoa (feat. Tyler, The Creator)

46. Cam Allen – Tangerine

45. Beach Fossils – Taking Off

44. Azure Blue – Willows and Pines

43. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege

42.Youth Lagoon – Mute

41. Phoenix – Trying To Be Cool

40. Parquet Courts – Stoned and Starving

39. Young Man – In A Sense

38. Caveman – In The City

37. Tyler, The Creator – Rusty (Feat. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt)

36. Painted Palms – Click

35. The 1975 – Chocolate

34. Local Natives – Ceilings

33. Ellery James Roberts – Kerou’s Lament

32. Houndmouth – Halfway To Hardinsburg

31. Fletcher – Open Arms

30. Smith Westerns – Varsity

29. Haim – Falling

28. Wavves – Demon To Lean On

27. Surfer Blood – Weird Shapes

26. Empire Of The Sun – Alive

25. Queens Of The Stone Age – I Sat By The Ocean

24. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Nightwater Girlfriend

23. Disclosure – White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge)

22. Sigur Rós – Yfirborð

21. Deerhunter – Back To Middle

20. James Blake – Retrograde

19. Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out

18. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good At Being In Trouble

17. CHVRCHES – Recover

16. Kodaline – High Hopes

15. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors

14. Foals – My Number

13. Hot Chip – Dark & Stormy

12. Portugal. The Man – Purple Yellow Red and Blue

11. Torres – Honey

10. Ski Lodge – Just To Be Like You

9. Foxygen – San Francisco

8. Beck – I Won’t Be Long

7. Phosphorescent – Song For Zula

6. Oscar – Never Told You

5. Kanye West – Blood On The Leaves

4. The National – This Is The Last Time

3. Daft Punk – Get Lucky (Feat. Pharrell Williams)

2. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?

1. Vampire Weekend – Step

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