Best Songs Of 2013

Thanks to Camilo Bejarano for the artwork as usual

This year I pushed the limit on publishing my best songs list with a day to spare. I think that patience has all but been lost with list making these days, but time is something I can never get enough of. I need as much time as possible to sort through the wide plethora of music that graced my ears this year.

With albums it’s tough to honor all the stuff you loved as eventually a few will get pushed out of the fold. But with a best songs list, you have more of a chance to highlight a well rounded collection of music that really defined your year. There’s a wide collection of songs here that I’m really proud to share because it’s a pretty wide collection of songs that I hope is all balanced as I thought it was. I try and keep an open mind and embrace anything that sounds good to me. I think this year was a good year for music, but also a good one to be a music listener, which is truly exciting.

You can find my list below, as well as a spotify link right here, and a stream that’s shared at the very tail end of the post.

100. Wolf Alice – Fluffy
99. Azure Blue – Willows and Pines
98. Paul McCartney – New
97. Legs – Two Colours
96. Young Galaxy – Pretty Boy
95. Born Ruffians – With Her Shadow
94. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Nightwater Girlfriend
93. Alvin and Lyle – Strangers
92. Ty Segall – The Keepers
91. Surfer Blood – Weird Shapes
90. Midlake – Antiphon
89. The Thermals – The Sunset
88. Fletcher – Open Arms
87. Chance The Rapper – Everybody’s Something (Feat. Saba & BJ The Chicago Kid)
86. TV On The Radio – Mercy
85. Atoms For Peace – Before Your Very Eyes…
84. Camera Obscura – Do It Again
83. Glasser – Shape
82. Diarrhea Planet – Separations
81. Big Sean – Control (Feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica)
80. Ellery James Roberts – Kerou’s Lament
79. Janelle Monáe – Dance Apocalyptic
78. Tyler, The Creator – Rusty (Feat. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt)
77. Toro Y Moi Say That
76. Pusha T – Numbers On The Boards
75. Caveman – In The City
74. Volcano Choir – Comrade
73. Painted Palms – Click
72. The 1975 – Chocolate
71. Cults – High Road
70. Smith Westerns – Varsity
69. Disclosure – White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge)
68. Veronica Falls – Buried Alive
67. FEMME – Fever Boy
66. King Krule – Easy Easy
65. Youth Lagoon – Mute
64. Earl Sweatshirt – Whoa (feat. Tyler, The Creator)
63. Kurt Vile – Never Run Away
62. My Bloody Valentine – only tomorrow
61. The Strokes – Call It Fate, Call It Karma
60. Mutual Benefit – Golden Wake
59. Jagwar Ma – That Loneliness
58. Ski Lodge – Just To Be Like You
57. Houndmouth – Halfway To Hardinsburg
56. Pure Bathing Culture – Pendulum
55. MGMT – Your Life is a Lie
54. Wavves – Demon To Lean On
53. NONONO – Pumpin Blood
52. Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
51. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good At Being In Trouble
50. Beck – I Won’t Be Long
49. Sigur Rós – Yfirborð
48. Hospital – Lust For You
47. CHVRCHES – Recover
46. Blood Orange – Chamakay
45. Haim – The Wire
44. Phoenix – Trying To Be Cool
43. Daft Punk – Instant Crush (Feat. Julian Casablancas)
42. Local Natives – Ceilings
41. Kings Of Leon – Supersoaker
40. Nine Inch Nails – Copy Of A
39. Hot Chip – Dark & Stormy
38. White Denim – Pretty Green
37. Phosphorescent – Song For Zula
36. Coldplay – Atlashttps://weallwantsomeone.org/2013/09/06/new-coldplay-atlas/
35. Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out
34. Deerhunter – Back To Middle
33. Speedy Ortiz – No Below
32. Torres – Honey
31. Villagers – Nothing Arrived
30. GEMS – Medusa
29. Kanye West – Bound 2
28. Foxygen – San Francisco
27. Franz Ferdinand – Bullet
26. Little Green Cars – My Love Took Me Down to the River to Silence Me
25. Body Parts – Desperation
24. Cut Copy – We Are Explorers
23. Portugal. The Man – Creep In A T-Shirt
22. Thee Oh Sees – Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster
21. Vampire Weekend – Hannah Hunt
20. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
19. Dan Croll – Compliment Your Soul
18. The National – This Is The Last Time
17. Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
16. Foals – My Number
15. Parquet Courts – Stoned and Starving
14. Oscar – Never Told You
13. Kanye West – Blood On The Leaves
12. James Blake – Retrograde
11. Queens Of The Stone Age – I Sat By The Ocean