I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.
— Dolly Parton
The Best of 2013

The Best of 2013

Much like 2009, there was a LOT of music listening going on in my life. Chalk that up to lengthy road trip preparation (and therefore obsessive playlist making), or going to a record number of concerts. There's a list inside this link, and a Spotify playlist for what is available online as well. Happy listening!

 

Click here for a  Spotify playlist of 2013 picks

…or click here for prior years' picks!

Disc One:

  • Pure Imagination - Fiona Apple
  • Honey & I - Haim
  • Don't Swallow the Cap - The National
  • I'm Not Your Hero - Tegan and Sara
  • Change - BANKS
  • Night Sky - CHVRCHES
  • Valentine's Day - David Bowie
  • Retrograde - James Blake
  • Bravado - Lorde
  • Always (Wave Racer Remix) - Panama
  • Heart It Races - Dr. Dog
  • Night Still Comes - Neko Case
  • Major Minor Love - Rhye
  • I Never Knew You - The Avett Brothers
  • Border Line - King Krule
  • Recovery - Frank Turner

 

Disc Two:

  • Guiding Light - Foy Vance ft. Ed Sheeran
  • Q.U.E.E.N. - Janelle Monae ft. Erykah Badu
  • Truth - Alexander
  • High Road - Cults
  • Only 1 U - M.I.A.
  • The Man Who Lives Forever - Lord Huron
  • The Stars Are Ours - Mayer Hawthorne
  • Civilian - Wye Oak
  • These Paths - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • Throw a Fit - A.J. & the Jiggawatts
  • Here Comes the Night Time - Arcade Fire
  • Instant Crush - Daft Punk
  • She's Gone - Hall & Oates

 

Disc Three:

  • Forever - Haim
  • I Should Live in Salt - The National
  • The Way You Remember Me - St. Lucia
  • The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - Birdy
  • Take a Fall For Me - James Blake ft. RZA
  • Team - Lorde
  • Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton
  • At Night in Dreams - White Denim
  • Natalie - Bruno Mars
  • End of Days - Light Asylum
  • Unrequited Love - Lykke Li
  • Where the Wind Blows - Coco O.
  • I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift
  • Time Machine - Alan Braxe ft. The Spimes
  • Cameras - Matt & Kim

 

Disc Four:

  • You and I - Foy Vance ft. Bonnie Raitt
  • Electric Lady - Janelle Monae ft. Solange
  • A Million Years - Alexander
  • We Sink - CHVRCHES
  • Right Action - Franz Ferdinand
  • Pusher Love Girl - Justin Timberlake
  • Flowers in Your Hair - The Lumineers
  • Trying to Be Cool - Phoenix
  • Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell
  • Step Out - Jose Gonzalez
  • Atlas - Coldplay
  • Run - Daughter
  • Lover of the Light - Mumford & Sons
  • Just Give Me a Reason - P!nk ft. Nate Ruess
  • Out of My League - Fitz & the Tantrums

 

Disc Five:

  • The Wire - Haim
  • Sea of Love - The National
  • September - St. Lucia
  • Wings - Birdy
  • Sights - London Grammar
  • Royals - Lorde
  • Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert
  • Chloroform - Phoenix
  • Slave - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • Breezeblocks - Alt J
  • The Woodpile - Frightened Rabbit
  • BBC - Jay Z
  • Sail to the Sun - Wavves
  • Avalanche (Slow) - Zola Jesus

 

Disc Six:

  • Joy of Nothing - Foy Vance
  • Go Slow - Haim
  • Primetime - Janelle Monae ft. Miguel
  • Waiting Game - BANKS
  • Lungs - CHVRCHES
  • Keep Your Head Up - Cults
  • We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots
  • A Place to Start - White Denim
  • Oblivion - M83 ft. Susanne Sundifer
  • Spotlight - Leagues
  • Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend
  • Pretty Please - Estelle ft. Cee-lo Green
  • Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men
  • Two Fingers - Jake Bugg
  • Barriers - Suede

 

Disc Seven:

  • If I Could Change Your Mind - Haim
  • Hard to Find - The National
  • The Night Comes Again - St. Lucia
  • Evil Eye (Todd Terje Extended Mix) - Franz Ferdinand
  • Flickers - London Grammar
  • Y.A.L.A. - M.I.A.
  • Where Does This Door Go - Mayer Hawthorne
  • Hot As Day - Wye Oak
  • Jump Out of the Train - CFCF
  • Without You - ODESZA
  • The Way We Move - Langhorne Slim & the Law
  • Wildfire - John Mayer
  • Baby That's You - Magnolia Sons
  • Temporary Touch - Selebrities

 

Disc Eight: 

  • Get Lucky - Daft Punk
  • At Least My Heart Was Open - Foy Vance
  • We Were Rock & Roll - Janelle Monae
  • 1977 - Ana Tijoux
  • Where Are We Now? - David Bowie
  • Take Back the Night - Justin Timberlake
  • Ends of the Earth - Lord Huron
  • Destroyer (Original Mix) - Panama
  • Cured of Youth - Tennis
  • Place for Us - Mikky Ekko
  • Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood
  • Freedom - Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton
  • Pompeii - Bastille
  • How the Ranks Was Won - Brazos

 

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