Monday 30 December 2013

2013 in music




I'm FAR too busy for my usual pathologically-detailed run-down this year, you'll have to make do with some of the other 837 end-of-year lists (some of which are alarming, annoying and brilliant). I know all too well there are umpteen albums I haven't touched yet (too busy in the 1970s as usual...) so instead here is a thirty-song snapshot of songs that I properly loved this year. The last track on this list is easily my most-played thing of the year btw.

The Phoenix Foundation – Corale
Still Corners – Berlin Lovers
Bonobo – Cirrus
John Grant – Glacier
Daft Punk – Doin' it Right
Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out
Youth Lagoon – Mute
Laura Mvula – Father, Father
David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
Ciara – Overdose
Daniel Avery – Free Floating
M.I.A. – Bring The Noize - Extended Version
Nancy Elizabeth – Indelible Day
Disclosure – Latch
When Saints Go Machine – Iodine
Janelle Monae – Q.U.E.E.N. [feat. Erykah Badu]
Haim – The Wire
V V Brown – The Apple
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Lizzo – Batches & Cookies
Queens Of The Stone Age – If I Had A Tail
Warpaint – Love Is to Die
Suede – Barriers
Kanye West – Black Skinhead
Rhye – Open
Mutya Keisha Siobhan – Flatline
Blood Orange – You're Not Good Enough
Classixx – Rhythm Santa Clara
Todd Terje – Strandbar (disko)
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share - We Were Promised Jetpacks Remix


Spotify playlist is here. And below is a non-Spotify gem you really need to hear... Happy new year!