Will there ever be a bad year in music? Probably not. This year more than 500 songs got played on the radio. We’ve seen so many great releases in 2013 we don’t know where to hide, however this is a serious attempt of summarizing it. Enjoy!
Below are nine personal top lists from our editors around the world. The traditional Top 50 list (no ranking) has been made available on Spotify and Soundcloud (7 tracks missing).
Top 50 Tracks of the Year
Tommy Ericsson, Stockholm
The Belle Game – River
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener
Nicole Sabouné – I Surrender
Phosphorescent – Song For Zula
POLIÇA – Tiff (feat. Justin Vernon)
Sibille Attar – Come Night
Sivu – Better Man Than He
Washed Out – It All Feels Right
Savages – Husbands
Sally McMullen, Sydney
The Preatures – Manic Baby
Shining Bird – Distant Dreaming
Vampire Weekend – Hannah Hunt
SURES – Waste
Lorde – Tennis Court
Jenny Broke The Window – Rum ‘n’ Cola
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Go Violets – Wanted
The Delta Riggs – America
Haim – The Wire
Diego Parravano, Berlin
No Joy – Lunar Phobia
Dirty Beaches – Night Walk
Schnauser – Good Looking Boy
Jackson Scott – Sandy
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – From The Sun
8X8 – Dr. Winkler’s Hands
Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel – Nico
La Femme – Sur la Planche 2013
Dean Blunt – The Pedigree
Candy Claws – Transitional Bird (Clever Girl)
Sunny Eckerle, Brooklyn
Hop Along – Sister Cities
Mutual Benefit – Strong Swimmer
Small Sur – The Salt
Woods – It Ain’t Easy
Hilang Child – Chaturanga
Secret Mountains – High Horse
Hospital Ships – Come Back To Life
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)
Angel Olsen – California
Yo La Tengo – Ohm
Karin Fornander, Berlin
Molly Nilsson – Hotel Home
Phosphorescent – Song for Zula
Dagobert – Für Immer Blau (Touchy Mob Remix)
MØ – Dark Night
RY X – Berlin
Rodeo – Way back home
Autre Ne Veut – Counting
Lightning Dust – Loaded Gun
No Joy – Hare Tarot Lies
CHVRCHES – Recover
Eric Bullock, San Francisco
Head On – Man Man
Crocodiles – Cockroach
Tuung – The Village
Suuns – 2020
CHVRCHES – Recover
The Embassy – Roundkick
Wampire – The Hearse
Duellen – Sysslomansgatan
Ed Zealous – Medicines
Phosphorescent – Song for Zula
Stephanie Aguirre, Mexico City
Foals – My Number
Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
James Blake – Retrograde
Savages – Shut Up
Jagwar Ma – Man I Need
Nine Inch Nails – Came Back Haunted
King Krule – Easy Easy
Moderat – Bad Kingdom
Vampire Weekend – Ya Hey
Jana Udovenko, Riga/Copenhagen
Ski Lodge – Just to Be Like You
Bombay Bicycle Club – It’s Alright Now
Frightened Rabbit – The Woodpile
King Krule – Neptune Estate
Vampire Weekend – Ya Hey
Ducktails – Letter of Intent
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – From the Sun
Devendra Banhart – Won’t You Come Over
Kissaway Trail – Nørrebro
Trentemøller – Never Stop Running feat. Jonny Pierce
