These are favorites, and just what I think is the best music this year so far. For the sake of diversity, I've tried to include as many different artists as I can.
Honorable mention: Shut Up - Savages
(Love the intro in the short film version, an important message to our generation.)
50.)
Dream Machine - Tesla Boy
49.)
Roadgame – Kavinsky
48.)
Together - The xx (From The Great Gatsby soundtrack)
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Rose Quartz – Toro Y Moi
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Mantra - Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, and Joshua Homme
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Dumb Disco Ideas - Holy Ghost!
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No Freedom - Dido
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Just To Make Me Feel Good – Adam Green and Binki Shapiro
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These Paths - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Love Bends – Wire
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Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake Feat. JAY-Z
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Take Me - Stereophonics
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Palace Posy - Boards of Canada
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Beautiful – Mariah Carey & Miguel
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The Raven That Refused To Sing - Steven Wilson
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Chances – The Strokes
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The Redeemer – Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland
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Love is Lost - David Bowie
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Saint of Impossible Causes - Joseph Arthur
31.)
The Lemon Trees #3 – Bill Ryder-Jones
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Trouble - Hands
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I'll Stay With You - New Order
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Trying To Be Cool – Phoenix
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Jubilee Street – Nick Cave
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Where Can I Go? - Laura Marling
Which are your best music discoveries of 2013? Do we share any favorites? Next time I'll post tracks 1-25
Love the variety here, Chris! Liking Kavinsky a lot right now.
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The Three of US by Streetlight Manifesto
Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Hey-ho by The Lumineers
Loads more too, just can't think of them. Been giving Kveikur by Sigur Ros a listen, liking it a lot, but for some reason I still prefer Jonsi's solo stuff!
@Jaina: Thanks! Kavinsky album has been steadily growing on me. For some reason, it didn't impress me on first listen.
ReplyDeleteSigur Ros is a unique artist. 1-2 of his uplifting tracks I go back to, but I can't say I listen to his albums very often, though.
A couple of those you mention I need to check out, appreciate the suggestions!
Nice list. I love the Bowie, Phoenix, Kavinsky, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dido, and Marling tracks, but I still need to check out some of these.
ReplyDeleteI'll second the "Can't Hold Us" recommendation, which is on my #2 album of 2012.
@Josh: Glad we agree on a few of these, and I hope you like some of the other selections too
DeleteAwesome Chris! Thanks for including the links to Soundcloud too, a lot of these I haven't heard of yet. I quite like that Mantra one, and The Great Gatsby soundtrack is great, love that Together by The xx but my fave is still the one by Lana Del Rey.
ReplyDelete@Ruth: No problem! Glad you liked Mantra and Together.
DeleteI too prefer Young ans Beautiful by Lana Del Rey, her track will feature in upcoming 1-25 :)
Very cool! I have been trying to catch up with this year's releases, so I will be following along with you. Nice to see a Boards of Canada track in here since I know you were lukewarm on the album. "Palace Posy" is a great pick.
ReplyDeleteEric @ The Warning Sign: A strong start to the year in terms of music!
DeletePart 2 with tracks 1-25 will be posted at weekend.
So far, I like Palace Posey the most, might give the album a second chance one of these days.