Holy shit! "Centipede" by Childish Gambino has got to be one of the best tracks of the year, at least tied with "We Are" by Karnivool.
Update: A$AP Rocky: "LVL" Fred V & Grafix: "Games People Play" Gilbere Forte: "Fall For Nothing" Just Blaze x Baauer: "Higher" Kanye West: "Blood On The Leaves" Kendrick Lamar: "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" (Remix) Knife Party: "LRAD" Phoenix: "Trying To Be Cool" (RAC Remix) The Weeknd: "Kiss Land"
30 Seconds To Mars - End of All Days Paramore - Future of Verona - Keep The Faith (It's Only You and Me)
Update: Data Romance "Caves" Data Romance "They" Data Romance "She's Been High" Paramore "Part II" Chvrches "ZVVL" Childish Gambino "Think of Me" Ghost Loft "So High" Gilbere Forte ft. Nylo "Fall for Nothing" Karnivool "We Are" Wale "Vanity" Childish Gambino "Centipede" Dead Letter Circus "Burning Man"
Some of my favorites so far.. THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS - BIRTH Skylar Grey - Tower (Don't Look Down) and Wear Me Out Daft Punk - Within and Get Lucky Tech N9ne - Straight Out The Gate (Ft. Serj Tankian)
Update: Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire The National - This Is The Last Time Chvrches - The Mother We Share
Scale the Summit -Odyssey -Atlas Novus -The Dark Horse -The Olive Tree Puscifer - Dear Brother - Breathe Joe Satriani -Unstoppable Momentum -Can't Go back -Jumpin In -Jumpin Out Seasick Steve -The Way I Do -Coast Is Clear (Live on Jools Holland; Coast is Clear, Over You, Down on the Farm. With John Paul Jones) Alice In Chains -The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here -Hollow -Hung On A Hook -Stone
A$AP Rocky's LongLiveA$AP Chief Keef's Love Sosa Daft Punk & Panda Bear's Doin' It Right Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear's Cut Me Some Slack David Bowie's I'd Rather Be High Deerhunter's Monomania Drake's Started From the Bottom Earl Sweatshirt's Hoarse The Flaming Lips' The Terror Hit-Boy's New Chains how to destroy angels_'s Ice Age J.Cole's Let Nas Down James Blake's Voyeur Jay Z & Justin Timberlake's Holy Grail The Jet Age of Tomorrow, Earl Sweatshirt & Casey Veggies' One Take Juicy J's Lolly Justin Timberlake's Mirrors Kanye West, Chief Keef & Justin Vernon's Hold My Liquor Kurt Vile's Wakin' On A Pretty Day Lil' B The BasedGod's Texas Thug Lil' Wayne & Detail's No Worries My Bloody Valentine's Nothing Is Nine Inch Nails' Came Back Haunted Phoenix's Drakkar Noir Portugal. The Man's Modern Jesus Pusha-T & Rick Ro$$' Millions Queens of the Stone Age's I Sat by the Ocean Rhye's One of Those Summer Days She & Him's Shadow of Love Tyler, The Creator, Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt's Rusty Will and the People's Holiday Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Dr. Octagon's Buried Alive !!!'s Get That Rhythm Right
Update: Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire The National - This Is The Last Time Chvrches - The Mother We Share Placebo - A Million Little Pieces
Cutting down my list a bit. Update: Data Romance "She's Been High" Paramore "Part II" Ghost Loft "So High" Karnivool "We Are" Childish Gambino "Centipede" Dead Letter Circus "Burning Man" + Chvrches "Science/Visions" + A Day To Remember "End Of Me" EDIT: added new track.
Update: The Civil Wars - Dust To Dust The National - This Is The Last Time X Ambassadors - Unconsolable Chvrches - The Mother We Share Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire
Update: Data Romance "She's Been High" Paramore "Part II" Ghost Loft "So High" Karnivool "We Are" Childish Gambino "Centipede" Dead Letter Circus "Burning Man" Chvrches "Science/Visions" A Day To Remember "End Of Me" + Katy Perry "Spiritual" + Chance the Rapper "Paranoia" + "Chain Smoker" NOTE: added Katy Perry's GOAT: "Spiritual". Motherfuckers bow.
Here's my Best of 2013 list on Spotify! http://open.spotify.com/user/1212858141/playlist/3acvglAM5iGynJnGtkSo7y For those who don't have Spotify or don't want it (in no order except for the first two songs): 1. Daft Punk feat. Julian Casablancas "Instant Crush" 2. Linkin Park x Steve Aoki "A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES" 3. Imagine Dragons "On Top of the World" 4. David Schwartz "Getaway" (Arrested Development) 5. Lupe Fiasco feat. Ed Sheeran "Old School Love" 6. Justin Timberlake "Let the Groove Get In" 7. Coldplay "Atlas" 8. OneRepublic "Burning Bridges" 9. Hillsong United "Scandal of Grace" 10. Lucy Schwartz "Boomerang" 11. Paramore "Ain't It Fun" 12. Haim "The Wire" 13. Stone Temple Pilots "Same on the Inside" 14. Drake "Wu-Tang Forever" 15. Childish Gambino "I. pink toes (feat. Jhene Aiko)" 16. Kenna feat. Childish Gambino "Relations" 17. Eminem feat. Nate Ruess "Headlights" 18. Skillet "Salvation"
Here are some of my favorite songs from this year. I can't say they're the "best" songs of 2013 since it is all subjective but I enjoy them immensely: Rise - Skillet Release the Panic - Red If We Only - Red Not Gonna Die - Skillet Damage - Red Circus for a Psycho - Skillet Glass House - Red Fire and Fury - Skillet
final list. i've only included songs i've listened to a lot over the course of the year, or that have stuck with me. All Time Low by Nine Inch Nails Black Skinhead by Kanye West Cut Me Some Slack by Dave Grohl w/ Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear Derka Blues by The Growlers Don't Come Close by Yeasayer Furthest Thing by Drake Hate Bein' Sober by Chief Keef w/ 50 Cent & Wiz Khalifa High Pressure Dave by HEALTH Holiday by Will & The People Hood Pope by A$AP Ferg I Love It by Icona Pop w/ Charli XCX Ice Age by how to destroy angels_ Instant Crush by Daft Punk w/ Julian Casablancas LongLiveA$AP by A$AP Rocky Mirrors by Justin Timberlake Modern Jesus by Portugal. The Man Monomania by Deerhunter New Chains (James Somersett) by Hit-Boy Pink Matter (Remix) by Frank Ocean w/ OutKast Roar by Katy Perry Royals by Lorde Rusty by Tyler, The Creator w/ Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt Sunday by Earl Sweatshirt w/ Frank Ocean Tom Ford by Jay-Z 25 Bucks by Danny Brown w/ Purity Ring
Top 25 Songs of 2013 25. Contact - Trocadero 24. Firewall - Les Friction 23. Oblivion (feat. Suzanne Sundor) 22. Light Escapes - Dangerkids 21. Northern Lights - Thirty Seconds to Mars 20. We the Moon - Finding Iris 19. Same on the Inside - Stone Temple Pilot with Chester Bennington 18. New Day - Hollywood Undead 17. Derelicts - Razor Red Noise 16. Oblivion - Bastille 15. Save Rock and Roll (feat. Elton John) - Fall Out Boy 14. Fool - Finding Iris 13. Magnetic - Fenech Soler 12. Animal Pharm - Lupe Fiasco 11. Cut Me Out - Dangerkids 10. End of All Days - Thirty Seconds to Mars 9. Lion - Hollywood Undead 8. Darker - Razor Red Noise 7. Atlas - Coldplay 6. Monster - Imagine Dragons 5. Up in the Air - Thirty Seconds to Mars 4. A Light That Never Comes - Linkin Park X Steve Aoki 3. Primo - Linkin Park 2. Empty Reality - Razor Red Noise 1. Outside - Hollywood Undead
Alice in Chains - Hung On A Hook Coldplay - Atlas Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen & Scott Reeder - From Can to Can't Daft Punk & Julian Casablancas - Instant Crush Dream Theater - The Bigger Picture Dream Theater - Surrounded Live at Luna Park Eminem & Nate Ruess - Headlights Gemini Syndrome - Mourning Star Hans Zimmer - What Are You Going To Do When You Aren't Saving The World? Insomnium - Ephermeral Justin Timberlake- Blue Ocean Floor Karnivool - Sky Machine Linkin Park - Three Band Terror Nine Inch Nails - Copy of a The Ocean Collective - Pelagial (It Counts!) Palms - Tropics Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear - Cut Me Some Slack Pearl Jam - Sirens Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington - Same On The Inside Thirty Seconds to Mars - City of Angels And of Course.... Day Above Ground - Asian Girlz