I was invited to play my favorite music of 2013 on The AP Hour, ARTxFM.com radio, 12/26/13. Here are the 13 tracks that I picked, with an additional 74 minutes that I could not fit into the 1-hour show. YouTube, Spotify, and Rdio playlists embedded below.
- Daft Punk – Give Life Back to Music 4:29
- Tegan and Sara – Closer (backstroke. Remix) 3:45* (Soundcloud)
- Bombino – Aman 3:58
- Young Galaxy – New Summer 4:12
- Jim James – State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U) 5:17
- Billy Goat Strut Revue – Everybody Loves My Baby 2:43†
- Gregory Porter – Wolfcry 4:10
- Charles Bradley – Confusion 3:44
- Janelle Monáe – Q.U.E.E.N. (Feat Erykah Badu) 5:12
- Miley Cyrus – #GETITRIGHT 4:24
- Queens of the Stone Age – I Appear Missing 6:00
- Ólafur Arnalds – Only the Winds 5:21
- Shpongle – Tickling the Amygdala 8:47
- Nils Frahm – Says 8:18*† (Soundcloud)
- Dawn Richard – Frequency 3:15
- Blood Orange – You’re Not Good Enough 4:22
- Lady Gaga – Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) 3:47
- Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? 4:37
- Major Lazer – Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman) 4:50
- Mazzy Star – In the Kingdom 5:15
- Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Close to My Fire 5:14
- Haim – Forever 4:08
- Michael Franti & Spearhead – 11:59 3:46
- Warpaint – Biggy 5:55*
- Sarah Jarosz – Over the Edge 3:20
- Mayer Hawthorne – Reach Out Richard 4:08
- Lorde – Team 3:13
- Laura Marling – I Was an Eagle 4:22
Mobile-friendly YouTube Playlist:
Rdio playlist:
Spotify playlist:
Unfortunately, none of these tracks are completely available in one format, so each of the playlists are incomplete. I’ve inserted alternative tracks when necessary.
* Not on Spotify or Rdio.
† Not on YouTube.