Something I'm learning the more I get into music is that, as you listen to more things, the more you find you like. Sure, the inverse is certainly a possibility, and chances aren't awful you'd end up listening to a fair amount of music that you just plain don't like.
Last year did a wonderful job of mitigating that fear, overwhelmingly outweighing the bad with the good. Now, in 2013, I've picked up the volume even more, and what the year has yielded to date has been far from disappointing, even with a few lackluster pick-ups. This is music that's either been released as a single or on a LP this year (in a case or two, like with Everything Everything, the single came out in 2012 and was on the LP in 2013).
So, with another six months left to go and plenty of upcoming releases - CHVRCHES, Arcade Fire, Haim, others - yet to grace our ears, here are my 25 favorite songs of 2013. I'm saving any commentary for the end of the year, so this is just the straight-up, no-bones-about-it-list, with links to each track. Enjoy!
25. daft punk - get lucky
24. vampire weekend - step
23. yo la tengo - ohm
22. milk music - new lease on love
21. wampire - the hearse
20. unknown mortal orchestra - swim and sleep (like a shark)
19. mikal cronin - shout it out
18. night beds - ramona
17. foxygen - oh yeah
16. portugal. the man - atomic man
15. phoenix - entertainment
14. everything everything - cough cough
13. autre ne veut - play by play
12. rhye - major minor love
11. the joy formidable - this ladder is ours
10. local natives - mt. washington
9. phosphorescent - the quotidian beasts
8. disclosure - latch
7. sigur ros - isjaki
6. cold war kids - miracle mile
5. chvrches - gun
4. frightened rabbit - holy
3. young galaxy - pretty boy
2. the national - sea of love
1. torres - honey
