i’ll never be this kewt again
In no particular order, here are my favourite 25 tracks from 2013. You may have heard some of them on my radio show or seen them featured on the blog. These songs make me so happy to belong to the musical community of the Y generation – such wonderfully multi-faceted, dynamic, creative, hardworking individuals who deserve so much credit for what they’ve accomplished with limited resources and heavy competition. It’s so easy to sit back and press play and make a judgement call about a track without thinking about the hours of songwriting, recording, mixing, merchandising, marketing, social media maintenance, negotiations, legalities, and frugalities associated with the entire process. I’m guilty of doing that all the time. Judging art is a by-product of cultural over-saturation – there’s so much creative content available on the internet that music consumers are required to flip through files quickly as per our taste preferences to see what we want to sink our teeth into. Sometimes great tracks can pass you by.
It’s incredible to think that the music we listen to at vulnerable moments translates into an immeasurable, significant impact on the person you grow up to become. Thank god for cool roommates, good friends, and weird boyfriends who turned me onto new bands when I was in the midst of post-teenage angst and university study sessions. All of these tracks are all a part of me – they’re my birthday gift to you, dear reader. If you find a new favourite track, that will make me the happiest birthday girl in the world.
1. Ode To Subterrania by Hooded Fang (May 2013 / Full Time Hobby / Toronto) Twitter
2. Holy Fool by O Emperor (June 2013 / Self-Released / Waterford) Twitter
3. I Want What’s Best by Outfit (May 2013 / Double Denim Records / Liverpool) Twitter
4. Put a Light On by Generationals (April 2013 / Polyvinyl Records / Louisiana) Twitter
5. Stars by Javelin (March 2013 / Luaka Bop / Brooklyn) Twitter
6. Marijuana by Chrome Sparks (March 2013 / Self-Released / Brooklyn) Twitter
7. Two Prongs by Lion Bark (June 2013 / Self-Released / Brighton) Twitter
8. Pennie Lane by The BB Guns (May 2013 / Marineville Records / Toronto) Twitter
9. Waiting by Alice Boman (May 2013 / Adrian Recordings / Malmö) Facebook
10. Flashed Junk Mind by Milky Chance (April 2013 / Lichtdicht Records / Germany) Facebook
11. Painful Like by Austra (May 2013 / Paper Bag Records / Toronto) Twitter
12. Shout It Out by Mikal Cronin (May 2013 / Merge Records / San Francisco) Twitter
13. Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy (April 2013 / Paper Bag Records / Vancouver) Twitter
14. Thousand Year Old Child by Pure X (May 2013 / Acéphale / Austin) Twitter
15. Emma by Ponctuation (March 2013 / Bonsound / Québec) Bandcamp
16. Demon Dance by Surfer Blood (March 2013 / Warner Bros Records / West Palm Beach) Twitter
17. A Dancing Shell by Wild Nothing (May 2013 / Captured Tracks / Blacksburg) Twitter
18. Bros by Wolf Alice (May 2013 / Chess Club Records / North London) Twitter
19. Dropla by Youth Lagoon (January 2013 / Fat Possum / Boise) Twitter
20. Cut To Black by Lemâitre (April 2013 / Substellar / Olso) Twitter
21. Berlin Lovers by Still Corners (February 2013 / Subpop / London) Twitter
22. Kemosabe by Everything Everything (January 2013 / RCA Victor / Manchester) Twitter
23. Lucky Ones by Wynter Gordon (January 2013 / The Flying Unicorn / Los Angeles) Twitter
24. Varsity by Smith Westerns (March 2013 / Mom+Pop / Chicago) Twitter
25. In A Dream by High Highs (January 2013 / Fine Time / Sydney) Twitter
Filed under: General Tagged: Alice Boman, Austra, Birthday, Chrome Sparks, Everything Everything, Generationals, High Highs, Hooded Fang, Javelin, Lemâitre, Lion Bark, Mikal Cronin, Milky Chance, O Emperor, Outfit, Ponctuation, Pure X, Smith Westerns, Still Corners, Surfer Blood, The BB Guns, Wild Nothing, Wolf Alice, Wynter Gordon, Young Galaxy, Youth Lagoon
