Lizzo, BNLX, the4onthefloor, and other local music luminaries choose their favorite songs of 2013
by Jay Gabler
December 25, 2013
Each year we ask our listeners to vote on their favorite songs of the year, and their ballots determine the Top 89 songs we play on New Year's Eve. This year, we asked some of our favorite local musicians to share their picks as well. If you haven't submitted your ballot yet, don't delay! Voting is open until 11:59 p.m. on December 25.
Lizzo (GRRRL PRTY, the Chalice)
Aby Wolf — Brave Boy
Caroline Smith — Magazine
The Cloak Ox — Pigeon Lung
GRRRL PRTY — Wegula
Har Mar Superstar — Prisoner
James Blake — Retrograde
Miguel — Adorn
Polica — Chain My Name
Run the Jewels — Banana Clipper feat. Big Boi
Toro Y Moi — So Many Details
Ed Ackerson (BNLX)
Arctic Monkeys — One For The Road
BNLX — Opposites Attract
Foxygen — No Destruction
Fury Things — Vapors
Jagwar Ma — Come Save Me
Johnny Marr — Upstarts
My Bloody Valentine — New You
Palma Violets — Best Of Friends
Parquet Courts — Borrowed Thyme
Savages — City's Full
Gabriel Douglas (the4onthefloor)
Caroline Smith — Magazine
Low — Just Make It Stop
Taj Raj — Romani
Volcano Choir — Byegone
Zach Sobiech — Clouds
This is the Last Time — the National
I Was An Eagle — Laura Marling
Everybody Smokes — bbGun
Kids — Diarrhea Planet
Hydrant Eyes — Actual Wolf
"Random thoughts: I went into this thinking I was totally out of the loop on a lot of stuff and expected to find some obvious songs I loved through listening but not by memory, but didn’t really find any this year. Also, on many of my favorite albums, I didn’t care for the lead singles (Laura Marling, the National, Jason Isbell) as much as other tracks off the records. I didn’t know that Trampled By Turtles re-released 'Codeine' or that Wilco re-released 'I Got You (At the End of the Century),' which are both favorites of mine in both of their respective catalogs. Here are my top albums too."
Drew Christopherson (Poliça, Marijuana Deathsquads)
Bill Callahan — Javelin Unlanding
Boards Of Canada — Reach For The Dead
The Cloak Ox — Pigeon Lung
Har Mar Superstar — Prisoner
Heavy Deeds — Light Lunch
James Blake — Overgrown
Phosphorescent — Song For Zula
Tame Impala — Mind Mischief
John Mark Nelson
Actual Wolf — Victims and Things
Arctic Monkeys — Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Broken Bells — Holding On For Life
Dan Wilson — Disappearing
Dawes — From a Window Seat
Father John Misty — Nancy From Now On
James Blake — Overgrown
Junip — Line of Fire
Vampire Weekend — Diane Young
Volcano Choir — Alaskans
Cobey Rouse (batteryboy)
Cage The Elephant — Come A Little Closer
Cloud Cult — Good Friend
Cloud Cult — You're The Only Thing In Your Way
The Ericksons — Animal
Har Mar Superstar — Lady, You Shot Me
Low — On My Own
Phosphorescent — Song For Zula
Volcano Choir — Byegone
Yo La Tengo — I'll Be Around
Batteryboy — Winter's Gate
Janey Winterbauer (the Witnesses, the New Standards)
Boards Of Canada — Reach For The Dead
Daft Punk — Lose Yourself To Dance feat. Pharrell Williams
The Dismemberment Plan — Waiting
Har Mar Superstar — Lady, You Shot Me
Junip — Line of Fire
The National — Graceless
Nine Inch Nails — Came Back Haunted
Queens of the Stone Age — My God Is The Sun
The Starfolk — Come and Play
Thao and The Get Down Stay Down — We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)
Niki Becker
Caroline Smith — Magazine
Cloud Cult — Good Friend
Janelle Monae — Q.U.E.E.N. feat. Erykah Badu
Jeremy Messersmith — Tourniquet
Lorde — Royals
Phosphorescent — Song For Zula
The Preatures — Is This How You Feel?
Prissy Clerks — Tiny Brains
Rilo Kiley — Let Me Back In
Zach Sobiech — Clouds