Favorite songs of 2013 (4 of 4)

I’ve picked around 40 tracks to share with you that are a mix of some of my favorite songs from 2013 & songs picked from my 50 favorite albums. I’m going to break them down into 4 separate playlists sorted by genre.

Keep checking back as I will update this post to include all 4 playlists over the next few days. Enjoy!

**Updated with all 4 playlists 12-21-13

HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #1: Hip hop & R&B

1 Numbers on the Boards – PUSHA T (00:00)

2 Enemy – KELELA (02:44)

3 25 Bucks (featuring Purity Ring) – DANNY BROWN (07:01)

4 The Things You Do – ZOMBY (10:32)

5 New Slaves – KANYE WEST (12:04)

6 Banana Clipper (featuring Big Boi) – RUN THE JEWELS (16:20)

7 Days (featuring Romy Croft from The XX) – CREEP (19:12)

8 All That Matters – GIRAFFAGE (22:48)

9 Too Much (featuring Sampha) – DRAKE (26:50)

10 Killing Time – Oddisee (31:12)

11 Last Dance – RHYE (34:58)

Total length (38:16)

HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #2: Electronic/Experimental 

1 Irby Tremor – FOREST SWORDS (00:00)

2 Chrome Country – ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER (04:12)

3 Look Into Your Own Mind – JULIANNA BARWICK (09:42)

4 Cold Earth – BOARDS OF CANANDA (14:16)

5 Bo Peep (Do U Right)[featuring Jeremih] – SHLOHMO (17:59)

6 A Sky Darkly – SOLAR BEARS (21:49)

7 Know You – BONOBO (24:57)

8 Casino Lisboa – DIRTY BEACHES (29:02)

9 Renata – JAMES HOLDEN (32:49)

10 Get Like It – TORA (38:46)

11 Out of Hand – SHLOHMO (40:55)

12 Ritual Howl – SHIGETO (45:22)

13 The Drop – THE HAXAN CLOAK (49:47)

Total length (1:02:38)

HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #3: Pop/Electronic dance 

1 You’re Not the One – SKY FERREIRA (00:00)

2 Water Me – FKA TWIGS (03:58)

3 Cherry – CHROMATICS (07:23)

4 Retrograde – JAMES BLAKE (11:55)

5 Bring the Noise – M.I.A. (15:39)

6 Full of Fire – THE KNIFE (20:14)

7 Plastic Panorama – POSTILJONEN (29:31)

8 Hannah Hunt – VAMPIRE WEEKEND (32:56)

9 Jeremiah – EJECTA (36:54)

10 Painful Like – AUSTRA (40:28)

11 Very Cruel – POLICA (44:28)

Total length (49:06)

HPSTRFLS 2013 playlist #4: Folk/Singer-songwriter/Rock

1 Song For Zula – PHOSPHORESCENT (00:00)

2 Jubilee Street – NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (06:11)

3 New Blue Feeling – WHITE DENIM (12:47)

4 Cold Forgiver – HA HA TONKA (16:06)

5 When Winter’s Over – TORRES (19:47)

6 Mater Hunter – LAURA MARLING (23:17)

7 Somewhere All the Time – SAMANTHA CRAIN (26:33)

8 Colorful Kids – HA HA TONKA (28:56)

9 Vital – GROUPER (33:06)

10 Churchill – SAMANTHA CRAIN (37:20)

Total length (41:14)