Here are the best songs of 2013, as decided by moi. As with my album of the year list they arrive in no particular order. The only rule is that this list is populated by newly released material, no reissued stuff allowed. Not sure why, but that’s what I decided. WLWASIOH will return in the New Year, so I hope you all had a nice Christmas – if you believe in that sort of thing – and I’ll wish you a happy New Year in advance. Anyway enough talk and onto the list:

The Ballad of Roy Batty by Grumbling Fur

Hive by Earl Sweatshirt

Dionne by Osunlade

Ljubljana by Lescop

Jubilee Street by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

202/202/303/303/606 by TM404

Seawolf by Logos

A Lie by Autre Ne Veut

Peeling An Orange In One Piece by Maxmillion Dunbar

Goldtone by Kurt Vile

Prinzif by Huerco S

Givin Em What They Love by Janelle Monae & Prince

GMF by John Grant

5 Days by Inc.

Digital Lion by James Blake & Brian Eno

January by Disclosure & Jamie Woon

Papi Pacify by FKA Twigs

Got 2 Make It by Moodymann

The Shit Baby by Omar S

Gun by CHVRCHES

Your Love by Romare

Parallel Jalebi by Four Tet

Creal by JTC

Wenu Wenu by Omar Souleyman

When Your Love Feels Like It’s Fading by Space Dimension Controller

Fields by Bambooman

Love Is Lost by David Bowie

All Dogs Go To Heaven by Dean Blunt

Power of God by Jaimeo Brown

Water Me by FKA Twigs