After listening to 157 albums and over 2,000 songs in 2013, I've whittled it down to my favorite 100 songs! There are a number of songs from my Top 25 Albums of 2013, but also a ton of other tracks from other bands - there's hip-hop, indie, rap, electro-pop, and others like James Blake and Darkside.

There are a few that I wanted to point out for their lyrics or unique sound:

The Fall: Rhye - His - yes, his - voice is angelic. Most beautiful song of the year.
Chum: Earl Sweatshirt - Great storyteller who references the effects of this story by Complex Magazine. And lyrically the song is heartwrenching: "It's probably been twelve years since my father left / left me fatherless / And I used to say I hate him in dishonest jest / When honestly I missed the n**** like when I was six / And every time I got the chance to say it I would swallow it / Sixteen I'm hollow with Tyler and skipped shots / Just throw him that whole bottle, I'll show you a role model."
Fall Underneath: Snakadaktal - Catchy, incomparable, and played constantly.
Nosetalgia: Pusha T feat Kendrick Lamar - Two of my favorite rappers trading killer verses on their experiences with crack with a beat from Kanye and Nottz.
- Pusha: "20 plus years of selling Johnson & Johnson / I started out as a baby faced monster / No wonder there's diaper rash on my conscience...Gem star razor and a dinner plate / Arm & Hammer and a mason jar, that's my dinner date / Then crack the window in the kitchen, let it ventilate / Cause I let it sizzle on the stove like a minute steak / I was crack in the school zone / Two beepers on me, Starter jacket that was two toned / Four lockers four different bitches got their mule on / Black Ferris Bueller, cutting school with his jewels on."
- Kendrick: "Quantum physics could never show you the world I was in / When I was ten / back when nine ounces have got you ten / and nine times out of ten n***** don't pay attention / And when there's tension in the air nines come with extensions."
My Jeep: Joey Bada$$ feat. Flatbush Zombies and The Underachivevers - Reason enough that NYC hip-hop is alive and well;
Youth: Daughter - "And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones / 'Cause most of us are breathing through corrupted lungs / setting fire to our insides for fun / collecting names of the lovers that went wrong...And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one / cause most of us are bitter over someone / setting fire to our insides for fun / to distract our hearts from ever missing them / But I'm forever missing him / and youth caused it."

Top 100 Songs:

1.    Ceilings: Local Natives
2.    Josie: Young Man
3.    Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?: Arctic Monkeys
4.    On Sight: Kanye West
5.    Hannah Hunt: Vampire Weekend
6.    Under Cover: Ducktails
7.    1 Train: A$AP Rocky (& Co.)
8.    Forever: Haim
9.    The Mother We Share: Chvrches
10.  The Fall: Rhye
11.  Dark Again: Gold Fields
12.  Thanks For Nothing: Great White Buffalo
13.  Hold On, We’re Going Home: Drake
14.  Snap Out Of It: Arctic Monkeys
15.  Come Save Me: Jagwar Ma
16.  Life Round Here: James Blake
17.  Never Matter: Toro y Moi
18.  Okay: Holy Ghost!
19.  The Wire: Haim
20.  Step: Vampire Weekend
21.  Say Yes To Me: Surfer Blood
22.  Assistant Director: Ducktails
23.  In Time: Young Man
24.  From Nowhere: Dan Croll
25.  You Got Me: Generationals
26.  Timothy: Tennis
27.  Golden Twin: Wild Ones
28.  The Mahdi: The Underachievers
29.  Fall Underneath: Snakadaktal
30.  Do I Wanna Know: Arctic Monkeys
31.  Started From The Bottom: Drake
32.  Team: Lorde
33.  Chum: Earl Sweatshirt
34. Temple: Kings of Leon
35. Miasma Sky: Baths
36. It All Feels Right: Washed Out
37. Nosetalgia: Pusha T feat Kendrick Lamar
38. High School Lover: Cayucas
39. Ramona: Night Beds
40. Fear Of My Identity: Best Coast
41. Edge Of The Earth: Syd Arthur
42.  Attracting Flies: AlunaGeorge
43.  Let Me Show You Love: Cut Copy
44.  Song For Zula: Phosphorescent
45.  We’re The Kids: Parade of Lights
46.  Dance All Night: Free Energy
47.  Awkward: San Cisco
48.  Elevate: St. Lucius
49.  Gun: Chvrches
50.  Who Have I Become?: Best Coast
51.  Clipped On: Blood Orange
52.  Put Me To Work: PAPA
53.  BBC: Jay-Z
54.  Tunnel Vision: Justin Timberlake
55.  We Have Love: Panama
56.  If You Didn’t See Me: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
57.  Nerve: Half Moon Run
58.  Freak, Go Home: Darkside
59.  Light Around: Black Light Dinner Party
60.  400 Lux: Lorde
61.  Sunday: Earl Sweatshirt
62.  Youth: Daughter
63.  The Star Falls: River Tiber
64.  Ivy Covered House: Ducktails
65.  Don’t Matter: Kings of Leon
66.  It’s Not Too Late: Mansions on the Moon
67.  The Body In Rainfall: Wild Nothing
68.  Demon Dance: Surfer Blood
69.  White Noise: Disclosure, AlunaGeorge
70.  Who You Love: John Mayer
71.  Of Space And Time: City and Colour
72.  Say That: Toro y Moi
73.  Black Balloons: Local Natives
74.  Black Skinhead: Kanye West
75.  Closer: Tegan and Sara
76.  Mean Streets: Tennis
77.  Hands: Alpine
78.  My Jeep: Joey Bada$$ feat Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers
79.  Matches: Mac Miller feat Ab-Soul
80.  My Love Took Me Down…: Little Green Cars
81.  Give Life Back To Music: Daft Punk
82.  Uncertainty: Jagwar Ma
83.  Gallup, MN: The Shouting Matches
84.  Southern Sun: Boy & Bear
85.  Miracle Mile: Cold War Kids
86.  Scotty: Nick Caution
87.  Lightning Bolt: Jake Bugg
88.  Dumb Disco Ideas: Holy Ghost!
89.  Reflektor: Arcade Fire
90.  In The City: Caveman
91.  Record Store: The ACBs
92.  What Was Golden: New Navy
93.  Side A [Old]: Danny Brown
94.  I’ll Get You: Classix
95.  Rip Tide: Modern Diet
96.  Honey: Swim Deep
97.  Sun Shy: Dresses
98.  Shuggie: Foxygen
99.  Toe Cutter: Thee Oh Sees
100. Silhouette: Active Child, Ellie Goulding