The only thing more difficult than writing is categorizing these damn top 2013 lists. I messed up our last 2013 favorites, the lady vocals, so I thought I would clarify this list for all of us.
A few years back this would have been called, “Indie to R&B,” in fact it was, but the latter has flipped producer-side and is more accurately classified under electronic for us this year.
While this is obviously intended to be centered around indie & pop music, including alternative & folk, genres are hard to pin down, especially to one or even two nowadays. So to give this list a more accurate, less appealing title, the music here is centered around a vocal-bases.
Like rock before it, indie & pop have become rock’s sliding scale contemporaries, putting the singer smack out in front. Which compared to electronic goes back to a composer or producer-bases, like jazz and classical before it.
And yes, there are elements of electronic, jazz & disco on this list, which is
why I had to go on this rant in the first place.
Tracklist
Max Frost · White Lies
Charles Bordeaux · Blackhole Girl
Big Data · Dangerous
Sun Rai · San Francisco Street
The Space Captain · Easier
HAERTS · All The Days
MT. OSSA · Love Jam
SOHN · The Wheel
Thundercat · Heartbreaks + Setbacks
POLIÇA · Tiff
Silver Swans · Mother of Pearl
TinyTiny · Take the Time
And let us know your other favorite indie-pop songs
