NME — Best Tracks Of 2013

18 songs (2012–2015) — Open in iTunes

About this Playlist

A fantastic year for boundary-pushing tracks - here are the highlights.

Arcade Fire — Reflektor

Alternative — 2013

Arctic Monkeys — Do I Wanna Know?

Alternative — 2013

Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Sacrilege

Alternative — 2013

Courtney Barnett — Avant Gardener

Alternative — 2013

Pond — Xanman

Alternative — 2013

Foals — My Number

Alternative — 2012

Lorde — Royals

Alternative — 2013

Kanye West — Black Skinhead

Hip-Hop — 2013

Merchandise — Anxiety's Door

Punk — 2013

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Jubilee Street

Alternative — 2013

HAIM — Falling

Alternative — 2013

David Bowie — Where Are We Now?

Rock — 2013

Drenge — Bloodsports

Alternative — 2013

Queens of the Stone Age — Smooth Sailing

Rock — 2013

Pulp — After You

Alternative — 2013

Kanye West — I Am a God (Feat. God)

Hip-Hop — 2013

Queens of the Stone Age — If I Had a Tail

Rock — 2013

A$AP Rocky — Wild for the Night (Feat. Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam)

Hip-Hop — 2013