Sky Ferriera- Night Time, My Time

I pretty much wrote Sky off after her "big" song, "Everything is Embarrassing" was a mild, electro-pop pretender to the throne.  But Pat gave me the heads-up on this album, and it is a welcome about-face, if 80's pop with a grunge underbelly perks your fancy.  The Rolling Stone, in an unsurprisingly lukewarm review (too bad it's not a new John "Five Star" Cougar album) panned it as sounding like a re-imagining of The Breakfast Club, which does not sound like an insult to me.  It sounds like what the whole sweeping, M83-generation is aiming for.  And this hits home.  The three-song run of 24 Hours, Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay), and I Blame Myself is my favorite of the year.







Puts me in a Graduation Day mindset, running around in rented robes, dodging sprinklers, losing your cap in some hopeless, exhilarating bid for love.

Ten Favorite Songs of 2013

Honorable Mensch: Aloe Blacc- "The Man"
Runner-up: Beyonce- "Drunk in Love"

10. Icona Pop (ft. Charli XCX)- "I Love It"
9. Lady Gaga- "Gypsy" {Kermit mix}
8. Kanye West- "Bound 2"
7. Mariah Carey (ft. Miguel)- "#Beautiful"
6. Kanye West- "Blood on the Leaves"

5. Burial- "Come Down to Us"
4. CHVRCHES- "Recover"
3. Blood Orange- "Chamakay"
2. Kanye West- "New Slaves"
1. Lorde- "Team"

Sturgeon ball @ Bonneville

I guess keep boycotting Russian vodka?