2013 has been an exceptional year for song & dance. We've seen the resurgence of disco, but overall it was a year brimming with optimism(at least in the media we consume). It's almost as if media creators are all conglomerating with insidious enthusiasm to let us forget about all the crap going on outside our windows. I wonder who started this trend, couldn't be this guy. :D! Here are my top 15 summer jams in order from first to last.

1. Daft Punk - Lose Yourself To Dance (Feat. Pharrell Williams)

Disco is one of those weird things. Usually reserved for the butt of a joke, like your Dad's friend that still wore his 80's gear & jammed to his disco from his convertible. Daft Punk really changed that for me. Lose Yourself to Dance nostalgic for an era which I did not live, but it's uniquely a jam that I can relate with at this current time in my life. Refreshing, potent, and the most fun. All these themes I will revisit. Daft Punk nailed it the most with this one.

2. Shlohmo - Later

Rythem & Blues? Blues and rythem. Shlohmo is not an act known for doing R&B, they're not know for anything other really than very wonky, chill & frankly experimental electronic music. Later is just brimming with atmosphere & texture, but stays chill despite all the trap hi hats buzzing along.

3. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Feat. Pharrell Williams)

Daft Punk killed it this year. Enough that it earned two slots.

4. Eleanor Friedberger - When I Knew

Eleanor Friedberger truly is Stevie Nicks clone that crawled out of a vat, which sole purpose seems to entertain. From the way which she warbles out her lines to the rythem, to the overall vibe, When I Knew is the most pure embellishment of summer.

5. Ondatrópica - Tiene Sabor, Tiene Sazón

This fat Disco Fuentes track comes from the 40+ group Ondatrópica. A cumbia band, I really could have chosen any track from the album as the jam which features at one point an 80 year old latin man rapping which actually works quite well.

6. Awkwafina - NYC Bitche$

It's fun to be angry. And NYC Bitche$ exhibits how extremely enjoyable it is to hear a tart bitch deliver her lines so well. And she does.

7. Wakin on a Pretty Day - Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile is sort of a more optimistic younger version of John Cale and the lead track on his new album really encapsulates this well. It's the sort of song you want to listen to after you've been surfing all day, cathartic but refreshing.

8. Ciara - Body Party

Without a doubt the sexiest jam of the summer. Someone's got to fill in for Rhianna while she's too busy getting pissed in Barbados, and it certainly isn't going to be Miley or Selena. Body Party is just one of those tracks that is just wins by brute force of energy and production. The track makes me nostalgic for the days when we still all had cable & put on 106 & Park as background noise while we rolled blunts.

9. JEFF the Brotherhood - Melting Place

Alright I know what you're thinking. Garage rock/metal? Sure, but this track just smells of high school & cheap beer. If those aren't things you associate with summer, you're missing out.

10. Classixx - Holding On

Dropping right before Random Access Memories, Classixx clearly ended up riding off the wave of people yearning for disco in their lives with Hanging Gardens. There's not much else to say about this one other than, "let's dance".

11. Caitlin Rose - I Was Cruel

Let's talk about country music. I am absolutely bonkers for Gram Parsons which is of an era where there was country music that blurred the lines between country, blues & psychedelic music. Caitlin Rose isn't that, but she's something earthy & different from what you commonly associate with country music today.

12. Savages - She Will

Savages really is the best musical effort to come out of England in 2013. Joy Division-esque in their delivery, I was first introduced to them when they opened for British Sea Power on some BBC recording of their show somewhere. Post-punk really isn't that joyful when you look at it too closely but Savages, especially with She Will find a way to do so. Even while getting some pretty grody shit off their chests the process.

13. DJ Snake - Bird Machine feat. Alesia

I'm not familiar with a lot of DJ Snake's work, but this track is background noise at it's best. Just put this on in the background & don't think too much about what's transpiring.

14. Mikal Cronin - Shout It Out

Shout It Out is just incredibly poignant, which is often a feeling associated with summer towards it's end & while this list is starting to wind down I thought I'd send off with a track worthy of that feeling.

15. A New Leaf - Seth Boyer

This is the perfect track to conclude on. It's the most beautiful tribute to the most summer jam-esque game of summer, Animal Crossing. A New Leaf just frolicks along and encapsulates the idle bliss that is both the twilight of dusk & Animal Crossing itself. It's the perfect send off to this list.

@granderojo