We’re almost halfway through the year, which is equally terrifying and exciting. 2012 felt like five years combined, and 2013 is blazing straight on through. The team behind Invisible Children Music has had a busy year as well.
We kicked off 2013 with releasing videos from our 2012 Holiday Benefit Show in Los Angeles, then headed to Austin for SXSW, and then worked on getting some of our amazingly talented friends to play our Fourth Estate Summit this August. All in all, a touch hectic. The musical offerings from this year have been immense, though.
We rounded up as a team and decided upon our individual favorite release of the year, thus far. Here they are.
* Note the handy blue links for the tracks/videos.
ALEX NASER-HALL //
SINGLES:
01. Foals – “My Number”
02. Rihanna + Mikky Ekko – “Stay
03. Katy B + Jessie Ware – “Aaliyah”
04. Tom Odell – “Hold Me”
05. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
ALBUMS:
01. Disclosure: Settle
02. Laura Marling: Once I Was An Eagle
03. Alice Smith: She
04. Denai Moore – Suadade – EP
05. Charli XCX: True Romance
VIDEOS:
01. MØ – “Glass”
02. Blue Daisy presents Dahlia Black – “F**** A Rap Song”
03. Saturday, Monday + Julia Spada – “The Ocean”
04. Foals – “My Number”
05. MisterWives – “Lullaby”
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ALEX COLLINS //
SINGLES:
01. Foals – “My Number”
02. Le Wrens – “Don’t Forget Me”
03. Night Beds – “Even If We Try”
04. Tom Odell – “Hold Me”
05. Matt Corby – “Resolution”
ALBUMS:
01. Night Beds: Country Sleep
02. Le Wrens: Don’t Forget Me – EP
03. The Lone Bellow: The Lone Bellow
04. Noah and the Whale: Heart of Nowhere
05. Imaginary Friend: Fire Escape
VIDEOS:
01. Foals – “My Number”
02. Denai Moore – “Gone”
03. The Lone Bellow – “Bleeding Out”
04. Tom Odell – “Hold Me”
05. Lord Huron – “Lonesome Dreams”
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KENNY LAUBBACHER //
SINGLES:
01. HAIM – “Falling”
02. Bastille – “Pompeii”
03. Moon Casale – “ABQ”
04. Chris Malinchak – “So Good To Me”
05. Rihanna + Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
ALBUMS:
01. Frightened Rabbit: Pedestrian Verse
02. Guards: In Guards We Trust
03. Moon Casale (aka The Shivers): Moon Casale
04. The Lone Bellow: The Lone Bellow
05. Bastille: Bad Blood
VIDEOS:
01. I will, I swear – “Long Days”
02. Half Moon Run – “Call Me In The Afternoon”
03. Blue Daisy presents Dahlia Black – “F*** A Rap Song”
04. Rhys Lewis & The Relics – “Moving In Lines”
05. London Grammar – “Wasting My Younger Years”
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EMILY GREEN //
SINGLES:
01. Iggy Azalea – “Work”
02. Paramore – “Still Into You”
03. Kopecky Family Band – “Heartbeat”
04. Cold War Kids: “Miracle Mile”
05. Matt Pond – “Love Get Used”
ALBUMS:
01. Tegan and Sara: Heartthrob
02. Escondido: The Ghost of Escondido
03. Leagues: You Belong Here
04. Courtney Jaye: Love and Forgiveness
05. Dear Bo Jackson: The Weeks
VIDEOS:
01. The Lumineers – “Stubborn Love”
02. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Can’t Hold Us”
03. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
04. Leagues – “Spotlight”
05. Alpha Rev – “Sing Loud”
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