Årets bästa skiva: Beyoncé “4″

Årets bästa sång: Dirty Beaches “Lord knows best”:

Berättade varför hos Throw me away.

Den och några av de andra bästa sångerna (mix nedan) (utan inbördes ordning):

1. Dirty Beaches “Lord knows best”, 2. Real Estate “Out of tune”, 3. Frank Ocean “Non-stop”, 4. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx “I’ll take care of you”, 5. Youth Lagoon “Seventeen”, 6. Jojo “Marvins room (can’t do better)”, 7. Mother of Pearl “Heaven”, 8. Destroyer “Chinatown”, 9. Dante “Next to you”, 10. Jamie xx “Far nearer”, 11. Duvchi “Turtleduvs”, 12. Beyoncé “1+1″, 13. Lykke Li “Love out of lust”, 14. Cassie “Radio”, 15. Girls “Jamie Marie”, 16. Lana del Rey “Video games”, 17. James Blake “A case of you”, 18. Woods “Be all be easy”, 19. Anna Järvinen “Ångrar inget”.

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Andra sånger:

POLICA, “Dark star”. Kurt Vile, “Belly’s arms”. Jhene Aiko, “You vs. them”. Frank Ocean, “Swim good”. Beyoncé, “I miss you”. Ducktails, “Sit around with ya”. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Little blu house”. Mary J Blige, “25/8″. Wise Blood, “Darlin’ you’re sweet”. Cass McCombs, “County line”. Part Time, “Cassie (won’t you be my doll)”. Porcelain Raft, “Tip of your tongue”. Zomby, “Things fall apart”. Pure X, “Easy”. PJ Harvey, “The glorious land”. Girls, “Jamie Marie”. Nottee, “Don’t waste your light on me”. Rihanna, “We found love”. HHNY, “I want to know what love is”. Avi Buffalo, “How come?”

Böcker: Linda McCartney, Life in photographs. Nora Ephron, I remember nothing. Joan Didion, Blue nights. Lorrie Moore, A gate at the stairs. Roland Barthes, Mourning diary. Vilhelm Moberg, Din stund på jorden.

Utsikt.

Willie Wright “Telling the truth” (återutgåva)