Christian Steiffen - Ich fühl mich Disco!

A: Christian Steiffen
S: Ich fühl mich Disco!
C: Ich fühl mich Disco! - Soundtrack

This might just be the best German song that was released all year long. So I figure it's the perfect moment to end the year on that note, hoping we are all feeling disco tonight.

... so sexy in the night.

Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love

A: Bryan Ferry
S: Slave To Love
C: Boys And Girls

Here is what I have learned: When the drinking gets tough, the tough get drinking. Cheers.

... I'll be waiting in the usual place.

Fun Fun - Happy Station

A: Fun Fun
S: Happy Station
C: Happy Station - Single

If you want to form a two member band and decide to go all eighties, there is probably no better name than Fun Fun. And you missed your chance, of course. But I still want one of those jumpers.

... come into my train, I can get you higher.

Young Dreams - First Days Of Something

A: Young Dreams
S: First Days Of Something
C: Between Places

Leaving, staying, returing. Sometimes life plays funny tricks with us, thinking we belong to where we came from, or to realize we belong to somewhere else. And once you do, you can't come back.

... sings be songs from out of stand and holds.

Lily & Madeleine - Come To Me

A: Lily & Madeleine
S: Come To Me
C: Lily & Madeleine

I never thought I would say this again in my adult life but here we go: I feel homesick, and I do so very badly. There are a couple of reasons for this post natale depression, which I won't list all.

... if it takes leaving everyone, would you come?

Joe Smooth - Promised Land

A: Joe Smooth
S: Promised Land
C: Promised Land - Single

Well then, enough already with the festive season. Let's get back to some dancing extravaganza. Here's Joe Smooths oldie that never gets old.

... one day we will be free.

Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter

A: Sufjan Stevens
S: Sister Winter
C: Songs For Christmas

All I have to say is this: Have yourself a Merry little Christmas. Thanks for reading and listening. Lots of festive wishes, your doctor.

... my friends, I've returned to wish you all the best.

Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas

A: Bright Eyes
S: Blue Christmas
C: A Christmas Album

Surprisingly, I still haven't run out of Christmas songs or artists to post on this site. So this is Bright Eyes' turn, and it might just be as indie as it gets, and as lonely for you only, too. Merry everybody.

... wont be the same dear, if you're not here with me.

Beck - Defriended

A: Beck
S: Defriended
C: Defriended - Single

Here is something from him who can't do wrong. After a couple of single songs much like this one, the grand maestro of all things indie will salute us with his new album Morning Phase mid February 2014.

... live the day before you turn it on, and off.

Bryan John Appleby - Cliffs Along The Sea

A: Bryan John Appleby
S: Cliffs Along The Sea
C: Cliffs Along The Sea - Single

Thinking about it, if I was a singer or songwriter, I think I would pick Appleby as my last name too. Only that Bryan John didn't pick his, of course. In Seattle such fantastic names basically grow on trees.

... an empty bottle of Daniel's but I can't let you go.

Owlle - Don’t Lose It

A: Owlle
S: Don’t Lose It
C: Don’t Lose It - Single

Good things come to those who wait, that's why Owlle is about a year late. Never mind, here's her follow up single and the debut album France is out January 20th next year. Champagne for everyone.

... when the dark becomes my home, I lose my soul.

Metronomy - I'm Aquarius

A: Metronomy
S: I'm Aquarius
C: Love Letters (out 10.03.14)

The team who brought us The English Riviera are back, bringing us Love Letters next year. Quite frankly I never thought they are going to top The Look, but this is the next best thing.

... I never thought you'd be the one to up and leave.

Beyonce Feat. Jay Z - Drunk In Love

A: Beyonce Feat. Jay Z
S: Drunk In Love
C: BEYONCÉ

Being the natural born hater I am, I'd never thought I say this. But: I do like the slightly twisted ride the re-new-ed Beyonce takes us on with her visual album. Turning crazy into drunk? Anytime.

... I get filthy when that liquor gets into me.

Tegan and Sara - Call It Off

A: Tegan and Sara
S: Call It Off
C: Call It Off - Single

William Blake said that there is a moment in each day that satan cannot find - but it is not the three seconds right after you wake up to the hard facts of reality. That much is for sure.
... maybe I would have been something you'd be good at.

Ash Grunwald - Longtime

A: Ash Grunwald
S: Longtime
C: Trouble's Door

While I'm not the kind of person who is intrigued by surfing boys and rasta hair, I do enjoy the beat that goes with this song. It reminds me of the carelessness of certain summer days.

... thought I was high but I was barely alive.

Sam Bailey - Skyscraper

A: Sam Bailey
S: Skyscraper
C: Skyscraper - Single

No month tells a Cinderella story better than December. And no Tv Show does it better than The X Factor UK. So let me introduce this year's worthly winner. It's Adele and Leona rolled all into one.

... go on and try to tear me down.

Julianna Barwick - One Half

A: Julianna Barwick
S: One Half
C: Nepenthe

Some music blogs now look back on the last year and crown the songs they already featured this year. I take the chance to post the songs I missed to feature. Like this experimental ambiental one.

... I guess I was asleep that night.

Rosemary - I Know

A: Rosemary
S: I Know
C: I Know - Single

What you see is what you get. In Rosemary's case that's mixing Copenhagen with Teheran. Their first EP 'Pomegranate'is just out now and sounds like the perfect alternative to anything overly festive.

... I know, I won't do it your way.

Say Lou Lou - Better In The Dark

A: Say Lou Lou
S: Better In The Dark
C: Better In The Dark - EP

I will embrace the dark part of this very last Friday the 13th this year, as the morning didn't bring anything but complete annoyance so far. And things aren't looking like they are a-changing.

... we waste away the darkest light.

Chlöe Howl - No Strings

A: Chlöe Howl
S: No Strings
C: No Strings - Single

If you believed that Katie Melua was the new Norah Jones you will probably agree that Chlöe Howl is the new Lily Allen. If not, she's just something to look forward to next year.

... and the trouble with no strings is you can only fall.

Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York

A: Simon & Garfunkel
S: The Only Living Boy In New York
C: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Here is my tiny contribution to the apparently once again smoking hot topic about loving and leaving New York. Being a man, apparently I'm not a pro. But then again I never lived there either.

... half of the time we're gone but we don't know where.

Daft Punk Feat. Julian Casablancas - Instant Crush

A: Daft Punk Feat. Julian Casablancas
S: Instant Crush
C: RAM

Looking back on what might have been the album of the year, this Random Access Memories might just be the the choice I choose. Because I like it, and because everybody else hates it.

... and all I hear is the lasAnnotatet thing that you said.

Linkoban - Oh Oh

A: Linkoban
S: Oh Oh
C: Oh Oh - Single

Here is all you need to get your Monday started in style: a beat full of funk, some very talented dancers and plenty of furry bellies. Basically the same way your last week should have ended.

... I will never let it show.

Klischée - Sometimes

A: Klischée
S: Sometimes
C: Sometimes - Single

This is pretty freaking amazingly funky, considering the fact that a band called Klischée comes from a country called Switzerland. No judgement. No really, I do mean that.

...

Lana Del Rey - Tropico

A: Lana Del Rey
S: Tropico

Since today is Saturday, I know you will enjoy a music video that is slightly longer. Indulge in this enchanting, visually captivating, and provocative short film with Lady Del Rey and Shaun Ross.

... you got that medicine I need.

The Killers Feat. Dawes - Christmas in L.A.

A: The Killers Feat. Dawes
S: Christmas in L.A.
C: Christmas in L.A. - Single

Here it is, the single handedly bestest thing about Christmas, every year, any year: The Killers' Christmas song. I might just book a flight to Vegas next year.

... I don’t know if I can take.

Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener

A: Courtney Barnett
S: Avant Gardener
C: Avant Gardener - Single

The bestest thing about this December is The Killers' annual Christmas song. The second best thing is discovering new songs on all the Best Tracks of 2013 lists. Like this one, I like.

... I’m not that good at breathing in.

Symmetry - The Hunt

A: Symmetry
S: The Hunt
C: The Hunt - Single

There are good days, and there are emtpy days. And I guess nothing suits an empty day better than a song without any lyrics, somehow reassuring that sometimes there is nothing to say.

...

Boxed In - All Your Love Is Gone

A: Boxed In
S: All Your Love Is Gone
C: All Your Love Is Gone - Single

It's not even 10 o'clock yet and I have already raised my middle finger three times and sworn at least at twice as many people. I guess it's just going to be one of those days. After all, it's Tuesday.

... all you do is black to black.

Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes

A: Bruce Springsteen
S: High Hopes
C: High Hopes (out 14.01.14)

The boss is at it again, releasing his 18th studio album mid January 2014. Recorded in New Jersey, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Australia and New York City, HIGH HOPES includes his own liner notes detailing the album’s evolution.

... it won't take much to kill a loving smile.

Katy B - Crying For No Reason

A: Katy B
S: Crying For No Reason
C: Little Red

Just when you thought you've heard all the dub step Katy B could bring to this world she belts out this power ballad and definitely raises all anticipations for her follow up record Little Red next year.

... I can lie to everyone but not to myself.