JMG Top Ten Tracks For 2013

Culled from my Spotify favorites playlist, here's my annual roundup of the tracks that got the most play this year at Casa JMG. Some of them appeared here during the year, some did not.

1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
(Openly gay, openly HIV+, very Dead Can Dance.)
2. Boy George - King Of Everything
(One of his loveliest ballads ever.)
3. The Knife - Full Of Fire
("Liberals giving me the nerve itch.")
4. David Bowie - Love Is Lost
(Hello Steve Riech Mix by James Murphy.)
5.  Nine Inch Nails - Copy Of A
(And the title track from Came Back Haunted.)
6. Brandon Maclean - Stupid
(Plus the Stereogamous remix on Spotify!)
7. Holy Ghost! - Dumb Disco Ideas
(Delicious nu-disco out of Brooklyn.)
8. Young Galaxy - Pretty Boy
(The Peaking Lights remix is very New Order-y.)
9. BT - Skylarking
(Glorious trance that evokes the mid-90s.)
10.  Lindstrøm - Lanzarote
(Instrumental retro Italo featuring Todd Terje.)

MORE FAVORITES:
FKA Twigs - Water Me
Bright Light Bright Light - In Your Care 
Purple Crush - Thirsty
Chicane - One Thousand Suns

Swag Tuesday II

Courtesy of Fly Life, today's second Swag Tuesday prize is Love To Love You Donna, the new Donna Summer remix tribute album from Verve Records, which is available today at iTunes and at physical retailers nationwide.

LOVE TO LOVE YOU DONNA, is a brand new remix record celebrating the life and voice of five-time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter Donna Summer. A dozen highly sought after DJs and remixers have contributed a diverse and creative spin to some of the most beloved tracks in dance and pop music history. The first single is "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)," remixed by Chromeo & Oliver. It will be followed by legendary producer Giorgio Moroder's entirely re-imagined version of "Love to Love You Baby," the classic song he recorded with Donna, released in November of 1975. Love to Love You Donna was produced by Dahlia-Ambach Caplin, the architect of the five-volume Verve Remixed series, and Randall Poster, the legendary producer and music supervisor.

Other famed remixers that contributed to Love To Love You Donna include Frankie Knuckles (listen here), Holy Ghost!, Hot Chip, and Jacques Green. For today's giveaway we have three copies on CD and two on limited-edition vinyl. Enter to win by commenting on this post and please remember to leave an email address in the text of your comment. Entries close at midnight on Thursday, west coast time.

VIDEO: Remixer Afrojack spins his take on I Feel Love. Not one of those kids waving their hands so happily is as old as the original track. It's a good thing.

Holy Ghost! - Okay

I spent the summer blasting Dumb Disco Ideas, the first single from the new Holy Ghost! album. Here's their follow-up, which is much more in their typical retro 80s electro style. Think early Human League or OMD.

RELATED: Holy Ghost! remixed Working The Midnight Shift for the coming Donna Summer tribute album.