E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

There have been several hundred releases this year that have raised eyebrows or popped corks - including David Bowie 's startling return to form, Daft Punk's reinvention of Disco , Johnny Fucking Marr 's album, Iggy and the Stooges (who almost made this list) the new MBV , the Queens of the Stone Age , and a bunch of NME indie bands whose hype lasted one second, or the near-dead experience of Sabbath 's 13 .  I do not follow critical or proper trends when it comes to playlists for the summer - what matters is what actually gets the toes tapping, the blood boiling, the groin itching, the heart racing, the skin prickling, the soul lifting.  One knows a great pop or rock song when one hears it, and such choices are entirely and rightly up to each pair of ears.  So, here are 13 Eyewear picks for best songs of the year so far, and for the summer... CHARLIE XCX - NUCLEAR SEASONS - The most haunting and effective pop song so far in 2013, this recalls the nous of a Madon...