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Forget playing this mixtape while you’re working; the awesome songs that make up the Source’s 50 best of 2013 require a little more attention. Yeah, they’re that good.

From the anthem rock song “Miracle Mile” by Cold War Kids to stark R&B from London Grammar, this list has it all.

And as we’ve been doing, sharing it can earn you some free music of your own. Simply RE-TWEET any post about music from the Source’s feed and you’ll be entered to win a pack of some great albums.

This article appears in Dec 19-25, 2013.

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Friday Mixtape! The Best Songs of 2013

by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 27, 2013

<h1>Friday Mixtape! The Best Songs of 2013</h1> <p class="byline">by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 27, 2013</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/friday-mixtape-the-best-songs-of-2013/u/original/2305391/1387749831-friday_mixtape.jpg" alt="friday_mixtape.jpg" title="" width="500" height="319" /></div> <p>Forget playing this mixtape while you're working; the awesome songs that make up <em>the Source's</em> 50 best of 2013 require a little more attention. Yeah, they're that good. </p> <p>From the anthem rock song "Miracle Mile" by Cold War Kids to stark R&amp;B from London Grammar, this list has it all. </p> <p>And as we've been doing, sharing it can earn you some free music of your own. Simply <em>RE-TWEET</em> any post about music from <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sourceweekly" target="_blank"><em>the Source's</em> feed</a> and you'll be entered to win a pack of some great albums. </p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/friday-mixtape-the-best-songs-of-2013-2305390/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25637&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/friday-mixtape-the-best-songs-of-2013-2305390/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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