EOY 2013 - Albums, singles, videos, etc.

[Lowerdeck]

Albums:

27. Asap Ferg - Trap Lord

26. Deafheaven - Sunbather

25. White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade

24. Pelican - Forever Becoming

23. Tricky - False Idols

22. Vattnet Viskar - Sky Swallower

21. The Men - New Moon

20. How To Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion

19. Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters - Just For Today

18. Foxygen - 21st Century Ambassadors

17. Death Grips - Government Plates

16. Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull

15. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
14. Toro y Moi - Anything In Return
13. Jagwar Ma - Howlin
12. Black Joe Lewis - Electric Slave
11. Youth Code - s/t
10. Foals - Holy Fire

9. Asap Rocky - Long Live Asap
8. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
7. Bosnian Rainbows - s/t
6. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
4. El-P/Killer Mike - Run The Jewels
3. Jim James - Regions of Light and Sound of God
2. Savages - Silence Yourself
1. Disclosure - Settle

Tracks, in alphabetical order by artist:

Arcade Fire - Here Comes The Night Time I
Asap Rocky, et al - 1 Train
Big Sean / Kendrick Lamar / Jay Electronica - Control
Bonobo - First Fires
Bosnian Rainbows - Torn Maps

Chvrches - Night Sky
Cut Copy - Let Me Show You Love
Drake - 5 AM In Toronto
Disclosure - Latch

Foals - Inhaler
Foxygen - No Destruction
Fuck Buttons - Stalker
How To Destroy Angels - Ice Age
Jagwar Ma - What Love
Jim James - A New Life

Ka - Our Father
Nino Bless - Rhyme of the Year
Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving

Phosphorescent - Song For Zula
Pure Bathing Culture - Pendulum
Pusha T - Suicide
Run The Jewels - Twin Hype Back
Savages - Shut Up
Toro y Moi - Rose Quartz
Tricky - Does It
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
Youth Code - Let The Sky Burn

[RPS]

My top 10 favorite albums

• AlunaGeorge - Body Music
• Beyonce - Beyonce
• Daft Punk - Random Access Memories / DaftSide - Random Access Memories (remix)
• Danny Brown - Old
• Darkside - Darkside
• James Blake - Overgrown
• LE1F - Fly Zone/Tree House
• Moderat - II
• M.I.A - Matangi
• Savages - Silence Yourself

[deli]

Albums:

01 | Deafheaven | Sunbather
02 | My Blloody Valentine | MBV
03 | Burial | Rival Dealer
04 | Dirty Beaches | Drifters/Love is the Devil
05 | These New Puritans | Field of Reeds

06 | Death Grips | Government Plates
07 | Deerhunter | Monomania
08 | Kurt Vile | Wakin On A Pretty Daze
09 | Queens of the Stone Age | Like Clockwork
10 | Parquet Courts | Light Up Gold


11 | Juila Holter | Loud City Song
12 | Tim Hecker | Virgins
13 | Chance The Rapper | Acid Rap
14 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
15 | Phosphorescent | Muchacho


16 | The Flaming Lips | The Terror
17 | Laura Marling | Once I Was An Eagle
18 | Baths | Obsidian
19 | Savages | Silence Yourself
20 | Paul McCartney | New

Tracks:

01 | Dirty Beaches | Mirage Hall

02 | Deafheaven | Dream House/Irresistible

03 | My Bloody Valentine | New You

04 | Julia Holter | Maxims I

05 | Death Grips | Whatever I Want (fuck who's watching)

06 | Burial | Hiders

07 | Deerhunter | Monomania

08 | Beck | Defriended

09 | Kanye West | Blood on the Leaves

10 | Tim Hecker | Prism

11 | Deafheaven | Vertigo

12 | Queens of the Stone Age | I Sat By the Ocean

13 | Kurt Vile | Pure Pain

14 | Darkside | Golden Arrow

15 | Chance The Rapper | Chain Smoker

16 | These New Puritans | Fragment Two

17 | My Bloody Valentine | Who Sees You

18 | Four Tet | Parallel Jallebi

19 | David Bowie | Love is Lost (James Murphy Remix)

20 | Arcade Fire | Here Comes The Night Time II

[SRN]

Yeah, I am still picking away at my list. Listening to some of the stuff I missed during the year and re-listening to a lot of stuff too. There might be a challenger for Helen Money's Arriving Angels as well. And seeing as both Lowerdeck and deli has done it, I might compile a singles and EP list as well.

[Liam]

Best metal stuff of the year, SRN? (....you do listen to metal? I seem to remember that much at least >_>)

[SRN]

Yeah, I still listen to metal - not as heavily as I did before, though. Personally, the best metal album for me, this year, has been Redwood Hill's Descender. If you are into the whole post-metal deal, I am sure you would like it. However, Descender also has a hint of black metal which gives it another dimension compared to other stuff that would get lumped in the same category with it.

Honorable mentions also include Kvelertak's Meir, Shining's One One One, Humanfly's Awesome Science and the new Summoning album, Old Mornings Dawn.

You liked Mastodon, right Liam? Then I would give Humanfly a listen, and to some extent, Kvelertak if you don't mind growled vocals.

[Liam]

Yeah, I listened to Kvelertak's album the other day, was very good. Been using a lot of metal for my training runs. Had a bit of a listen to 'Pelagial' by the Ocean today, as well as a bit of Isahn's newest one. Both worth a listen from the bits I checked out.

Mastodon are a band I like, so Humanfly might definitely by worth a look. I've also heard good things about Summoning, iirc. Cheers.

[VerbalPuke]

I didn't listen to a lot of anything from 2013, but two of my favorite bands of the last ten years both released new albums. Toxic Holocaust and Gogol Bordello had new albums out, and both are good, what you'd expect of either band. That's about it from me.

[LittleDaniel]

Was the new Gogol Bordello particularly good? After their first one or two albums I stopped caring about the music they put out -- its all about the live show.

[Skummy]

I've not listened to nearly enough new stuff this year, but my favourites have probably been Daft Punk and Queens Of The Stone Age.

[Matt]

New Biffy definitely takes my album of the year nomination. Arctic monkeys, manic Street preachers and frightened rabbit all had good new material too. Singles wise Bastille, imagine dragons and pearl jam have had a good single or two. Quite liked Get Lucky too even if it was overplayed to fuck. Really liked Been Caught Cheating from the new stereophonics album too. Was Dear Darling by Olly Murs this year, that was a good pop tune.

[VerbalPuke]

Was the new Gogol Bordello particularly good? After their first one or two albums I stopped caring about the music they put out -- its all about the live show.

Honestly dude, it's more of the same (and that's not a bad thing in my view). If you're more about the live experience, you'll probably feel the same about this album as their previous albums. I love them and hope to see them (they played here on the night of my sons first birthday party). It's worth checking out if you're a big fan, but it sounds like you could give it a pass.

[LittleDaniel]

Was the new Gogol Bordello particularly good? After their first one or two albums I stopped caring about the music they put out -- its all about the live show.

Honestly dude, it's more of the same (and that's not a bad thing in my view). If you're more about the live experience, you'll probably feel the same about this album as their previous albums. I love them and hope to see them (they played here on the night of my sons first birthday party). It's worth checking out if you're a big fan, but it sounds like you could give it a pass.

Yeah, I might give it a once-over before I go to the next show, but they always play such a diverse range of their music. If you haven't seen them yet, I'd urge you to right away. Best party ever! I ended up paying $120 for two tickets to see them because it was New Year's Eve (and I'm used to donations-based shows where you give maybe $5) and even at that price it was so worth it.