For DCKid and Manny... I made a top 13 of 13, so here you go. Albums: 1. Jason Isbell - Southeastern 2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City 3. Leagues - You Belong Here 4. The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still 5. Local Natives - Hummingbird 6. Wild Feathers - Wild Feathers 7. The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow 8. White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade 9. Ha Ha Tonka - Lessons 10. Houndmouth - From the Hills Below the City 11. Futurebirds - Baba Yega 12. The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion 13. J. Roddy Walston and the Business - Essential Tremors Songs: 1. The Ceiling - Wild Feathers 2. Flying Over Water - Jason Isbell 3. Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys 4. Ya Hey - Vampire Weekend 5. Shake - The Head and the Heart 6. Don't Swallow the Cap - The National 7. Song for Zula - Phosphorescent 8. Red Hands - Walk Off the Earth 9. Heavy Feet - Local Natives 10. Running Wild - Moon Taxi 11. Reflektor - Arcade Fire 12. 99 Shades of Crazy - JJ Grey & Mofro 13. Angry Eyes - Kopecky Family Band
I'll come back and post mine next week. I liked the Jason Isbell album a lot too. Probably in my top 20.
atoms for peace - amok white denim - corsicana lemonade my bloody valentine vieux farka toure - mon pays bombino - nomad junip juana molina - 21wed paul mccartney - new primal scream - more light favorite song of the year... <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RQOaLP-qPmk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> not a new one, but i heard this for the first time last year and easily listened to it more than any other tune. beach boys with a steely dan flair!
I listened to quite a bit of these albums in 2013.. Saltland - I Thought It Was Us, But It Was All of Us Tindersticks -Across Six Leap Years Braids -Flourish // Perish The Strokes - Comedown Machine Land of Kush -The Big Mango Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away The National - Trouble Will Find Me <iframe width="100%" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/103610301&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true"></iframe> <iframe width="100%" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/102568728&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true"></iframe> <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/2xLQA1gTWbM?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/2xLQA1gTWbM?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/kuPMJmzMReg?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/kuPMJmzMReg?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/hxsPF4bsDmc?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/hxsPF4bsDmc?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
Arctic Monkeys - AM I really loved their first two albums, and didn't particularly like their last two. For me this is a return to form, though their music is quite different it's very good. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bpOSxM0rNPM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Drake - Nothing Was The Same He's popular, whatever...he still makes great music. The more I listen to the album the more I love it. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0FwsVgxio-E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
LIES. I think Modern Vampires is their best album yet. Good tunes from start to finish. Some of my favorites this year: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories The National - Trouble Will Find Me Vampire Weekend - MVOTC Arcade Fire - Reflektor The Knife - Shaking The Habitual Deerhunter - Monomania Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks One of my most anticipated that I was pretty let down by was Atoms For Peace - Amok.
My Bloody Valentine - mbv Deerhunter - Monomania Black Hearted Brother (Neil Halstead of Slowdive's new project) - Stars Are Our Home Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Atoms for Peace - Amok Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away The Strokes - Comedown Machine Sigur Ros - Kveikur 2013 was a year that did not really impress me music wise
i am very seriously considering going to primavera festival in spain to see slowdive amongst others. i have been wanting to go to spain for years and this would be a perfect opportunity.
Oh, forgot to list Kanye's Yeezus. There for awhile that is all I listened to although I think that both mbv and Black Hearted Brother were better albums.
If I wasn't already going to Brazil this summer, I'd totally go. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BwUdO2B9x1U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Yeah, that would be a great opportunity, alright. I see that Television will be performing 'Marquee Moon' as well.
I painstakingly went through every album I listened to this year and rated/ranked them. Spoiler 84.) Government Plates (Death Grips) - 3.5/10 83.) The Terror (The Flaming Lips) - 3.5/10 82.) Uncanney Valley (The Dismemberment Plan) - 4/10 81.) Bitter Rivals (Sleigh Bells) - 4.5/10 80.) Vanishing Point (Mudhoney) - 5/10 79.) Old (Danny Brown) - 5.5/10 78.) Lightning Bolt (Pearl Jam) - 5.5/10 77.) Mosquito (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) - 5.5/10 76.) Yeezus (Kanye West) - 5.5/10 75.) Kiss Land (The Weeknd) - 6/10 74.) Seasons of Your Day (Mazzy Star) - 6/10 73.) Defend Yourself (Sebadoh) - 6/10 72.) Ghost On Ghost (Iron & Wine) - 6/10 71.) MGMT (MGMT) - 6/10 70.) Matangi (M.I.A.) - 6/10 69.) Lousy With Sylvianbriar (of Montreal) - 6/10 68.) Hesitation Marks (Nine Inch Nails) - 6/10 67.) Baba Yaga (Futurebirds) - 6/10 66.) Wondrous Bughouse (Youth Lagoon) - 6/10 65.) An Object (No Age) - 6.5/10 64.) Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Franz Ferdinand) - 6.5/10 63.) Monomania (Deerhunter) - 6.5/10 62.) Electric (Pet Shop Boys) - 6.5/10 61.) More Light (Primal Scream) - 6.5/10 60.) Acid Rap (Chance The Rapper) - 6.5/10 59.) My Name Is My Name (Pusha T) - 6.5/10 58.) The Next Day (David Bowie) - 6.5/10 57.) Soft Will (Smith Westerns) - 6.5/10 56.) Glow & Behold (Yuck) - 6.5/10 55.) The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Neko Case) - 6.5/10 54.) Shaking The Habitual (The Knife) - 7/10 53.) Honky Tonk (Son Volt) - 7/10 52.) I Hate Music (Superchunk) - 7/10 51.) New Moon (The Men) - 7/10 50.) Event 2 (Deltron 3030) - 7/10 49.) Amok (Atoms For Peace) - 7/10 48.) Pythons (Surfer Blood) - 7/10 47.) You're Nothing (Iceage) - 7/10 46.) Static (Cults) - 7/10 45.) Slow Focus (**** Buttons) - 7/10 44.) Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO (The Besnard Lakes) - 7/10 43.) Doris (Earl Sweatshirt) - 7.5/10 42.) Bankrupt! (Phoenix) - 7.5/10 41.) Same Trailer Different Park (Kacey Musgraves) - 7.5/10 40.) Twelve Reasons to Die (Ghostface Killah) - 7.5/10 39.) Desperate Ground (The Thermals) - 7.5/10 38.) Free Your Mind (Cut Copy) - 7.5/10 37.) AM (Arctic Monkeys) - 7.5/10 36.) ...Like Clockwork (Queens Of The Stone Age) - 7.5/10 35.) Light Up Gold (Parquet Courts) - 7.5/10 34.) Fade (Yo La Tengo) - 7.5/10 33.) Major Arcana (Speedy Ortiz) - 7.5/10 32.) Tomorrow's Harvest (Boards Of Canada) - 7.5/10 31.) No Blues (Los Campesinos!) - 8/10 30.) True Romance (Charli XCX) - 8/10 29.) Impersonator (Majical Cloudz) - 8/10 28.) Days Are Gone (Haim) - 8/10 27.) Beyoncé (Beyoncé) - 8/10 26.) Cupid Deluxe (Blood Orange) - 8/10 25.) Reflektor (Arcade Fire) - 8/10 24.) Settle (Disclosure) - 8/10 23.) Kveikur (Sigur Rós) - 8/10 22.) Overgrown (James Blake) - 8/10 21.) Rewind The Film (Manic Street Preachers) - 8/10 20.) Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Kurt Vile) - 8/10 19.) m b v (My Bloody Valentine) - 8/10 18.) Bloodsports (Suede) - 8/10 17.) Night Time, My Time (Sky Ferreira) - 8.5/10 16.) Run The Jewels (Run The Jewels) - 8.5/10 15.) Pure Heroine (Lorde) - 8.5/10 14.) Southeastern (Jason Isbell) - 8.5/10 13.) Repave (Volcano Choir) - 8.5/10 12.) Silence Yourself (Savages) - 8.5/10 11.) Trouble Will Find Me (The National) - 8.5/10 10.) We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (Foxygen) - 8.5/10 9.) The Electric Lady (Janelle Monáe) - 8.5/10 8.) Cerulean Salt (Waxahatchee) - 8.5/10 7.) Random Access Memories (Daft Punk) - 9/10 6.) The Silver Gymnasium (Okkervil River) - 9/10 5.) Pedestrian Verse (Frightened Rabbit) - 9/10 4.) Modern Vampires Of The City (Vampire Weekend) - 9/10 3.) Muchacho (Phosphorescent) - 9/10 2.) Sunbather (Deafheaven) - 9/10 1.) The Bones Of What You Believe (Chvrches) - 9/10
probably forgetting something but eh 1. Kanye West- Yeezus 2. Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City 3. Darkside- Psychic 4. My Bloody Valentine- MBV 5. Disclosure- Settle 6. Arcade Fire- Reflektor 7. Justin Timberlake- 20/20 Experience Pt 1 (DONT JUDGE ME OK) 8. Arctic Monkeys- AM 9. Parquet Courts- Light Up Gold 10. Danny Brown- Old again, i really feel like im forgeting something, but eh honorable mentions to Foxygen, Haim, Cut Copy, Queens of the Stone Age, and the Flaming Lips
Too lazy to go back and check all the albums I listened to, but I think 2013 was a wonderful year for Indy music. Chvrches Bastille Haim Rac New politics 1975 All those bands blew up plus bands like tegan and Sarah and Los campesinos dropped great new albums
I went back to Spotify to see what CDs I listened to most in 2013. The list is no order, but the Paramore CD is probably my favorite one of the bunch. I don't listen to music on the radio anymore. I discover all of the music via Spotify suggestions or looking at what my last.fm "neighbors" are listening to. Paramore -- Paramore <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G133kjKy91U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OblL026SvD4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/euxXBvdrzxQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Jimmy Buffet -- Songs from St. Somewhere <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8CXDRdmY4pw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JF4O3Wt_3vo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VFFM3l0k1o8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Bon Jovi -- What About Now <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UhrcUXEYJ6Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/453QiYGayy8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> OneRepublic -- Native <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hT_nvWreIhg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Goo Goo Dolls -- Magnetic" here: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/s6NoQxuhz5Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BlDAq56viD0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4m2R6CLkvyQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> BSB - In A World Like This <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4eo55pyre5c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4eh2cHEhI94" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Hanson -- Anthem <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zh8mQU-tNyM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3s2zt-TF0QU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Elton John -- The Diving Board <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bdRUQWVGENo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Vertical Horizon - Echoes from the Underground <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1gnaCdpT4xQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Brandy Clark. - 12 stories <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nCP0y-mbaFo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lTUQOyiD0KM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/plPRmANJF_w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Katy Perry - PRISM <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XjwZAa2EjKA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Seventh Key - I Will Survive <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZADsH0hcEJU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The Maine - Forever Halloween <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nno3Ch2FQVM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WKROD3unoC0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QUvVJeC0FZU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Daughtry - Baptized <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SXjXKT98esw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Ms2dMhEsJlw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RLVeH3901z0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> A Rocket To The Moon - Wild & Free <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xQri68MsGOc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fpQde-v6jc8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9-kXmgmswt8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Vtxt3W0n3EE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Parachute - Overnight <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xaUZxzpjuJ8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Perfect list, but add the following two: London Grammar - If you Wait Sigur Ros - Kveikur Also, I love Modern Vampires of the City, but think Contra is their best album - and Vampire Weekend just edges Modern Vampires I think. I dunno, guess it depends on my mood. All three are freaking amazing.
