Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Top 20 Albums of 2013

I'm getting this out later than I would like.  Apologies.  Apologies all around.  I've been busy with writing on other sites, and this one has fallen by the wayside.  I'm going to try to pick that up a bit.  Starting now.

A shout out to those who didn't quite make the cut:
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
Jenny O. - Automechanic
Gary Murray & LN - Minor Lives
Minor Birds - Hold Back All My Dark
Low - The Invisible Way
The Head and The Heart - Let's Be Still
Grouplove - Spreading Rumours
Washed Out - Paracosm
Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. A$AP.
Toad the Wet Sprocket - New Constellation
Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual
Night Beds - Country Sleep
Matt Pond - The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt

To the list!


20. Lorde - Pure Heroine
Favorite track: "400 Lux"


19. Zola Jesus - Versions
Favorite track: "Collapse"


18. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Favorite track: "Don't Lie"


17. Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
Favorite track: "This is Love (Feels Alright)"


16. Daniel Amos - Dig Here, Said the Angel
Favorite track: "We'll All Know Soon Enough"


15. David Bowie - The Next Day
Favorite track: "(You Will) Set the World on Fire"


14. Leif Vollebekk - North Americana
Favorite track: "At the End of the Line"


13. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
Favorite track: "She Found Now"


12. Hem - Departure and Farewell
Favorite track: "So Long"


11. Frankie Rose - Herein Wild
Favorite track: "The Depths"


10. Lissie - Back to Forever
Favorite track: "I Bet On You"


9. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
Favorite track: "Dead Now"


8. Jake Bellows - New Ocean
Favorite track: "Two Weeks"


7. Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Favorite track: "Brennisteinn"


6. Action Bronson - Blue Chips 2
Favorite track: "Rolling Thunder"


5. Noah and the Whale - Heart of Nowhere
Favorite track: "Lifetime"


4. Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons to Die
Favorite track: "Murder Spree"


3. The Lonely Wild - The Sun as it Comes
Favorite track: "Buried in the Murder"


2. Josh Ritter - The Beast in its Tracks
Favorite track: "New Lover"


1. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Favorite track: "Pink Rabbits"