My top ten so far of 2013:



1. Charli XCX – True Romance

2. My Bloody Valentine – m b v

3. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual

4. Alice Smith – She

5. Marnie – Crystal World

6. KNOWER – Let Go

7. The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law

8. Savages – Silence Yourself

9. Adrian Younge presents the Delfonics – Adrian Younge presents the Delfonics

10. Veronica Falls – Waiting for Something to Happen


Looking forward to later this year:

Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
The Good Natured - Prism (Band dropped by label and album shelved)
The Horrors - Untitled (Album pushed back to 2014)


Please post your picks. Smart alecks posting "none" don't bother.

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I'll save the images for next time but for now, my top album of 2013 so far is David Bowie's The Next Day. I don't have an official number two but I will sort my 2013 albums out and listen to them again to make a better list. For the record, Savages, good choice .

sexton said:

My top ten so far of 2013:

6. KNOWER – Let Go

Love the KNOWER pick!

I'll put together a few later.

Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

So far,this is my favorite album of 2013

I did a thread about these guys,but nobody paid any attention I'm telling you guys,you're missing out on one of the most soulful albums of the year!

theAudience said:

sexton said:

My top ten so far of 2013:

6. KNOWER – Let Go

Love the KNOWER pick!

I'll put together a few later.

Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

I have you to thank for that. I also have their previous album, but have not yet given it a proper listen.

I bought 5 albums this year, 4 records and 1 CD. 3 of them were albums I had already, and none of them are new music. I got all 4 records at a local record store. The first 2 are the ones that are "new" to me. The Marvin Gaye is the new 40th Anniversary deluxe CD, so it's different than the version I had before. I bought the Jermaine LP because the one I had was cracked, so I rarely played it. The Johnnie Taylor was a never opened original copy, and so was the New Birth. Right now I'm playing 2 Hall & Oates albums a lot: Along The Red Ledge and Bigger Than The Both Of Us. I've had them for years though. I've also been playing Sun Ra's Jazz In Silhouette a bit. I bought it late last year.

lots and lots of great albums already this year and many more to come.

so far this year has been a blessing compared to last year when for my

year end list i could only come up with 2 albums that i loved.

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atoms for peace - amok

david bowie - the next day

ed harcourt - back into the woods

iamamiwhoami - bounty

james blake - overgrown

john grant - pale green ghosts

nick cave - push the sky away

the national - trouble will find me

tricky - false idols

vampire weekend - modern vampires of the city

windmill - above duffle farm

depeche mode - delta machine

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anticipating:

janelle.d'angelo.beck.prince.pet shop boys.

UncleGrandpa said:

I'll save the images for next time but for now, my top album of 2013 so far is David Bowie's The Next Day. I don't have an official number two but I will sort my 2013 albums out and listen to them again to make a better list. For the record, Savages, good choice .

I'm seeing Savages live next week.

MickyDolenz said:

I bought 5 albums this year, 4 records and 1 CD. 3 of them were albums I had already, and none of them are new music.

sexton said:

MickyDolenz said:

I bought 5 albums this year, 4 records and 1 CD. 3 of them were albums I had already, and none of them are new music.

If I buy a old album that's new to me, that's the same thing as buying a new release album.

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This is my favorite album of 2013 so far. These guys are nice. They've been on Jimmy Kimmel and their music has been featured on ESPN's First Take and are a favorite of Stephen A. Smith. These guys are a blend of funk with today's modern sounds.

Soul Alive check this album out and i'll give yours a listen.

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^^ will do!

MickyDolenz said:

sexton said:

If I buy a old album that's new to me, that's the same thing as buying a new release album.

[Edited 7/3/13 16:19pm]

You very well knew this thread is about 2013 releases.

The Stepkids, Mayer Hawthorne, Janelle Monae are among the ones I'm looking forward to hearing.

It would be too much to ask to get new albums from Maxwell, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, and Madvillain this year. So I won't.

1. Bowie - The Next Day (by a mile)

2 - MBV

3 - Daft Punk - R.A.M.

4 - JT - 20/20

5 - Deathfix s/t

6.- Suede - Bloodsports

7 - Editors - The Weight of Your Love

8 - Kanye - Yeezus

9 - Savages - Silence Yourself

10 - The National - Trouble Will Find Me

SoulAlive said:

So far,this is my favorite album of 2013

I did a thread about these guys,but nobody paid any attention I'm telling you guys,you're missing out on one of the most soulful albums of the year!

I just listened to samples of this album on iTunes. It's definitely soulful. I can see why someone with the username "SoulAlive" would love it.

My favorites so far have been:

She - Alice Smith

Planta - CSS

Avalanche - Quadron

Olympia - Austra

Bosnian Rainbows - Bosnian Rainbows

Shaking the Habitual - The Knife

True Romance - Charli XCX

A Love Surreal - Bilal

Delta Machine - Depeche Mode

...I have a couple more to catch up on. Still adding to my 2012 list right now.

MickyDolenz said:

sexton said:

If I buy a old album that's new to me, that's the same thing as buying a new release album.

[Edited 7/3/13 16:19pm]

I see it like that too. Actually, by the end of the year I always make the list of the best new music I've heard during the last twelve months, and I consider "new music" the music that has been new to me, whether it has been published recently or in 1965. Adding to that my eclectic musical taste, my lists always have funny combinations!

Anyway, I haven't listened to much music published in 2013 yet, but my favourite ones are Bowie's The Next Day and Vanessa Paradis' Love Songs.

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waiting for theaudience.....

His picks are always on point!

thekidsgirl said:

Still adding to my 2012 list right now.

You should have closed that book in January. So late.

Javi said:

MickyDolenz said:

If I buy a old album that's new to me, that's the same thing as buying a new release album.

I see it like that too. Actually, by the end of the year I always make the list of the best new music I've heard during the last twelve months, and I consider "new music" the music that has been new to me, whether it has been published recently or in 1965. Adding to that my eclectic musical taste, my lists always have funny combinations!

There's a local record store that carries new release vinyl and used records in addition to CDs. In the used record section, there's sometimes never opened old records that are out of print otherwise. Most of the "new" ones are cutouts, but not always. The two I bought weren't. They even sell used 8-tracks and some of them are unopened as well. There's a few underground acts that release new material as 8-tracks.

MickyDolenz said:

I bought 5 albums this year, 4 records and 1 CD. 3 of them were albums I had already, and none of them are new music. I got all 4 records at a local record store. The first 2 are the ones that are "new" to me. The Marvin Gaye is the new 40th Anniversary deluxe CD, so it's different than the version I had before. I bought the Jermaine LP because the one I had was cracked, so I rarely played it. The Johnnie Taylor was a never opened original copy, and so was the New Birth. Right now I'm playing 2 Hall & Oates albums a lot: Along The Red Ledge and Bigger Than The Both Of Us. I've had them for years though. I've also been playing Sun Ra's Jazz In Silhouette a bit. I bought it late last year.

as always...great choices

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Three of my Favorites this year:

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James Rose - Lighthouse

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Beauty Room - No Rejection

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Knower - Around (Thanks, tA!)

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I'm still waiting for these to drop ...supposedly this year...?

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Phillip Owusu - Goodnight

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King - In The Meantime

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Vikter Duplaix

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Tricky - False Idols.

I need to pick up the Bowie album.

Not looking forward to anything.

Very nice!!!

paligap said:

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Beauty Room - No Rejection

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I like this new track by Mayer Hawthorne

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G3000 said:

Very nice!!!

paligap said:

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Beauty Room - No Rejection

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Kool! I dig Jinadu and Kirk...

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The only new record I've heard this ytd is the MBV album, and I liked that very much, though I still have to go out and actually buy it.

There are releases from Fall and Scott Walker out as well, and new records from Bill Callahan and the Scud Mountain Boys(!!!) will be out shortly, so I'll probably wait until they're all released to pick them up in one swoop. I'll probably get the new Pet Shop Boys album as well.

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