Name Your Top 10 Albums of 2013

Scotronica · Post by **Scotronica** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:01 pm

in no particular order

Distant Nebulus · Post by **Distant Nebulus** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:12 pm

Autechre - Exai
Boards of Canada - Tomorrows Harvest
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
Clark - Feast/Beast
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I don't recall enjoying any other new releases this year.

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:36 pm

Deafheaven - Sunbather
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow Harvest
James Blake - Overgrown
Tyler, The Creator - Wolf*
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City**
Disclosure - Settle
Olafur Arnalds - For Now I am Winter
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

I'm sure I'm missing something, and there's still a few big releases from this year that I haven't listened to, but this is just off the top of my head.

*I've played this one a few too many times
**A sleeper hit for me - It wouldn't have made the list last week

machinea · Post by **machinea** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:20 pm

In no particular order:

Tomorrow's Harvest
Clark - Feast/Beast
Lapalux - Nostalchic
Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live
Four Tet - 0181
The Field - Cupid's Head

I'm still evaluating a few others like James Holden 'The inheritors' and Oneohtrix point never. Immunity by Jon Hopkins is very good too. I really loved the tail end of 2012 too. Beach House - Bloom and Tame Impala - Lonerism were both remarkable albums that for me beat the above list combined.

I think my musical bias is showing as the most accessible thing on here is TH.

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:24 am

lets double that number;

1. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
2. James Blake - Overgrown
3. Jai Paul - Jai Paul [bootleg]
4. King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
5. SAINT PEPSI - Hit Vibes
6. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
7. Letherette - Letherette
8. Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind
9. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
10. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
11. Phoenix - Bankrupt!
12. Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
13. Mutual Benefit - Love's Crushing Diamond
14. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
15. Pond - Hobo Rocket
16. Machinedrum - Vapor City
17. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
18. DJ Koze - Amygdala
19. Heurco S. - Colonial Patterns
20. Lapalux - Nostalchic

Broken_Drum · Post by **Broken_Drum** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:49 am

Virgins - Tim Hecker,
Bright Sunny South - Sam Amidon,
Push The Sky Away - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,
Immunity - Jon Hopkins,
The Man Who Died in His Boat - Grouper,
Sunbather - Deafheaven,
Reflektor - Arcade Fire,
Tomorrow's Harvest - BoC,
Not Here / Not Now - Swans,
...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age

euue · Post by **euue** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:20 am

in no order,

boc tomorrow's harvest
natasha kmeto - crisis (most criminally underrated thing of 2013 for me, i hope she's on the verge of getting huge)
machinedrum - vapor city
shxcxchxsh - strgths
moderat II
photodementia - fig. 04c
diamond version eps 1-5
john hopkins - immunity
autechre - exai
perfume - level 3

this year i did a lot of single/ep listening and playing around with dj tools more than album listening. there are a lot of individual songs here and there i really dug but as far as whole albums as cohesive units go i didn't pay the strictest attention

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:03 am

Albums that I know are great:

MBV (album of the year for me)
BoC
Queens of the Stone Age
Primal Scream
Daft Punk
Arctic Monkeys.

Albums that I suspect will be, but haven't got around to checking them out fully:

Bowie
Laura Marling
Fourtet
Forest Swords
Jon Hopkins
Mazzy Star
James Holden

Zwei Kreise · Post by **Zwei Kreise** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:02 pm

In order, at least the top 4/5 is in order, the rest is still wiggling around.

1. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
2. Coppice Halifax - Leaf Cloak
3. David Bowie - The Next Day
4. Autechre - Exai
5. Max Loderbauer - Transparenz
6. Function - Incubation
7. Jimi Tenor and the Impostor Orchestra - Exocosmos / Soft Focus - Soft Focus (two Jimi Tenor projects that I frankly could not decide which one was the best)
8. Glossata - Pearls and Smoke
9. Vita - Infinity
10. Horror Inc. - Briefly Eternal

Other kickass picks : Emptyset - Recur, Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady, Felix K. - Flowers of Destruction, Mark Ernestus pres. Jeri-Jeri - 800% Ndagga, Prince of Denmark - The Body, Kanye West - Yeezus, Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain, Docetism - Roots, Barn Owl - V...

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:14 pm

A-Z order

Bardo Pond - Peace On Venus
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Grouper - The Man Who Died In His Boat
Jackson Scott - Melbourne
Jim Guthrie - Takes Time
Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
Taake - Gravkamre, Kroner og Troner
The Proper Ornaments - Waiting For The Summer
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
Windhand - Soma

this I think

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 2:59 pm

MBV - My Bloody Valentine
TH - BoC
Loud City Song - Julia Holter
Virgins - Tim Hecker
You're Nothing - ICEAGE
The Man Who Died In His Boat - Grouper
The Island Come True - L.Pierre
Wakin' On A Pretty Daze - Kurt Vile
Watching Dead Empires In Decay - The Stranger
Nexus - Young Echo

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:20 pm

^ must check out the L.Pierre album.

Scyye · Post by **Scyye** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:32 pm

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Saturday Index - Saturday Index LP
Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Ochre - National Ignition
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Tyler The Creator - Wolf
Atoms For Peace - AMOK
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

joseguilherme90 · Post by **joseguilherme90** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:42 pm

In No Particular Order:

Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
Death Grips - Government Plates
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Pet Shop Boys - Electric
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
Sigur Rós - Kveikur
Tyler The Creator - Wolf
Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
and, of course:
BoC - Tomorrow's Harvest

machinea · Post by **machinea** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:51 pm

Great lists I'm going over the things on everyone's lists I'm not familiar with. Euue thanks for mentioning the Natasha Kmeto. Just listening to letherette remix of The Ache. Good stuff.

euue · Post by **euue** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:23 pm

OH DANG i forgot about that function album!!! that goes on my list

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:51 pm

I've had a rubbish year, with a great soundtrack.

Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time - Steve Mason
Immunity - Jon Hopkins
Tomorrow's Harvest - BoC
Tales of Us - Goldfrapp
Spaces - Nils Frahm
Drone Logic - Daniel Avery
Change Becomes Us - Wire
Engravings - Forest Swords
Supermigration - Solar Bears
Silver Wilkinson - Bibio

Honourable mentions for mbv, Kveikur and Slow Focus

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:14 pm

^ forgot all about Steve Mason - love the bits I've heard of that one.

Must give Goldfrapp a listen too.

Betterthanyourkids · Post by **Betterthanyourkids** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:10 am

In no particular order:

Autechre - Exai
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Kinesthetiac - Holy Shit I'm A Werewolf (Part I)
Boreal Network - Boreal Network LP
Saturday Index - Saturday Index LP
Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
Nyetscape - E-Scape
Nyetscape - After
Simulate Televangelist - Simulate Televangelist LP (I'm ok to rate this because I wasn't part of the group at the time

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Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:40 am

Ian mbv isn't in your top 10?