Best album of 2013 (so far)

lordgoat

kingsriver64 wrote: »

My favourite alum so far this year is Big Inner by Mathew E White. I haven't heard many of the albums mentioned earlier in this thread, apart from The National and MBV. I was a little disappointed by The National, didn't think it showed any progress from the previous album, which I loved. And I was really disappointed by the Bowie album, which got rave reviews but obviously it didn't grab anyone here.

Yep yep yep! Not this year though...

smackbunnybaby

Matthew E White was fantastic live in Whelans. But his album doesn't capture the live magic at all for me.
Too stripped down.

nocoverart

Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty or Tim Hecker - Virgins. I canny decide captain!

Blisterman

My front runner at the moment is Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return.

Basq

My favourite 3 albums this year (in no particular order):

Bastille - Bad Blood
Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

nitromaster

Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll or Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe for me, so far. :cool:

SilverScreen

SilverScreen wrote: »

I'm going to abstain from picking a favourite at this point but there's quite a few albums running for the top spot.

Fuck it, I'm going to pick Loud City Song by Julia Holter. Last years Ekstasis was great and everything but Loud City Song blows it out of the water.

Very disappointed with the new Yuck album Glow and Behold, which was something I was half expecting. A pale comparison to their debut.

pinksoir

Funny you should say that. Only today I was listening to it and thinking it's my favourite album this year. She's pretty prolific considering Ekstasis made my top 5 or 10 or whatever it is last year. Such a unique artist operating entirely in her own genre. Her music is like a warm bath filled with fragrant oils or something.

SilverScreen

pinksoir wrote: »

Funny you should say that. Only today I was listening to it and thinking it's my favourite album this year. She's pretty prolific considering Ekstasis made my top 5 or 10 or whatever it is last year. Such a unique artist operating entirely in her own genre. Her music is like a warm bath filled with fragrant oils or something.

I like that analogy. Yeah I was surprised she released a new album only a year or so after Ekstasis, makes a nice change to artists releasing a new album every 2, 3 or 4 years.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

I'm gonna throw Johnny Marr's The Messenger into the pot. Really good album, sonically fantastic and lyrically intriguing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrOUxZPqPhY

It also allows me live in hope that Morrissey/Marr will do an album as a duo, both of them writing and singing on it. How ****ing excellent would a chorus sung by Marr and the verses sung by Morrissey sound in a tune crafted by them. I don't want a Smiths reunion. I want a Morrissey/Marr album and I want it soon please.

pinksoir

I'd also give a shout for The Late David Turpin's We Belong Dead. A masterclass in pop songwriting, production and arrangement. Features contributions from Conor O'Brien, Cathy Davey, Hunter-Gatherer and others. Excellent reviews across the board, but he's unfortunately not as well known as he should be. Yet. For me it's the Irish album of the year by a long shot.

https://thelatedavidturpin.bandcamp.com/

mosstin

Prefab Sprout's 'Crimson/Red' has to be a contender.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DVE9Hxk2pA

Warper

Arctic Monkeys is the best album ive got this year and by a long way. Most albums have a couple of good songs and too many crap ones. Nick cave would probably be second in what has been a pretty average year in fairness.

badabing106

Warper wrote: »

Arctic Monkeys is the best album ive got this year and by a long way. Most albums have a couple of good songs and too many crap ones. Nick cave would probably be second in what has been a pretty average year in fairness.

First two songs on Am are great. I thought Nick Cave was a much greater album and will stand the test of time as a great record

Vinz Mesrine

Is it ok to mention Jake Buggs new album in here? I can see it topping a lot of peoples album of the year polls.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I forgot Little Green Cars' album was released this year. I'd say it's tops for me.

Birneybau

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Is it ok to mention Jake Buggs new album in here? I can see it topping a lot of peoples album of the year polls.

Doubt it.

bleach94

Birneybau wrote: »

Doubt it.

Can't wait for the new album. Sure the singles weren't great but I've been really impressed with what else I've heard from it, both online and at his gig in the Olympia last week.

Metacarpi

AM and Disclosure for me!

Vinz Mesrine

Birneybau wrote: »

Doubt it.

Well after listening to it non stop since yesterday, thanks to work, I stand by what I said. Incredible album.

Floody_1987

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEOjS0N9r48

Pale Green Ghosts from John Grant has to be up there for me. What a moment this was on Other Voices too, and what a fantastic song...

Corholio

Everything Everything - Arc. Fantastic second album and probably of all bands I like, most excited to see what no.3 will be like.

Irish_rat

Phoenix -Bankrupt!

Julia Holter, Foals, AM, Vampire Weekend, Editors, No Joy, Local natives, ASIWYFA, little green cars and Johnny Marr were all good listens too.

Big fan of the first Jake Bugg album but can't see it beating Bankrupt

We Are Scientists EP Business Casual was a fun listen

smackbunnybaby

An album that kind of slipped out early in March and is amazing is, Low - The Invisible Way.
Real return to form after the disappointing C'mon.

Really liking the Prefab Sprout, Crimosn/Red and Manics, Rewind the Film.
Manics one is totally underrated.

notnumber

Bit Early for a list but ..

UK Independent music store, Rough Trade have revealed a list of their Top 10 favourite albums of the year, with John Grant taking top spot.

Grant heads the list with his recent LP, Pale Green Ghosts, while Savages finish as runners-up. The likes of Jon Hopkins, Parquet Courts and Dan Avery are elsewhere in the Top 10.


1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
2. Savages - Silence Yourself
3. Matthew E White - Big Inner
4. Dan Avery - Drone Logic
5. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
6. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
7. Valerie June - Pushin’ Against A Stone
8. Moderat - 2
9. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
10. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt

Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold?? 2012 surely

lordgoat

I actually called them on the 2012 albums, Big Inner is 2012 too and the answer i got was, 'it's the last 12 months so late releases in 2012 count' I was goign to point out then that 2013 in the title was in accurate and then i realised i've better things to be doing.

Gonzovision

Ha, Big Inner was released in August 2012.....surely reaching, to say the least!

lordgoat

I know. I just can't be arsed.

The Phantom Jipper

Corsicana Lemonade by White Denim sounds fantastic from my first few listens.

poundhound

"Splinter" - Gary Numan

krustydoyle

Cults "Static"
Cut Copy "Free your Mind"
Goldfish "Three Second Memory"
Jagwar Ma "Howlin"
Kirin J Callinan "Embracism"
Minks "Tides End"
Porcelain Raft "Silent Speech"
Pure Bathing Culture "Moon Tides"
Rhye "Woman"
Ski Lodge "Big Heart"
Speedy Ortiz "Major Arcana"
Steve Wilson "The Raven That Refused To Sing"
The Avett Brothers "Magpie and The Dandelion"
Torres "Torres"

Theres my favs for the year. And thanks for the OP for all the good albums ive heard about on here.

smokedeels

The new Future of the Left album is good. (probably been out a few months now)

There's some Stoner Metal... ish riffs on the first few tracks which I dug and loads of catchy songs dotted around the record too.

One particular song called "French Lessons" has some of my favourite lyrics of the year. It’s sort of an ode to not growing up… common topic in songs but I think “Falco” nails it.

“Well I don’t need coy carp swimming round my feet and auburn haired children blocking my path as I run to the disabled bathroom topping off a 12 hour drinking spree"

I didn't like their last album, but this is worth checking out.

donfers

I loved Fade by Yo La Tengo this year, can't stop listening to it

mosstin

donfers wrote: »

I loved Fade by Yo La Tengo this year, can't stop listening to it

It's their best since 'And Then Nothing....' for sure but there are still three or four fillers. Looking forward to seeing them in Dublin next month.

doctorwo

Donald Fagen Sunken Condos.

nlgbbbblth

Top 10 for 2013

01 Pet Shop Boys - Electric
02 Kanye West - Yeezus
03 My Bloody Valentine - mbv
04 Wire - Change Becomes Us
05 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
06 Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die
07 The Fall - Re-mit
08 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - English Electric
09 Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
10 Wiley - The Ascent

mosstin

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Top 10 for 2013

01 Pet Shop Boys - Electric
02 Kanye West - Yeezus
03 My Bloody Valentine - mbv
04 Wire - Change Becomes Us
05 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
06 Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die
07 The Fall - Re-mit
08 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - English Electric
09 Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
10 Wiley - The Ascent

Tomorrow's Harvest - thought I was gonna love this but it still leaves me cold, a few tracks apart.

keith_d99

In no particular order:

Rhye - Woman
Phoenix - Bankrupt
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Disclosure - Settle
Classixx - Hanging Gardens
Alunageorge - Body Music
London Grammar - If you wait
Yo Le Tengo - Fade
Local Natives - Hummingbird

lordgoat

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Top 10 for 2013

01 Pet Shop Boys - Electric
02 Kanye West - Yeezus
03 My Bloody Valentine - mbv
04 Wire - Change Becomes Us
05 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
06 Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die
07 The Fall - Re-mit
08 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - English Electric
09 Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
10 Wiley - The Ascent

I think the Kanye album is total shi-te. And this is from someone that loves most of what he does. I feel its different for the sake of being different and is just not very good. Actually I tell a partial lie, i think parts of it are brilliant but these parts are generally 10-30 second snippets of songs, where the rest of the song is awful. (All imo of course)

Surprised to see it mentioned at all. Best hip hop of the year is RA for me.

sink

There's a lot of music I haven't listened to yet so this isn't conclusive but of the top of my head.

Atoms for peace - Amok
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a pretty daze

sink

Must not forget

James Blake - Overgown

Retrograde song of the year for me.

mal1

**** buttons - slow focus
Blood Orange - cupid Deluxe

Both only released but very good

Been a pretty good year for music imo. My Top 10:

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
2. Goldfrapp - Tales Of Us
3. Savages - Silence Yourself
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Molly Nilsson - The Travels
6. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
7. Samaris - Samaris
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
9. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
10. Arctic Monkeys - AM

Honourable mentions:
Arcade Fire - Reflektor (good album, just not as good as what came before)
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual (see Reflektor)
Washed Out - Paracosm
Torres - Torres
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves

Have yet to listen to Tomorrow's Harvest or the new Cults album.

loyatemu

Deleted User wrote: »

Been a pretty good year for music imo. My Top 10:

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
2. Goldfrapp - Tales Of Us
3. Savages - Silence Yourself
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Molly Nilsson - The Travels
6. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
7. Samaris - Samaris
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
9. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
10. Arctic Monkeys - AM

I'm surprised at how much I like the new Goldfrapp album, I've been lukewarm about them in the past but "Tales of Us" is a gorgeous record.

lewisdhead

Really rubbish at lists, but here's a few that have excited me this year:

Mark Mulcahy-Dear Mark J.Mulcahy, I Love You
Bill Callahan-Dream River
Chris Mills-Alexandria
The Heavy Blinkers-Health
Jonathan Wilson-Fanfare
Josh Rouse-The Happiness Waltz
My Bloody Valentine-MBV
Prefab Sprout-Crimson Red
Ethan Johns-If Not Now Then When
John Murry-The Graceless Age

keith_d99

mal1 wrote: »

Blood Orange - cupid Deluxe

Had spotted this - thanks for reminding me to check this out ... sounds excellent!!

Must check out F*ck Buttons too

mosstin

mal1 wrote: »

**** buttons - slow focus
Blood Orange - cupid Deluxe

Both only released but very good

**** Buttons was released in July.

sydthebeat

lewisdhead wrote: »

Really rubbish at lists, but here's a few that have excited me this year:

Mark Mulcahy-Dear Mark J.Mulcahy, I Love You
Bill Callahan-Dream River
Chris Mills-Alexandria
The Heavy Blinkers-Health
Jonathan Wilson-Fanfare
Josh Rouse-The Happiness Waltz
My Bloody Valentine-MBV
Prefab Sprout-Crimson Red
Ethan Johns-If Not Now Then When
John Murry-The Graceless Age

preferred apocolypse

mal1

mosstin wrote: »

**** Buttons was released in July.

Apologies:rolleyes:

mcgooch

Darkside - Psychic