Sunday, June 30, 2013

Best Albums of 2013... So Far...



Usually, I don't do half-year lists based on my history in writing about music but given the slate of new releases this year. 2013 has so far been an incredible year. So many good albums have come out so far and there's definitely more to come. Here are my 35 favorite albums so far...

1. My Bloody Valentine-MBV
 

2. Queens of the Stone Age-...Like Clockwork


3. David Bowie-The Next Day


4. Savages-Silence Yourself


5. Deerhunter-Monomania


6. Daft Punk-Random Access Memories (my mother's favorite album right now)


7. The National-Trouble Will Find Me


8. Phoenix-Bankrupt!


9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Mosquito


10. Boards of Canada-Tomorrow's Harvest


11. The Knife-Shaking the Habitual


12. Suede-Bloodsports


13. Sigur Ros-Kveikur


14. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-Push the Sky Away


15. Disclosure-Settle


16. Primal Scream-More Light


17. Deafhaven-Sunbather


18. Depeche Mode-Delta Machine


19. Kavinsky-Outrun


20. Clint Mansell-Stoker OST


21. Various Artists-After Dark 2


22. How to Destroy Angels-Welcome Oblivion


23. Autechre-Exai


24. Skinny Puppy-Weapon


25. Yo La Tengo-Fade


26. Various Artists-Trance OST


27. The Flaming Lips-The Terror


28. Dillinger Escape Plan-One of Us is the Killer


29. Broadcast-Berberian Sound Studio OST


30. Atoms for Peace-Amok


31. Mike Patton-The Place Beyond the Pines OST


32. The Joy Formidable-Wolf's Law


33. Various Artists-Sound City - Real to Reel


34. The Besnard Lakes-Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO


35. Camera Obscura-Desire Lines


© thevoid99 2013

6 comments:

  1. Nice list! you've listened to a lot of new albums. We have quite a few in common, though the order is different.
    There are a few releases here between 15-35 I don't know, and will see if they are for me. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. It wasn't easy coming up with this list but it's so far been a very fucking good year in music so far.

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  2. I'm so far behind on my industrial. Had no idea Skinny Puppy had some new tunes out. Thanks!

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    1. There's also a new Front Line Assembly album that's worth checking out. This, Skinny Puppy, and the upcoming NIN album are definitely the return of industrial music. Ministry don't count anymore because Al Jourgensen has lost his fucking mind.

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    2. I was always more in the VNV/Covenant/A23 side of things in the industrial scene (more pop-ish than SP or FLA - though I saw FLA with Switchblade Symphony back in the day). But I haven't been to a club in probably 10 years, so besides new albums by the larger acts, don't know much new music from there.

      I see you're doing a lot of NIN reviews. That was my bread and butter in Middle/High School. Don't know I can count the number of times I must have run Pretty Hate Machine.

      Keep up the good stuff.

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    3. I'm just re-doing lots of stuff from NIN in anticipation for the new album and keep an eye out for new tracks to emerge from the tour they're doing right now.

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