Holy shit I forgot this was the year of @Thomas Nassiff's Young New England review haha. I know it's from their 2014 album, but "Rest to Get Better" is the only Transit song I like, but I really like it!
1. Kanye West - Yeezus 2. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience 3. Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends 4. Haim - Days Are Gone 5. Paramore - Paramore 6. Beyoncé - Beyoncé 7. Phoenix - Bankrupt! 8. Major Lazer - Free The Universe 9. Lissie - Back To Forever 10. Charli XCX - True Romance 11. Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady 12. Drake - Nothing Was The Same 13. letlive. - The Blackest Beautiful 14. Volcano Choir - Repave 15. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - We The Common 16. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 17. Marnie Stern - The Chronicles of Marnia 18. I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business - Enola 19. Big D & The Kids Table - Stomp 20. Kevin Devine - Bubblegum
1. The 1975 - the 1975. 2. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - You're always on my mind 3. Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman
UGH you're right! I've come across more and more labeling errors on Spotify, which you would think would be the opposite. They have it labeled as 2013, I thought that felt wrong too. Sigh
1. Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest 2. The 1975 - The 1975 3. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet 4. Kanye West - Yeezus 5. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience 6. Lorde - Pure Heroine 7. Arctic Monkeys - AM 8. Haim - Days are Gone 9. Volcano Choir - Repave 10. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap 11. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe 12. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks 13. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob 14. Paramore - Paramore 15. Hellogoodbye - Everything is Debatable 16. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 17. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories 18. Beyonce - Beyonce 19. Phoenix - Bankrupt! 20. Kid Cudi - Indicud
Don't use streaming apps to base the years off, typically I use wikipedia which is nearly always right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2013_albums
For sure - I use both - even with that I still have to parse through all of y’all’s lists and am always surprised each year what’s missing from that Wiki list lol
1. Jason Isbell – Southeastern 2. Charlie Worsham – Rubberband 3. Dawes – Stories Don’t End Tough cuts: Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer Different Park Will Hoge – Never Give In The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars Jimmy Eat World – Damage Also love: Butch Walker - Peachtree Battle Matt Nathanson – Last of the Great Pretenders The 1975 – The 1975 Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart Sara Bareilles – The Blessed Unrest John Mayer – Paradise Valley John Moreland – In the Throes Honorables: Donovan Woods - Don't Get Too Grand The Wonder Years – The Greatest Generation The Summer Set – Legendary Logan Brill – Walking Wires The Dangerous Summer – Golden Record Haim – Days Are Gone CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe The Lone Bellow – The Lone Bellow Lori McKenna – Massachusetts Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain Ashley Monroe – Like a Rose Goo Goo Dolls – Magnetic The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still The National – Trouble Will Find Me Volcano Choir – Repave William Clark Green – Rose Queen Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm Josh Ritter – The Beast in Its Tracks Night Beds – Country Sleep Jeremy Porter and the Tucos – Partner in Crime Los Campesinos - No Blues
It's taken a long time for the music of 2013 not to be stained by how miserable I was for much of that year. Some great albums from that year, though, including a truly unbelievable slate of country music records. A whole bunch of artists in that scene either debuted or broke through that year, and they completely reshaped the genre.
1. Jason Isbell - Southeastern 2. Matthew E. White - Big Inner 3. Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw 4. Vampire Weekend - High Top Mountain 5. Bill Callahan - Dream River 6. Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain 7. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle 8. William Tyler - Impossible Truth 9. Robbie Fulks - Gone Away Backwards 10. Valerie June - Pushin Against A Stone 11. Phosphorescent - Muchacho 12. Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture of You 13. Willy Mason - Carry On 14. John Moreland - In The Throes 15. Run The Jewels - s/t
Honestly, probably one of the 10 or so times when I was most disappointed in an album. I've come to realize over the years that my disappointment had way more to do with me than the actual music, since that summer fucking sucked for me and the previous two Dangerous Summer albums had soundtracked all-time great summers. I do still have some big problems with that record -- mostly the sequencing, which no joke sounds like it was put together by someone who'd never heard the album -- but there are 5-6 amazing songs, including probably two I'd put in my TDS top 10.
As a young and stupid college kid at the time, this felt like a huge hip-hop year for that demo. There were releases from (then new) and old heavy hitters such as: Kanye, Kid Cudi, Drake, Jay-Z, Eminem, Mac Miller, J.Cole, Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, Run the Jewels, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Lil Wayne, Danny Brown, Denzel Curry, Pusha-T, Action Bronson, Juicy J, Freddie Gibbs, Wiz Khalifa, Young Thug, French Montana, Wale, Big Sean, The Underachievers, Flatbush Zombies, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Death Grips, Ghostface Killah, Armand Hammer, Czarface, Tech N9ne, Boldy James, Talib Kweli, Styles P, DJ Khaled, MMG Plus here was the XXL Freshman Class of 2013: ScHoolboy Q, Trinidad Jame$, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Logic, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travi$ Scott (the original spelling of his name lol), Dizzy Wright, Angel Haze and Chief Keef.
Anyone else ever check out the soundtrack to Sound City? I absolutely adore that documentary still, and the soundtrack is a lot of fun, if not an actually cohesive 'album'. The whole thing is basically the Foos just goofing around in the studio with other legendary artists that had recorded at that studio on vocals. "You Can't Fix This" with Stevie Nicks, "Cut Me Some Slack" with McCartney and Krist Novoselic, and "Mantra" with Homme and Reznor are particular faves of mine.
The first few are stellar, but not the deepest year 1. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City 3. Kanye West - Yeezus 4. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse 5. Jason Isbell - Southeastern 6. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt 7. My Bloody Valentine - mbv 8. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze 9. Danny Brown - Old 10. Los Campesinos! - No Blues 11. Restorations - LP2 12. Phosphorescent - Muchacho 13. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 14. Volcano Choir - Repave 15. Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
I don’t see this year as all that weak tbh. My Bloody Valentine somehow didn’t blow it, the two biggest big tent indie bands put out good albums, Yeezus kind of speaks for itself in terms of Kanye at the peak of his notoriety. Not my favorite year ever or even of the decade, but a good year (imo) nonetheless.
I keep forgetting to do these. But Sunbather was a game changer for me and Deafheaven has consistently been one of if not my favorite band for a decade now. Deafheaven- Sunbather Childish Gambino- Because the Internet Touche Amore- Is Survived By
daughter, infinity crush and frameworks (latter two of which I forgot on my list) albums are so fucking good
Comeback records from shoegaze and space rock bands seem to go way better, proportionately, than pretty much every other comeback album - MBV, Hum, Failure, Slowdive...
Jamie Lenman – Muscle Memory Inc. – no world L Pierre – The Island Come True I have to recommend Muscle Memory - it's a double album with a not dissimilar concept to In Your Honor by Foo Fighters (one side heavy, one side softer), but pushed way more extreme and bombastic, and much better. The heavy side is crushingly and almost relentlessly heavy, like listening to bits of Botch or Every Time I Die with dirtier production. The soft side is where the real magic is, a delightful mix of not just acoustic tracks but also banjo folk, big band, even a marching acapella number. Given the common pitfalls of double albums, the quality control is really high - a bit more 'colour' on the heavy side and it would be not far off perfect. The audacity to commit so fully to the concept and then pull it off to that level is incredibly impressive. Honourable mentions: Northcape – Exploration and Ascent Pan-American – Cloud Room, Glass Room suicideyear – Japan Gold Panda – Half Of Where You Live My Bloody Valentine – m b v