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[Pickles the Firecat]

So you know how sometimes you just really dig something but you don't look that much into it? Like you just kind of accept it for what it is and let it roll.

I saw Charley Bradley at FYF this year and it was mesmerizing. So I started listening to Victim of Love a lot, which is an absolutely amazing, flawless, timeless album. Timeless to such a degree that I figured it was a reissue. Nope, 2013 release. Massive omission out of ignorance.

If you ever have the chance to see Charles Bradley live you HAVE TO. The man is a murderer on the stage. Let Love Stand a Chance is fire.


Edit -- WATCH THIS. FIRE!!!

 

[ThanksVision]

01 | Laura Marling | Once I Was an Eagle
02 | The Knife | Shaking the Habitual
03 | DJ Koze | Amygdala
04 | Julianna Barwick | Nepenthe
05 | Ka | The Night's Gambit
06 | Maxmillion Dunbar | House of Woo
07 | Omar S | Thank You for Letting Me be Myself
08 | Deafheaven | Sunbather
09 | Zola Jesus | Versions
10 | The Field | Cupid's Head
11 | Autechre | Exai
12 | Quelle Chris | Niggas is Men
13 | The Haxan Cloak | Excavation
14 | Charli XCX | True Romance
15 | Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle | Perils of the Sea
16 | Autre ne Veut | Anxiety
17 | Freddie Gibbs | ESGN
18 | The Weeknd | Kiss Land
19 | KMFH | The Boat Party
20 | Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob
21 | Cosby | Hands Together
22 | Sally Shapiro | Somewhere Else
23 | NRSB-11 | Commidified
24 | Luke Wyatt | Teen Hawk
25 | Colleen | The Weighing of the Heart

 

[Celestial Mortal]

01 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2
02 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories
03 | Simple Plan | Get Your Heart On - The Second Coming!

04 | Alkaline Trio | My Shame Is True
05 | Fall Out Boy | Save Rock and Roll
06 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams
07 | Zebrahead | Call Your Friends

08 | The Maine | Forever Halloween
09 | Saliva | In It To Win It
10 | Mayday Parade | Monsters In The Closet

 

[Grakl]

01 | The Knife | Shaking the Habitual
02 | Wavves | Afraid of Heights
03 | Danny Brown | Old
04 | Darkside | Psychic
05 | Chance the Rapper | Acid Rap
06 | Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels
07 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris
08 | Janelle Monae | The Electric Lady
09 | Death Grips | Government Plates
10 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories

 

[Futureman]

Waxahatchee is #1. Dunno if I can come up with 10 releases that I just LOVED. Don't listen to enough new music I guess.

 

[beato_angelico]

01 I These New Puritans I Field of Reeds
02 I Julia Holter I Loud City Song
03 I Sigur Ròs I Kveikur
04 I Holden I The Inheritors
05 I Austra I Olympia
06 I Vampire Weekend I Modern Vampires of the City
07 I Jon Hopkins I Immunity
08 I Cult of Luna I Vertikal
09 I Arctic Monkeys I AM
10 I The Knife I Shaking The Habitual

11 I Boards of Canada I Tomorrow's Harvest
12 I Darkside I Psychic
13 I James Blake I Overgrown
14 I Savages I Silence Yourself
15 I Kanye West I Yeezus
16 I Arcade Fire I Reflektor
17 I Forest Swords I Engravings
18 I Low I The Invisible Way
19 I Fuck Buttons I Slow Focus
20 I Anna Calvi I One Breath
21 I Gris I À L'âme Enflammée, L'âme Constellée...
22 I Mount Kimbie I Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
23 I Altar of Plagues I Teethed Glory and Injury
24 I Moderat I II
25 I Russian Circles I Memorial


edits and comments may or may not follow.

 

[xJavonta]

01| The Wonder Years | The Greatest Genetation
02| State Champs | The Finer Things
03| A Day To Remember | Common Courtesy
04| Fall Out Boy | Save Rock and Roll
05| Bring Me The Horizon | Sempiternal
06| Man Overboard | Heart Attack
07| The Story So Far | What You Don't See
08| Hands Like Houses | Unimagine
09| Mayday Parade | Monsters In The Closet
10| Childish Gambino | Because The Internet


Great year but I know my #1 isn't going to be in the top and that makes me sad. The album truly got me through a ton of shit this year.

 

[Chumpion]

Only a CONFORMIST would know 10 good albums!

 

[Sanchito]

01 | Alkaline Trio | My Shame is True
02 | The Bronx | The Bronx IV
03 | Tegan And Sara | Heartthrob
04 | Dawes | Stories Don't End
05 | Neko Case | The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
06 | Queens of the Stone Age | …Like Clockwork
07 | The Wonder Years | The Greatest Generation
08 | Caitlin Rose | The Stand In
09 | The Thermals | Desperate Ground
10 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City

11 | The Swellers | The Light Under Closed Doors
12 | The Flatliners | Dead Language
13 | Streetlight Manifesto | The Hands That Thieve
14 | Less Than Jake | See the Light
15 | Paramore | Paramore
16 | Camera Obscura | Camera Obscura
17 | Arctic Monkeys | AM
18 | Masked Intruder | Masked Intruder
19 | Surfer Blood | Pythons
20 | Volbeat | Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
21 | Best Coast | Fade Away EP
22 | Deer Tick | Negativity
23 | Rogue Wave | Nightingale Floors
24 | Saves The Day | Saves The Day
25 | The Maine | Forever Holloween

It took me weeks to come up with a list. Or I should say, the list wasn't hard, it was coming up with a order that was tough. I've changed it so much I figured I'd go ahead and post it before I go messing with it again.

 

[JCX]

Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Beyonce - Beyonce
Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune
Washed Out - Paracosm
Kanye West - Yeezus
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

01 | Steven Wilson | The Raven That Refused to Sing
02 | Alice In Chains | The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
03 | Nine Inch Nails | Hesitation Marks
04 | Lady Gaga | Artpop
05 | Blackfield | IV
06 | How to Destroy Angels: Welcome Oblivion
07 | Riverside | Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
08 | Serj Tankian | Orca
09 | Serj Tankian | Jazz-Iz-Christ
10 | Puscifer | Donkey Punch the Night

 

[indigo-cyclops]

1. My Bloody Valentine | m.b.v.
2. Chvrches | The Bones of What You Believe
3. Sigur Ros | Kveikur
4. Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest
5. Burial | Rival Dealer
6. Jesse Lanzy | Pull My Hair Back
7. Pearl Jam | Lightning Bolt
8. Atoms for Peace | Amok
9. Nine Inch Nails | Hesitation Marks
10. Russian Circles I Memorial
11. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Specter at the Feast
12. Puscifer | Donkey Punch The Night
13. The Flaming Lips | The Terror
14. Kayo Dot | Hubardo

My tentative list. Top 6 were amazing for me.

 

[FerranMG]

01 | Daughter | If you leave
02 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories
03 | Kakkmaddafakka | Six months is a long time
04 | Big Deal | June Gloom
05 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
06 | Infinity Shred | Sanctuary
07 | San Cisco | San Cisco
08 | Heaven's Basement | Filty Empire
09 | Lorde | Pure Heroine
10 | Ejecta | Dominae
11 | Foals | Holy Fire
12 | Jon Hopkins | Immunity
13 | Pauline en la playa | El mundo se va a acabar
14 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Push the Sky Away
15 | Sigur Ros | Kveikur
16 | Inspira | Amunt!
17 | The National | Trouble will finde me
18 | I am waiting for you last summer | Edge Party
19 | Extremoduro | Para todos los públicos
20 | Caitlin Rose | The stand-in
21 | Pearl Jam | Lightning Bolt
22 | Keep Shelly in Athens | At Home

 

[omgkitty]

01 | Darkside | Psychic
02 | Tim Hecker | Virgins
03 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
04 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City
05 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me
06 | Kanye West | Yeezus
07 | Kurt Vile | Wakin on a Pretty Daze
08 | Blood Orange | Cupid Deluxe
09 | Death Grips | Government Plates
10 | William Tyler | Impossible Truth

Special Mentions but too lazy to rank:

x. Arctic Monkeys | AM
x. Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest
x. CHVRCHES | The Bones of What You Believe
x. Daft Punk | Random Access Memories
x. Daniel Avery | Drone Logic
x. The Knife | Shaking the Habitual
x. Phosphorescent | Muchacho
x. Oneohtrix Point Never | R Plus Seven

2013's 2012 Album of the Year:

Chromatics | Kill for Love

Yes, I know the albums in the first picture aren't in order!

 

[Expendable.]

01 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City
02 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
03 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me
04 | Okkervil River | The Silver Gymnasium
05 | Kurt Vile | Wakin On A Pretty Daze
06 | Phosphorescent | Muchacho
07 | Kanye Weest | Yeezus
08 | Autre Ne Veut | Anxiety
09 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Soundtrack
10 | Laura Veirs | Warp and Weft
11 | Volcano Choir | Repave
12 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories
13 | Forest Swords | Engravings
14 | Camera Obscura | Desire Lines
15 | Youth Lagoon | Wondrous Bughouse
16 | Haim | Days Are Gone
17 | Islands | Ski Mask
18 | Disclosure | Settle
19 | CHVRCHES | The Bones Of What You Believe
20 | Shigeto | No Better Time Than Now
21 | James Blake | Overgrown
22 | Sigur Ros | Kveikur
23 | Midlake | Antiphon
24 | Deltron 3030 | Event II
25 | White Denim | Coriscana Lemonade

 

[Fjordson]

I think I need to edit Banks' London EP into my list. I'm in love with it (and her).

01 | Darkside | Psychic
02 | Tim Hecker | Virgins
03 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
04 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City
05 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me
06 | Kanye West | Yeezus
07 | Kurt Vile | Wakin on a Pretty Daze
08 | Blood Orange | Cupid Deluxe
09 | Death Grips | Government Plates
10 | William Tyler | Impossible Truth

Special Mentions but too lazy to rank:

x. Arctic Monkeys | AM
x. Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest
x. CHVRCHES | The Bones of What You Believe
x. Daft Punk | Random Access Memories
x. Daniel Avery | Drone Logic
x. The Knife | Shaking the Habitual
x. Phosphorescent | Muchacho
x. Oneohtrix Point Never | R Plus Seven

2013's 2012 Album of the Year:

Chromatics | Kill for Love

Yes, I know the albums in the first picture aren't in order!

Great list man. And <3 for Chromatics. Though I'm a little surprised After Dark 2 is not on your list.

 

[omgkitty]

Great list man. And <3 for Chromatics. Though I'm a little surprised After Dark 2 is not on your list.

Yeah, I just never really listened to it that much. I like a lot of it, but there's some really annoying tracks on there especially that Farah track "Into Eternity." I like the track itself, but her just talking over the track is super annoying.

 

[Servbot24]

This is going to be a very boring countdown if you guys don't stop listing AF and VW

 

[Fjordson]

Yeah, I just never really listened to it that much. I like a lot of it, but there's some really annoying tracks on there especially that Farah track "Into Eternity." I like the track itself, but her just talking over the track is super annoying.

Ah yeah, didn't like that one much either.

Farah has an album out soon apparently. She's had some interesting songs, but nothing major yet. Hopefully she and Johnny have some interesting stuff up their sleeve for her full-length.

 

[washboardplayer]

01 | Queens of the Stone Age | ...Like Clockwork
02 | Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob
03 | Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
04 | CHRVCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
05 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
06 | Nine Inch Nails | Hesitation Marks
07 | Dream Theater | Dream Theater
08 | The Strokes | Comedown Machine
09 | Haim | Days Are Gone
10 | David Bowie | The Next Day

The hate some people have towards Random Access Memories amuses me. Is it because it was hyped up before release and overplayed afterwards? While I would agree, I still think its a great album with some great tracks (up there with Discovery).

 

[Woffls]

Not expecting this to have any impact. Really I just want to list Protest the Hero 25 times.... because this, this, this and this.

01 | Protest the Hero | Volition
02 | Dream Theater | Dream Theater
03 | Haken | The Mountain
04 | Wintergatan | Wintergatan
05 | Trivium | Vengeance Falls
06 | Ingested | The Surreption
07 | Persefone | The Great Migration
08 | Breakdown of Sanity | Perception
09 | A Day to Remember | Common Courtesy
10 | Glamour of the Kill | Savages
11 | Carcass | Surgical Steel
12 | Erra | Augment
13 | Within the Ruins | Elite
14 | Scale the Summit | The Migration
15 | Born of Osiris | Tomorrow We Die Alive
16 | Avenged Sevenfold | Hail to the King
17 | Deathember | Going Postal
18 | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | Pardon My French
19 | Tesla Boy | The Universe Made of Darkness
20 | The Safety Fire | Mouth of Swords

I managed to miss a lot of albums this year, despite being on Spotify all day at work. I'm always so far behind because there's just so much to get through. Not even set time aside for the new Ayreon record yet. It's a reeaallyy long album.

2013's 2012 album of the year: Sonata Arctica: Stones Grow Her Name. Holy shit is it good. Holyyyy shiiittt.

 

[Fjordson]

The hate some people have towards Random Access Memories amuses me. Is it because it was hyped up before release and overplayed afterwards? While I would agree, I still think its a great album with some great tracks (up there with Discovery).

I just thought a lot of the songs were boring. And I really disliked all the vocalists on there except for Todd Edwards. I mean that really ruined some of the tracks for me. Especially Pharrell sounding like he was about to fall asleep on Lose Yourself to Dance and Get Lucky. The instrumentals on both of those were pretty enjoyable, but they're totally marred by Pharrell's dull vocals.

 

[omgkitty]

This is going to be a very boring countdown if you guys don't stop listing AF and VW

Not sure why we should stop picking two really good albums just because they're a "popular" choice.

 

[RDreamer]

1 | Steven Wilson | The Raven that Refused to Sing
2 | TesseracT | Altered State
3 | The Ocean | Pelagial
4 | Soilwork | The Living Infinite
5 | Sigur Ros | Kveikur
6 | Woodkid | The Golden Age
7 | The Safety Fire | Mouth of Swords
8 | Orphaned Land | All is One
9 | Leprous | Coal
10 | Atoms for Peace | Amok

11 | Riverside | Shrine of New Generation Slaves
12 | The Dillinger Escape Plan | One of Us is the Killer
13 | Caligula&#8217;s Horse | The Tide, the Thief & River&#8217;s End
14 | Anciients | Heart of Oak
15 | Haken | Mountain
16 | Bruce Soord and Jonas Renkse | Wisdom of Crowds
17 | Ulver | Messe I.X-VI.X
18 | Coheed and Cambria | The Afterman: Descension
19 | Queens of the Stone Age | Like Clockwork
20 | Dream Theater | Dream Theater

 

[Servbot24]

Not sure why we should stop picking two really good albums just because they're a "popular" choice.

they're the definition of so-so

 

[Linius]

they're the definition of so-so

 

[Servbot24]

a damn good one if i may be so bold!

 

[Futureman]

they're the definition of so-so

Not everything on your list needs to be a perfect, timeless record.

 

[Servbot24]

somewhere in between so-so and timeless would be fine though

 

[MuddyDonut]

01 | The Knife | Shaking the Habitual
02 | Sigur Rós | Kviekur
03 | Buke & Gase | General Dome
04 | Foxygen | We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
05 | John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts
06 | Chelsea Wolfe | Pain Is Beauty
07 | Danny Brown | Old
08 | Tricky | False Idols
09 | Janelle Monáe | The Electric Lady
10 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City

 

[TwiztidElf]

19 I Fuck Buttons I Slow Focus

Wow. Thank you for introducing me to this band. Amazing.

 

[Linius]

Wow. Thank you for introducing me to this band. Amazing.

Yeah, that's a hell of an album. Would have made my list if I did a top 20.

 

[Steamlord]

Yeah, Slow Focus is in my top ten and it's not even my favorite Fuck Buttons album.

Spoiler

I'll have my list up before the 12th, I promise

 

[Burnburn]

I haven't listened to 10 albums, so I can't make a top 10. But I do want to chime in and say Protest The Hero - Volition is an amazing album and maybe my favourite of all time.

So here's my top 3 of 2013, the amount of albums I fully listened to

01 | Protest the Hero | Volition
02 | The Dillinger Escape Plan | One of us is the Killer
03 | A Day to Remember | Common Courtesy

 

[equippedwithtowel]

This is going to be a very boring countdown if you guys don't stop listing AF and VW

It's almost like well known albums always do better on large aggregate votes...

 

[FnordChan]

01 | College | Heritage

Lately I've been wallowing in Neo 80's music and College is my favorite artist to come out of the whole neon-dazzled movement. Start filming Drive 2 in your head with "Les Automates".

02 | Mike Ratledge | Riddles of the Sphinx

My favorite newly unearthed 1970s avant-garde feminist film soundtrack of the year. Dig that ARP synthesizer with "Sequence 2".

03 | Slasher Dave | Spookhouse

Slasher Dave got my attention when he name checked John Carpenter and Fabio Frizzi on his Soundcloud page. Relive the horror of the early 80s with "House of Screams".

04 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories

Daft Punk loves disco so much...and so do I! Feel the love with "Giorgio by Moroder".

05 | Patrick Cowley | School Daze

My favorite newly unearthed early 80s gay porn film soundtrack of the year. Use your imagination with "Journey Home".

06 | Dust Witch | Tetragrammaton EP

These guys have listened to an awful lot of Goblin, but that's not a bad thing. Confession Time: I own this on cassette. Share my progressive shame with "Heldscalla".

07 | Umberto | Confrontations

With his latest album Umberto moves away from the giallo sound, but only a few years forward in time. Indulge in even more 80s nostalgia with "Night Fantasy".

08 | Anamanaguchi | Endless Fantasy

Sure, it's hyperactive cotton candy, but it's just so damn fun! Load up on sugar and buzz along with "Bosozoku GF".

09 | Various Artists | Outrun Europa

While there are a few older tracks on this Retro Synth Wave 80s Something compilation, most of the tunes here seem to be new for this release, so I'm considering it a go! Here's Cartridge 1987 (no, seriously) with "The Chase".

10 | Zombie Zombie | Illuminations EP

What makes this an EP and not a 12" single? All fourteen minutes of "Illuminations (DJ Sotofett's House-Chugging-Tuff-Tripp-Mix)".

xx | FnordChan | FnordChan EP

 

[jyoung188]

I chose a good time to finally check out spotify, I've looked through every post in this thread and I have a ton of new music to check out. I am so far out of touch when it comes to new music haha.

 

[Suzaku]

01 | Toro Y Moi | Anything In Return
02 | Blue Hawaii | Untogether
03 | Tei Shi | Saudade EP
04 | Moderat | II
05 | Tropics | Home And Consonance EP
06 | Vondelpark | Seabed
07 | Jim James | Regions Of Light And Sound Of God
08 | Tennis | Small Sound EP
09 | Kelela | CUT 4 ME
10 | Galimatias | Young Chimera EP

 

[Fjordson]

01 | College | Heritage

Lately I've been wallowing in Neo 80's music and College is my favorite artist to come out of the whole neon-dazzled movement. Start filming Drive 2 in your head with "Les Automates".

02 | Mike Ratledge | Riddles of the Sphinx

My favorite newly unearthed 1970s avant-garde feminist film soundtrack of the year. Dig that ARP synthesizer with "Sequence 2".

03 | Slasher Dave | Spookhouse

Slasher Dave got my attention when he name checked John Carpenter and Fabio Frizzi on his Soundcloud page. Relive the horror of the early 80s with "House of Screams".

04 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories

Daft Punk loves disco so much...and so do I! Feel the love with "Giorgio by Moroder".

05 | Patrick Cowley | School Daze

My favorite newly unearthed early 80s gay porn film soundtrack of the year. Use your imagination with "Journey Home".

06 | Dust Witch | Tetragrammaton EP

These guys have listened to an awful lot of Goblin, but that's not a bad thing. Confession Time: I own this on cassette. Share my progressive shame with "Heldscalla".

07 | Umberto | Confrontations

With his latest album Umberto moves away from the giallo sound, but only a few years forward in time. Indulge in even more 80s nostalgia with "Night Fantasy".

08 | Anamanaguchi | Endless Fantasy

Sure, it's hyperactive cotton candy, but it's just so damn fun! Load up on sugar and buzz along with "Bosozoku GF".

09 | Various Artists | Outrun Europa

While there are a few older tracks on this Retro Synth Wave 80s Something compilation, most of the tunes here seem to be new for this release, so I'm considering it a go! Here's Cartridge 1987 (no, seriously) with "The Chase".

10 | Zombie Zombie | Illuminations EP

What makes this an EP and not a 12" single? All fourteen minutes of "Illuminations (DJ Sotofett's House-Chugging-Tuff-Tripp-Mix)".

xx | FnordChan | FnordChan EP

Lots of neat choices in here, most I haven't heard. I love the whole retro synth thing.

Are you a John Carpenter fan by chance?

 

[FnordChan]

Lots of neat choices in here, most I haven't heard. I love the whole retro synth thing.

Thanks! As mentioned I've been positively wallowing in both retro and vintage synth sounds this year to the point where I've only been into new music if it sounds like old music. The GAF thread about Neo Synth 80s Music Wave isn't helping matters any.

Are you a John Carpenter fan by chance?

I love John Carpenter so much. (And Alan Howarth, too!) Some of my favorite reissues of the year were the swanky vinyl releases of the soundtracks to Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog from Death Waltz Recording Company.

Also, my introduction to Zombie Zombie was their album Zombie Zombie Plays John Carpenter, which is pretty freakin' awesome.

FnordChan

 

[Fjordson]

Wow, that's awesome! Would love to get Assault on Precinct 13 on vinyl.

And I've never listened to Zombie Zombie before unfortunately, but I'll definitely check out that John Carpenter album by them.

 

[linsivvi]

01 | Darkside | Psychic
02 | The Knife | Shaking the Habitual
03 | The National | Trouble will Find me
04 | Daughter | If You Leave
05 | The Naked and Famous | In Rolling Waves
06 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Mosquito
07 | Sohn | Bloodflows
08 | Cults | Static
09 | Emily Reo | Olive Juice
10 | Goldfrapp | Tales of Us
11 | Iamamiwhoami | Bounty
12 | Arctic Monkeys | AM
13 | Fuck Buttons | Slow Focus
14 | Mutual Benefit | Love's Crushing Diamond
15 | Factory Floor | Factor Floor
16 | Cloud Control | Dream Cave
17 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
18 | Chvrches | The Bones of What You Believe
19 | Boards Of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest
20 | Bloc Party | The Nextwave Sessions

 

[Crimson Clown]

01 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor
02 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me
03 | Foals | Holy Fire
04 | Queens of the Stone Age | ...Like Clockwork
05 | How to Destroy Angels | Welcome oblivion
06 | Dance with the Dead | Out of Body
07 | Atoms for Peace | Amok
08 | Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest
09 | Nine Inch Nails | Hesitation Marks
10 | Anamanguchi | Endless Fantasy

 

[Servbot24]

This is going to be a very boring countdown if you guys don't stop listing AF and VW

Another guideline to keep in mind is that Darkside - Psychic is a very bad album and all copies ought to be burned.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

I bought one album from 2013 this... er last year and that was Burials from AFI. It is fantastic and has been near endlessly played since its release. So by default it's my AotY but it probably would have been anyway.

 

[Kevtones]

Finally getting around to DJ Rashad and I'm suddenly sad that it wasn't on my list.

 

[Spider from Mars]

Writing a list that no one cares about except me shouldn't be this stressful haha

 

[Chezzymann]

I didn't even listen to 10 new albums last year. Ugh.

 

[Spider from Mars]

10 | The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die | Whenever, If Ever

While I don't really listen to much emo rock anymore, it will always hold a special place in my broken heart (//_-) I dig the shit out of this CD and so should you!

09 | Chance the Rapper | Acid Rap

I dig the production and the voice, I completely understand why someone would hate it, they are wrong, but I feel ya.

08 | The Cyclist | Bones in Motion

I got really high once and listened to this while watching Planet Earth on mute. Life changing shit

07 | Julia Holter | Loud City Song

I would probably seriously harm any one of you for a night with Julia Holter. Not a night of fucking even, just to brush her hair and drink tea or something.

06 | These New Puritans I Field of Reeds

This shit is inspired as fuck.

05 | Majical Cloudz | Impersonator

This shit is even more inspired as fuck.

04 | Cate Le Bon | Mug Museum

Lo-Fi pop magic. Drink tea and smoke a hand rolled cigarette and listen to this.

03 | Fat White Family | Champagne Holocaust

Garage Rock fuckin rips
These dudes rip

02 | Chelsea Wolfe | Pain is Beauty

I saw her with Russian Circles twice in the last year. I love her oh so much and when I got to hug her, it moved her up to the top 3 artists of all time. She is my alpha and omega.

01 | Parenthetical Girls | Privilege

Zac Pennington is brilliant and anything he does is automatically number one on my list. Fuck, this is so good. Please listen. Please understand. Fuck Reflektor, Fuck Modern Vampires, Fuck Yeezus, PRAISE PARENTHETICAL GIRLS

Spoiler

Modern Vampires is ok, Yeezus is whatever but Reflektor is not good

 

[linsivvi]

Another guideline to keep in mind is that Darkside - Psychic is a very bad album and all copies ought to be burned.