Adam3000
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Notable album releases always drops off a cliff in November and December for some reason. And for me personally, I haven't really been in the music mood for a while for a variety of reasons
Got mine on deck, about to drop.
Official 2013 Alt Music Thread
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Notable album releases always drops off a cliff in November and December for some reason. And for me personally, I haven't really been in the music mood for a while for a variety of reasons
Got mine on deck, about to drop.
Adam3000
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Album of the Year:
Vampire Weekend "Modern Vampires of the City" -- No other album came close to the mix of creativity, artistry, and lyricism together in a package that was also pop friendly. This band was always just a "oh,yeah, they are cool I guess" type of band to me....but with this album they finally proved that all the hype heaped upon them years ago was justified
Runner Up:
Colin Stetson "New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light" -- While avant garde jazz may not be a genre that can appeal to everybody, Colin Stetson took it as close to the mainstream as it can go here. There is no album that made me experience the raw, visceral emotion that this one did this year despite some solid competition. The ultimate record to listen to in the dark with headphones or a high end stereo system.
Top Tier Albums (in no order):
San Fermin "San Fermin"
The Flaming Lips "The Terror"
Youth Lagoon "Wondrous Bughouse"
Deafheaven "Sunbather"
Sigur Ros "Kveikur"
Arcade Fire "Reflektor"
Next Tier Albums (in no order):
James Blake "Overgrown"
Local Natives "Hummingbird"
Phosphorescent "Muchacho"
Foxygen "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic"
CHVRCHES "The Bones Of What You Believe"
Julia Holter "Loud City Song"
Other Highly Noteworthy Albums (in no order):
Sky Ferreira "Night Time, My Time"
Darkside "Psychic"
Haim "Days Are Gone"
Juliana Barwick "Nepethene"
Kanye West "Yeezus"
Majical Cloudz "Impersonator"
Autre Ne Veut "Anxiety"
Savages "Silence Yourself"
Deerhunter "Monomania"
The Knife "Shaking The Habitual"
My Bloody Valentine "MBV"
Jon Hopkins "Immunity"
Beach Fossils "Clash the Truth"
Iceage "You're Nothing"
Grouper "The Man Who Died In His Boat"
Clinic "Free Reign II"
Kurt Vile "Wakin On A Pretty Daze"
Vampire Weekend "Modern Vampires of the City" -- No other album came close to the mix of creativity, artistry, and lyricism together in a package that was also pop friendly. This band was always just a "oh,yeah, they are cool I guess" type of band to me....but with this album they finally proved that all the hype heaped upon them years ago was justified
Runner Up:
Colin Stetson "New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light" -- While avant garde jazz may not be a genre that can appeal to everybody, Colin Stetson took it as close to the mainstream as it can go here. There is no album that made me experience the raw, visceral emotion that this one did this year despite some solid competition. The ultimate record to listen to in the dark with headphones or a high end stereo system.
Top Tier Albums (in no order):
San Fermin "San Fermin"
The Flaming Lips "The Terror"
Youth Lagoon "Wondrous Bughouse"
Deafheaven "Sunbather"
Sigur Ros "Kveikur"
Arcade Fire "Reflektor"
Next Tier Albums (in no order):
James Blake "Overgrown"
Local Natives "Hummingbird"
Phosphorescent "Muchacho"
Foxygen "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic"
CHVRCHES "The Bones Of What You Believe"
Julia Holter "Loud City Song"
Other Highly Noteworthy Albums (in no order):
Sky Ferreira "Night Time, My Time"
Darkside "Psychic"
Haim "Days Are Gone"
Juliana Barwick "Nepethene"
Kanye West "Yeezus"
Majical Cloudz "Impersonator"
Autre Ne Veut "Anxiety"
Savages "Silence Yourself"
Deerhunter "Monomania"
The Knife "Shaking The Habitual"
My Bloody Valentine "MBV"
Jon Hopkins "Immunity"
Beach Fossils "Clash the Truth"
Iceage "You're Nothing"
Grouper "The Man Who Died In His Boat"
Clinic "Free Reign II"
Kurt Vile "Wakin On A Pretty Daze"
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Boricua Guerrero
props for that I always like going thru peoples best of list and listening to the albums I'm not familiar with
but man you really didnt like the Arctic Monkeys' album, not even one spot and I still dont see the attraction people have to Vampire Weekend's music
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Boricua Guerrero
NME's Top albums of 2013
http://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-50-best-albums-of-2013/326689/1/1?recache=1&t=1231316
NME's 50 top tracks of 2013 here
warning both list are one by one
http://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-50-best-albums-of-2013/326689/1/1?recache=1&t=1231316
NME's 50 top tracks of 2013 here
warning both list are one by one
Adam3000
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Ehh, I thought that Arctic Monkeys was a 7/10 at best. Just found it a bit too mundane and lacking the zaniness of their past records. I really value creativity and "soul" in music (not soul as in the genre, just that unexplainable emotion), two things that Arctic Monkeys are usually quite strong at and I thought their newest album lacked both bigtime
As far as the Vampire Weekend album, I feel you 100% that the attraction can be hard to understand. I was in the same boat as you before this newest album. But they presented a package that was full of classic melodies and lyrics that were very deep and meaningful to the 20-40 age group. I mentioned creativity and soul...they always had the creativity, they have finally added the soul.
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Boricua Guerrero
finally got around to listening to that Andrew Wyatt album
wtf man? I love Miike Snow I expected something more akin to that
wtf man? I love Miike Snow I expected something more akin to that
This is kind of a odd request.
Does anyone have Matt Pond Pa the Freeep?
Does anyone have Matt Pond Pa the Freeep?
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Boricua Guerrero
PM'ed
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Boricua Guerrero
rolled into one.