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Favorite Albums of 2013 (so far)

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We’re halfway through 2013 and it’s shaping up to be quite the year in music.

Highlights definitely include the return of My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, and David Bowie, along with some really fantastic debuts from Disclosure, Ex Cops, Little Green Cars, On An On, and Rhye.  But with high comes the low, and though I was super excited for new albums from The Knife and Phoenix, they were quite the letdown in my opinion.

These are simply in alphabetical order.  It’s hard enough to rank my top 10, i don’t want to do it more than once a year.  Enjoy all of these on Spotify, which i’ll continue to update throughout the rest of 2013.  And with some highly anticipated releases still on the horizon, including new albums from Porcelain Raft, Smith Westerns, and Elton John, i’m sure this list will evolve.

But enough babbling, enjoy my favorite albums of 2013 (so far) and please check back in December to see which (if any) make the cut for my top 10 of the year.

 

Autre Ne Veut//Anxiety

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Baths//Obsidian

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Buke & Gase//General Dome

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Camera Obscura//Desire Lines

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Christopher Owens//Lysandre

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CHVRCHES//Recover EP

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The City and Horses//Strange Range

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Daft Punk//Random Access Memories

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David Bowie//The Next Day

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Disclosure//Settle

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Eleanor Friedberger//Personal Record

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Evenings//Yore

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Ex Cops//True Hallucinations

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Gliss//Langsom Dans

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Guards//In Guards We Trust

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The Joy Formidable//Wolf’s Law

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Lady Lamb the Beekeeeper//Ripely Pine

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Little Green Cars//Absolute Zero

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Local Natives//Hummingbird

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The Mary Onettes//Hit the Waves

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The Men//New Moon

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My Bloody Valentine//m b v

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The National//Trouble Will Find Me

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Oberhofer//Notalgia EP

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On An On//Give In

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Rhye//Woman

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Saturday Looks Good To Me//One Kiss Ends It All

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Sigur Rós//Kveikur
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Surfer Blood//Pythons

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Surrogate//Post-Heroic

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Telekinesis//Dormarion

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TRAILS AND WAYS//Trilingual EP

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Vampire Weekend//Modern Vampires of the City

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs//Mosquito

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Yo La Tengo//Fade

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Youth Lagoon//Wondrous Bughouse

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[new music roundup] 4.23.13

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A few of my favorite new releases this week, including new stuff from Fort Frances, Phoenix, and Young Galaxy.  As always, be sure to visit Largehearted Boy for more new music. What are your favorite new releases this week?

 

Fort Frances//Harbour Ep

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Junip//Junip

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Laura Stevenson//Wheel

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Oberhofer//Notalgia EP

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Phoenix//Bankrupt!

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The Postelles//…And It Shook Me

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The Veils//Time Stays, We Go

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Young Galaxy//Ultramarine

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A few more worth a listen:
Brass Bed//The Secret Will Keep You
Gracie//Bleeder EP
Los Campesinos!//A Good Night For A Fistfight: Live At Islington Assembly Hall
The Neighborhood//I Love You
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell//Love Has Come For You
SWIMM//Feel EP
Thee Oh Sees//Floating Coffin
White Prism//White Prism EP
Yeasayer//Live at Ancienne Belgique

 

 

(31) Days of Good: 12.27.12

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“Craft Spells combine shy synthesizers and and jangly guitars to create a sound reminiscent of Joy Division and indie-shoegaze veterans The Radio Dept. ‘Still Left With Me’ is a touching pop song about love that is born through time and circumstance shrouded in a dream-like atmosphere, making it perfect for a lazy summer afternoon.” (via KEXP)

Craft Spells – Still Left With Me [from Gallery]
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Technically, this song was first released in 2010, but since it was included on Oberhofer’s debut album Time Capsules II this year and it’s such a good track, i’m including it with this year’s good.

Oberhofer – oOoO [from Time Capsules II]
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Heaven is a record with the power to grab your heart, like an ex-lover you just can’t shake off–no matter how many years you’ve been without them.” (via BBC Music)

The Walkmen – Heartbreaker [from Heaven]
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[new music roundup] 3.27.12

A few of my favorite new releases this week, including the latest from Young Prisms, La Sera, The Mars Volta, and Miike Snow.  Also in the mix, Clint Mansell’s fantastic soundtrack for Last Night.  As always, be sure to head on over to Largehearted Boy and Amoeba for many more of this week’s releases.

 

Clint Mansell//Last Night (soundtrack)
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Damon Albarn//Rocket Juice and the Moon
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La Sera//Sees the Light
Break My Heart
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Late Night Tales (Vol. 2): Belle & Sebastian (various artists)
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The Mars Volta//Noctourniquet
Zed and Two Naughts [via soundcloud]
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Miike Snow//Happy To You
Devil’s Work
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Oberhofer//Time Capsules II
Away Frm U
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RACES//Year of the Witch
Big Broom
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Young Prisms//In Between
Floating in Blue
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What are your favorite new releases this week?