#10 – Gliss//Langsom Dans
♩ Waves
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#9 – Telekinesis//Dormarion
♩ Ghosts and Creatures
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#8 – Diego Garcia//Paradise
♩ Dónde Estás
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#7 – Son Lux//Lanterns
♩ Lost It To Trying
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#6 – Porcelain Raft//Permanent Signal
♩ Echo
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#5 – CHVRCHES//The Bones of What You Believe
♩ We Sink
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#4 – Autre Ne Veut//Anxiety
♩ Play By Play
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#3 – My Bloody Valentine//m b v
♩ She Found Now
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#2 – Arcade Fire//Reflektor
♩ Afterlife
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#1 – David Bowie//The Next Day
♩ Valentine’s Day
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A few more favorites:
#11 – Guards//In Guards We Trust
#12 – Deltron 3030//Event II
#13 – Sleigh Bells//Bitter Rivals
#14 – Surrogate//Post-Heroic
#15 – Kavinsky//Odd Look
#16 – Childish Gambino//because the internet
#17 – Desert Stars//Habit Shackles
#18 – Rhye//Woman
#19 – Youth Lagoon//Wondrous Bughouse
#20 – Disclosure//Settle
Stream all of my Favorite Albums of 2013 on Spotify.
Check out my Favorite EPs of 2013 here.
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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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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A few of my favorite new releases this week, including new stuff from Caveman, Generationals, Surrogate, Telekinesis, and the highly anticipated b-side/rarities/unreleased tracks compilation from Rilo Kiley. As always, be sure to visit Largehearted Boy for more new music. And one more thing, HAPPY 30th birthday to my Honey Bunny!!!
Bonobo//The North Borders
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Caveman//Caveman
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Generationals//Heza
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Ólafur Arnalds//For Now I Am Winter
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Rilo Kiley//RKives
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Surrogate//Post Heroic
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Telekinesis//Dormarion
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A few more worth a listen:
The Besnard Lakes//Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO
Bleached//Ride Your Heart
Cold War Kids//Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
Dutch Uncles//Out of Touch in the Wild
Gems//Tall Mountain
Hem//Departure and Farewell
Kinski//Cosy Moments
Tyler, the Creator//Wolf
Various Artists//The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
This is a short film I put together for a documentary class at Chico State featuring three local bands: The Make, Casing the Promiseland, and Surrogate. I plan on making a longer version so stay tuned. For more information on the bands click below
