Another year passes by and we work tirelessly on year end lists. I heard it referred to as Listageddon in one blog and granted I didn't originate the term, I'm going to run with it. 2013 was a good year for music with so much good music out there in the world, especially R&B, I could only find myself retreating back into the world of indie/alt/genre-typecast rock. With the music industrial machine kicking out singular downloads on the various digital media, surprisingly there was no shortage of good full length albums. The list created for the Flipside was reduced to 30 from over 80 album releases, which formatted with use of a shoe horn, was designed to fit a two hour show on the radio which will be airing on December 15 on WQFS from 6-8pm(EST). The show will become the first podcast of the Flipside after 3 years of promises and the last six months getting sound quality to a point where I wouldn't be embarrassed to publish it.
Here it is, the Top 30 Albums of 2013:
As usual, the list starts with a tie, the only two EP's in the group.
30(tie) The Orwells "Other Voices"
played "Other Voices"
30(tie) Misty Miller "Girlfriend"
played "Devil"
29. Johnny Marr "The Messenger"
played "European Me"
28. Palma Violets "180"
played "Best of Friends"
27. Cool Ghouls "Cool Ghouls"
played "Natural Life"
26. Swearin' "Surfing Strange"
played "Parts of Speech"
25.Speedy Ortiz "Major Arcana"
played "Tiger Tank"
24. Deerhunter "Monomania"
played "Dream Captain"
23.Frightened Rabbit "Pedestrian Verse"
played "Holy"
22. Diarrhea Planet "I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams"
played "Kids"
21. Kurt Vile "Wakin' On a Pretty Daze"
played "Never Run Away"
20. Queens of the Stone Age "Like Clockwork"
played "I Appear Missing"
19. Obits "Bed & Bugs"
played "Spun Out"
18. Waxahatchee "Cerulean Salt"
played "Waiting"
17. Little Green Cars "Absolute Zero"
played "Harper Lee"
16 The Men "New Moon"
played "Electric"
15 The Veils "Time Stays, We Go"
played "Turn From the Rain"
14(tie)Connections "Private Airplane"
14(tie)Connections "Body Language"
played "Nightwatch" off Private Airplane
13. Elephant Stone "Elephant Stone"
played "Masters of War"
12. My Bloody Valentine "MBV"
played "If I Am"
11. Phosphorescent "Muchacho"
played "A New Anhedonia"
10. Purling Hiss "Water On Mars"
played "Mercury Retrograde"
09. Parquet Courts "Light Up Gold"
played "Master of My Craft"
08. Throwing Muses "Purgatory/Paradise"
played "Sunrayvenus"
07. Yo La Tengo "Fade"
played "Paddle Forward"
06. Mazes "Ores & Minerals"
played "Sucker Punched"
05 Polvo "Siberia"
played "Light Raking"
04. Savages "Silence Yourself"
played "Husbands"
03. Mikal Cronin "MCII"
played "Weight"
02. Superchunk "I Hate Music"
played "Void"
01. Wooden Wand "Blood Oaths of the New Blues"
played "Supermoon (the Sounding Line)" & "Dungeon of Irons"
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