The Bore's Favorite Albums of 2013

[Robo]

Have we had one of these threads yet this year?

Here's my attempt at a list:

1. 
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

2. 
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze

3. 
Deerhunter - Monomania

4. 
Savages - Silence Yourself

5. 
Phoenix - Bankrupt!

6.  Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety
7.  Lorde - Pure Heroine
8.  Arcade Fire - Reflektor
9.  Burial - Rival Dealer
10.  Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
11.  David Bowie - The Next Day
12.  Kisses - Kids in L.A.
13.  Darkside - Psychic
14.  Drake - Nothing Was the Same
15.  Atoms for Peace - AMOK
16.  The Strokes - Comedown Machine
17.  CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
18.  Washed Out - Paracosm
19.  Ty Segall - Sleeper
20.  The Knife - Shaking the Habitual

[brob]

Burial - Rival Dealer
Tim Hecker - Virgins
House of Black Lanterns - Kill the Light
Forest Swords - Engravings
Perfume - Level3
Dj Rashad - Double Cup
Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
Mohammad - Som Sakrifis
Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
Kvelertak - Meir
Shining - One One One

Randomly wrote down some that came to mind. Maybe I'll add some more, but maybe I won't!

[fistfulofmetal]

2013 has been pretty disappointing for a lot of the music I listen to. a lot of duds. I didn't keep track of all the albums i've listened to so i'll just post a bunch of albums i listened to and thought were good.

Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
Tyr - Valkyrja
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Mindcontrol
Russian Circles - Memorial
Motorhead - Aftershock
Dream Theater - s/t
Evile - Skull
Gacharic Spin - Delicious
Charisma.com - Ai Ai Syndrome
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe

[Eric P]

I posed this in the hip hop thread

most of these are free

milo - things that happen / cavalcade
Timeless Truth - Rock-it Science
Chester Watson - Phantom
clipping - midcity
Jeremiah Jea - Black Jungle Radio / Bad Jokes, etc
Serengeti - Saal / Kenny Dennis LP
Problem & Iamsu!  - Million Dollar Afro / Kilt 2
Curly Castro - Fidel
Kris Kasanova - 24k
Killah Priest - Psychic World of Walter Reed
Quelle Chris - niccas is Men / Ghost at the Finish Line
Cult Favorite - For Madmen Only
Old Money - Fire in the Dark
Johnny Voltik - The Legendary Misfit
Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
Kyle Rapps - SUB
Pinqy Ring - Herstory
Bones - Creep
Amber London - Tru 2 Tha Phonk
Killer Mike and EL-P - Run The Jewels
MeLo-X - GOD EP Trilogy
The Devil - Harbinger
billy woods - Dour Candy
L.atasha A.lcindor - SPARK
Ka - The Night's Gambit
Chris Clarke- The Handpicked
Formula Abstract - Audio Autopsy Vol 2
BLKHRTS - Death, Romance and the Color BLK
Shy Glizzy - Law 2
Danny Brown - OLD
Tyquan Sounds - FUCKWHOYOUTRINABE
J-Zone - Peter Pan Syndrome
World's Fair - Bastards of the Party
Le1f - Tree House
Hellfyre Club - Dorner vs Tookie
Death Grips - Government Plates
Jonwayne - Rap Album One
Busdriver - Arguments With Dreams
Showyousuck - Dude Bro / OMPP4
Tomorrow Kings - distinguished black fellow Rigged Time Machine
ICE - Gorgeous Children
Armand Hammer - Race Music

non rap stuff i liked

Kat Kong - Self TItled
Teengirl Fantasy - Nun
Azar Swan - Dance Before The War
Split Feet - 2013 Demo
Vex Ruffin - Self Titled
Pampers - Self Titled (I'm thanked in the album acknowledgements for this one)
Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
HSY- HSY
Kirin J Callanin - Embracism
Fuzz - Self Titled
Longings - 2013 Demo
Youth Cold - Self Titled
Parquet Courts - Tally All The Things You Broke / Light Up Gold (this came out last year but it was re-released to more people this year)
Yvette - Process (probably my favorite of the year)
Sleepies - Godmode Tape
Cuntz - Solid Mates
Pill Friends - Blessed Suffering
Priests - Tape 2
Perfect Pussy - I Have Lost All Desire for Feeling
Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister
Tree Blood - Self Titled
Pop 1280 - Imps of Perversion
Honnda - Fantasy Remover
Wives - Wifes
Congo Natty - Jungle Revolution (excellent ragga tinged jungle from a master of the genre)
Mikal Cronin - II (not as good as his first one, sadly)
Cream Juice - Man Feelings
Double Dagger - 333 (RIP)
Pleasure Leftists - s/t
The Men - New Moon
Family Curse - Twilight Language

[nudemacusers]

Virgins (Tim Hecker) really stood out to me. Haven't listened to a whole lot in the past few months, however.

[Diunx]

The Next Day- Bowie
Palosanto- Bunbury

[Human Snorenado]

Ezra Furman- The Day of the Dog
Love Language- Ruby Red
Neko Case- The Worse Things Get...
The National- Trouble Will Find Me
Atoms for Peace- AMOK
David Bowie- The Next Day
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Push the Sky Away
My Bloody Valentine- m b v
Okkervil River- The Silver Gymnasium

...I guess Reflektor. It's flawed and overdone but still has some really good tunes.

[demi]

My taste in music is questionable (not to be confused with my taste in dudes), but a few I enjoyed this year:

The Color Morale - Know Hope
Atilla - About That Life
Hands Like Houses - Unimagine
A Day To Remember - Common Courtesy

[Freyj]

Didn't care for 2013 as much as 2012, but I guess:

Washed Out
Youth Lagoon
Arcade Fire
NIN (Half the album anyway)
Atoms for Peace
MBV
Pure Imagination remake by Fiona Apple

[Beezy]

Vampire Weekend fucking sucks.

nice list

[nudemacusers]

I enjoy vampire weekend. nice cleanser after noise assaults and crying children.

[Mr. Gundam]

Chvrches
Bubblegum Lemonade
Math and Physics Club
Vampire Weekend
Arcade Fire
Neko Case
My Bloody Valentine
Washed Out
Phoenix
Kurt Vile

[CatsCatsCats]

Same answer as every year, Tusk.

[TEEEPO]

the absolute best
no particular order

Jenny Hval - Innocence is Kinky
My Bloody Valentine - MBV
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Push the Sky Away
Burial - Rival Dealers/Truant/Rough Sleeper
Kanye West - Yeezus
Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get
Deafheaven - Sunbather

the rest
a few prob belong with the best but i've yet to dedicate the time

Tim Hecker - Virgins
Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
Julia Holter - Loud City Song
Pharmakon - Abandon
Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety
Kirin J Callanin - Embracism
Wolf Eyes - No Answer; Lower Floors
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
Danny Brown - OLD
James Blake - Overgrown
Yvette - Process
Roly Porter - Life Cycle Of A Massive Star Subtext
Milo - things that happen at day/night
Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
Kerridge - A Fallen Empire
Moin - EP
Death Grips - Government Plates
Savages - Silence Yourself
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
M.I.A. - Matangi
Miles - Faint Hearted
Mohammad - Som Sakrifis
Alberich - Machine Gun Nest: Cassette Works, Vol. 0
Priests - Tape Two

shit list

Vampire Weekend
Haim
Disclosure

[Phoenix Dark]

I'll put my top 10 hip hop list together later

[tiesto]

Danny Howells - Balance 024
Disclosure - Settle
Jon Hopkins - Immunity

[Trent Dole]

Only thing I like that hasn't been listed already is Mitchie M's comp of tunes.

[TakingBackSunday]

robo pretty much has my exact top 10, so I'll just defer to his post

[MrAngryFace]

Argh I dunno- truth be told 2012 had more that I liked.

I did enjoy REDEMPTION as friends suddenly liked Tegan and Sara and I was TOO GROWN UP TO RUB IT IN. But yeah- favorite album I discovered this year came out last year. Wtf. MUSIC 2013- kinda good?

[benjipwns]

It always feels to me like every year I'm disappointed in everything that came out but then in six months or a year I'll re-visit and love what came out the year prior. And too often I'll later adopt the newest album from whoever as my new favorite.

So I basically I suffer from the Zelda Cycle with music?

Didn't realize The Knife came out until this thread.

I have to admit I actually came to like Panic at the Disco's new one quite a bit. ("Miss Jackson" probably being my least favorite song on it, in part because there's already one "Ms. Jackson" for me.) I didn't realize they had changed so much sound wise.