yay! list time
Thought 2013 was a great year for music - tons of good and eclectic stuff out there - Steve I loved the jessie ware album as well
1. Jagwar Ma 'Howlin' (so much fun to listen to, brought me back to the summer of 1992 living in Germany)
2. The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock "The Brutal Here and Now' (Pogues meet Thin Lizzy meet Metallica meet Yes meet Elbow - stunning, hugely ambitious stuff)
3. The (London) Suede 'Bloodsports' (Didn't listen to or like them much first time around. A rare and notable example of a band coming back better and stronger)
4. Little Green Cars 'Absolute Zero' (Mumford meets Lumineers with a slightly bigger sound. Irelands finest - oh and they're kinda sorta my relatives)
5. The Virgin Marys 'King of Conflict' (uncompromising, balls to the wall rock n roll, saw them at DC9 with approx 24 people in attendance - y'all missed out)
6. Fidlar 'Fidlar' (snotty, aggressive, infectious, joyful, bratty punk rock - thank you Relaxer for turning me on to these guys)
7. Neko Case 'The More etc etc' (beautiful return to form, epic beautiful soundscapes and possibly the saddest song ever written in 'Nearly Midnight, Honolulu')
8. Deathfix 'Deathfix' (wonderful 70s and psychedelia influenced album by former Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty)
9. Jessie Ware 'Devotion' (not the kind of thing I would normally listen to but this worked for me on so many levels)
10. Billy Bragg 'Tooth and Nail' (another welcome return to form, Billy moved to Nashville and rediscovered his songwriting soul, while embracing a slightly more overt country sound - he wears it well)
Honorable mentions
Lianne La Havas
Daughter
Phosphoescent
David Bowie
Daughter
The History of Apple Pie
First Aid kit
She and Him
Eleanor Friedberger
Ex Cops
London Grammar
Jason Isbell
Villagers
Eels
the Young Evils
Portugal the Man
Bleached
Bleeding Rainbow
Shovels and Rope
Radkey ****** amazing
The Orwells
Dan Croll
QOTSA
Yo La Tengo
Johnny Marr
Biggest Disappointment
Future of the Left - I'm a huge huge fan dating all the way back to McLusky (thanks markie) but this was a piece of shit
