When I took a peak over some lists from the last couple years, it feels like 2013 was a pretty solid year for interesting music. There were a number of bands who created combinations of sounds like no one else can really lay claim to right now. There were also a number of artists who borrowed from their influences really well and wore them unabashedly on their sleeves to stunning effect. Some of the music I came across was instantly engaging, while other releases were tough listens, with rewarding endings if you were patient enough. Some veterans showed they can still compete with and even outdo the kids, while other seniors fell flat and missed the mark slightly.
As always, I threw the net quite wide in 2013, and got most of my biases and overreactions out of the way along the way. I was able to spend mostly meaningful time with upwards of approximately 250 records this year. Listening to as much new music as possible is quite simply what I like to do more than anything else. Some records were unfortunately brushed over prematurely, and hopefully they will float back into listening circulation in due course. Others just did not work for these ears whatsoever.
So this is where I landed. I reserve the right to shuffle things around, but really if that happens I will be the only one who notices or cares. I wanted to get this up, because I don't have the patience or capacity to bugger around with it anymore. The plan is to follow shortly with more detail, narrative and thoughts on the Top 10.
| Artist | Album | |
| 100 | The 1975 | The 1975 |
| 99 | Yuck | Glow and Behold |
| 98 | St. Lucia | When The Night |
| 97 | Beastmilk | Climax |
| 96 | Depeche Mode | Delta Machine |
| 95 | Sulk | Graceless |
| 94 | Frightened Rabbit | Pedestrian Verse |
| 93 | !!! | Thr!!!er |
| 92 | Wavves | Afraid of Heights |
| 91 | Xander Harris | The New Dark Age of Love |
| 90 | Franz Ferdinand | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action |
| 89 | Visage | Hearts & Knives |
| 88 | Surfer Blood | Pythons |
| 87 | Lorde | Pure Heroine |
| 86 | The Grapes of Wrath | High Road |
| 85 | Arctic Monkeys | AM |
| 84 | Hilotrons | At Least There's Commotion |
| 83 | Johnny Marr | The Messenger |
| 82 | Kurt Vile | Walking on A Pretty Daze |
| 81 | John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts |
| 80 | David Bowie | The Next Day |
| 79 | White Lies | Big Tv |
| 78 | The Dismemberment Plan | Uncanney Valley |
| 77 | James Blake | Overgrown |
| 76 | Public Service Broadcasting | Inform - Educate - Entertain |
| 75 | My Bloody Valentine | mbv |
| 74 | Minor Alps | Get There |
| 73 | Janelle Monae | The Electric Lady |
| 72 | Queens Of The Stone Age | Like Clockwork |
| 71 | Cults | Static |
| 70 | Soviet Soviet | Fate |
| 69 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of The City |
| 68 | Frankie & The Heartstrings | The Days Run Away |
| 67 | Telekinesis | Dormarion |
| 66 | Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest |
| 65 | Washed Out | Paracosm |
| 64 | These New Puritans | Field of Reeds |
| 63 | Little Boots | Nocturnes |
| 62 | London Grammar | If You Wait |
| 61 | Gauntlet Hair | Stills |
| 60 | The KVB | Immaterial Visions |
| 59 | Asif Illyas | Synesthesia |
| 58 | Miles Kane | Don't Forget Who You Are |
| 57 | Shad | Flying Colours |
| 56 | Pet Shop Boys | Electric |
| 55 | The Black Hollies | Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere |
| 54 | By Divine Right | Organized Accidents |
| 53 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me |
| 52 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories |
| 51 | Everything Everything | Arc |
| 50 | Jamie Lidell | Jamie Lidell |
| 49 | Jagwar Ma | Howlin |
| 48 | Oneohtrix Point Never | R Plus Seven |
| 47 | Of Montreal | lousy with sylvianbriar |
| 46 | Sebadoh | Defend Yourself |
| 45 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor |
| 44 | Sigur Ros | Kveikur |
| 43 | Chvrches | The Bones of What You Believe |
| 42 | Phoenix | Bankrupt! |
| 41 | Girls Names | The New Life |
| 40 | Haim | Days Are Gone |
| 39 | Woodkid | The Golden Age |
| 38 | Moderat | II |
| 37 | KA | The Night's Gambit |
| 36 | Goldfrapp | Tales of Us |
| 35 | Midnight Juggernauts | Uncanny Valley |
| 34 | Factory Floor | Factory Floor |
| 33 | The Hunt | The Hunt Begins |
| 32 | Adult. | The Way Things Fall |
| 31 | Gary Numan | Splinter |
| 30 | Holograms | Forever |
| 29 | Classixx | Hanging Gardens |
| 28 | The Love Language | Ruby Red |
| 27 | Tricky | False Idols |
| 26 | Weekend | Jinx |
| 25 | Superchunk | I Hate Music |
| 24 | The Knife | Shaking The Habitual |
| 23 | Suuns | Images du Futur |
| 22 | Anna Calvi | One Breath |
| 21 | Blood Orange | Cupid Deluxe |
| 20 | Mind Spiders | Inhumanistic |
| 19 | Tilbury | Northern Comfort |
| 18 | Savages | Silence Yourself |
| 17 | Sebastien Grainger | Yours To Discover |
| 16 | Junip | Junip |
| 15 | Frankie Rose | Herein Wild |
| 14 | Holy Ghost! | Dynamics |
| 13 | Crocodiles | Crimes of Passion |
| 12 | OMD | English Electric |
| 11 | Empire of The Sun | Ice on The Dune |
| 10 | Dutch Uncles | Out of Touch in The Wild |
| 9 | Disclosure | Settle |
| 8 | Primal Scream | More Light |
| 7 | Foals | Holy Fire |
| 6 | Polvo | Siberia |
| 5 | Mikal Cronin | MCII |
| 4 | Suede | Bloodsports |
| 3 | Baths | Obsidian |
| 2 | Local Natives | Hummingbird |
| 1 | Cut Copy | Free Your Mind |
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