SIART's Top 75 of 2013

 

It has been a very quiet year here at SIART. Life conspires to fill my time with work and family activities and has left little to no time for the blog. That being said, I have compiled a list of my favorite records of the year. They are presented in alphabetical order. If pushed to pick a number 1 I would have to say that it is The Phoenix Foundation's "Fandango", a sprawling two disc set of Kiwi goodness  that mashes up indie rock, synth pop, folk, ambient and a few other things into a heady, catchy brew of deliciousness.

    •    Alpine - A Is For Alpine

    •    Arctic Monkeys – Am
    •    Atoms for Peace – Amok
    •    Bettie Serveert – Oh Mayhem!
    •    Bibio –Silver Wilkinson
    •    The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow
    •    Blue Sky Black Death - Glaciers
    •    Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest
    •    Bomb The Bass - In The Sun
    •    Bot’Ox - Sans Dormir
    •    David Bowie – The Next Day
    •    Brothertiger - Future Splendors
    •    Chvrches - The Bones Of What You Believe
    •    Classixx - Hanging Gardens
    •    Edwyn Collins - Understated
    •    Elvis Costello And The Roots – Wise Up Ghost
    •    Crocodiles– Crimes Of Passion
    •    CSS –Planta
    •    Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
    •    Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
    •    Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
    •    Ducktails - The Flower Lane
    •    Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune
    •    Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind
    •    Frankie Rose - Herein Wild
    •    Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action
    •    Goldfrapp– Tales Of Us
    •    Gramme - Fascination
    •    Holy Ghost! - Dynamics
    •    I Monster - Swarf
    •    Islands - Ski Mask
    •    Jagwar Ma - Howlin’
    •    Jel - Late Pass
    •    Kelpe - Fourth: The Golden Eagle
    •    Latyrx - The Second Album
    •    The Mary Onettes - Hit The Waves
    •    Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time
    •    Paul McCartney – New
    •    MGMT - MGMT
    •    M.I.A. - Matangi
    •    Midlake - Antiphon
    •    Connan Mockasin - Caramel
    •    Janelle Monae – Electric Lady
    •    My Bloody Valentine – MBV
    •    Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
    •    New Young Pony Club - NYPC
    •    Nightmares On Wax - Feelin’ Good
    •    Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
    •    Peace - In Love
    •    Pet Shop Boys - Electric
    •    Phoenix - Bankrupt!
    •    The Phoenix Foundation – Fandango
    •    The Polyphonic Spree – Yes, It’s True
    •    Pond –Hobo Rocket
    •    Poni Hoax – A State Of War
    •    Primal Scream – More Light
    •    Queens of The Stone Age - … Like Clockwork
    •    RJD2 - More Is Than Isn’t
    •    Savages– Silence Yourself
    •    Small Black - Limits of Desire
    •    The Strokes – Comedown Machine
    •    The Suburbs – Si Sauvage
    •    Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
    •    Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return
    •    Toy - Join The Dots
    •    Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
    •    Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City
    •    VANDAAM - VANDAAM
    •    Various - After Dark II
    •    Various - Trevor Jackson - Metal Dance 2
    •    Various - ZTT - The Organization Of Pop
    •    Washed Out – Paracosm
    •    Wire – Change Becomes Us
    •    Yo La Tengo – Fade
    •    !!! - Thr!!!er