Finally, finally. It's here once again--that time when you bust out the glitter, champagne flutes, and black tie (optional), and snuggle up to that special someone to watch a lighted ball (or acorn) drop as you reflect on the year gone by. And maybe read a few lists that quanitfy and qualify various things that have happened in the preceding 12 months (fun!). I am fully aware that the world does not need another year-end 'best of' list. Yet, as has become part of my own personal holiday tradition, I've made a list of albums.* (*Not even gonna pretend there is anything objective about this process anymore--these are just the ones I liked the most). It was tough to narrow it down since there was a lot of great music floating around out there in 2013, but these were my 25 favorites, in some kind of ascending order.
Happy 2k14 everybody.
25. Pity Sex: Feast of Love
24. Paramore: s/t
23. My Bloody Valentine: m b v
22. CHVRCHES: The Bones of What You Believe
21. Touché Amoré: Is Survived By
20. Youth Lagoon: Wondrous Bughouse
19. Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold
18. Arcade Fire: Reflektor
17. Swearin: Surfing Strange
16. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City
15. Bent Shapes: Feels Weird
14. Janelle Monáe: The Electric Lady
13. Sonny & The Sunsets: Antenna to the Afterworld
12. Thee Oh Sees: Floating Coffin
11. Jon Hopkins: Immunity
10. Mikal Cronin: MCII
9. Drake: Nothing was the Same
8. Los Campesions!: No Blues
7. The Wonder Years: The Greatest Generation
6. Polvo: Siberia
5. Arctic Monkeys: AM
4. Deerhunter: Monomania
3. Beach Fossils: Clash the Truth
2. The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die: Whenever, If Ever
1. Speedy Ortiz: Major Arcana
