Year-End Critics' Polls 2013

LWE tracks of the year:
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/chart/lwes-top-25-tracks-of-2013-5-1/

top ten >>>

10. Huerco S., “Apheleia’s Theme”
09. Levon Vincent, “???”
08. Terekke, “Bank 3″
07. Marcel Fengler, “Jaz”
06. Elgato, “We Dream Electric”
05. KMFH, “Crushed”
04. Florian Kupfer, “Feelin”
03. DJ Fett Burger & DJ Speckgürtel, “Speckbass”
02. PJOTR, “True Spirit”
01. The Mole, “Lockdown Party” (Sprinkles’ Crossfaderama)

cool #1

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9294-guest-list-best-of-2013/

^^^ emil.y you need to read page 2 of that feature :) ^^^

Billboard best albums:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks

15. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
14. Lady Gaga - ARTPOP
13. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
12. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
11. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
10. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
9. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
8. Rhye - Woman
7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
6. Haim - Days Are Gone
5. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
4. Lorde - Pure Heroine
3. Disclosure - Settle
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
1. Beyonce - Beyonce

note the number one

haha its been out a week?

The Fact tracks list:
http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/16/the-100-best-tracks-of-2013/

nice to see "lay down in swimming pools" at #12

John Grant at #2 in the Guardian. Really wanted that to beat Kanye to #1 because seriously who wants to read another Yeezus thinkpiece at this stage.

― Matt DC, Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:12 AM

the "no-more-yeezus-thinkpieces" part is otm, but yeezus has been no. 1 on far fewer lists than i would've figured. that modern vampire album (lol) seems to have topped more lists (lol).

sadly, this

17 Dirty Beaches - Drifters / Love is the Devil

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standout album, but probably will be largely overlooked in year-end polls.

― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, November 20, 2013

turned out to be, otm, too. it only appeared on three lists cited here (all of whom are edgy/prominent record shops).

Reading that FACT list, I challenge anyone to find a less exciting 2013 musical trend than "minimal grime".

they seem to be really into it

slackk's stuff is really really great

I like that Dirty Beaches album ok, but it's incredibly derivative of various other things. Dude needs to work harder at getting his own thing going.

i get that, but "incredibly derivative of other things" is an albatross you can hang around the neck of a lot of universally-loved acts. also, with the right sound, it tends to bother me less (e.g., the raveonettes, when they sounded more vital).

2013: a great year for men in music http://thequietus.com/articles/14186-men-2013-robin-thicke

Boomkat charts:
http://boomkat.com/collections/boomkat-charts-2013

^ i love these things for finding stuff i missed

Resident Advisor's top 50 tracks
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1973

10. Joy Orbison - Big Room Tech House DJ Tool - TIP!
09. Daft Punk - Get Lucky
08. Paul Woolford - Untitled
07. Galcher Lustwerk - Tape 22
06. The Mole - Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles' Crossfaderama)
05. Pev & Kowton - Raw Code
04. Ten Walls - Gotham
03. Florian Kupfer - Feelin
02. Tessela - Hackney Parrot
01. Matthew Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze remix)

The Quietus: R&B In 2013 - A Round Up By Alex Macpherson

I really have to try Amel Larrieux.

Afisha's top 25 Russian albums of the year:

http://volna.afisha.ru/sounds/25-luchshih-russkih-albomov-goda/

amel larrieux album is fantastic

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9294-guest-list-best-of-2013/

― ArchCarrier, Friday, December 20, 2013 11:58 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ emil.y you need to read page 2 of that feature :) ^^^

― karajan up the khyber (NickB), Friday, December 20, 2013 12:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

IlovethemIlovethemIlovethem

(We also made EvTrue's "future songs of the week" list if any ilx0rs want to point and laugh at me some more)

(drunk and excitable, sorry)

the p4k individual writer and guest lists are much more interesting than the staff lists. lots of interesting stuff i hadn't heard before, like this rocker from retribution gospel choir. with nels cline!

Poll of 136 jazz critics:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2013/2013/12/16/251761858/the-2013-npr-music-jazz-critics-poll

http://www.splicetoday.com/music/the-2013-splice-today-music-poll

SPLICE TODAY poll

Filed my P&J ballot. I won't see anybody else's data until after voting closes, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be my own least obscurist year yet. Which isn't saying much, except that I didn't file the all-metal ballot I was contemplating at one point.

10 albums I loved desperately and yet didn't vote for:

1. Big Country: The Journey
2. Autre Ne Veut: Anxiety
3. Tonight Alive: The Other Side
4. Leprous: Coal
5. Kvelertak: Meir
6. Terra Tenebrosa: The Purging
7. Progenie Terrestre Pura: U.M.A.
8. Deafheaven: Sunbather
9. Anneke van Giersbergen: Drive
10. Mixtapes: Ordinary Silence

10 songs I could happily listen to on loop indefinitely, and yet didn't vote for:

1. Carina Dahl: NLTO
2. Keith Urban: Cop Car
3. Claire: Set Out With Me
4. Of Verona: Who Do You Love
5. The Colourist: Little Games
6. Marchenbilder: Follow the Trail of Fear
7. Paramore: Proof
8. Io: Mirrors
9. Neisha: Tandem
10. Laura Stevenson: Runner

Daniel 2 that Retribution Gospel Choir is EZSnappin's album of the year, I haven't devoted much time for it yet but it sounds dope

Hey Lex that R&B roundup wz great; who were all the R&B artists that you were rolling your eyes at for being 'futuristic'?

The RGC album is only two (long) tracks so if you like the song you've heard, you're halfway to loving the whole thing.

http://music.remezcla.com/2013/latin/best-songs-of-2013/4

Latino alt-rock and rap list

RA Poll: Top 50 tracks of 2013
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1973

10. Joy Orbison - Big Room Tech House DJ Tool - TIP! [NonPlus+]
09. Daft Punk - Get Lucky [Columbia]
08. Paul Woolford - Untitled [Hotflush Recordings]
07. Galcher Lustwerk - Tape 22 [White Material]
06. The Mole - Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles' Crossfaderama) [Perlon]
05. Pev & Kowton - Raw Code [Hessle Audio]
04. Ten Walls - Gotham [Innervisions]
03. Florian Kupfer - Feelin [L.I.E.S.]
02. Tessela - Hackney Parrot [Poly Kicks]
01. Matthew Herbert - It's Only (DJ Koze remix) [Pampa]

That is an excellent #1 from RA.

best discovery from RA trax list: ten walls
best discovery from FACT trax list: alden tyrell

Both big Ten Walls tunes from this year are amazing, don't sleep on Requiem as well.

i haven't, that's terrific too

oh yeah, loved the tale of us ones too - both "another earth" and their mano le tough remix

galcher lustwerk was boring though and "hackney parrot" was so dry

my lists: http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/70898726825/end-of-year-lists-2013

Love that remix of its only but had no idea it was a big track this year

Craig Hayes' Top 10 in Last Rites:
http://lastrit.es/articles/665/craig-hayess-top-10-of-2013

More albums:
http://www.popmatters.com/column/176883-ragnaroek-2013-gloomy-awards//

Full list:

1. Oranssi Pazuzu—Valonielu
2. Locrian—Return To Annihilation
3. Agrimonia—Rites Of Separation
4. Aosoth—IV: Arrow In Heart
5. Thrall – Aokigahara Jukai
6. Lycus – Tempest
7. Beyond – Fatal Power of Death
8. Ulcerate – Vermis
9. Tribulation – The Formulas of Death
10. Lake of Blood – Omnipotens Tyrannus
11. Sacriphyx – The Western Front
12. Inquisition – Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
13. Bolzer— Aura
14. Church of Misery – Thy Kingdom Scum
15. Sub Rosa – More Constant Than The Gods
16. Merkstave - Merkstave
17. Grave Miasma – Odori Sepulcrorum
18. Darkthrone— Underground Reistence
19. Power Trip – Manifest Decimation
20. Atlantean Kodex- The White Goddess
21. Lantern – Below
22. Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury
23. Rotting Christ – Katá ton Daímona Eaf̱toú
24. VHÖL - VHÖL
25. In Solitude – Sister
26. Fell Voices – Regnum Saturni
27. Clutch – Earth Rocker
28. Enforcer – Death by Fire
29. Hessian – Manégarmr
30. Sinistrous Diabolus – Total Doom//Desecration
31. Magister Templi – Lucifer Leviathan Logos
32. Seidr – Ginnungagap
33. Shooting Guns – Brotherhood of the Ram
34. Earthless – From the Ages
35. Nails – Abandon all life
36. Beastwars – Blood Becomes Fire
37. Bone Sickness – Alone in the Grave
38. Magic Circle – Magic Circle
39. Shallow Grave – Shallow Grave
40. Dressed in Streams – Dressed in Streams
41. Cult of Fire – Ascetic Meditation of Death
42. Torture Chain – Mutilating Astral Entities
43. Ramlord – Crippled Minds, Sundered Wisdom
44. True Widow – Circumambulation
45. Jucifer - За Волгой для нас земли нет

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2013

Deafheaven has the best-reviewed major album of 2013While Kanye West's Yeezus 84 has been dominating critics' year-end top 10 lists, a slightly more under the radar release has quietly maintained its lead as 2013's highest-scoring album, where it has stood since midyear. And with that stellar 92 score, Sunbather—the second LP from San Francisco's Deafheaven—is now officially our best-reviewed album of the year.

It's the first time a metal album has occupied the #1 slot in our year-end rankings. In fact, out of albums with 15 more more reviews (excluding EPs and reissues), Sunbather is now the 7th-highest scoring album in our database, which includes releases dating back to 1999.

Pretty cool.

The Lowest-Scoring Albums of 2013 (Min. 7 Reviews) Album Label Metascore Users
1 Super Collider by Megadeth UMD
2 What The... by Black Flag SST
3 Authentic by LL Cool J 429 Records
4 In a Perfect World by Kodaline RCA
5 I Love You by The Neighbourhood Columbia
6 Moon Landing by James Blunt Atlantic
7 Borrell 1 by Johnny Borrell Universal
8 #willpower by will.i.am Interscope
9 Hotel California by Tyga Republic
10 What About Now by Bon Jovi Island

A worthy winner here too lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQz4cAF4iE&list=UUt7fwAhXDy3oNFTAzF2o8Pw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEZK6_MlDw&list=UUt7fwAhXDy3oNFTAzF2o8Pw

Some interesting choices by Fontano.

that guy rly annoys me for some reason

lol list trolls