Miscellaneous - Albums of the Year
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published: 14 / 12 / 2013
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Our writers and photographers reflect upon their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of 2013
CARL BOOKSTEIN 1. Greek Theatre - Lost Out at Sea 2. Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait 3. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze 4. National - Trouble Will Find Me 5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor 6. Atoms for Peace - Amok 7. Matthew J Tow - The Way of Things 8. Bill Callahan - Dream River 9. Natalie Maines - Mother 10.Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold Favourite Live Gig - Gregg Allman, Soundboard, Detroit 10/23/2013 MALCOLM CARTER (In no particular order...) 1. Israel Nash Gripa - Rain Plans 2. Louise Aubrie - Time Honoured Alibi 3. Matthew E White - Big Inner 4. Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare 5. Dodson And Fogg - Derring Do 6.. Dodson and Fogg - Sounds Of Day & Night 7. Suzi Chunk - Girl from the Neck Down 8. Crystal Jacqueline - Sun Arise 9. Thea Gilmore - Regardless 10.My Darling Clementine - The Reconciliation ANDREW CARVER 1.Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty 2.Rodion - The Lost Tapes 3.Barn Owl - V 4.Bevis Frond - White Numbers 5.Milk Music - Cruise Your Illusion 6.Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II 7.Big Dick - Big Dick 8.Grouper - The Man Who Died In His Boat 9.Circuit des Yeux - Overdue 10.Various Artists - Cosmic Machine Favourite Live Gig - Deniz Tek and the Bad Men, Dominion Theatre, Ottawa, 18/5/2013 JOHN CLARKSON 1. Godfathers - Jukebox Fury 2. Reichenbach Falls - Reports of Snow 3. Parlour Flames - Parlour Flames 4. Short Stories - Send My Love to Everyone 5. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Ghost Republic 6. Band of Holy Joy - City of Tales (Vol 1. and 2) 7. Arcade Fire - Reflektor 8. Rotifer - The Cavalry Never Showed Up 9. Editors - The Weight of Your Love 10.Bitter Springs - Everyone's Cup of Tea Favourite Live Gig - Stranglers/Godfathers, Picture House, Edinburgh, 1/3/2013 DAN CRESSEY 1. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork 2. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 3. Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold 4. Cornell Campbell (with Soothsayers) – Nothing Can Stop Us 5. Young Fathers – Tape Two 6. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts 7. Ghostface Killah – Twelve Reasons to Die 8. Dobie – We Will Not Harm You 9. Portico Quartet - Live/Remix 10.Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts NICK DENT-ROBINSON 1. Arctic Monkeys -AM 2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away 3. Jules Winchester - A Stranger in Your Home 4. Joe Brown - The Ukelele album (Deluxe Edition 5. The Band - Live At The Academy of Music 1971 6. David Bowie - The Next Day Favourite Live Gig - Alice Cooper, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Cropredy, 8/8/2013 GILLIAN FISH 1. The 1975 - The 1975 2. Arctic Monkeys - AM 3. Arcade Fire - Reflektor 4. Peace - In Love 5. Drenge - Drenge 6. Foals - Holy Fire Favourite Live Gig - The Cribs/Drenge, 100 Club, London, 17/4/2013 DAVE GOODWIN 1. Simon York - Nothing's Ever Quite What You Thought It Would Be 2. Die! Die! Die!- Harmony 3. Luxury Stranger - Face EP 4. Churches - The Bones of What You Believe 5. David Bowie - The Next Day 6. National - Trouble Will Find Me 7. Six by Seven - Love Peace and Sympathy 8. Miles Kane - Don't Forget Who You Are 9. Cat Empire - Steal the Light 10.Dead Wolf Club -Rar Favourite Live Gig -Die! Die! Die!, Operto, Leeds, 21/7/2013 MARIE HAZELWOOD 1. Bill Ryder-Jones - Bad Wind Blows in My Heart Favourite Live Gig - Patrick Wolf, Epstein Theatre, Liverpool, 7/2/2013 BEN HOWARTH 1. Rotifer – The Cavalry Never Showed Up 2. It Hugs Back – Recommended Record 3. The Wave Pictures – City Forgiveness 4. David Ford – Charge 5. John Howard – Storeys 6. John Murry – The Graceless Age 7. Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hammer – Child Ballads 8. Roddy Woomble – Listen to Keep 9. Frontier Ruckus – Eternity of Dimming 10.Dan Michaelson and the Coastguards – Blind Spot Favourite Live Gig: The Wave Pictures, Camden Jazz Café, London, 13/11/2013 ADRIAN HUGGINS 1. 65 Days of Static - Wild Light 2. Humanfly - Humanfly 3. Wet Nuns - Wet Nuns 4. Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect 5. Nails - Abandon All Life 6. Dismemberment Plan - Uncanny Valley 7. We Are Knuckle Dragger - Drone 8. Bonobo - The North Borders 9. Kings of Leon - Mechanica Bull 10.Conan - Live at Roadburn Favourite Live Gig - Eagulls / Temple of Coke, Riverside, Sheffield - 16/11/2013 FIONA HUTCHINGS 1. Edwyn Collins - Understated CHRIS JONES 1. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest 2. Forest Swords - Engravings 3. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 4. Machinedrum - Vapor City 5. Baths - Obsidian 6. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus 7. Kurt Vile - Wakin' on a Pretty Daze 8. Senking - Capsize Recovery 9. Atoms for Peace - Amok 10.Washed Out - Paracosm JAMIE ROWLAND 1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts 2. Hellfyre Club - Dorner vs Tookie 3. Thundercat - Apocalypse 4. Grand Theft Auto V - Original Sound Track (honestly an amazing compilation!) 5. Akron/Family - Sub Verses 6. David Bowie - The Next Day 7. Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon 8. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork MARK ROWLAND 1. National - Trouble Will Find Me 2. My Bloody Valentine - mbv 3. Deerhunter - Monomania 4. Phosphorescent - Muchacho 5. Buke and Gase - General Dome 6. David Bowie - The Next Day 7. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap 8. Bonobo - The North Borders 9. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana 10.Ezra Furman - Day of the Dog MAARTEN SCHIETHART 1. Marvin - Barry 2. Allysen Callery - Mumblin' Sue 3. Burial - Rival Dealer 4. Nancy Elizabeth - Dancing 5. Ty Segall - Sleeper 6. Black Pus - All My Relations 7. Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu 8. Pea Sea - The Debatable Land 9. Sidi Touré - Alafia 10.Bazooka -Bazooka DOMINIC SIMPSON 1, Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Doobie Wonderland" Favourite Live Gig - Yo La Tengo, Barbican, London, 8/13/2013 ANTHONY STRUTT 1. Johnny Marr - The Messenger. 2. Toy - Join the Dots 3. Poltergeist - Your Mind is a Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonders) 4. Charlie Boyer And the Voyeurs - Clarietta. 5. Ian McNabb - Eclectric Warrior. 6. Savages - Silence Yourself 7. Young Husband - Dromes. 8. Bailter Space - Trinine. 9. Exit Calm - The Future Isn't What It Used to Be 10.Churches - The Bones of What You Believe. Favourite Live Gig - Johnny Marr, Institute, Birmingham, 16/3/2013 LISA TOREM 1. Booker T. Jones - 'Sound the Alarm' 2. Dave Davies - 'I Will Be Me' 3. Monster Magnet - 'Last Patrol' 4. Todd Rundgren - 'State' 5. Angele David-Guillou - 'Kourouma' Favourite Live Gig - Dave Davies, City Winery, Chicago, 18/11/2013 PAUL WALLER 1.Charlotte Church – Two and Three EP’s 2.Earl Sweatshirt - Doris 3.Keaton Henson – Birthdays 4.California X – California X 5.Marnie Stern – The Chronicles of Marnia 6.Mark Mulcahy – Dear Mark J Mulcahy, I Love You 7.Matt Berry – Kill the Wolf 8.Steve Martin & Edie Bricknell – Love Has Come For You 9.Grant Hart – The Argument 10.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away DENZIL WATSON 1. Arctic Monkeys - AM 2. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions 3. Luke Haines - Rock 'n' Roll Animals 4. British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy 5. Young Knives - Sick Octave 6. Patrick Duff - Ghosts of the Underworld 7. I Am Kloot - Let It All In 8. Ian McNabb - Eclectic Warrior 9. Gogol Bordello - Pure Vida Conspiracy 10.Eels - Wonderful, Glorious
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