Well, the Grammy announcements come out tonight, and as usual there aren't a lot of artists
that will be nominated that I spent much time listening to. Here is your chance to toss some
bouquets to some artists you thought put out some solid work this year and maybe turn someone
else on to an album they aren't familiar with. Feel free to list honorable mentions if you feel it is
warranted and didn't make your top 5.

The Head and The Heart -- Let's Be Still
Jim James -- Regions of Light and Sound of God
Local Natives -- Hummingbird
City and Colour -- The Hurry and The Harm
The Avett Brothers -- Magpie and the Dandelion

Pearl Jam just misses the cut. It was solid but not one of my favorites this year.

Actually my most enjoyable album of the year was Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series #10 Another Self Portrait (1969-71).
I won't count it since the music is 40 plus years old. Some great unheard cuts and arrangements. They did a really
great job with this double disc.

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Marshall Mathers II
My Name is My Name
Watching Movies with the Sound off
Born Sinner
Yeezus


(Edit: Good Kid Maad City came out in Oct of 12 but really had a lot of juice in 2013 and would be my number 2)

my favorites this year

Janelle Monae- Electric Lady (my #1)
Washed Out- Paracosm
Earl Sweatshirt- Doris
Domo Genesis & Alchemist- No Idols
Speedy Ortiz- Major Arcana
HAIM- Days Are Gone
Blood Orange- Cupid Deluxe
Tim Hecker- Virgins
Bonnie Brince Billy- s/t
Purling Hiss- Water On Mars
My Bloody Valentine- m b v
Mikal Cronin- MCII
Thee Oh Sees- Floating Coffin
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories
Danny Brown- Old
Oddisee- The Beauty In All

She played with Prince at one of the After-Parties at HOB I went to last year. Good stuff.

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Pearl Jam: Lightning Bolt
Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks
Queens of the Stone Age:...Like Clockwork
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
Arctic Monkeys: AM

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i really regret not going to her show at the Vic a few months back- it was sold out but Stub hub had tickets for 50 or 60 and i wanted to, but it was on a Monday night so i backed out

i know she does Let's Go Crazy in her set


there was a 2 or 3 week period where i played the album pretty much every day. it's like crack

Oh, FUCK the Head and the Heart. I finally hit Campfire Bullshit Critical Mass on that band. At least "Ho Hey" has a hook.

Weak year for me after 2012, which had a lot of stuff I really liked. Bad year for albums, good year for songs.

Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
Phil Angotti - Life and Rhymes
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Minor Alps - Get There
Low - The Invisible Way

New stuff from Arcade Fire, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Pearl Jam, and David Bowie all disappointed me.

So hey, if you'd like to recommend anything between now and the 31st, feel free to help me out here!

EDIT: oooh, Bagels, tell me of the new Tim Hecker. I loved Ravedeath 1972.

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i like that Camera Obscura album, just listened to it for the 1st time yesterday
the Low is good too...underrated band


the Tim Hecker is very good, if that's your sort of thing....very experimental, abstract, no structure really...but it's very beautiful
he's playing at Lincoln Hall in January , probably going to go

It is my sort of thing. I love ambient. Hey, I didn't miss Stars of the Lid, did I?

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i think you did


i really like it, its just the sort of thing you have to be in the right mood to listen to...not something i'd pop in while cruising down the highway on a 80 degree summer day

Its finally happened. Im so old and unhip, I dont know ANY of CH's 5

I really want to find out that the rest of the Tired Pony album is as good as "All Things All at Once," but I suspect it won't be. I mean, at the end of the day, it's just the guy from Snow Patrol. Hell, the name even sounds like Coldplay!

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Lorde has been pretty massive.....the others are a bit more obscure (ha)

CH has replaced IMU as board hipster.

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Yes you do.

It's pretty much impossible to not know at least one song by Lorde.

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And Low has been around for years. I didn't even like them much before this album. Thanks, producer Jeff Tweedy!

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I'd say Bagels is right up there. He turned me on to Chris Cohen. Thanks, duder.

I have so much 2013 music that I've yet to give a proper listen.

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wow, totally forgot about that one...but i'm pretty sure it's a 2012 release

that is a GREAT album. never heard of the guy at all before that

2012:



Haha, how far I've come on the Lumineers. If only I knew what I was getting into.

Pretty bummed there was no Mountain Goats, Wilco, Tindersticks, or Weakerthans this year. If they all come out with new stuff for 2014, it could be very interesting.

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check this out CH:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDb56OIn_WA

December 4, 2012:



What a difference 2 days makes.

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I listen to pretty much ZERO radio

Premature Best-Of Lists are no good.

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Lorde is everywhere. I'm pretty certain my Grandma even knows "Royals",

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First time I ever heard that song


Im sheltered

Lucky is the word that comes to mind.

The song itself isn't bad, but that chick's voice is irritating beyond belief.

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Never heard quite that reaction about what is a fairly innocuous band. I thought it was a nice
sophomore effort from them. The least favorite track on the album for me is "Shake" that got all the
radio play. I knew you weren't a fan of that one from a previous post. Oh well.

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Top 12
m b v - My Bloody Valentine
Push The Sky Away - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Days Are Gone - HAIM
Memorial - Russian Circles
Trouble Will Find Me - The National
Repave - Volcano Choir
Sunbather - Deafheaven
Tomorrow's Harvest - Boards Of Canada
Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello and The Roots
Modern Vampires Of The City - Vampire Weekend
Reflektor - Arcade Fire
Random Access Memories - Daft Punk

ETA: wrote daft punk instead of the National for Trouble will find me-----

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

Yeah, I only mentioned it as a nod to your CSFMB music hipster status. I still need to hear Cronin's previous efforts.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley