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1 Deafheaven - Sunbather

2 Entropia - Vesper

3 Chvrches - Bones of What You Believe

4 Sigur Ros - Kveikur

5 Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed

6 O'Brother - Disollusion

7 Celeste - Animale(s)

8 Gorguts - Colored Sands

9 Windhand - Soma

10 Anagnorisis - Beyond All Light

 

Honorables--Tyr - Valkyrja, Kvelertak - Meir, Aquilus - Griseus, Light Bearer - Silver Tongues, Carcass - Surgical Steel, Mammoth Grinder - Underworlds, Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury, Aosoth - IV Arrow In Heart, Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius, Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu, Vhol - s/t, Ash Borer - Bloodlands, Revocation - s/t, Vattnet Viskar - Sky Swallower

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Kinda surprised people like that off with their heads record so much. They write the same song over and over. Fucking loved it up to "from the bottom" but find it boring now.

 

"In Desolation" was a big stinker and I was ready to write them off after that, but I felt like "Home" was a step back towards their earlier stuff.

 

Everything up to "From The Bottom" is flawless. Those are some of my most listened to records over the past 5 or 6 years.

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Album of the Year 2013: 

Kayo Dot - Hubardo 
http://kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/hubardo 

Full album stream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB68Te4v4Ys&list=PL4_9nnlNTB4iaRc0ozax0lI9_0Ugp1sqz&index=1

Plus 13 more albums released this year worth checking out. (Organized by genre, then alphabetically, by artist.):

HEAVY 

CELESTE - Animale(s) 
http://www.denovali.com/celeste/

Gorguts - Colored Sands 
http://gorguts.bandcamp.com/album/colored-sands

Ulcerate - Vermis 
http://ulcerate.bandcamp.com/album/vermis

MATH/PROG/WEIRD/MISC./ETC.

Buke and Gase - General Dome 
http://bukeandgase.bandcamp.com/album/general-dome 

CHON - Newborn Sun 
http://chonofficial.bandcamp.com/ 

Enemies - Embark, Embrace 
http://enemiesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/embark-embrace 

i speak in calculus - Giant Ash of the Earth 
http://ispeakincalculus.bandcamp.com/album/giant-ash-of-the-earth 

The Knells - The Knells 
http://theknells.bandcamp.com/album/the-knells 

Tera Melos - X'ed Out 
http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out 

Za! - Wanananai 
http://discorporate.bandcamp.com/album/wanananai

POP-PUNK

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Pardon My French 
https://soundcloud.com/fearlessrecords/sets/chunk-no-captain-chunk-pardon/

Neck Deep - A History of Bad Decisions 
http://pinkyswearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-history-of-bad-decisions 

The Story So Far - What You Don't See 
http://purenoise.bandcamp.com/album/what-you-dont-see 

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Most anticipated albums of 2014 (so far): 

Fireworks - ?
Neck Deep - Wishful Thinking 
Pretend self-released vinyl
seahaven - Reverie Lagoon: Music for Escapism Only

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My top 10. In order of release date.

Off With Their Heads - Home

Turnover - Magnolia

Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve

Have Mercy - The Earth Pushed Back

The Front Bottoms - Talon of the Hawk

Drug Church - Paul Walker

The Smith Street Band - Don't Fuck With Our Dreams

Balance and Composure - The Things We Think We're Missing

The Flatliners - Dead Language

Touche Amore - Is Survived By

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Here's my top 25 LPs of 2013. I own the physical version of every release listed below. 

 

In alphabetical order starting with Appleseed, which also happens to be my #1 album of the year. 

 

Appleseed Cast - Illumination Ritual 
(Test press #2/50)
 
Black Hearted Brother - Stars Are Our Home 
(White 2xLP + lithograph)
 
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter At The Feast 
(Red 2xLP)
 
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight…
(Deluxe edition w/ bonus tracks & temporary tattoos)
 
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
(LP + 7")
 
Mikal Cronin - MCII
(Standard LP)
 
Deer Tick - Negativity
(Sky blue 2xLP)
 
Fuzz - S/T
(Deluxe fuzzy cover splatter etc & blue)
 
Jacco Gardner - Cabinet Of Curiosities
(Mixed color /500)
 
Holograms - Forever
(Brown /300 + letterpress)
 
Lemuria - The Distance Is So Big
(Clear w/ splatter /300)
 
The Night Marchers - Allez! Allez!
(Standard LP)
 
Palms - S/T
(Clear 2xLP /1k)
 
Poliça - Shulamith
(Indie bootleg, unique hand drawn cover, signed & #'d /500)
 
Restorations - LP2
(Green/yellow swirl /100 & Poison City blue /100)
 
Russian Circles - Memorial
(Gray marbled /500)
 
Ty Segall - Sleeper
(Standard LP)
 
Son Lux - Lanterns
(Black within clear, #'d /500)
 
Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
(Clear w/ red splatter + flexi)
 
Their / They're / There - S/T & Analog Weekend EPs
(RSD seafoam green & band black /300)
 
Touché Amore - Is Survived By
(White /299 & deluxe coming soon)
 
Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
(Yellow splatter /200)
 
Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
(Blue 2xLP)
 
Washed Out - Paracosm
(Green loser edition + 7")
 
Wavves - Afraid Of Heights
(Splatter /500)
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My Top 10 are:

 

01 - The Night Marchers - Allez Allez - Swami

02 - Dead Mechanical - OK Night - Toxic Pop

03 - Radioactivity - Radioactivity - Dirtnap

04 - The Steve Adamyk Band - Third - Dirtnap

05 - Chestnut Road - Chestnut Road - Brassneck / Speedowax

06 - Warm Soda - Someone For You - Castle Face

07 - Tight Bros - Tight Bros - Rad Girlfriend 

08 - The Blind Shake - Key To A False Door - Castle Face

09 - Obits - Bed & Bugs - Sub Pop

10 - Audacity - Butter Knife - Suicide Squeeze

 

And if you go to: http://www.ibuywaytoomanyrecords.com/2013/12/the-absolute-best-records-of-2013.html you can see my top 30, some honorable mentions and a little write up about haw great 2013 was for new music.

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Of the 10 artists you've just posted, I can't say I've even heard mention of a single one. I am familiar with 2 of the 8 labels, though.

The warm soda LP is pretty awesome, and I've heard good things about the Obits Lp...beyond that Im in your boat.

You know the more obscure something is the better it is!

Fcuk lame stream big names like Atoms for Peace, Arcade Fire, Daft Punk....their shit is shit.

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There are definitely obscure gems out there, but I'd say it's silly to think that obscurity is directly proportionate to quality. (Even though I suspect you were being a little sarcastic.)

And continuing with said sarcasm, I've got to say that a lot of "big name" artists killed it, this year.

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There are definitely obscure gems out there, but I'd say it's silly to think that obscurity is directly proportionate to quality. (Even though I suspect you were being a little sarcastic.)

And continuing with said sarcasm, I've got to say that a lot of "big name" artists killed it, this year.

I just listed what I liked. No thought given to the bands position in the grand scheme of things, only their position in my heart.

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