It is halfway through the game and we are picking who we think will win. Seems logical, right?Without further ado, here are our favorite records from the front half of 2013.
Ali Elabbady (Background Noise Crew, Egypto Knuckles)
1. Daft Punk “Random Access Memories”
2. Kanye West “Yeezus”
3. A$AP Rocky “LONGLIVEA$AP”
4. Big K.R.I.T. “King Remembered In Time”
5. Savages “Silence Yourself”
6. The National “Trouble Will Find Me”
7. Rhye “Woman”
8. Autre Ne Veut “Anxiety”
9. Queens of the Stone Age “…Like Clockwork”
10. Chance The Rapper “Acid Rap”
Josh (Reviler)
1. Pharaohs- Replicant Mood
2. Streetwalker- Future Fusion
3. Atoms for Peace- Amok
4. Daft Punk- RAM
5. FWY!- Any Exit
6. Umberto- Confrontations
7. De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 present First Serve
8. Fithly Huns- Filthy Huns
9. The Knife- Shaking the Habitual
10. Grouper- The Man Who Died in His Boar
Jon (Reviler)
1. Pharoahs – Replicant Moods
2. Lau Nau – Valohiukkanen
3. William Tyler – Impossible Truth
4. Sonny and the Sunsets – Antenna to the Afterworld
5. Black Pus – Pus Mortem
6. White Fence – Cyclops
7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
8. Textile Audio – The Pomegranate Cycle
9. Gonjasufi – MU.ZZ.LE
10. Parquet Courts – Light up Gold
Matt Helgeson (Game Informer, Unknown Prophets, Maps of Norway)
1 William Tyler – The Impossible Truth
2 Deerhunter – Monomania
3 The Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
4 Glenn Jones – My Garden State
5 Lena Hughes – Queen of the Flat Top Guitar
6 Various Artist – Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6: Roots of American Primitive Guitar
7 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
8 Chuck Johnson – Crows in the Basilica
9 Iceage – You’re Nothing
10 Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Mike (@mike_herriges)
(unranked)
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
Kanye West – Yeezus
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap
Mikal Cronin – MCII
Savages – Silence Yourself
Italians Do It Better – After Dark 2
Atoms for Peace – AMOK
Disclosure – Settle
Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic
James Blake – Overgrown
Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Daze
Jon Jon (Sound Verite)
Jame Blake – Overgrown
Atoms For Peace – Amok
Kanye West – Yeezus
Widowspeak – Almanac
Tricky – False Idols
Kenya Special (Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & ’80s) .
Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information/ Wings Of Love
Kyle (@solace)
(roughly in order)
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Phosphorescent – Muchacho
Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
Jason Isbell – Southeastern
Mikal Cronin – MCII
Night Beds – Country Sleep
Kurt Vile – Walking on a Pretty Daze
Disclosure – Settle
Deerhunter – Monomania
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