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Best of 2013.5 (Albums)

by josh keller · Published June 24, 2013 · Updated June 25, 2013

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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