Top Albums of 2013

This year was an interesting year in music for me, both live and recorded, some albums I listened to nonstop for months, some just got a few listen. But in total there were around 45-50 new albums I listened to this year. Below are my top 13 albums and a few honorable mentions. Again no order outside of number one: 

Twenty One Pilots – Vessels
Cloud Cult – Love
Seabird – Troubled Days
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
The Front Bottoms – Talon of the Hawk
Bastille – Bad Blood
Cage The Elephant – Melophobia
Arctic Monkeys – AM
Justice – Access All Arenas
CHVRCHES – The Bones Of What You Believe
The Octopus Project – Fever Forms
The Arcade Fire – Reflektor
The Avett Brothers – Magpie and the Dandelion

Honorable Mentions: Emily Bear – Diversity; Avicii – True, The Almost – Fear Inside Our Bones; Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros; She & Him – Volume 3; Eisley – Currents; Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action; Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest; Valerie June – Pushin’ Against A Stone; Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City

Previous lists: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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