Best of 2013

Factory Floor are here, share Laurel Halo remix, give us their Best of 2013 lists

intro After four years of teasing us with singles and EPs, UK trio Factory Floor finally released their self-titled debut album this year. Like their other work, it’s rooted in Detroit techno and acid, but with a stark, post-punk outlook…

The Front Bottoms list their top 10 LPs of 2013, playing BV holiday party this month (and other shows)

intro The Front Bottoms at Mercury Lounge in 2011 (more by Chris La Putt) The Front Bottoms‘ Talon of the Hawk (out now on Bar/None) was one of the more fun records of the year, mixing folk punk and indie pop in a way that was pretty easy to get stuck in your head…

Dum Dum Girls announce 2014 tour with Blouse (dates); Dee Dee gives us her Top 10 Things of 2013

Dum Dum Girls‘ third album, Too True, is out January 28. If you’re heard the slinky first single “Lost Boys & Girls Club” you know this record takes the band in new directions…

NPR Music list their 50 favorite albums of 2013

NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more…

Feathers working on new EP, list their favorite LPs of 2013, playing NYC before European tour w/ Depeche Mode (dates)

Austin’s Feathers have had a busy year. They released their debut album, If All Here Now, have toured the country (they played NYC in May) and opened for Depeche Mode during SXSW…

Sondre Lerche scored a new film, on a Norwegian stamp, lists his favorite music of 2013, playing NYC in February

Sondre Lerche is still working on his new album, but he does have music coming out before that. He collaborated with fellow musician Kato Ådland on the score to Norwegian drama The Sleepwalker which is out January 14…

No Joy list BrooklynVegan comment threads that gave them joy. +++ belated pics of No Joy at Mexican Summer Five

; intro We asked a bunch of artists to submit Top 10 of 2013 lists. Most of them just sent their favorite records. But sometimes they surprise us like Wax Idols and No Joy did with their similar, but very different BV-themed lists…

Wax Idols take on BrooklynVegan comments in 'Top 5' of 2013 list

intro Wax Idols @ Cake Shop in May (more by Chris La Putt) We asked a bunch of artists to submit Top 10 of 2013 lists. Most of them just sent their favorite records…

Rolling Stone says "Blurred Lines" is the worst song ever (but also the 50th best of 2013)

We’ve been seeing a lot of lists of what people thought the best music of 2013 was, including Rolling Stone, and now the magazine’s Rob Sheffield has weighed in on his “Worst Song of This or Any Other Year”: “Blurred Li…

A.V. Club lists their Top LPs of 2013

It’s been a transitional year for A.V. Club. The print version of The Onion ceased publication, and much of AVC’s senior staff jumped ship for Pitchfork’s new film site, The Dissolve…
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