Saturday, December 21, 2013

Another Look at 2013

After we announced our picks for the 10 Best Albums of 2013, our fantastic group of correspondents have given us theirs to share. The beauty of music, like any type of art form, is that it is subjective and everyones outlook will be a bit different. Take a look at what our correspondents picked as their favorite albums of the year!

Here is a list from our photographer and premiere NYC DJ RICH D SMOOV:
1. Action Bronson & Party Supplies - Blue Chips 2 
2. Ill Bill - The Grimey Awards
3. Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric - Czarface
4.Deltron 3030 - The Event 2
5. RA the Rugged Man - Legends Never Die
6. Run the Jewels
7. Carcass - Surgical Steel
8. Gorguts  - Colored Sands 
9. Nails - Abandon All Life
10. Take Over and Destroy - Endless Night

Here is a list from our photographer Le-La Cloutier:
1. Arctic Monkeys- AM
2. Portugal. The Man- Evil Friends
3. Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires in the City
4. Justin Timberlake- The 20/20 Experience
5. Cold War Kids- Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
6. Jake Bugg- Shangri La
7. Kings of Leon- Mechanical Bull
8. Lorde- Pure Heroine
9. Arcade Fire- Reflektor
10. Fitz and the Tantrums- More Than Just A Dream

Honorable Mentions:
1. Skylar Grey- Don't Look Down
2. Grouplove- Spreading Rumours
3. The Strokes- The Comedown Machine

Here is a list from our correspondent Matthew Warford:
1 - Classixx - Hanging Gardens
2 - The National - Trouble Will Find Me
3 - Jessie Ware - Devotion
4 - Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
5 - Haim - Days Are Gone
6 - Rhye - Woman
7 - Holy Ghost! - Dynamics
8 - Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
9 - James Blake - Overgrown
10 - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Honorable Mentions:
Phoenix - Bankrupt!
Disclosure - Settle
Drake - Nothing Was The Same
AM & Shawn Lee - La Musique Numerique
Houses - A Quiet Darkness

Here is a list from our correspondent David Blanchard:
1. Smith Westerns - Soft Will
2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
3. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
4. The Head and the Heart - Let's Be Still
5. Lucius - Wildewoman
6. Washed Out - Paracosm
7. Cayucas - Bigfoot
8. Fuzz 
9. Olafur Arnalds - For Now I am Winter
10. James Blake - Overgrown