Top 10 Music Albums of 2013

JASON BENTLEY

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Arcade Fire

   Reflektor (Merge)

2. Laura Mvula

   Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

3. Phoenix

   Bankrupt! (Glassnote)

4. Jim James

   Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)

5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

   Live From KCRW (Bad Seed Ltd)

6. Toro Y Moi

   Anything In Return (Carpark)

7. Jagwar Ma

   Howlin (Mom + Pop)

8. Atoms For Peace

   Amok (XL)

9. Mayer Hawthorne

   Where Does This Door Go (Republic)

10. Queens of the Stone Age

    ...Like Clockwork (Matador)

ANNE LITT

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Jagwar Ma

   Howlin' (Mom + Pop)

2. Atoms For Peace

   Amok (XL)

3. James Blake

   Overgrown (Universal)

4. Blood Orange

   Cupid Deluxe (Domino)

5. Laura Mvula

   Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

6. Iron and Wine

   Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)

7. Lorde

   Pure Heroine (Universal)

8. La Femme

   Psycho Tropical Berlin (Disque Pointu)

9. White Denim

   Corsicana Lemonade (Downtown)

10. Jake Bugg

    Jake Bugg (Mercury)

CHRIS DOURIDAS

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Midlake

   Antiphon (ATO)

2. Fat Freddy's Drop

   Blackbird (The Drop)

3. Daft Punk

   Random Access Memories (Columbia)

4. M.I.A.

   Matangi (Interscope)

5. Agnes Obel

   Aventine (PIAS)

6. Ludovico Einaudi

   In a Time Lapse (Decca)

7. Yasmine Hamdan

   Ya Nass (Crammed Discs)

8. Arcade Fire

   Reflektor (Merge)

9. White Denim

   Corsicana Lemonade (Downtown)

10. Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

TOM SCHNABEL

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Lili Boniche

   Anthologie (World Village)

2. Aziz Sahmaoui

   Aziz Sahmaoui & the University of Gnawa (Adami)

3. Ibrahim Maalouf

   Wind (Mi’ster Productions)

4. Laura Mvula

   Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

5. Dori, Danilo & Nana Caymmi

   Caymmi (Som Livre)

6. David Hazeltine

   Impromptu (Chesky)

7. Ana Moura

   Desfado (Universal)

8. Chris Potter

   The Sirens (ECM)

9. Fat Freddy's Drop

   Blackbird (The Drop)

10. Susanne Abbuehl

    The Gift (ECM)

GARTH TRINIDAD

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

2. Toro Y Moi

   Anything in Return (Carpark)

3. Rhye

   Woman (Republic)

4. The Stepkids

   Troubadour (Stones Throw)

5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra

   Il (Jagjaguwar)

6. Jose James

   No Beginning No End (Blue Note)

7. Superhumanoids

   Exhibitionists (Innovative Leisure)

8. Jessy Lanza

   Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)

9. The Internet

   Feel Good (Odd Future)

10. Machinedrum

    Vapor City (Ninja Tune)

TRAVIS HOLCOMBE

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Jagwar Ma

   Howlin (Mom + Pop)

2. Laura Mvula

   Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

3. Lorde

   Pure Heroine (Universal)

4. Kanye West

   Yeezus (Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam)

5. Classixx

   Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)

6. Franz Ferdinand

   Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Domino)

7. La Femme

   Psycho Tropical Berlin (Born Bad)

8. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

9. Alpoko Don

   The Ol' Soul EP (Self-released)

10. Cayucas

    Bigfoot (Secretly Canadian)

RAUL CAMPOS

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Daft Punk

   Random Access Memories (Columbia)

2. Atoms For Peace

   Amok (XL)

3. Toro Y Moi

   Anything in Return (Carpark)

4. Phoenix

   Bankrupt! (Glassnote)

5. Arcade Fire

   Reflektor (Merge)

6. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

7. Depeche Mode

   Delta Machine (Columbia)

8. Lorde

   Pure Heroine (Universal)

9. Vampire Weekend

   Modern Vampires of the City (XL)

10. Jake Bugg

    Jake Bugg (Mercury/ Island)

LIZA RICHARDSON

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Jonathan Wilson

   Fanfare (Downtown)

2. Jake Bugg

   Shangri La (Mercury/ Island)

3. James Blake

   Overgrown (ATLAS/ A&M/ Polydor)

4. Mayer Hawthorne

   Where Does This Door Go (Republic)

5. Elvis Costello and The Roots

   Wise Up Ghost (Blue Note)

6. White Denim

   Corsicana Lemonade (Downtown)

7. Jon Hopkins

   Immunity (Domino)

8. Myron & E

   Broadway (Stones Throw)

9. Queens of the Stone Age

   ...Like Clockwork (Matador)

10. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

    self-titled (Vagrant/ Rough Trade)

MARIO COTTO

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Daniel Avery

   Drone Logic (Phantasy)

2. King Krule

   6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)

3. Classixx

   Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)

4. Boards of Canada

   Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)

5. John Wizards

   John Wizards (Planet Mu)

6. Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi

   Let's Get Lost Vol. 2 (Let's Get Lost)

7. V/A

   Musik for Autobahns (Rush Hour)

8. Spike

   Orange Cloud Nine (Golf Channel)

9. Cut Copy

   Free Your Mind (Modular)

10. Connan Mockasin

    Caramel (Mexican Summer)

GARY CALAMAR

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Arcade Fire

   Reflektor (Merge)

2. Elvis Costello and The Roots

   Wake Up Ghost (Blue Note)

3. Cults

   Static (Columbia)

4. Iron and Wine

   Ghost on Ghost (Nonesuch)

5. Jagwar Ma

   Howlin (Mom + Pop)

6. Lorde

   Pure Heroine (Universal)

7. Willy Mason

   Carry On (Communion)

8. Paul McCartney

   New (Hear Music)

9. Maria Taylor

   Something About Knowing (Saddle Creek)

10. Various Artists

    True Blood Soundtrack Volume 4 (ATO)

DAN WILCOX

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. King Krule

   6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)

2. Foxygen

   We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)

3. Arcade Fire

   Reflektor (Merge)

4. Daughn Gibson

   Me Moan (Sub Pop)

5. Vampire Weekend

   Modern Vampires of the City (XL)

6. Unknown Mortal Orchestra

   Il (Jagjaguwar)

7. Kurt Vile

   Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)

8. Carmen Villain

   Sleeper (Smalltown Supersound)

9. Jagwar Ma

   Howlin (Mom + Pop)

10. Guards

    In Guards We Trust (Black Bell Records)

ERIC J LAWRENCE

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Foxygen

   We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)

2. Andrew Wyatt

   Descender (Downtown)

3. Public Service Broadcasting

   Inform-Educate-Entertain (Test Card)

4. Pretty & Nice

   Golden Rules for Golden People (Equal Vision)

5. Cayucas

   Bigfoot (Secretly Canadian)

6. Kelley Stoltz

   Double Exposure (Third Man)

7. Matt Berry

   Kill the Wolf (Acid Jazz)

8. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds

   Haunted Head (In The Red)

9. Kurt Vile

   Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador)

10. Cate Le Bon

    Mug Museum (Wichita)

ANTHONY VALADEZ

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Toro Y Moi

   Anything in Return (Carpark)

2. Pusha T

   My Name Is My Name (Def Jam / GOOD Music)

3. King Krule

   6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)

4. Jose James

   No Beginning No End (Blue Note)

5. Chance The Rapper

   Acid Rap (Self-released)

6. Maylee Todd

   Escapology (Do Right Music)

7. Skin Town

   The Room (Time No Place)

8. Sango

   North (Soulection)

9. John Wizards

   John Wizards (Planet Mu)

10. Bonobo

    The North Borders (Ninja Tune)

JASON KRAMER

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Keaton Henson

   Birthdays (Anti)

2. Arcade Fire

   Reflektor (Merge)

3. Grouplove

   Spreading Rumors (Atlantic)

4. John Newman

   Tribute (Universal/ Island)

5. Rudimental

   Home (Atlantic)

6. Tom Odell

   Long Way Down (RCA)

7. The Neighborhood

   I'm Sorry (Sony)

8. Fink

   Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Ninja Tune)

9. Sigur Ros

   Kveikur (XL)

10. Laura Mulva

    Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

JEREMY SOLE

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. James Blake

   Overgrown (Atlas/ A&M)

2. The Stepkids

   Troubadour (Stones Throw)

3. Debruit & Alsarah

   Aljawal (Soundway)

4. Jim James

   Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)

5. Contact Field Orchestra

   Vol.1 (Hit+Run)

6. Darkside

   Psychic (Matador)

7. Bonobo

   The North Borders (Ninja Tune)

8. Hanni El Khatib

   Head In The Dirt (Innovative Leisure)

9. Lord Echo

   Curiosities (Bastard Jazz)

10. John Wizards

    John Wizards (Planet Mu)

AARON BYRD

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Toro Y Moi

   Anything In Return (Carpark)

2. Owiny Sigoma Band

   Power Punch!!! (Brownswood Recordings)

3. Jose James

   No Beginning No End (Blue Note)

4. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

5. Romare

   Love Songs, Pt. 1 - EP (Black Acre)

6. Rhye

   Woman (Republic)

7. Laura Mvula

   Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

8. Jim James

   Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)

9. The Stepkids

   Troubadour (Stones Throw Records)

10. Denitia and Sene

    His and Hers. (Input)

MATHIEU SCHREYER

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Quadron

   Avalanche (Vested in Culture / Epic)

2. King Krule

   6 Feet Beneath the Moon (XL /True Panther)

3. Rhye

   Woman (Republic)

4. Thundercat

   Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)

5. John Wizards

   John Wizards (Planet Mu)

6. James Blake

   Overgrown (Atlas/ A&M)

7. Jessy Lanza

   Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)

8. Debruit and Alsarah

   Aljawal (Soundway)

9. Graveola E O Lixo Polifonico

   Eu Preciso De Um Liquidificador (Mais Um Discos)

10. Omar Souleyman

    Wenu Wenu (Domino)

BO LEIBOWITZ

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Andy Bey

   The World According to Andy Bey (HighNote)

2. Etienne Charles

   Creole Soul (Culture Shock Music)

3. Joe Davidian

   Live at the Jazz Cave, Vol. One (JD3)

4. Miles Davis

   Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2 (Columbia)

5. Michael Dease

   Coming Home (D Clef Records)

6. Rene Marie

   I Wanna Be Evil (Motema)

7. Chris Morrissey

   North Hero (Sunnyside)

8. Nicholas Payton

   Sketches of Spain (BMF)

9. Cecile McLorin Salvant

   WomanChild (Mack Avenue)

10. Jacky Terrasson

    Gouache (Sunnyside)

VALIDA

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Rhye

   Woman (Republic)

2. Vampire Weekend

   Modern Vampires of the City (XL)

3. Jonathan Wilson

   Fanfare (Downtown)

4. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

5. Classixx

   Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)

6. Jim James

   Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)

7. Treetop Flyers

   The Mountain Moves (Partisan)

8. Duologue

   Song & Dance (Killing Moon)

9. Lorde

   Pure Heroine (Universal)

10. Axel Boman

    Family Vacation (Studio Barnhus)

MARION HODGES

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Okkervil River

   The Silver Gymnasium (ATO)

2. Myron & E

   Broadway (Stones Throw)

3. Haiku Salut

   Tricolore (How Does It Feel To Be Loved?)

4. The Pastels

   Slow Summits (Domino)

5. Laura Mvula

   Sing to the Moon (Columbia)

6. Ducktails

   The Flower Lane (Domino)

7. Toro Y Moi

   Anything in Return (Carpark)

8. Letherette

   Letherette (Ninja Tune)

9. Lemuria

   The Distance Is So Big (Bridge Nine)

10. KissKiss Karate Passion

    I Can't LP (Les Disques Steak)

CHRIS MUCKLEY

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Jagwar Ma

   Howlin (Mom + Pop)

2. Alexander Von Mehren

   Aeropop (The Control Group)

3. Rhye

   Woman (Republic)

4. Foxygen

   We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic (Jagjaguwar)

5. Palma Violets

   180 (Rough Trade)

6. Crocodiles

   Crimes Of Passion (Frenchkiss)

7. Born Ruffians

   Birthmarks (Yep Roc)

8. STRFKR

   Miracle Mile (Polyvinyl)

9. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

10. Queens of the Stone Age

    ...Like Clockwork (Matador)

CHUCK P

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. My Bloody Valentine

   MBV (Self-released)

2. Xenia Rubinos

   Magic Trix (Ba Da Bing)

3. White Poppy

   White Poppy (Not Not Fun)

4. Melt Banana

   Fetch (A-Zap)

5. Savages

   Silence Yourself (Matador)

6. The Body

   Christs, Redeemers (Thrill Jockey)

7. Pharmakon

   Abandon (Sacred Bones)

8. Mater Suspiria Vision

   Serenity (Phantasma Disques)

9. Various Artists

   Mutazione: Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground (Strut)

10. Overhang Party

    Complete Studio Recordings (Important)

METROPOLIS

ARTIST + ALBUM

1. Disclosure

   Settle (Cherrytree / Interscope)

2. Hot Natured

   Different Sides of the Sun (Warner Bros.)

3. Andy Cato

   Times and Places (Apollo)

4. James Blake

   Overgrown (Universal)

5. Maya Jane Coles

   Comfort (I/AM/ME)

6. Djrum

   Seven Lies (2nd Drop)

7. Empire Of The Sun

   Ice On The Dune (Astralwerks)

8. Pretty Lights

   A Color Map Of The Sun (8 Minutes 20 Seconds)

9. Bob Marley

   Legend Remixed (Tuff Gong/UMe)

10. Kaskade

    Atmosphere (Ultra)