Yazz_40 2013
Yeah |
40 | | Amarionette Amarionette
The last three songs on the album feel like bonus tracks to me, but the first seven are
spectacular post-hardcore with a vocalist who's more than just a Claudio Sanchez
impersonator. Best track: When Under Pressure Explode |
39 | | Protest the Hero Volition
Probably didn't spin any album as much as this one...can't help but enjoy the hell out
of this. Best track: Mist |
38 | | So Hideous Last Poem/First Light
It's actually quite lovely. Best track: My Light |
37 | | Jon Hopkins Immunity
The popular electronic pick. Best track: Immunity |
36 | | Flat Earth Society 13
A bit of a lopsided listen as a whole, but each individual track works quite well. Best
track: Experiments in the Revival of Organisms |
35 | | Entropia (PL) Vesper
SMsBMAOTY (Surprise Metrosexual Black Metal Album of the Year) Best track: Pascal |
34 | | Eleventh He Reaches London Banhus
They're pretty much just an aggressive folk band after stripping away the
hardcore/metal elements from their past few albums, but the intensity is still very
much present. Best track: Body Unbind |
33 | | Dean Blunt The Redeemer
Weird existential pop. Best track: Demon |
32 | | Forest Swords Engravings
Trip-Hop. Best track: Thor's Stone |
31 | | The Black Heart Rebellion Har Nevo
Mystikal. Best track: The Woods I Run From |
30 | | Tyler Brown The Hollows
Fuck "Weekend" is the best song ever. Best track: Weekend (Un Beso) |
29 | | Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Uzu
Amerika. Best track: Whalesong |
28 | | The Reign of Kindo Play With Fire
Band is killer live. Best track: I Hate Music |
27 | | Big Big Train English Electric Part 2
What Genesis would sound like today if Phil Collins didn't take over. Best track: East
Coast Racer |
26 | | Leprous Coal
It's not as wholly eclectic as their last two releases, but shit can their vocalist sing.
Best track: The Valley |
25 | | Sigur Ros Kveikur
Kveikurtak. Best track: Isjaki |
24 | | Thundercat Apocalypse
Sounds like an anachronism from both the 1960's and the 2060's...ecstasy. Best
Track: Heartbreaks + Setbacks |
23 | | Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
Jesus do El-P and Killer Mike know how to arrange and craft a hip-hop album. Best
track: Sea Legs |
22 | | Polyenso One Big Particular Loop
These guys reinvented themselves from a run of the mill post-hardcore band to the
best Radiohead cover band ever. Best track: Falling in Rain |
21 | | Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks
I've never even really liked what are supposed to be Trent's best albums but this
album is really effective marriage of electronic/industrial and gothic pop and it's much
easier to stomach than his FUCK THE WORLD albums. Best track: All Time Low |
20 | | The National Trouble Will Find Me
Used to be utterly bored by these guys but I think aging has caught up to me and
made me more boring so now I enjoy them. Best track: I Need My Girl |
19 | | Tim Hecker Virgins
Ambient descriptionz. |
18 | | The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us is the Killer
Music to bloody your own cranium to. Best track: Magic That I Held You Prisoner |
17 | | HRVRD From the Bird's Cage
Fuck vowels. Best track: Cardboard Houses |
16 | | Gorguts Colored Sands
Manages to separate itself from other crazy technical metal albums due to its
understanding of musical form and structure. Best track: Colored Sands |
15 | | Jamie Lenman Muscle Memory
The hardcore cd is a bit overwhelming, but as usual Jamie manages to write intelligent
songs with charming/sardonic lyrics. Best track on hardcore cd: No News is Good
News / Best track on acoustic cd: Little Lives |
14 | | Altar of Plagues Teethed Glory and Injury
I'm so glad they cut the bullshit. Best track: Reflection Pulse Remains |
13 | | Anciients Heart of Oak
MastodOpeth. Best track: For Lisa |
12 | | Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Hrrnk. Best track: To See More Light |
11 | | Ensemble Pearl Ensemble Pearl
Ghost! Best track: Ghost Parade |
10 | | Streetlight Manifesto The Hands That Thieve
Too much consistency. Best track: With Any Sort of Certainty |
9 | | Exivious Liminal
Take note, crappy instrumental metal bands. Best track: Deeply Woven |
8 | | Julia Holter Loud City Song
Bleach, lighter fluid, ammonia, you know - lady stuff. Best track: Into the Green Wild |
7 | | Ulver Messe I.X-VI.X
Wolves in the Symphonium. Best track: Son of Man |
6 | | Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest
What is today but yesterday's tomorrow's harvest? Best Track: Nothing is Real |
5 | | Fire! Orchestra Exit!
Banshee wails + jazz. |
4 | | The Knife Shaking the Habitual
Banshee wails + electronic propaganda. Best track: Raging Lung |
3 | | Black Host Life in the Sugar Candle Mines
Sweet, controlled chaos. Best Track: Hover |
2 | | The Gabriel Construct Interior City
Very thoughtful songwriting here; a bit of a cumbersome underlying theme but the
music complements and enhances the story quite well. Best Track: Fear of Humanity
or Defense Highway |
1 | | Kayo Dot Hubardo
Duh. Best Track: Passing the River |
|