Yazz_40 2013
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| 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 |
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