The must-have albums of 2013

[Arthur]

That will go through to the Monday! Bit pricey, but I've paid a lot more for 90 minutes football, so why not.

Tout it. Won't get close to selling out and you'll be able to pick one up outside allot cheaper than face. If not then just buy one from the box office.

 

[Buzzer]

Tout it. Won't get close to selling out and you'll be able to pick one up outside allot cheaper than face. If not then just buy one from the box office.

The after-party looks like it could be amusing for all the wrong reasons. Peter Hook is DJing at the Life Club (wherever that is) and he's hilariously bad at pretending to DJ. I've seen the Youtube clips and I reckon Paris Hilton can fake DJing better than Hooky. Plus he'll be off his face. What's not to like?

 

[StonehamPark]

That doesn't answer my question. Do they still sound like a bored Foo Fighters? All double tracked vocals and very, very bland choruses? Puzzle started to lean that way then the album after that was absolutely shitawful.

The majority of tracks on Puzzle and Only Revolutions (imo) sounded and a bit lethargic.
I don't feel Opposites is a 180 degree turn at all. It's a completely new re-working of everything they've done combined, ramped up, mixed around, gargled and spat back out 10,000x.

I promise you, from 45 seconds into Opposites (Different People) you are hooked.

Saw them live again last month. Awesome.

 

[Arthur]

The after-party looks like it could be amusing for all the wrong reasons. Peter Hook is DJing at the Life Club (wherever that is) and he's hilariously bad at pretending to DJ. I've seen the Youtube clips and I reckon Paris Hilton can fake DJing better than Hooky. Plus he'll be off his face. What's not to like?

Saw that. Thought it was at the Concorde though? Or is that what it is called now?

Sadly I'm out of the country so I won't be able to attend.

Given your previous comments about not being able to make it two days running will you be in attendance IF we've got a play off final the following day??

 

[soistes]

in no particular order

Frightened Rabbit -- Pedestrian Verse
I am Kloot -- Let it all in
Otis Taylor -- My world is gone
British Sea Power -- Machineries of Joy
Stornoway -- Tales from Terra Firma
Rokia Traore -- Beautiful Africa
Nick Cave -- Push the sky away
Bowie -- The next day
Billy Bragg -- Tooth and Nail
Yo la Tengo -- Fade
Marianne Faithfull -- Broken English (reissue)

 

[Buzzer]

Saw that. Thought it was at the Concorde though? Or is that what it is called now?

Sadly I'm out of the country so I won't be able to attend.

Given your previous comments about not being able to make it two days running will you be in attendance IF we've got a play off final the following day??

I've got the flyer in front of me and it definitely says Life Club, seafront Brighton. I hadn't realised it was the Brighton Centre for the gig though. It's such a horrible venue that I won't be doing the gig (probably) but seriously tempted with the after party - if we get through to the final then I won't sleep the night before anyway!


Does this mean you would miss the final if we got there?

 

[tinycowboy]

Deerhunter - Monomania

Have you heard this, or are you going on probabilities? If the former, what do you think?

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Doubt much will come close to this. Maybe The National.

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I love this album and the re mixes that came out in 2012.

 

[albionalbino]

My top ten so far. In no order.

Phosphorsescent - Muchacho
The DeSoto Caucus - Offramp Rodeo
John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
Devendra Banhart - Mala
Daughter - If You Leave
Matthew E White - Big Inner
The Cave Singers - Naomi
Rhye - Woman
Olafur Araulds - For Now I Am Winter
Nick Cave - Push The Sky Away

 

[New Carpet?]

Local Natives - Hummingbird.

Wasn't really keen on their earlier material, but this is a much more mature and structured album that's really easy to go back to again and again. Aaron Dessner (guitarist from The National) produced this album and on many of the tracks the influence of The National is quite obvious, which is no bad thing.

As excited as I am about their new one that's due out, The National will have to bring out something rather spectacular to surpass this.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Saw that. Thought it was at the Concorde though? Or is that what it is called now?

Sadly I'm out of the country so I won't be able to attend.

Given your previous comments about not being able to make it two days running will you be in attendance IF we've got a play off final the following day??

Life is down the seafront, down the bottom of the slope that The Tube is on?

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Tout it. Won't get close to selling out and you'll be able to pick one up outside allot cheaper than face. If not then just buy one from the box office.

Cheers , will look into that .

 

[tinx]

The majority of tracks on Puzzle and Only Revolutions (imo) sounded and a bit lethargic.
I don't feel Opposites is a 180 degree turn at all. It's a completely new re-working of everything they've done combined, ramped up, mixed around, gargled and spat back out 10,000x.

I promise you, from 45 seconds into Opposites (Different People) you are hooked.

Saw them live again last month. Awesome.

I agree with pretty much everything in this post, and it is definitely my ALbum of the year so far.

Saw them at the O2 earlier this month and they were simply awesome.

 

[narly101]

So far for me;

Atoms for Peace: Amok
Charli XCX: True Romance
Depeche Mode: Delta Machine
How To Destroy Angels: Welcome Oblivion
Hurts: Exile
The Knife: Shaking The Habitual
OMD: English Electric

and loads of excellent albums still to come

 

[StonehamPark]

I thought it was OK. Too much filler though, but this always seems to be the case with double albums (apart from Mellon Collie of course).

I'd personally have to emphatically disagree with this. I can honestly say I feel every track is full to the brim and gives something new. There' only 2 filler tracks on there and they're both instrumentals!
Each to their own though.

I agree with pretty much everything in this post, and it is definitely my ALbum of the year so far.

Saw them at the O2 earlier this month and they were simply awesome.

Mon The Biff!

 

[Shirty]

I suddenly feel very old.

 

[otk]

I was really enjoying The Besnard Lakes' fourth album 'Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO', with it's soaring, wall-of-sound guitars, and vocals fluctuating between falsetto (his) and lilting (hers), until I read somewhere that their modus operandi is to record small sections of 'soaring, wall-of-sound guitars', move them around in Pro Tools until they make a whole, then add some lyrics Still, not a bad whole in the end

Here's a snippet

Bande Ã* part - dition du 25 avril 2013

 

[hybrid_x]

AES Dana - Pollen.

Connect OHM debut album too......

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Have had a think about this one and come up with the following.
In no particular order
Mogwai- Les reverants
Clinic- Free Reign 11
British Sea Power- Machineries Of Joy
Parquet Courts- Light Up Gold
Unknown Mortal Orchestra- 2
Yo La Tango- Fade

Still to be released new albums by The Fall and Savages early May.

 

[We're the Stripes]

The best, most consistent record I've heard this year.