Music, Life And Everything In Between
My year, my year in music. |
1 | | Top 20 2013 Albums And Accompanying Life Events
2013 was a pretty packed year for me. Here are some of the highlights. Albums are in loose order. |
2 | | Deafheaven Sunbather
Was accepted into and completed first year of a Bachelor of Science (Advanced).
Highlight: Dream House/Irresistible.
AOTY |
3 | | Captain, We're Sinking The Future Is Cancelled
I saw the messy end of my 18 month relationship.
Highlight: Montreal
AOTY Runner Up. |
4 | | Sadistik Flowers For My Father
So I fucked bitches.
Highlight: Exit Theme.
AOTY Runner Runner Up. |
5 | | The World Is A Beautiful Place... Whenever, If Ever
And got money.
Highlight: Gig Life. |
6 | | Sigur Ros Kveikur
And promptly spent that money on new music equipment.
Highlight: Isjaki |
7 | | Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience
I took up playing the guitar after six years as a bassist/vocalist.
Highlight: Mirrors |
8 | | CHVRCHES The Bones of What You Believe
I took up playing the lap-steel.
Highlight: Gun |
9 | | Laura Stevenson Wheel
I took up playing the harmonica too.
Highlight: The Move |
10 | | Janelle Monae The Electric Lady
I even started a band with fellow Sputnikmusic user, Captain North, and played our first gig.
Highlight: Dance Apocalyptic. |
11 | | Cult of Luna Vertikal
I visited a recording studio for the first time.
Highlight: I: The Weapon |
12 | | Cage Kill The Architect
I started wearing facial hair for the first time in my life. I've been through soul patch, goatee, van dyke, and plain 'stache so far.
Highlight: Fuck This Game |
13 | | The National Trouble Will Find Me
I passed the one year mark in my retail job. Don't ever get a job in retail, kids.
Highlight: I Need My Girl |
14 | | Mouth of the Architect Dawning
I threw out all my old band shirts and baggy shorts and got a proper wardrobe.
Highlight: It Swarms |
15 | | James Blake Overgrown
I took up writing fiction again after a long hiatus. Boy does it feel good. I even completed my first actual poem. So hey.
Highlight: Overgrown |
16 | | Sed Non Satiata Mappo
I stopped making excuses, went back to the gym and started on the path to getting fucking aesthetic again.
Highlight: Extrospection |
17 | | Run The Jewels Run The Jewels
I went eight months without drinking alcohol.
Highlight: Sea Legs |
18 | | Killswitch Engage Disarm The Descent
I swapped out glasses for contact lenses and started getting regular haircuts after going nine months without one.
Highlight: Beyond the Flames |
19 | | Palms Palms
On the more sombre side, my grandmother had an amyloid stroke and became basically vegetative.
Highlight: Future Warrior |
20 | | The Uncluded Hokey Fright
But most importantly, I came out alive.
Highlight: Teleprompters |
21 | | BEST EPs Of 2013 |
22 | | Burial Rival Dealer
Highlight: Rival Dealer. Sneaky end of year release. EPOTY |
23 | | Vance Joy God Loves You When You're Dancing
Highlight: Snaggletooth. Sneaky Aussie folk. EPOTY Runner-up |
24 | | Touche Amore/Pianos Become the Teeth Split
Because Gravity, Metaphorically is a complete and utter 5. |
25 | | Best Local Releases Of 2013 |
26 | | The Red Paintings The Revolution Is Never Coming
Amazing live band too. I'd put them in the best gigs list if they weren't here. Local AOTY |
27 | | The Sweet Jelly Rolls I Don't Think You're Ready (For This Sweet Jelly)
Unashamed plug for a friend of a friend's band. Awesome live country jam band. |
28 | | Dear Seattle Words Are Often Useless
Same as last release. Awesome live too. |
29 | | Biggest Bummers Of 2013 |
30 | | Rosetta The Anaesthete
Poopy. Biggest Disappointment OTY |
31 | | Tesseract Altered State
Double poopy. |
32 | | Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2
Just plain meh. |
33 | | Best Sputnik Releases Of 2013 |
34 | | bansheebeat Spiral Power
Rev is a fucking maniac. Sputnik AOTY |
35 | | Sudatsuga Hain-Ba Sun Hex
Potsy is fucking awesome. |
36 | | Love American Hollow Crosses
Calling it. The only thing that will be better than this is that redskyformilesdavis review. |
37 | | Best Live Shows Of 2013 |
38 | | Swans The Seer
Manning Bar 13/2/13. Best live show of the year (and ever) |
39 | | Converge All We Love We Leave Behind
Manning Bar 16/2/13. Runner up Best Live Show of the Year |
40 | | Old Man Gloom Seminar III: Zozobra
Manning Bar 16/2/13 |
41 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
The Enmore Theater 15/2/13 |
42 | | letlive. The Blackest Beautiful
The Roundhouse 15/5/13 |
43 | | Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Acer Arena 27/4/13 |
44 | | Death Grips No Love Deep Web
The Oxford Arts Factory 19/1/13 |
45 | | Mono You Are There
The Hi-Fi 27/6/13 |
46 | | Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate
The Sydney Entertainment Centre 16/11/13 |
47 | | We Lost the Sea The Quietest Place On Earth
The Hi-Fi (I also now own one of these guys' guitars that was used during these sessions. Suck on that, bitch) 14/6/13 |
48 | | Oslow Field
BlackWire Records 23/11/13
Bonus: My band Cittagazze were the support! |
49 | | Other Albums That Had A Huge Impact On Me In 2013 |
50 | | Woven Hand Blush Music
The reason I took up lap-steel and harmonica. |
51 | | Atmosphere Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs
Because fuck you. |
52 | | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Let Love In
Because I love sputnik and everyone here. |
53 | | City of Caterpillar City of Caterpillar
Because it's the best loneliness jam ever. |
54 | | Dirty Three Horse Stories
Because they're vastly underrated. |
55 | | Glassjaw Coloring Book
Because I hadn't heard Glassjaw till AFTER I joined a post-hardcore band. |
56 | | Cliff Martinez Drive
That's all folks! Peace, love, and a happy new year. |
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