2013 Music Appreciation Thread

[blackholesun]

I know we are only 4 days in but a plethora of great 2013 albums have already been released/leaked. Plus you should post what you are looking forward to.

I've heard the new Grouper, Cult of Luna and Yo La Tengo and they are all great.

Looking forward too-
Confirmed - And So I Watch You From Afar, Steven Wilson, Atoms For Peace, Deafheaven, Sun Kil Moon & The Album Leaf, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Autechre, Low, Scout Niblet, Lilacs & Champagne, Holy Sons, The Appleseed Cast, Ensemble Pearl (members of Sunn O))) and Boris). Lots of exciting stuff coming out.

Unconfirmed but what I hope for - Boards of Canada (who doesn't), Pygmy Lush, Bill Callahan, Joanna Newsom, The National, Built to Spill, Benoît Pioulard, Palms.

Viva 2013!

[DVYDRNS]

New Full length album from OMNIFLUX (Which I'm doing some work on with her) <and whom I recently remixed>

New Full length from DEKADES (Whom I recently remixed)

New Full length from Big Black Delta

New Full length from Battle Tapes

New Full length from In The Valley Below

New Full length from United Ghosts


All these things and more. but these are the ones I dream about at night.

[dlb]

Haven't made up my mind and did not even went deeply looking for what's about to come out, but here a few of my anticipated records in 2013:


new Black Keys (although I didn't really like their latest output)
new Mark Lanegan (and more touring please)
new Dillinger Escape Plan
new How to Destroy Angels (obviously even though I'm not too fond of an omen, but am still excited)
new Queens of the Stone Age
new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
new Beck (he's even about to realease two records I've heard)
new the Prodigy
new Depeche Mode
new Goldfrapp
new Death from Above 1979 (maybe, maybe)
Sound City (OST)
Johnny Marr - the messenger
Kvelertak - meir
Tomahawk - oddfellows
Stereophonics - graffiti on the train
Noel Gallagher and Amorphous Androgynous collab
new Beady Eye
Esben and the Witch - wash the sins not only the face
Dita van Teese is also about to release an album I've heard. Kinda curious how that will turn out

And of course all that great shit you guys on ets will introduce me to over the course of 2013!

[Orpheus]

Looking foreward to Nick Cave, Atoms for Peace, Ludovico Einaudi and Daniel Hope. And those will all be released within the next month. Could turn out be a great year for music.

[DVYDRNS]

That new nick cave record leaked and it's good.

[frankie teardrop]

can you hook a brother up discreetly?

[carpenoctem]

A$AP Rocky's LongLiveA$AP - chill and relaxed, some tight beats, I like it.
Chris Owens' Lysandre - he's no longer with Girls, but I can see that (provided he gets off the dope) this guy has a long and interesting career ahead of him. New album is good, just the right length for its concept and I love the recurring melody played with all different types of instruments.
Jim James Regions of Light and Sound of God - another solo debut from an already established artist, and this one may be better than his recent output with My Morning Jacket. Subtly different, very mellow and groovy. I like it.

I'm looking forward to new Local Natives this month, and I'm vaguely interested in the How To Destroy Angels LP, but I can't think of anything else till April, when the Knife FINALLY come out with their new album, Shaking the Habitual. I'd really like some new stuff from Joanna Newsom, the National, Shabazz Palaces and Brand New... but that remains to be seen. It's certainly a good time to release new music for all of them, and there have been rumblings.

[richardp]

That new nick cave record leaked and it's good.

Where did you find this? I can't find it ANYWHERE.

[DVYDRNS]

Where did you find this? I can't find it ANYWHERE.

I guess it didnt... my friend gave it to me... and apparently shes in the "in crowd"

hmm

[Kid Charlemagne]

The album I'm looking forward the most to this month so far is the debut from FIDLAR.

[xmd 5a]

Favourite stuff so far:
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Esben and the Witch - Wash the Sins... (the opener and closer are brilliant, rest of the album is still growing on me)
Hilly Eye - Reasons to Live (psychedelic, riot-grrl influenced awesomeness. Major Sleater-Kinney vibes abound)

[piggy]

Looking forward to:

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away [February 19]
Johnny Marr - The Messenger [February 26]
How To Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion [March 5]
David Bowie - The Next Day [March 12]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter At The Feast [March 19]
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine [March 26]
Mudhoney - Vanishing Point [April 2]
Neil Finn - TBA [late 2013]
Arcade Fire - TBA [late 2013]

Also new stuff from: My Bloody Valentine, U2, The National, Pearl Jam.
And there's the possibility of The Fragile reissue, a reissue of Wish by The Cure and that new Mazzy Star album.

[Harry Seaward]

Puscifer! Tool! APC Live DVD/Album!

[Deadpool]

In addition to some of the obvious (How to destroy angels, Atoms For Peace, The Knife), I'm really looking forward to the following releases...

Gazelle Twin: Mammal EP (January 28th)
Grouper: The Man Who Died in His Boat (Feb. 4th)
PVT: Homosapien (Feb. 12th)
San Fermin: (Feb. 12th)
Herve: The Art of Disappearing (March 4th)
Rachel Zeffira: (March 12th - U.S. release)
David Bowie: The Next Day (March 12th)
IAMX: (March 15th)
Depeche Mode: Delta Machine (March 26th)
The Black Angels: (April 2nd)
The Album Leaf & Sun Kil Moon: Perils From The Sea (April 30th)
Daughter: If You Leave (April 30th)

M83: Oblivion score (TBA)


Also looking forward to these sure-to-be-released-in-2013 albums...

Big Black Delta
Omniflux: debut LP
Jon Hopkins: follow-up to Insides, plus 2 separate film scores(!)
White Sea: debut LP
BT: follow-up to These Hopeful Machines
All Hail The Silence (a.k.a. BT & Christian Burns):


Hopefully released in 2013...

Austra: follow-up to Feel It Break
Chromeo: follow-up to Business Casual
SONOIO: follow-up to Red
Warpaint: follow-up to The Fool

[thefragile_jake]

This may be my favorite song of the year so far, I highly recommend checking this record out. It reminds me of Nobunny mixed with the Strokes.


This guy Sinitus Tempo is also incredibly good, for anyone of Flying Lotus and smooth jazz should check this out. It's a great record.

Favorite records this year have been...

My Bloody Valetine - mbv (it's so great)
Toro y Moi - Anything In Return
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Sinitus Tempo - Caged Bird
FIDLAR - FIDLAR
Doldrums - Lesser Evil
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - //
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
Lil B - Pink Flame
José James - No Beginning, No End
Ducktails - The Flower Lane
Christopher Owens - Lysandre

Honorable mentions:
A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. A$AP
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Indians - Somewhere Else
Iceage - You're Nothing
Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety

The only album I've really HATED this year was Tegan & Sara's "Heartthrob". That record was utter garbage.

[thefragile_jake]

High expectations this year:
Deerhunter
Boris
James Blake
Atoms for Peace
Earl Sweatshirt
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Iron & Wine
Cloud Nothings
Danny Brown
David Bowie.....I'm sure there's more

Cautiously optimistic about How to Destroy Angels however.

[blackholesun]

My favs so far

Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat
My Bloody Valentine - mbv
Cult of Luna - Vertikal
The Holydrug Couple - Noctuary
Yo La Tengo - Fade
Mogwai - Les Revanants OST
Barn Owl - V
Mount Moriah - Miracle Temple

[Elke]

New British Sea Power album in the making! The first single is a slightly glossed-up version of one of the EP tracks, and one of by absolute BSP favourites.

[xmd 5a]

Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way to Fall

Utterly fantastic stuff. Second best album of the year after the new MBV thus far IMO.

[blackholesun]

^ Been digging that as well. Here's a really good Tycho remix of one of the tracks.

[Ax Mr. L]

This year has been really amazing so far, so many great new releases and there's more still to come. Here's a list of my favorite releases of this year.

HTDA - Welcome Oblivion
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Bonobo - The North Borders
Atom TM - HD
David Bowie - The Next Day
Autechre - Exai
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Eskmo - Terra EP
Atoms For Peace - AMOK
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Ólafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter


And I'm waiting for these:

Skinny Puppy - Weapon
Download - Lingam
Gary Numan - Splinter
Fennesz
Marnie

[dlb]

I wholeheartedly agree, 2013 has been great so far! My favorites as of now:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - specter at the feast
Tomahawk - oddfellows
Depeche Mode - delta machine
David Bowie - the next day
Kvelertak - meir
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - black pudding
the Black Angels - indigo meadow
the Virginmarys - king of conflict
the Holydrug Couple - noctuary
Sound City soundtrack
Clutch - earth rocker

[Sutekh]

[deepblue]

Already released:
The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law
New Order - Lost Sirens
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob
Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way to Fall
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Solar Fields - Origin # 02
CHVRCHES - Recover EP
Dido - Girl Who Got Away
Tying Tiffany - One
Mesh - Automation Baby
David Bowie - The Next Day


To be released (some not for sure):
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Texas - The Conversation
Covenant - Leaving Babylon
Primal Scream - More Light
Miss Kittin - Calling From the Stars
Marsheaux - Inhale
Ladytron (this or next year)
Marnie (from Ladytron)
Phantogram
Jean-Michel Jarre
Röyksopp
The Chemical Brothers
Goldfrapp
Leftfield
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
The Good Natured
Robyn
Gary Numan
Apoptygma Berzerk
The Crystal Method
Syntax
La Roux
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Boards of Canada
Kraftwerk
The Stone Roses

[thevoid99]

Here's my favorite 2013 albums so far:

1. My Bloody Valentine-mbv
2. David Bowie-The Next Day
3. Suede-Bloodsports
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-Push the Sky Away
5. Depeche Mode-Delta Machine
6. How to Destroy Angels-Welcome Oblivion
7. Atoms for Peace-AMOK
8. Autechre-Exai
9. The Joy Formidable-Wolf's Law
10. VA-Sound City Soundtrack

Records I'm waiting for: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Deerhunter, Skinny Puppy, Chemical Brothers, the Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Boris, & Daft Punk.

So far, it's been a very good year.

[xmd 5a]

Yeah, this year has been ridiculously good for music thus far.

Top ten thus far:
1. My Bloody Valentine - M B V
2. Ulrich Schnauss - A Long Way to Fall
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
4. Hilly Eye - Reasons to Live
5. Autechre - Exai
6. Waxahatchie - Cerulean Salt
7. Low - The Invisible Way
8. Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat
9. Esben and the Witch - Wash the Sins Not Only the Face
10. David Bowie - The Next Day

Still digesting the new Depeche Mode - may yet claim a high place on the list.

[frankie teardrop]

mine so far:

1. wire- change becomes us
2. suede- bloodsports
3. nick cave & the badseeds- push the sky away
4. grouper- the man who died in his boat
5. blablarism- fugue
6. in death it ends- occult machine
7. further reductions- s/t
8. phosphor- youth & immortality

don't care for the new mbv or dm records at all. the new bowie is fine, but doesn't blow me away.

[Jinsai]

There's been too many good releases this year for me to rank them at this point, it's almost obscene, but so far, Autechre wins for me.

[Maul]

Check this out,you guys

[blackholesun]

1. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
2. Grouper - The Man Who Died In His Boat
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
4. The Holydrug Couple - Noctuary
5. Benoît Pioulard - Hymnal
6. Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse
7. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
8. Atoms For Peace - Amok
9. Wooden Wand - Blood Oaths of the New Blues
10. Local Natives - Hummingbird

My current top 10. There has already been a lot of great music, but there is so much more to look forward to in the next 8 months. I can see any of these dropping out of the top 10 by the end of the year. I need to listen to the new Bonobo still. Thanks for the reminder.