Best Albums of 2013

Wasn't sure if this was a great year for music or not. But when I started working through everything I listened to, I actually had a really hard time paring it down to 10. I persevered and here are the top 10.

10. Talon of the Hawk – The Front Bottoms

9. The Features – The Features

8. We the Common – Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

7. Willy Mason – Carry On

6. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action – Franz Ferdinand

5. Untamed Beast – Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

4. Trouble Will Find Me – The National

3. Pushin’ Against a Stone – Valerie June

2. Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend

1. Love has Come For You – Steve Martin and Edie Brickell

And my rather extensive list of runners up (in no particular order):

Foreverly – Billie Joe and Norah

Idle No More – King Khan and the Shrines

Hearts and Minds – Son Volt

Wakin on a Pretty Daze - Kurt Vile

VII – Blitzen Trapper

Southeastern – Jason Isbell

AM – Arctic Monkeys

Lightning Bolt – Pearl Jam

Isles – Wild Belle

Pythons - Surfer Blood

Gone Away Backward – Robbie Fulks

Muchacho - Phosphorescent

Carrier – The Dodos

Magpie and the Dandelion – The Avett Brothers

Shangri La – Jake Bugg

Country Mile – Johnny Flynn

From the Hills Below the City - Houndmouth