In 2 weeks the 3rd quarter of the year will come to an end marking the halfway point of the 2nd half of 2013 so I think we can start naming our favorite projects released since July of this year.
My list so far
Arctic Monkeys - AM Earl Sweatshirt - Doris NIN - Hesitation Marks Stalley - Honest Cowboy Ka - The Night's Gambit Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
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4. "RE: Best of the 2nd half of 2013" In response to Reply # 0
I'm not sure about the release dates of these, but I think this contains stuff that I didn't put in the other post
tricot - T H E Akai Koen - Koen Debut Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels JASMINE - Complex Ariana Grande - Yours Truly Julia Holter - Loud City Song Tim Hecker - Virgins Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven King Krule - 6 Feeth Beneath the Moon Lapalux - Nostalchic Spangle call Lilli line - SINCE2 (Compiliation but some nice remixes included) These New Puritans - Fields of Reeds Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Nanda Collection sotaiseiriron - TOWN AGE Julianna Barwick - Nepethe Bill Callahan - Dream River
14. "RE: 4 bad songs out of 12?" In response to Reply # 12
How many albums of present time have a better average than that? I can't name too many rap albums that I like more than 8 songs on released post 2000. I'm talking major and independent releases. I can dig if Push ain't your cup of tea though.
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10. "I have REALLY fallen off since early summer." In response to Reply # 0 Thu Oct-10-13 06:25 PM by Nodima
getting a second job and just generally wanting to relax when I'm home got me off being excited about reviewing music for the most part, which in turn led to me not really listening to anything at all. I haven't heard Old yet, or most other things.
So, I kind of cheated and made a Recently Added playlist in iTunes for the last 3 months, and I'm just gonna grab what stands out (as long as I've listened to it, so no HAIM).
A$AP Ferg - Trap Lord Ace Hood - Trials & Tribulations (in my top 5 overall) Braids - Flourish // Perish (most listened to album of the year other than Run the Jewels) Curren$y & Young Roddy - #Bales
DJ Shadow - The Music of Grand Theft Auto V: The Score (Shadow mixes the stems from Woody Jackson, Tangerine Dream, and Gangrene into the best DJ Shadow album since Private Press)
Drake - Nothing Was the Same John Mayer - Paradise Valley (this is a profoundly boring album, but it hit a right spot at the right time) Joker - Sega Joker Drive Juicy J - Stay Trippy Main Attrakionz - Jeffro EP Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go?
Pusha T - My Name Is My Name 2 Chainz - BOATS II: #METIME (man did my opinion on this album turn around from my first listen)
There's 321 items in this playlist and I've heard maybe 10% of them. I was one of the first on the Weeknd hype train and haven't given his album even one spin. Just slippin' every day.
Whittle it down to a roughly ranked top 5:
Ace Hood - Trials & Tribulations Braids - Flourish // Perish Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go? Pusha T - My Name Is My Name Drake - Nothing Was the Same
>DJ Shadow - The Music of Grand Theft Auto V: The Score (Shadow >mixes the stems from Woody Jackson, Tangerine Dream, and >Gangrene into the best DJ Shadow album since Private Press)
24. "Yes, on iTunes. it's actually not in the game at all." In response to Reply # 22 Sun Oct-13-13 11:41 PM by Nodima
In case you haven't played, there's an ambient soundtrack in the game depending on which character you are, where you're at in the world and what you're doing/how high your wanted level is. DJ Shadow was given all of these stems and asked to make something coherent out of them. He did exactly that.
Volume 2: The Score GTAV is the first entry in the series to feature a dynamic original score composed and engineered to be completely responsive to the player’s actions within both missions and open world gameplay. The score was composed in a one-time collaboration between a team of legendary producers and composers including vanguard German electronic band Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson (Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire) and renowned hip-hop producers The Alchemist and Oh No. For The Music of Grand Theft Auto V: Volume 2, the stems of the game’s interactive score are layered, mixed and arranged into an album of songs by acclaimed producer and DJ, DJ Shadow.
32. "wait, how did i miss these completely" In response to Reply # 10
>Braids - Flourish // Perish
>DJ Shadow - The Music of Grand Theft Auto V: The Score (Shadow >mixes the stems from Woody Jackson, Tangerine Dream, and >Gangrene into the best DJ Shadow album since Private Press)
i gotta remember to check these out when i get home
pinkunoizu - the drop king krule - six feet below the moon sons of kemet - burn the field - cupid's head darkside - psychic four tet - beautiful rewind
26. "Chvrches-The Bones Of What You Believe and...." In response to Reply # 0
Sleigh Bells-Bitter Rivals (hearing Alexis actually sing is dope) AlunaGeorge-Body Music Foreign Exchange-Love In Flying Colors Janelle Monae-The Electric Lady Ta-Ku-Songs To Break Up To Lucius-Wildewoman Aloe Blacc-Wake Up EP Phantogram-EP ("Black Out Days has been on repeat) Postilijonen-Skyler Ransom & Statik Selectah-The Proposal (peeps really sleeping on this, it's really good) Kendra Morris-Mockingbird
27. "Getting better as the year comes to a close..." In response to Reply # 0
14KT- Nickel & Dimed Amel Larrieux- Ice Cream Everyday Foreign Exchange- LIFC Black Milk- NPNP Oddisee- BIA/TD Natti- Still Motion Robert Glasper- Black Radio 2 Blame One & J57- WITS Bonobo- The North Borders Cults- Static Daft Punk- RAM Dj Day- Land of 1000 Chances Def Dee- 33 & a Third Emancipator- Dusk To Dawn Eric Lau- One Of Many Exile- Zip Disks & Floppies Clear Soul Forces- Gold PP7's John Mayer- PV Jose James- NBNE Junip- Junip Kev Brown- Brazil Dedication London Grammar- IF You Wait Mayer Hawthorne- WDTDG Mazzy Star- SOYD Polica- Shulamith Rhye- The Fall Quadron- Avalanche Sean Born & Dunc- Organic Tanya Morgan- RS The National- TWFM Party Supplies- TL Volcano Choir- Repave Washed Out- Paracosm
Albums of the Year 2013, not placed in any order yet:
-Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience vol. 1 & 2 -The Arctic Monkeys - AM -Pistol Annies - Annie Up -2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME -J. Cole - Born Sinner -Har Mar Superstar - Bye Bye 17 -Ciara - Ciara -The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars -Haim - Days Are Gone -Earl Sweatshirt - Doris -Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady -Black Joe LEwis - Electric Slave -French Montana - Excuse My French -Keith Urban - Fuse -Wale - The Gifted -Snow Tha Product - Good Nights & Bad Mornings mix tape vol. I & II -Big Sean - Hall of Fame -Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain -Holly Williams - The Highway -Natalie Dawn - How I Knew Her -Lil' Wayne- I Am Not A Human Beign II -Czarface -The-Dream - IV Play -The Weeknd - Kiss Land -Ashley Monroe - Like A Rose -John Legend - Love In The Future -Free Energy - Love Sign -Jay-Z- Magna Carta. . .Holy Grail -Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull -Cage The Elephant - Melophobia -Lily Kershaw - Midnight In The Garden -Fitz & The Tantrums - More Than Just A Dream -The Wood Brothers - The Muse -BOY - Mutual Friends -Pusha T - My Name Is My Name -Drake - Nothing Was The Same -Chanel West Coast - Now You Know -Paramore - Paramore -Pokey LaFarge - Pokey LaFarge -Lorde - Pure Heroine -Valerie Stone - Pushin' Against A Stone -Daft Punk - Random Access Memories -K Michelle - Rebelious Soul -Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park -Jason Isbell - Southeastern -Kelly Rowland - Talk A Good Game -Lindi Ortega - Tin Star -Natalia Kills - Trouble -Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox -Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside -The Lonely Island - The Wack Album -Thao & Th Get Down Stay Down - We The Common -Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go -Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost -Kanye West - Yeezus -Kelly Wills & Bruce Robison - Cheater's Game
J-Zone - Peter Pan Syndrome Armand Hammer - Race Music Boldy James & Alchemist - My First Chemistry Set Willie the Kid & Alchemist - Masterpiece Theatre EP Action Bronson - Party Supplies 2 Troy Ave - New York City Black Milk - No Poison, No Paradise Hellfyre Club - Dorner Vs. Tookie Sean Born & Dunc - Organic EP DJ Skizz - BQE Marco Polo - PA2 Planet Asisa - High End Cloths
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