Thursday, April 4, 2013

20 Top Albums April 2013

I've found some highly recommended music this month, especially, particularly from His Golden Messenger, Dawes, Little Green Cars, Waxahatchee and The Lonely Wild. These top 20 albums and 5 EPs represent about a third of the new music I've listened to.

See also my last round-up for some other highly recommended recent releases from artists including Daughter, Low, Phosphorescent, Villagers and Local Natives.

20 Top Albums

1) Hiss Golden Messenger Haw (Alt Country) 9.5/10


2) Dawes Stories Don't End (Indie Rock) 9/10


3) Little Green Cars Absolute Zero (Indie Folk) 9/10

4) Waxahatchee Cerulean Salt (Indie Folk) 9/10


5) The Lonely Wild The Sun As It Comes (Indie Folk) 9/10

6) Wooden Wand Blood Oaths of the New Blues (Indie Folk) 8/10


7) Cold War Kids Dear Miss Lonelyheart (Indie Rock) 8/10


8) Kurt Vile Walkin on a Pretty Daze (Indie Rock) 8/10


9) James Blake Overgrown (Electronic) 8/10


10) The Danberrys self-titled (Alt Country, Bluegrass) 8/10

11) Caveman Self-titled (Indie Folk) 7.5/10


12) The Local Strangers Left For Better (Indie Folk) 7.5/10


13) David Ford Charge (Singer Songwriter) 7.5/10


14) The Oh Hellos Through the Deep, Dark Valley (name your price on Bandcamp) (Indie Folk) 7.5/10


15) To Kill A King Cannibals with Cutlery (Indie Pop) 7.5/10


16) Wavves Afraid of Heights (Noise Rock) 7/10


17) The Deer Tracks Archer Trilogy Part III (Indie Rock) 7/10


18) Woodkid The Golden Age (Indie Folk) 7/10


19) Charles Bradley Victim of Love (Funk) 7/10


20) Neon Neon Praxis Makes Perfect (Indie Pop) 7/10


5 Top EPs

1) Hotel Cinema self-titled (Name Your Price Download) Indie Rock 8/10


2) Misty Boyce Tough Love (Indie Folk) 8/10


3) Les Enfants self-titled (Indie Folk) 8/10


4) Bear's Den Agape (Indie Folk) 7.5/10


5) Kodaline High Hopes EP (Indie Rock) 7/10
 Commended
  • Ashley Monroe Like A Rose
  • The Black Lillies Runaway Freeway Blues
  • Fletcher Upon Ayr
  • Leisure Society Alone Aboard The Ark
  • Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood Black Pudding
  • Mountains Centralia
  • The Milk Carton Kids Ash and Clay
  • Nico Vega Fury Oh Fury EP
  • The Return of The Rockingbirds
  • Ryan Evans Widow Maker
  • Shannon Whitworth High Tide
  • Star & Micey I can't Wait EP
  • William Tyler Impossible Truth

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