Top Albums 10-08
Recap¨40-11
#40. Armin Van Buuren - "Intense" [2013]
#39. The Men - "Open Your Heart" [2012]
#38. Bleached - "Ride Your Heart" [2013]
#37. Mazzy Star - "Seasons Of Your Day" [2013]
#36. Paramore - "Paramore" [2013]
#35. Jim Guthrie - Takes Time [2013]
#34. The History Of Apple Pie - "Out Of View" [2013]
#33. Nada Surf - "The Stars Are Different From Astronomy" [2012]
#32. Sky Ferreira - "Night Time, My Time" [2013]
#31. Metric - "Synthetica" [2012]
#30. Arctic Monkeys - "AM" [2013]
#29. Smith Westerns - "Soft Will" [2013]
#28. Garbage - "Not Your Kind Of People" [2012]
#27. Daft Punk - "Random Access Memories" [2013]
#26. Superchunk - "I Hate Music" [2013]
#25. Pure Bathing Culture - "Moon Tides" [2013]
#24. Fossil Collective - "Tell Where I Lie" [2013]
#23. Atlas Genius - "When It Was Now" [2013]
#22. Django Django - "Django Django" [2012]
#21. Bridgit Mendler - "Hello, My Name Is..." [2012]
#20. 65Daysofstatic - "Wild Light" [2013]
#19. The Tallest Man On Earth - "There's No Leaving Now" [2012]
#18. Tim Hecker - "Virgins" [2013]
#17. Camera Obscura - "Desire Lines" [2013]
#16. Foals - "Holy Fire" [2013]
#15. Washed Out - "Paracosm" [2013]
#14. Hibou - "Dunes" [EP] [2013]
#13. Melody's Echo Chamber - "Melody's Echo Chamber" [2012]
#12. Tegan & Sara - "Heartthrob" [2013]
#11. Foster The People - "Torches" [2011]
We are getting closer to the podium and all I can say is that I'm excited. As for now, let's check out the first part of the Top 10!
#10. The Raveonettes - "Observator" (2012)
The first song I remember listening from them was "Forget That You're Young". I remember falling in love with the girl's voice. One year later, I heard "She Owns The Street" and "The Enemy", and the songs' slow-paced rhythm and enchanting melodies kind of like forced me to check out their album. After doing so, I played it on repeat for quite some time during the first quarter of 2013. I'm looking forward to checking more music from this Danish duet for sure.
Top 3 tracks:
Downtown
Till The End
She Owns The Streets
#09. Young Man - "Beyond Was All Around Me" (2013)
I discovered this American band thanks to their single "In A Sense". I remember playing that song repeatedly for a long time, until I then discovered "Unfair" and other songs from this album. Overall, their songs looked pretty solid, and the album really showed that consistency as well. The guy's voice and the guitar pedal effects in some instrumental parts of the songs are huge stand-outs of this album.
Top 3 tracks:
Josie
In A Sense
Unfair
#08. Japandroids - "Celebration Rock" (2012)
I first heard this album in January and I was pleased to see it was hard to find a bad track; in fact, I enjoyed almost all the tracks a lot. This year, this Canadian duet came to Lima, and I went to their concert, which is the only concert I attended this 2013. Their energy on stage was electrifying. All people went crazy as they were playing their tracks from Celebration Rock and Post Nothing, especially during their superb rock anthem "The House That Heaven Built" and their cover, The Gun Club's "For The Love Of Ivy". Once the concert finished, the vocalist and guitarrist, Brian King, started to autograph books, T-shirts and albums. Next to the stage, there was a lady selling merchandising from the band, and since I wanted to get an autograph from Bryan, I bought this album, borrowed a pen (took me some time to find one), and gave it to the vocalist. One minute later, mission had been accomplished. I came back home with an autographed album (my first ever) and a slight tinnitus.
Top 3 tracks:
The House That Heaven Built
For The Love Of Ivy
Fire's Highway
Thanks for you comments guys and see you tomorrow.