Favourite albums 2013
This year’s favourite album would probably be Hummingbird by Local Natives because well they are just my favourite ever but Vampire Weekend and Daughter made compelling cases. All great albums, feel free to send some suggestions.
Andrew Belle - Black Bear
Alexander Fairchild - Alexander Fairchild Volume 1
Daughter - If You Leave
James Blake - Overgrown
Jinja Safari - Jinja Safari
Justin Timberlake - 20/20 Experience pt.1
Local Natives - Hummingbird
ON AN ON - Give In
The Paper Kites - States
Shad -Flying Colours
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Volcano Choir - Repave
Wilsen - Sirens
Honourable Mention
Air Marshal Landing - You Used To Be Me
Bastille - Bad Blood
CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
Dylan Joel (Prod. Otis Grey)- That’s Good
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
The Naked & Famous - In Rolling Waves
Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bridge
Some that I wanted to include but haven’t listened to enough honestly put in my favourite
Haim - Days Are Gone
London Grammar - If You Wait
Kodaline - In A Perfect World
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Some amazing stuff is already lined up for 2014 such as new James Vincent McMorrow, Young the Giant, Tokyo Police Club and I am sure much more.
2012
Here are some of my favourite albums of the year. By far Yellow Ostrich has been my favourite of the year but here is a bunch of other great tunes.
Yellow Ostrich - Strange Land & Ghost EP
Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
The Elwins - And I Thank You
Geographer - Myth
Freelance Whales - Diluva
Family of the Year - Loma Vista
The Royal Royal - Royal
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - In The Open EP
Honourable Mention
Milo Greene - Self Titled
Thrupence - Voyages EP & Unfinished Business Tape
Ben Howard - Burgh Island EP
Air Marshal Landing - Vitamins EP
Caleb Winters - You Are the Sea
Astro Safari - The Human Contradiction
Said the Whale - Little Mountain
Tame Impala - Lonerism
If you have any suggestions for me feel free to send me some recommendations.
## 2011
So my friend Adam was upset that I never put up a top album list for 2011. The top would have to be Young the Giant with Ben Howard being a close second. Since this is 2013 and I am a year late I just had to go through my iTunes and sort albums by year.
Young the Giant - Young the Giant
Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Givers - In Light
Hey Ocean! - IS
Noah and the Whale - Last Night On Earth
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal
Honourable Mention
Braids - Native Speaker
Bryan and Katie Torwalt - Here on Earth
Daniel Bashta - The Sounds of Daniel Bashta
Dinosaur Bones - My Divider
Ed Sheeran - +
Foster the People - Torches
Lights - Siberia
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Peter, Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
Theophilus London - Lovers Holiday EP
2010
1. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
2. Tokyo Police Club - Champ
3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
5. Shad - TSOL
6. Matt & Kim - Sidewalks
7. Wakey!Wakey! - Almost Everything
8. Broken Bells - Self-Titled
9. Lights - Lights. Acoustic
Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Holy F**K - Latin
Emarosa - Self-Titled
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Minus The Bear - Omni
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
Michou - Cardona
19. The National - High Violet
- Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
It was close at the top for me I beleive that the top 6 could have been rearranged in any order and I would be fine with it, But Local Natives continues to take my heart, surpassing my always favourite Tokyo Police Club.
If you have any album suggestions for me, let me know.