Ships Have Sailed is an alternative-rock project from LA-based, Will Carpenter (guitarist of the Hip-Hop Rock band, 7Lions). This EP reflects on how the present is impacted by all other moments in time and will definitely leave you thinking about the different paths your life can follow based on the decisions you make. Deep, right? This EP will have your mind racing (in the best way possible). Give it a listen!
Artist: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Song: Head On
Album: Automatic
Genre: Alternative Rock
Artist: Jake Bugg
Song: Country Song
Album: Jake Bugg
Genre: Folk
Check out this up-and-coming band, The Currys. Drawing comparisons to Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, and Crosby Stills & Nash. Their melodic blend of folk and rock will have you addicted!
Artist: The Currys
Album: Follow
Genre: Melodic Folk-Rock
“Another thing you should’ve known from the start: The problems at hand are lighter than at heart.”
Artist: Nahko and Medicine for the People
Album: Dark As Night
Song: Manifesto II
Genre: “Acoustic Thump-Hop”
Artist: Stop Light Observations
Album: Radiation
Song: Until the Sun Rises
Genre: Garage Rock/Alternative Rock
“You got to listen to the heavens, you got to try to understand. The greatness of their movement is just as small as it is grand.”
Here are our staff picks for the best albums that came out in 2013. We kept our list to new releases, but if you’d like us to include reissues or live shows in future posts, let us know in the comments! These are just our personal favorites and we encourage different opinions, so let us know your top albums of 2013!
Allison Isaacs (Founder/Co-editor)
In no particular order:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Specter at the Feast
Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Branches
The Spinto Band – Cool Cocoon
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Devendra Banhart – Mala
Volcano Choir – Repave
Sigur Ros – Kveikur
Anthony Green – Young Legs
The Reneaus – The Season
Torres – Torres
Nick Johnson (Co-editor)
In no particular order:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Specter At The Feast
The Black Angels – Indigo Meadow
Mayer Hawthorne – Where Does This Door Go
Anthony Green – Young Legs
Bonobo – The North Borders
Foals – Holy Fire
The Stone Foxes – Small Fires
Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Shigeto – No Better Time Than Now
RIP Lou Reed – a legendary musician whose music has had an impact on not only the people of our generation, but the progress of music as well. Whose lyrical honesty taught us to open our eyes and our ears to those around us. May your music live on forever.
Tuned In, Turned Up 