MCCh 2013 (01) January, 31

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The best albums of 2013 (update January, 31)

The final numbers is the average rating and number of reviews in brackets (over 31)
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The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Jenesaispop; Laut; LesInrocks; MagicRPM; Mondosonoro; Music-story; Nojesguiden; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; Sentire Ascoltare; Storia Della Musica
UK: Bowlegs; DIY; Drowned In Sound, The Guardian, Music OMH, NME, No Ripcord
USA: Allmusic; AV Club; BeatsPerMinute; Blurt; Consequence Of Sound; Pitchforkmedia; Popmatters; Prefix; Rolling Stone; Spin; Tinymixtapes


10 - Local Natives: Hummingbird - 72,8 (14)
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09 - Christopher Owens: Lysandre - 72,8 (25)
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08 - Foxygen: We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic - 73,9 (17)
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07 - Villagers: {Awayland} - 75,9 (16)
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06 - Broadcast: Berberian Sound Studio - 76,3 (13)
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05 - Mountains: Centralia - 76,4 (9)
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04 - Tegan and Sara: Heartthrob - 78,0 (9)
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03 - Yo La Tengo: Fade - 82,9 (25)
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02 - Matthew E. White: Big Inner - 83,6 (10)
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01 - Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold - 85,1 (10)
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[antonius]

According to RYM, both Parquet Courts and Matthew E. White released their albums in august 2012

[Harold]

According to RYM, both Parquet Courts and Matthew E. White released their albums in august 2012

And both, in fact, made a respectable showing on the EOY albums spreadsheet: Light Up Gold is at #399, while Big Inner is all the way up at #160. But they're both really only gaining national/international critical traction and widespread attention now - Big Inner is actually the lead review in the current issue of Uncut, I think. It's entirely appropriate for these albums to be here atop the first Mega-Critic of 2013, and I would expect both to end up significantly higher on the 2013 spreadsheet.

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MCCh 2013 (02) February, 15