- Suzi Chunk – Girl From The Neck Down (State)
- Palmyra Delran – You Are What You Absorb (Apex East)
- Josy – To The Light (Josy)
- King Salami and the Cumberland Three – Cookin‘ Up A Party (Dirty Water)
- Lisa Mychols – Above, Beyond & in Between (Vandalay)
- The Paley Brothers – The Complete Recordings (Real Gone Music)
- Joel Paterson – Handful of Strings (Ventrella)
- The Relatives – The Electric Word (Yep Roc)
- The Rocktigers – Shut Up And Deal (Tiger)
- Iggy & The Stooges – Etiqueta Negra De Lugo (Boca Del Rey)
- The Strypes – Snapshot (Virgin)
- Waves Of Fury – Thirst ((Alive)
- Zukunasi – Sing (Zuku74)
Best Singles of 2013
- The Barracudas – God Bless The 45 (Purepop)
- The 45s – It Ain’t Over (Heavy Soul)
- The Riot Squad – The Toy Soldier EP (Acid Jazz)
Favorite Song of 2013
- Hard Skin with Miki Berenyi – “You Still Here?” – Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear (JT Classics)
11 Best Albums
- Bran(…)Pos – Den of Ordure and Iridescence (Recipiscent)
- Mark Cetlia – (Impact + Aftermath) (Estuary)
- Nick Drake – Nick Drake (Island)
- exclusiveOr – Archeae (Carrier)
- David Grubbs – The Plain Where the Palace Stood (Drag City)
- Dorothy Hindman – Tapping the Furnace (Innova)
- Israel Martinez – Two Espressos in Different Cups (Aagoo)
- Philippe Petit – Extraordinary Tales of a Lemon Girl (Aagoo)
- Santa’s Barking Spider Band – Smelly Christmas (self released)
- Sult – Harm (Bocian)
- Viktor Timofeev – Give Health999 (Lo Bit Landscapes)
F*Bomb’s Best Of 2013
- Polvo – Siberia (Merge)
- Savages – Silence Yourself (Matador) & live at the Independent
- Kurt Vile – Walking on a Pretty Daze (Matador)
- Manatees – Cat Food 7″ (Goner)
- Charles Bradley – Victim Of Love (Daptone)
- Neon Piss – Close The Door (Vinyl Rites) & last show live at Gilman
- Terry Malts – Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere (Slumberland)
- Veronica Falls – Waiting For Something to Happen (Slumberland)
- Bleeding Rainbow – Yeah Right (Kanine)
- Branes – Perfection Condition (Burger)
- Pere Ubu – Lady From Shanghai (Fire)
- Wire – Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)
- Afrolicious – California Dreaming (S/R)
- Warm Soda – S/T (Castle Face)
- Buke and Gass – General Dome (Brassland)
- Shannon Wright – In Film Sound (Ernst Jenning)
- Glenn Jones – My Garden State (Thrill Jockey)
- Lust For Youth – Growing Seeds (Sacred Bones)
- Dead Ending – II (Alternative Tentacles)
- The Stranglers – Giants (Absolute)
- Wax Idols – Discipline and Desire (Slumberland)
- Merchandise – Totale Night (Night People)
- Hunx and His Punx – Street Punk (Hardly Art)
- Hard Skin – Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear? (JT Classics)
- Tunabunny – Genius Fatigue (HHBTM)
- His Electro Blue Voice – Ruthless Sperm (Sub Pop)
- Violent Vicky – Monster Alley (S/R)
- Free Time – S/T (Underwater Peoples)
- Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus (ATP)
- Jackson and His Computerband – Glow (Warp)
- Black Bug – Reflecting the Light (Hozac)
- Kirilola – Kimigayo-hibiki (NuRi-eMaki)
- Joanna Gruesome – Weird Sister (Slumberland)
- Blouse – Imperium (Captured Tracks)
- Cat Party – A Thousand Shades Of Gray 7″ (Yellow Number 5)
-
Neo Boys – Sooner or Later (K)
7″
- The #1s – Sharon Shouldn’t (Sorry State)
- Buck Biloxi and the Fucks – Holodeck Survivor (Total Punk)
- English Singles – Ordinary Girls (Slumberland)
- Good Throb – Culture Vulture (Muscle Horse)
- Humousexual – Meaning to These Maps (Everard)
- Nots – Dust Red (Goner)
- Priests – Radiation (Sister Polygon)
- Skinny Girl Diet / Ethical Debating Society – Split (Happy Happy Birthday to Me)
- Teenage Burritos – Danya (Volar)
- True Sons of Thunder – Black Astrologers (Goner)
12″
- Alligator – Runners (Et Mon Cul C’est Du Tofu)
- Connections – Private Airplane (Anyway)
- Counter Intuits – Sheets of Hits (Pyramid Schemes)
- Household – Elaines (Dull Knife)
- Mordecai – College Rock (Richie)
- Roachclip – Discovery Park (All Gone)
- Purling Hiss – Water on Mars (Drag City)
- The Sleaze – Tecktonik Girlz (Total Punk)
- Wimps – Repeat (End of Times)
- The Woolen Men – S/T (Woodsist)
Top Albums of 2013
- Atoms for Peace – Amok (XL)
- Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
- The National – Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
- Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Merge)
- Born Ruffians – Birthmarks (Yep Roc)
- Rhye – Woman (Polydor)
- Peach Kelli Pop – S/T (Burger)
- Mikal Cronin – MCII (Merge)
- James Blake – Overgrown (Polydor)
- Baths – Obsidian (Anticon)
- Ty Segall – Sleeper (Drag City)
- Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law (Atlantic)
- Starfucker – Miracle Mile (Polyvinyl)
- Washed Out – Paracosm (Sub Pop)
- Luke Rathborne – Soft (True Believer)
Top Songs of 2013
- Potty Mouth – “Better End” – Hell Bent (Old Flame)
- The Julie Ruin – “Run Fast” – Run Fast (TJR)
- Savages – “Husbands” – Silence Yourself (Matador)
- Haim – “The Wire” – Days Are Gone (Columbia)
- Palma Violets – “Best of Friends” – 180 (Rough Trade)
- Los Campesinos! – “Avocado, Baby” – No Blues (Wichita)
- Volcano Choir – “Comrade” – Repave (Jagjaguwar)
- The Preatures – “Is This How You Feel?” – Is This How You Feel (Universal)
- TV on the Radio – “Million Miles” – Single (Federal Prison)
- San Fermin – “Sonsick” – S/T (Downtown)
- Torres – “Honey” – S/T (S/R)
- Bleached – “Lovespells“- Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans)
- Joanna Gruesome – “Sugarcrush” – Weird Sister (Slumberland)
- Deap Vally – “Lies” – Sistrionix (Interscope)
- Marijuana Deathsquads – “Ewok Sadness” – Oh My Sexy Lord (Totally Gross National Product)
- Saint Rich – “Officer” – Beyond the Drone (Merge)
- Au Revoir Simone – “Crazy” – Move In Spectrums (Instant)
- Gap Dream – “Chill Spot” – Shine Your Light (Burger)
- Little Green Cars – “Harper Lee” – Absolute Zero (Glassnote)
- Thee Oh Sees – “I Come From the Mountain” – Floating Coffin (Castleface)
100 Most Favorite Releases (Non-Singles) of 2013
- Ahmad Jamal – Saturday Morning (JazzVillage)
- Aivi & Surasshu – The Black Box (S/R)
- Alice Russell – To Dust (Tru Thoughts)
- Alizzz – Whoa! (Arkestra Discos)
- AlunaGeorge – Body Music (Island)
- Amin Payne – The George Benson Tribute (S/R)
- Anthm – A Handful of Dust / The Fire Next Time (S/R)
- ASAP Rocky – Long Live ASAP (Polo Grounds)
- Atu – Pictures on Silence (Soulection)
- Avicii – True (PRMD/Universal)
- Bad Rabbits – American Love (S/R)
- Baths – Obsidian (Anticon)
- Bilal – A Love Surreal (eOne)
- Black Milk – No Poison No Paradise (Fat Beats)
- Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe (Domino)
- Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest (Warp)
- Bonobo – The North Borders (Ninja Tune)
- Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap (S/R)
- Charles Bradley – Victim of Love (Daptone)
- Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe (Glassnote)
- Classixx – Hanging Gardens (Innovative Leisure)
- Daedelus – Drown Out (Anticon)
- Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (Columbia)
- Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla – 7 Days of Funk (Stones Throw)
- Danny Brown – Old (Fool’s Gold)
- Darkside – Psychic (Matador)
- Disclosure – Settle (Cherrytree)
- DJ Day – Land of 1000 Chances (Piecelock 70)
- DJ Rashad – Double Cup (Hyperdub)
- Earl Sweatshirt – Doris (Odd Future)
- Emancipator – Dusk to Dawn (Loci)
- Eric Lau – One of Many (Kilawatt)
- Evil Needle – Qualia (HW&W)
- Foreign Exchange – Love In Flying Colors (FEMusic)
- Ghostek – No Way Out (Sub Squared)
- Gold Panda – Half of Where You Live (Ghostly International)
- Great Dane – Alpha Dog (Team Supreme)
- Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
- Headnodic – Junk Drawer Vol. 1 (Piecelock 70)
- Hiatus Kaiyote – Tawk Tomahawk (Flying Buddha)
- Homeboy Sandman – Kool Herc Fertile Crescent (Stones Throw)
- Inc. – No World (4AD)
- Insightful – Elsewhere (S/R)
- The Internet – Feel Good (Odd Future)
- Jacob 2-2 – Herbivore (King Deluxe)
- James Blake – Overgrown (Republic)
- Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady (Wondaland Arts Society)
- Jel – Late Pass (Anticon)
- Jensen Sportag – Stealth of Days (Cascine)
- Joe Bagale – Yesterday Once Again (1beatproductions)
- Jordan Rakei – Franklin’s Room (S/R)
- Jose James – No Beginning No End (Blue Note)
- Ka – The Night’s Gambit (Iron Works)
- Kanye West – Yeezus (Def Jam)
- Kastle – S/T (Symbols)
- Kwala – Lakebed (S/R)
- Lapalux – Nostalchic (Brainfeeder)
- Letherette – S/T (Ninja Tune)
- Lil Silva – Distance EP (Good Years)
- Lindsay Lowend – Wind Fish (Symbols)
- L’Orange & Stik Figa – The City Under the City (Mello Music Group)
- Lorde – Pure Heroine (Universal)
- Machinedrum – Vapor City (Ninja Tune)
- Maya Jane Coles – Comfort (I/AM/ME)
- Mr Carmack – Birth Control / Hopscotch (Mad Decent)
- Myron & E – Broadway (Stones Throw)
- Nightmares on Wax – Feelin’ Good (Warp)
- Obey City – Champagne Sounds (LuckyMe)
- Oddisee – The Beauty Of It All / Tangible Dream (Mello Music Group)
- Oliver – Mechanical (Fools Gold)
- Om Unit – Threads (Civil Music)
- Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven (Warp)
- The Pilots – Traveling Through Thoughts (Ritmo Sportivo)
- Pomrad – This Day (Earnest Endeavors)
- The Procussions – S/T (S/R)
- Quadron – Avalanche (Vested in Culture)
- Qwel & Maker – Beautiful Raw (Galapagos4)
- Rhye – Woman (Polydor)
- RJD2 – More Is Than Isn’t (RJ’s Electrical Connections)
- Rodney Hunter – Hunter Express (Birdkids)
- Run the Jewels – S/T (Fool’s Gold)
- Russ Liquid – Foreign Frequency (1320)
- Sampha – Dual EP (Young Turks)
- Sango – North (Soulection)
- Shad – Flying Colours (Black Box)
- Shigeto – No Better Time Than Now (Ghostly International)
- Shortcircles – Between Waves (Plug Research)
- Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Capitol)
- Son Lux – Lanterns (Joyful Noise)
- Sons of the Morning – Speak Soon, Vol. 1 (Yellow Year)
- Space Ghost – Patient Mind (S/R)
- Synkro – Acceptance (Apollo)
- Tall Black Guy – 8 Miles to Moenart (First Word)
- Teeko & B. Bravo Present: Tempo Dreams Vol. 2 (Bastard Jazz)
- Terrace Martin – 3ChordFold (Empire)
- Thundercat – Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
- Toro y Moi – Anything in Return (Carpark)
- Tropics – Home and Consonance (Five Easy Pieces)
- UZ – Balltrap Muzic Vol. 1 (S/R)
- Washed Out – Paracosm (Sub Pop)