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2013

Best 10 Albums

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  1. Guillaume Arsenault – Oasis Station-service (DEP)
  2. Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More LIght (Constellation)
  3. Suuns – Images du Futur (Secretly Canadian)
  4. Deafheaven – Sunbather (Deathwish)
  5. Dawn of Midi – Dysnomia (Thirsty Ear)
  6. Yamantaka//Sonic Titan – Whalesong (Uzu)
  7. Valerie June – Pushin‘ Against a Stone (Concord)
  8. Simon Angell – A (S/R)
  9. JF Robitaille – Rival Hearts (S/R)
  10. Charnett Moffett – Spirit of Sound (Motema)

Best Live Performances

  1. Colin Stetson – The Chapel, June 26
  2. Suuns – Bottom of the Hill, May 28
  3. Tomahawk – Great American Music Hall, February 15

Favorite 2013 Albums

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  1. Juana Molina -  Wed 21 (Crammed Discs)
  2. Daedelus -  Drown Out (Anticon)
  3. Bomba Estéreo – Tropical (Soundway)
  4. Alela Diane – About Farewell (Rusted Blue)
  5. Food Pyramid – Ecstasy and Refreshment (Holy Mountain)
  6. Black Hollies -  Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere (Ernest Jenning)
  7. Jace Clayton – The Julius Eastman Memory Depot (New Amsterdam)
  8. Jacco Gardner – Cabinet of Curiosities (1– 2– 3– 4– Go!)
  9. Aisha Burns – Life in the Midwater (Western Vinyl)
  10. Kobo Town – Jumbie in the Jukebox (Cumbancha)
  11. Orchestra of Spheres – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music (Fire)
  12. Anna Von Hausswolff – Ceremony (Fat Possum)
  13. Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum (Wichita)
  14. The Defibulators – Debt’ll Get ‘Em (Pig Cow)
  15. Savages – Silence Yourself (Matador)
  16. Nadia Sirota – Baroque (New Amsterdam)
  17. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual (Mute)
  18. Boogat – El Dorado Sunset (Maisonnette)
  19. Frank Lenz – Water Tiger (Velvet Blue)
  20. Mikrokolektyw – Absent Minded (Delmark)

Best Songs 2013

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  • Brent Amaker and the Rodeo – “Death Is Always Near” – Year Of The Dragon (Fin)
  • Bleached – “Guy Like You” – Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans)
  • Brothers Comatose – “Pie For Breakfast” – Respect The Van (S/R)
  • Clairy Browne and Bangin’ Rockets – “Frankie” – Baby Caught the Bus (Vanguard)
  • Camera Obscura – “Break It to You Gently” – Desire Lines (4AD)
  • Camper Van Beethoven – “La Costa Perdida” – La Costa Perdida (429)
  • Manu Chao – “Helno Est Mort” – Siberie M’etait Contee (Because)
  • Katherine Cole – “Hymn In E” – There Is No God (S/R)
  • Deborah Crooks – “KALX Hesitation Blues” – KALX Live! (KALX)
  • Defibulators – “Pay For That Money” – Debt’ll Get’Em (Pig Cow)
  • Devil Makes Three – “Worse Or Better” – I’m A Stranger Here (New West)
  • Steve Earle and the Dukes – “Love’s Gonna Blow My Way” Low Highway (New West)
  • FIDLAR – “Gimme Something” – S/T (Mom + Pop)
  • Four Bitchin‘ Babes – “The History Of Cheese” – Mid Life Vices (Hem And Haw)
  • Foxygen – “San Francisco” – Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic (Jagjaguwar)
  • Johnny Fritz – “Shut Up” – Dad Country (ATO)
  • Max Gomez – “Never Say Never” – Rule the World (New West)
  • Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit – “The Very Best” – Old Excuses (Heckabad)
  • Joan Jett – “Make It Back” – Unvarnished (Blackheart)
  • Mark Knopfler – “Privateering” – Privateering (Verve)
  • Lisa Le Blanc – “Cerveau Ramolli” – S/T (Bonsound)
  • Little Fuller Band – “When the Devil Sings” – Leftovers (S/R)
  • Lost Luvs – “Double Shot” – S/T (S/R)
  • Mavericks – “Back In Your Arms Again” – In Time (Valory)
  • Mayya – “Morning Time” – Tea And Chocolate (S/R)
  • Mexican Dubwiser – “Trouble In My Soul” – Revolution Radio (Kool Arrow)
  • Kacey Musgraves – “Follow Your Arrow” – Same Trailer, Different Park (Mercury)
  • Of Montreal – “Fugitive Air” – Lousy With Sylvianbriar (Polyvinyl)
  • Orchestra Maneuvers In the Dark – “Metroland” – English Electric (BMG)
  • Josh Ritter – “Bonfire” – The Beast In Its Tracks (Pytheas)
  • Lia Rose – “Snake In The Water” – Bricks And Bones (S/R)
  • Brother John Rydgren – “Here Lies The Church” – Silhouette Segments (Omni)
  • She And Him – “I’ve Got Your Number Son” – Volume Three (Merge)
  • Shovels And Rope – “Birmingham” – O Be Joyful (Dualtone)
  • Laura Stevenson – “Runner” – Wheel (Don Giovanni)
  • Thao and the Get Down Stay Down – “The Feeling Kind” – We The Common (Ribbon)
  • The Creak – “I’m Johnny Lee” – Here Hold This (S/R)
  • Those Darlins – “Ain’t Afraid” – Blur The Lines (Oh Wow Dang)
  • Tim Timebomb – “She’s Drunk All The Time” – Special Lunacy (Pirates Press)
  • Veronica Falls – “Waiting For Something To Happen” – Waiting for Something to Happen (Slumberland)
  • Violent Vickie – “Yr Plan” – Monster Alley (S/R)
  • Emily Yates – “A Northern California Love Song” – I’ve Got You Folk Songs Right Here (S/R)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Mosquito” – Mosquito (Interscope)
  • Dwight Yoakum – “Close Up The Honky Tonks” – 21st Century South Bronx Rock Star (New West)

Special Thanks to those who appeared live on KALX with Meatypaws in 2013

  • Brent Amaker and the Rodeo – (all six appeared in black with cowboy hats)
  • Laura Benitez and Heartache – (the heartache was Michelle Kappel Stone)
  • Dum Spiro Spero
  • Female Trouble – (lotsa trouble)
  • Happy Clams
  • Lily Holbrook
  • Little Fuller Band – (from way up in the mountains)
  • Old Belle
  • Lia Rose – (sweetest voice west of the Caldecott)
  • Those Darlins
  • Tom Vanden Avond – (story and song writer from back east…. Oakdale)

Super Best Lists

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Albums

  • Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks (Columbia)
  • Perfume – Level 3 (Universal Japan)
  • How To Destroy Angels – Welcome Oblivion (Columbia)
  • Depeche Mode – Machine (Columbia/Mute)
  • !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – Thr!!!ler (Warp Records)
  • Namie Amuro – Feel (Avex)
  • The Bloody Beetroots – Hide (Ultra Records LLC)
  • Gesaffelstein – Aleph (Ghostly International)
  • Omar Souleyman – Wenu Wenu (Ribbon Music)
  • Bosq Of Whiskey Barons – Bosq Y Orquesta De Madera (Ubiquity)
  • Capsule – Caps Lock (Unborde/Warner Music Japan)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs!!! – Mosquito (Interscope)
  • Maximum The Hormone – Yoshu Fukushu (VAP)
  • Ed Rec Vol. X (Ed Banger)
  • David Bowie -The Next Day (Columbia)
  • Asobitunes (Asobisystem)
  • Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Nanda Collection (WM Japan)
  • Disclosure – Settle (Cherrytree/Interscope)
  • My Bloody Valentine – MBV (S/R)
  • Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (Columbia)

Singles

  • AKB48 – “Koisuru Fortune Cookie” (King Records)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs!!! – “Sacrilege” (Interscope)
  • Perfume – “Magic Of Love” (Universal Music Japan)
  • Perfume – “Sweet Refrain” (Universal Music Japan)
  • Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – “Ninjari Bang Bang” (WM Japan)
  • Nagi Yanagi – “Aqua Terrarium” (P. A. Works)
  • Sakanaction – “Music” (Victor Entertainment)

Best Concert

  • Rolling Stones (Oracle Arena)

Concerts I’m Still Kicking Myself For Not Seeing Live

  • Nine Inch Nails (Outside Lands)
  • How To Destroy Angels (Regency Theatre)

Best DJ Sets

  • Disclosure (essential Mix BBC Radio 1)
  • Ed Banger All Stars (Ed Banger 10th Anniversary, Paris)

Fave Tunes of 2013

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  • Emiliana Torrini – “Speed of Dark” – Tookah (Rough Trade)
  • Brent Amaker and The Rodeo – “Tequila Cerveza” – Year of The Dragon (Fin)
  • Julia Holter – “Hello Stranger” – Loud City Song (Domino)
  • The Fratellis – “Whiskey Saga” – We Need Medicine (BMG)
  • FIDLAR – “White On White” – S/T (Mom & Pop)
  • Rachel Zeffira – “Letters From Tokyo (Sayonara)” – The Deserters (Paper Bag)
  • Pokey LaFarge – “The Devil Ain’t Lazy” – S/T (Third Man)
  • Mikal Cronin – “Change” – MC II (Merge)
  • The Mavericks – “Ven Hacia Mi” – In Time (Valory)
  • Valerie June – “Pushin‘ Against a Stone” – Pushin‘ Against a Stone (Concord)

Best Songs

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  1. Kelly Hogan – “Golden” – I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (Anti)
  2. Mexican Institute of Sound – “Tipo Raro” – Politico (Nacional)
  3. Vandella – “Leaves” – S/T (S/R)
  4. Lia Rose – “Weeping Willow” – S/T (S/R)
  5. B Stars – “Honky Tonkin Rhythm” – West Coast Special (Rustbelt)
  6. Corb Lund – “Priceless Antique Pistol Shoots Startled Owner” – Cabin Fever (New West)
  7. Lindi Ortega – “Use Me” – Cigarettes And Truckstops (Last Gang)
  8. Lumpkins – “Song For The Leshan Grand Buddha” – Another Wasted Day (Shiitake Mushroom)
  9. Audra Mae – “Smokin’ The Boys” – S/T (Side One Dummy)
  10. Gary Clark Jr. – “Bright Lights” – Bright Lights (Warner)
  11. Jimmy Cliff – “Reggae Music” – Rebirth (Universal)
  12. The Creak – “Beaten” – Here’s To Feeling Good All The Time (S/R)
  13. Beautiful Sunsets – “Dirty Old Town” – Coalminers And Moonshiners (Global Seepej)
  14. Hanni El Khatib – “Heartbreak Hotel” – Will The Guns Come Out (Innovative Leisure)
  15. Matt And Kim – “Now” – Lighning (Fader)
  16. Muddy Udders – “Born Leader Boogie” – Bloody Murders (Ionik)   
  17. Orb and Lee Scratch Perry – “Golden Clouds” – The Observer (Cooking Vinyl)
  18. Old Crow Medicine Show – “Bootlegger’s Boy” – Carry Me Back (ATO)
  19. Gangstagrass – “Put Your Hands Up High” – S/T (S/R)
  20. Sycamore Slough String Band – “Jackaroe” – First Rehearsals (Perfectable)
  21. Imperial Rooster – “Pig Fork” – Good Old Poor Crazy Dead -(S/R)
  22. Sonny and the Sunsets – “My Mind Is Messed Up” – Longtime Companion (Polyvinyl)
  23. Coal Porters – “Gospel Shores” – Find The One (Prima)
  24. Eastbound Jesus – “Don’t Use It Much” – Holy Smokes (S/R)
  25. Bob Dylan – “Narrow Way” – Tempest (Columbia)
  26. Woods – “Cali In A Cup” – Bend Beyond (Woodsist)
  27. Little Feat – “Just A Fever” – Rooster Rag (Rounder)
  28. Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band – “Broke Down Everywhere” – Between The Ditches (Side One Dummy)
  29. Langhorne Slim and the Law – “Someday” – The Way We Move (Ramseur)
  30. Dr. John – “Locked Down” – Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  31. Steep Canyon Rangers – “Knob Creek” – Nobody Knows You (Rounder)
  32. Ray Wylie Hubbard – “Train Yard” – Grifter’s Hymnal (Bordello)
  33. John and Tom – “Lonesome Yodel Blues #2” – Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (Third Man)
  34. Cuff The Duke  – “Time Is Right” – Morning Comes (Paper Bag)
  35. Mazzy Star – “Lay Myself Down” – Common Burn (Rhymes Of An Hour)
  36. Moot Davis – “How Long” – Man About Town (Highway Kind)
  37. Gravel Spreaders – “Kicked My Heart In The Nuts” – Metal Hee-Haw (S/R)
  38. James Luther Dickinson – “Truck Drivin’ Man” – I’m Just Dead I’m Not Gone (Merless)
  39. Carolina Chocolate Drops – “Ruby Are You Mad At Your Man -” Leaving Eden (Nonesuch)
  40. Neung Phak – “Khmer 28” – 2 (Abduction)

Best Compilations

  • Café Con Musica – (Nacional)
  • Italia 4 – (Felmay)

Best Re-Issues

  • Be Good Tanyas – A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material – (Nettwerk)
  • Country Joe Mc Donald – Time Flies By – (Rag Baby)
  • Rodriguez – Searching For Sugar Man – (Light in the Attic)

Specials thanks to those who appeared live on the Meaty Paws show in 2012

Vandella (simply amazing)
The Creak (found in Golden Gate Park)
Old Belle (also found in Golden Gate Park)