Your Favorite Non-Metal Albums of 2013

[KafkaX]

Just as the title says. Favorite non-metal releases from 2013.

Outside of the metal umbrella, I listen to a lot of EDM, so I started checking out some of the albums listed here:
Rollingstone's Top 50 Ablums of 2013

My Non-metal favorites from 2013:
Pretty Lights - A Color Map of The Sun


Armin Van Buuren - Intense


Kaskade - Atmosphere


Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
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Any type of non-metal music welcomed.

 

[KafkaX]

Fuck, I made a typo in the title...Can a Mod please correct it for me???

 

[Krow]

New QotSA all day

 

[Baroque]

The new Ulver counts, I think.

 

[Bloopy]

1. Dead Vicious - Nightmare on Molesworth Street (punk)
2. Falsewander - Cardiosphere (dark ambient)
3. Mr. Toxic - Clusterphobic (hip-hop)
4. New Model Army - Between Dog and Wolf (rock)
5. Regurgitator - Dirty Pop Fantasy (rock)

 

[KafkaX]

New QotSA all day

Yeah that one is in my playlist of shit to check out. Heard from multiple people that it is solid. Never really heard any of their stuff, so im curious.

 

[Lateralus14]

The new Ulver counts, I think.

Why wouldn't it?

 

[Westsiyeed]

The National - Trouble Will Find Me
QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing:

 

[KafkaX]

Forgot about this gem.

 

[AllShallFall]

The official soundtrack of BioShock Infinite is pretty good stuff. I like it a lot.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Only Metal is Real

 

[ProphetofHatred]

Only Metal is Real

So other music styles are just as real as your sex-life?

 

[Onder]

So other music styles are just as real as your sex-life?

Ouch.

 

[Lateralus14]

Some I've enjoyed...

Boards Of Canada
Sigur Ros
Ulver
Vali
Tim Hecker
My Bloody Valentine
The Knife
Penderecki - Piano Concerto / Flute Concerto (Antoni Wit)

Need to listen moar:

BURIAL!!!
Chelsea Wolfe
Julia Holter
Autechre
Eluvium

Just don't care much for modern music any more I suppose, but it's safe to say metal was not the best genre this year.

 

[Vamos]

Probably forgetting something but, first draft...

- Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net
- Black Mare - Field of the Host
- Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones - Quatorze Pièces de Menace
- My Bloody Valentine - m b v
- Pat Metheny - Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20
- Chelsea Wolfe - Pain if Beauty
- No Joy - Wait to Pleasure
- Ulver - Messe I.X–VI.X
- Lycia - Quiet Moments

 

[Lateralus14]

My friend told me to listen to Wayne Shorter like 2 days ago.

 

[Vamos]

Good stuff, I am new to them too. Got into them via John Patitucci (he plays bass there). How is Julia Holter? Been meaning to check her out but never gotten around to it for some reason...

 

[crimsonfloyd]

My favorite two albums this year were Pain is Beauty by Chelsea Wolfe and Versions by Zola Jesus. They're both such deep and earnest records, records that you can tell the artist really gave themselves over to.





Some cool EDM:

Giraffage- Needs


Kaminanda- Ancestors and Guardians




Then I really liked the Pharmakon's debut. Really apocalyptic industrial.



Then as far as bigger bands, I enjoyed the new releases by Sigur Ros, MBV and Steven Wilson.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

My Non-metal favorites from 2013:
Pretty Lights - A Color Map of The Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af6sWJ2GP7c

Fuck this is good. Definitely making its way onto my next E mix.

 

[Lateralus14]

Good stuff, I am new to them too. Got into them via John Patitucci (he plays bass there). How is Julia Holter? Been meaning to check her out but never gotten around to it for some reason...

It's one of those cases where I listened so little so far that I remember quality but I couldn't describe said quality to you.