Playlist: 2013: The Year In Outstanding Local Music, Track by Track
By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 22, 2013 9:00PM
Jon here, for my personal Best Local Music of 2013 list. I decided to do something a little different: namely, a playlist. Featuring Chance The Rapper, Alla, Pelican, and much more, this playlist reflects the triumphant years had by local rap and local metal. But there's no genre that can confine the creativity of our city's musicians, and we hope this playlist reflects that. There was a lot of great stuff we left out [ShowYouSuck, Panda Riot, White Mystery, just to name a few] but the music here represents the best of the best. Dig
A list of our ten favorite local records of the year:
1. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap [Self-Released]
2. Wrekmeister Harmonies - You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me [Thrill Jockey]
3. Implodes - Recurring Dream [Kranky]
4. DJ Rashad - Double Cup [Hyperdub]
5. Alla - Feed The Dragon Vol. 1 [Self-Released]
6. Tree - Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out [Self-Released]
7. Pelican - Forever Becoming [Southern Lord]
8. Mines - Just Another Thing That Got Ruined [Lake Paradise Records]
9. Locrian - Return To Annihilation [Relapse]
10. JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound - Howl [Bloodshot]
Plus: Ten more absolutely worth checking out:
1. Weekend Nachos - Still [Relapse]
2. Disappears - Era [Kranky]
3. Oozing Wound - Retrash [Thrill Jockey]
4. Pink Frost - Sundowning [BLVD/Notes & Bolts]
5. Russian Circles - Memorial [Sargent House].
6. Kwaidan - Make All The Hell of Dark Metal Bright [Bathetic Records]
7. Willis Earl Beal - nobody knows [Hot Charity / XL Recordings]
8. Pivot Gang -- Jimmy [Self-Released]
9. Vic Mensa -- INNANETAPE [Self-Released]
10. Prob Cause -- The Recipe Volume 2 [Self-Released]
Happy listening! [And keep an eye out for what Tankboy has planned].