Truth be told, we didn't think there'd be a blog poll this year. Partly because this place was out of commission by choice for a while, but also the number of blogs closing down without notice, just disappearing and leaving a regular last post hanging, is notable. Those that are left are meanwhile becoming ever more widespread and eclectic in trying to find a new way out of the blog cliche morass, which for the curious is of course a good thing more often than not, or at least so in theory, but for something like this list which by its nature thrives on concensus, less so.
Regardless, for the ninth time here's the poll of polls, this year chiefly featuring 17 Seconds, The Album Wall, Alphabet Bands, Both Bars On, Bowlegs, Breaking More Waves, Crack In The Road, Dots & Dashes, Drunken Werewolf, Just Music That I Like, Just Played, Keep Pop Loud, Last Year's Girl, The Mad Mackerel, Manic Pop Thrills, The Metaphorical Boat, the already deceased Mudkiss, Music Liberation, The Pop Cop, Ragged Glories, Song By Toad, There Goes The Fear and The Von Pip Musical Express. This is what the cognescenti claimed credits 2013:
50 ANNA CALVI - One Breath
49 SUEDE - Bloodsports
48 OKKERVIL RIVER - The Silver Gymnasium
47 BLUE HAWAII - Untogether
46 JAMES BLAKE - Overgrown
45 FOREST SWORDS - Engravings
44 GEORGIA RUTH - Week Of Pines
43 DUTCH UNCLES - Out of Touch In The Wild
42 VALERIE JUNE - Pushin' Against A Stone
41 VOLCANO CHOIR - Repave
40 ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER - Personal Record
39 DAVID BOWIE - The Next Day
38 KURT VILE - Wakin' On A Pretty Daze
37 TORRES - Torres
36 THE SUPERMAN REVENGE SQUAD BAND - There Is Nothing More Frightening Than The Passing Of Time
35 LOW - The Invisible Way
34 MAJICAL CLOUDZ - Impersonator
33 ADAM STAFFORD - Imaginary Walls Collapse
32 HOOKWORMS - Pearl Mystic
31 THESE NEW PURITANS - Field Of Reeds
30 TEGAN & SARA - Heartthrob
29 DARKSIDE - Psychic
28 KANYE WEST - Yeezus
27 SIGUR ROS - Kveikur
26 CAITLIN ROSE - The Stand-In
25 PARQUET COURTS - Light Up Gold
24 FOALS - Holy Fire
23 FACTORY FLOOR - Factory Floor
22 JANELLE MONAE - The Electric Lady
21 WAXAHATCHEE - Cerulean Salt
20 JULIA HOLTER - Loud City Song
19 FUCK BUTTONS - Slow Focus
18 DAUGHTER - If You Leave
17 SPEEDY ORTIZ - Major Arcana
16 BILL CALLAHAN - Dream River
15 JOHN GRANT - Pale Green Ghosts
14 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Inform-Educate-Entertain
13 PHOSPHORESCENT - Muchacho
12 DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
11 LOS CAMPESINOS! - No Blues
10 CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
9 MY BLOODY VALENTINE - m b v
8 SAVAGES - Silence Yourself
7 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Modern Vampires of the City
6 JON HOPKINS - Immunity
5 LAURA MARLING - Once I Was An Eagle
4 ARCADE FIRE - Reflektor
3 THE NATIONAL - Trouble Will Find Me
2 ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM
1 NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Push The Sky Away
1 comment:
Thanks, Simon - we are still going, but it has been a tough year for us. And we found it hard enough to agree on our own list, so thanks for again putting this together. Keep at it if you have the energy - we appreciate it.
James from Both Bars On
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