Even with the endless time I have on my hands on the frosty riverbanks, between glorious battles with the Taff's Rainbow Trout, I find it hard to comprehend anything involving end of year lists, Dogging Tales just came on TV adding further discouragement to my already fragile willpower, but even so, there's a page that needs filling, and as the self proclaimed king of filler material, here’s a list with some of the music that shined like the stars on a crisp clear night through the murky fogs, shady shadows, and heaps of shit of 2013:
The All About - Suburban Heart (Bandcamp)
Cherry Glazerr - Papa Cremp (Bandcamp)
The Death of Pop (Bandcamp)
Ballboy - Merry Christmas To The Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers (Bandcamp)
Just Handshakes - Say It (Bleeding Gold Records / Bandcamp)
Major Leagues - Weird Seasons EP (RipeTV)
The Indelicates - Diseases of England (Corporate Records)
Flowers (Odd Box Records / Bandcamp)
Winter Villains - February (Barely Regal Records / Bandcamp)
I Like The Go GO (Bandcamp)
Makthaverskan - Makthaverskan II (Luxury / Bandcamp)
Tullycraft - Lost in Light Rotation (Fortuna POP!)
TV Girl - Lonely Women (Bandcamp)
The Courtneyes - The Courtneys - S/T (Hockey Dad Records / Bandcamp)
The Bobby McGee’s - Bon Bons (Je Vien Rechercher Mes) (Youtube)
The Spook School - Dress Up (Fortuna POP!)
Tyrannosaurus Dead - Pure // Apart + Bed Dread (Odd Box Records / Bleeding Gold Records / Bandcamp)
Laura Cantrell - No Way There from Here (Shoeshine Records)
Alpaca Sports (Bandcamp)
Eddie Argos and the Lo-Fi Punk Rock Motherfuckers - Volume 1 (Corporate Records)
Songs for Walter (Bandcamp)
Au Revoir Simone - Move in Spectrums (Moshi Moshi)