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2013: Dean's List
Albums
Vampire Weekend
:
Modern Vampires of the City
(XL)
17
The Uncluded
:
Hokey Fright
(Rhymesayers)
16
The Julie Ruin
:
Run Fast
(TJR)
15
Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel
:
Hey Hey It's . . . the Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band
(self-released)
11
Live from Festival au Desert Timbuktu
(Clermont Music)
10
Lady Gaga
:
Artpop
(Streamline/Interscope)
8
Eminem
:
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Deluxe Edition)
(Aftermath)
6
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
:
Jama Ko
(Out Here)
7
Gogol Bordello
:
Pura Vida Conspiracy
(ATO)
5
The Knife
:
Shaking the Habitual
(Mute)
5
Parkay Quarts
:
Tally All the Things That You Broke
(What's Your Rupture?)
Rilo Kiley
:
RKives
(Little Record Company)
Rachid Taha
:
Zoom
(Wrasse)
Deerhunter
:
Monomania
(4AD)
Kate Nash
:
Girl Talk
(Have 10P)
Kool A.D.
:
Not O.K.
(self-released)
Brandy Clark
:
12 Stories
(Mercury)
Beyoncé
:
Beyoncé
(Columbia)
Latyrx
:
The Second Album
(Solesides)
Martha Redbone Roots Project
:
The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake
(Blackfeet Productions '12)
Kassa Overall
:
Stargate Mixtape
(free Greedhead mixtape '12)
Kitty
:
D.A.I.S.Y. Rage
(self-released)
Angola Soundtrack 2
(Analog Africa)
Ezra Furman
:
The Year of No Returning
(Bar/None)
Four Tet
:
Pink
(Text '12)
The Road to Jajouka
(Howe)
Jonny Fritz
:
Dad Country
(ATO)
The Dismemberment Plan
:
Uncanney Valley
(Partisan)
Ray Wylie Hubbard
:
The Grifter's Hymnal
(Bordello '12)
Sam Baker
:
Say Grace
(self-released)
Parquet Courts
:
Light Up Gold
(What's Your Rupture?)
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
:
Take Me to the Land of Hell
(Chimera Music)
M.I.A.
:
Matangi
(Interscope)
Chance the Rapper
:
Acid Rap
(free download)
Wussy
:
Duo
(Shake It)
Sky Ferreira
:
Night Time, My Time
(Capitol)
David Greenberger/Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound
:
They Like Me Around Here
(Pel Pel)
No Age
:
An Object
(Sub Pop)
Ezra Furman
:
Day of the Dog
(Bar/None)
Tom Zé
:
Tropicàlia Lixo Lógico
(self-released '12)
Jon Hopkins
:
Immunity
(Domino)
Danny Brown
:
Old
(Fool's Gold)
Le Grande Kalle
:
His Life, His Music
(Sterns Africa)
Tamikrest
:
Chatma
(Glitter Beat)
Fat Tony
:
Smart Ass Black Boy
(Young One)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
:
Mature Themes
(4AD '12)
Clay Harper
:
Airport Road
(Terminus)
Robert Sarazin Blake with Jefferson Hamer and the Powderkegs
:
Put It All Down in a Letter
(Same Room '11)
Ceramic Dog
:
Your Turn
(Northern Spy)
Kool & Kass
:
Peaceful Solutions
(free download)
The Handsome Family
:
Wilderness
(Carrot Top)
Sleigh Bells
:
Bitter Rivals
(Mom + Pop)
Mariem Hassan
:
El Aaiún Egdat
(Nubenegra '12)
Yo Ma Ma/Stephen Kalinich & Jon Tiven
:
Symptomology/Shortcuts to Infinity
(MsMusic '12)
Those Darlins
:
Blur the Line
(Oh Wow Dang)
Neko Case
:
The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
(Anti-)
Sidi Touré
:
Alafia
(Thrill Jockey)
Superchunk
:
I Hate Music
(Merge)
Omar Souleyman
:
Wenu Wenu
(Ribbon)
J Cole
:
Truly Yours
(free download)
Ashley Monroe
:
Like a Rose
(Warner Bros.)
The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary
(World Music Network '12)
Kacey Musgraves
:
Same Trailer Different Park
(Mercury)
Skrillex
:
Leaving
(Owsla download)
Lil Wayne
:
I Am Not a Human Being II
(Cash Money/Republic)
Serengeti
:
The Kenny Dennis LP
(Anticon)
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & '80s
(Soundway)
White Mandingos
:
The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me
(Fatbeats)
ZZK Sound Vol. 3
(ZZK/Waxpolitation)
The Rough Guide to Acoustic Africa
(World Music Network)
Young Fathers
:
Tape Two
(Anticon)
Pistol Annies
:
Annie Up
(RCA)
Diablos Del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-85
(Analog Africa '12)
Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument
:
Shemonmuanay
(Awesome Tapes From Africa)
Pusha T
:
My Name Is My Name
(Def Jam)
Tal National
:
Kaani
(Fatcat)
Arcade Fire
:
Reflektor
(Merge)
Yo La Tengo
:
Fade
(Matador)
Burial
:
Truant/Rough Sleeper
(Hyperdub '12)
Waxahatchee
:
Cerulean Salt
(Don Giovanni)
Bombino
:
Nomad
(Nonesuch)
Batida
:
Batida
(Soundway '12)
The Rough Guide to African Disco
(World Music Network)
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle
(Nonesuch)
Chicha Libre
:
Quatro Tigres
(Barbès)
Postscript Notes:
Sidi Touré:
Alafia
later downgraded to B+.
Barnes & Noble Review
, Jan. 24, 2014
2012
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