George's Top 14 Albums of 2013 (non-metal version)
- Barn Owl - 'V' (ambient/experimental)
- Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit (krautrock/electronic)
- Cave - 'Threace' (krautrock)
- David Lynch - 'The Big Dream' (art rock)
- Grails - 'Black Tar Prophecies vol. 4-6' (art rock)
- Grumbling Fur - 'Glynnaestra' (art rock)
- John Zorn - 'Dreamachines' (jazz)
- Jon Hopkins - 'Immunity' (electronic music)
- Kayo Dot - 'Hubardo' (art rock)
- Matt Elliott - 'Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart' (singer/songwriter/classical guitar)
- My Bloody Valentine - 'MBV' (noise pop)
- Miriodor - 'Cobra Fakir' (art rock)
- Noveller - 'No Dreams' (ambient/avant classical)
- Sax Ruins - 'Blimmguass' (jazz/experimental)
Top 5 if I had to pick now or be disintegrated by a death ray:
- Cave - 'Threace' so succinct, so funky, yet so krautrock; so live too, they are awesome live
- Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit - 'Secret Rhythms 5' Can's drummer teams up with an electronic music artist and the result is essential listening for percussion lovers
- My Bloody Valentine - 'mbv' one of my favorite bands of all time finally put out that album that never was released, bringing never to 2013 with audio ecstasy
- Noveller - 'No Dreams' this one is a hunch, that I'll like it eventually even more than Barn Owl's 'V'; both are stunningly great ambient releases, a yin to each other's yang
- Sax Ruins - 'Blimmguass' this album floored me upon first listen, the astonishing dexterity displayed here is second to none, and I see this being on my phone's music player for months to come
Will be determining my heavy metal best of soon... stay tuned!