My Best Albums of 2013

I've been steadily working on my Best Albums of 2013 list for quite awhile now (with a few recent tweaks) but am just now getting around to putting my list out there. While compiling this ever-important list, I've looked at hundreds of other Best of 2013 lists and it's safe to say that NONE of the ones I've seen will be remotely like mine. The fact that Jason Isbell's "Southeastern" isn't on every single one of them is a travesty I can't even comprehend right now. Seriously. I also managed to throw in a soundtrack (this year's re-make of Maniac) because it was so good that it could be legitimately enjoyed without needing to see the film. I should note one glaring omission on this list: I was going to include Matthew E. White's excellent album "Big Inner", but since I couldn't figure out whether it came out in 2013 or 2012, I decided to leave it off for the sake of accuracy.

Since I put this list together in mix CD form, I'm going to list these albums as the songs show up on my mixes. *ahem* So here is my Best of 2013 list (all 50), with the top ten in bold.

The Dismemberment Plan - "Uncanney Valley"
Bill Callahan - "Dream River"
Dessa - "Parts of Speech"
Laura Marling - "Once I Was An Eagle"
Moderat - "II"
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - "Ripely Pine"
Chris T-T & The Hoodrats - "The Bear"
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - "Push The Sky Away"
Baths - "Obsidian"
David Lang - "Death Speaks"
Waxatachee - "Cerulean Salt"
Caleb Burhans - "Evensong"
Toro Y Moi - "Anything In Return"
Neko Case - "The Worse Things Get…"
Los Campesinos! - "No Blues"
Chelsea Wolfe - "Pain Is Beauty"
Arctic Monkeys - "AM"
Torres - "Torres"
Wire - "Change Becomes Us"
Phosphorescent - "Muchacho"
Chvrches - "The Bones of What You Believe"
Soundtrack to Maniac
Sigur Ros - "Kveikur"
Caitlin Rose - "The Stand-In"
The Devil Makes Three - "I'm A Stranger Here"
Holy Ghost! - "Dynamics"
Anna Von Hausswolff - "Ceremony"
Thee Oh Sees - "Floating Coffin"
The National - "Trouble Will Find Me"
Savages - "Silence Yourself"
Josh Ritter - "The Beast In Its Tracks"
Of Montreal - "Lousy With Sylvianbriar"
The Civil Wars - "The Civil Wars"
Eels - "Wonderful, Glorious"
Julianna Barwick - "Nepenthe"
Cut Copy - "Free Your Mind"
Mikal Cronin - "MCII"
Scout Niblett - "It's Up To Emma"
Forest Swords - "Engravings"
Deer Tick - "Negativity"
Basia Bulat - "Tall Tall Shadow"
John Grant - "Pale Green Ghosts"
Kurt Vile - "Walkin On A Pretty Daze"
Deap Vally - "Sistrionix"
Jason Isbell - "Southeastern"
She & Him - "Volume 3"
Okkervil River - "The Silver Gymnasium" 
Disclosure - "Settle"
Minor Alps - "Get There"
Laura Veirs - "Warp and Weft"

Honorable Mentions:

Rhye - "Woman"
Frank Turner - "Tape Deck Heart"
Iceage - "You're Nothing"
Superchunk - "I Hate Music"
Deerhunter - "Monomania"
Scud Mountain Boys - "Do You Love The Sun"
Queens Of The Stone Age - "…Like Clockwork" (I'm sorry, Josh Homme!)
The Head And The Heart - "Let's Be Still"
White Denim - "Corsicana Lemonade"
The Dodos - "Carrier"