{"id":13976,"date":"2014-01-02T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T13:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=13976"},"modified":"2015-01-02T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:41:45","slug":"music-2013-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/music-2013-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: 2013 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"musicDate\">MUSIC<\/div>\n<p>Happy 2014! Today marks my 7th anniversary of joining <a title=\"Last.fm\" href=\"http:\/\/last.fm\" target=\"_blank\">last.fm<\/a>\u00a0and though I normally claim the listening data on there doesn&#8217;t necessarily reflect what I&#8217;d say my favourite music over the last 12 months has been, this time round I&#8217;d say my charts are all pretty accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the music I&#8217;ve enjoyed the most in 2013 (looks like it was a rather desaturated year; interesting, these matching colour schemes).<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/editors.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13979\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/editors.jpg\" alt=\"editors\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/editors.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/editors-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/national.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13978\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/national.jpg\" alt=\"national\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/national.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/national-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/nick-cave.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13980\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/nick-cave.jpg\" alt=\"nick-cave\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/nick-cave.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/nick-cave-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A L B U M S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite albums:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editors \u2013 The Weight of Your Love<\/li>\n<li>The National \u2013 Trouble Will Find Me<\/li>\n<li>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds \u2013 Push the Sky Away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sage Francis \u2013 Sick To D(EAT)H<\/li>\n<li>The Republic of Wolves \u2013 No Matter How Narrow<\/li>\n<li>Foals \u2013 Holy Fire<\/li>\n<li>Alela Diane \u2013 About Farewell<\/li>\n<li>Neko Case \u2013 The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You<\/li>\n<li>Vector Lovers \u2013 Iphonica<\/li>\n<li>Queens of the Stone Age \u2013 \u2026Like Clockwork<\/li>\n<li>Tegan and Sara \u2013 Heartthrob<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon Hanover \u2013 Tomb for two<\/li>\n<li>Zeromancer \u2013 Bye-Bye Borderline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mention to\u00a0Alt-J&#8217;s 2012 album\u00a0<em>An Awesome Wave &#8211;<\/em> had I listened to it when it came out, it probably would have been my <a title=\"Music : 2012 in review\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/music-2012-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">album of the year for 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T R A C K S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13985\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/moms.jpg\" alt=\"MoMS\" width=\"590\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/moms.jpg 590w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/moms-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/moms-575x419.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/> <strong>Favourite track:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"MoMs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q6Xc874hMl4\" target=\"_blank\">Miracles of Modern Science \u2013 Dear Pressure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"I need my girl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iMhMcXppqcc\" target=\"_blank\">The National \u2013 I Need My Girl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Editors \u2013 Sugar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_hpKpPqLSA8\" target=\"_blank\">Editors \u2013 Sugar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ulterior \u2013 Body Hammer\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/hidden-treasure-music\/ulterior-body-hammer\" target=\"_blank\">Ulterior \u2013 Body Hammer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"oh! dark arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oh-dark-arrow\/cave-swoon-with-push-push-and\" target=\"_blank\">oh! dark arrow \u2013 Cave swoon with Push Push &amp; Comfy Hammocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds \u2013 Push the Sky Away\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kzTCbaZj5HA\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds \u2013 Push the Sky Away<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CHVRCHES \u2013 Now Is Not the Time\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aIHUyIW0gfo\" target=\"_blank\">CHVRCHES \u2013 Now Is Not the Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cage \u2013 You Were The Shit (In High School)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5NMHj9bkuSM\" target=\"_blank\">Cage \u2013 You Were The Shit (In High School)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sage Francis \u2013 Zero Demo (2009)\" href=\"http:\/\/strangefamousrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/sick-to-d-eat-h\" target=\"_blank\">Sage Francis \u2013 Zero Demo (2009)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Red Huxley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YvTNMhj5qyg\" target=\"_blank\">Red Huxley &#8211; My Own Way<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Yeah Yeah Yeahs \u2013 Subway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jz9HUKNDQ_M\" target=\"_blank\">Yeah Yeah Yeahs \u2013 Subway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Miss Kittin \u2013 Maneki Neko\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tx77D-hrIr4\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Kittin \u2013 Maneki Neko<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Queens of the Stone Age \u2013 If I Had a Tail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RjYZToXuJaM\" target=\"_blank\">Queens of the Stone Age \u2013 If I Had a Tail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Foals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oz8gD4TogKM\" target=\"_blank\">Foals \u2013 Inhaler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lotte Kestner \u2013 String\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2le0SE2DsIM\" target=\"_blank\">Lotte Kestner\u00a0\u2013\u00a0String<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Arcade Fire - We Exist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L35rpdiHH_8\" target=\"_blank\">Arcade Fire &#8211; We Exist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tegan and Sara - Love they say\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4wLv1zA94KU\" target=\"_blank\">Tegan and Sara &#8211; Love they say<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Portugal. The Man - Creep in a T-shirt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=daB9QRwVQH4\" target=\"_blank\">Portugal. The Man &#8211; Creep in a T-shirt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Autoheart - Lent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_wUKGHPbn_k\" target=\"_blank\">Autoheart &#8211; Lent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Neko Case - Local Girl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YpLx0qw3TsM\" target=\"_blank\">Neko Case &#8211; Local Girl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bell X1 - I will follow you\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YQXw-jozeRE\" target=\"_blank\">Bell X1 &#8211; I will follow you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tropic of cancer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YivNjtCY58Y\" target=\"_blank\">Tropic of Cancer &#8211; More Alone (Album Version)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sigur Ros - Brennisteinn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oc6zXSdYXm8\" target=\"_blank\">Sigur Ros &#8211; Brennisteinn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>L I V E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most enjoyable gigs I&#8217;ve attended this year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favourite gig to watch this year has to be <a title=\"Rocking the Daisies 2013: Saturday\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/rocking-the-daisies-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Hives at RTD<\/a> &#8211; they were just amazing, so much energy and so much fun. My favourite gig to photograph was <a title=\"Your LMG\u2019s \u2018Rest in Print\u2019 farewell party at the Dragon Room\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/your-lmgs-rest-in-print-farewell-party-at-the-dragon-room\/\" target=\"_blank\">LMG&#8217;s Farewell party at the Dragon Room<\/a> &#8211; awesome venue, awesome acts and an awesome night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Happy listening in 2014 :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUSIC Happy 2014! Today marks my 7th anniversary of joining last.fm\u00a0and though I normally claim the listening data on there doesn&#8217;t necessarily reflect what I&#8217;d say my favourite music over the last 12 months has been, this time round I&#8217;d &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/music-2013-in-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,583,10],"tags":[1066,204,1069,17,1067,705,645,1001,1068],"class_list":["post-13976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-ramblings-2","category-reviews","tag-editors","tag-favourites","tag-miracles-of-modern-science","tag-music-2","tag-nick-cave","tag-review","tag-rocking-the-daisies","tag-the-hives","tag-the-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13976"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15558,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13976\/revisions\/15558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}