Alex Bleeker & The Freaks How Far Away [Real Estate’s bassist]
Alice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Anvil Hope In Hell
Baths Obsidian
Blue-Eyed Son Shadows On The Son
Brazos Saltwater
Cinema Sleep Truth For The Seeker
Cloud Boat Book Of Hours
CocoRosie Tales Of A Grass Widow
Crystal Fighters Cave Rave
Eisley Currents
Free Time Free Time
Hooded Fang Gravez
Imaginary Cities Fall Of Romance
John Fogerty Wrote A Song For Everyone
Kermit Ruffins We Partyin’ Traditional Style!
Kylesa Ultraviolet
Laura Marling Once I Was An Eagle
Man Overboard Heart Attack
Mike Marlin Grand Reveal
Mount Kimbie Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Pastels Slow Summits
Skinny Puppy Weapon
The Polyphonic Spree Yes, It’s True
The Stranglers Giants
The-Dream IV Play
Tricky False Idols
When Saints Go Machine Infinity Pool
Comment: No doubt, Laura Marling is the one to beat and I wouldn’t be the slightest surprised to discover it is the best album of 2013 after hearing just two songs. But it looks like a modern classic of a week: Polyphonic Spree, Tricky, the Stranglers,. Plus: the Rolling Stone “5 Star” new Fogerty. New? Re-recordings of the classics with stars, sorta B+ listers, like Bob Seger and Foo Fighters. I agree, RS are probably wrong but David Fricke wrote it so who knows.