list time!

As we come to the close of 2013, and I am a geek of the manly persuasion, it’s list time! I’ve compiled a selection my favorite sounds and reads from the past twelve lunar cycles. The twenty albums I have chosen were all released during the year while the twenty-five books happen to be the stories that moved me the most whether they are brand spanking or have a few flecks of dust on their jackets. Since it was difficult enough to slim down and make choices for my lists of favorites, I put them all in alphabetical order rather than top to bottom.
I’m certain you all have your picks from the year. Please feel free to share/debate/argue/praise/dismiss!

I hope there are some new things here that you enjoy

-a

MY FAVORITE RECORDS of 2013

(in alphabetical order)

• Biffy Clyro – Opposites
  


• City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm
  


• Elbow – Live At Jodrell Bank
  


• Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up Ghost
  


• Frank Turner – “Tape Deck Heart”
  


• Keith Jarrett Trio – Somewhere
  


• Neil Finn & Paul Kelley – Goin’ Your Way
  


• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Live From KCRW
  


• Nils Frahm – Spaces
  


• Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
  


• Olafur Arnalds – For Now I Am Winter
  


• Patty Griffin – American Kid
  


• Pearl Jam – Lightening Bolt
  


• Peter Gabriel – And I’ll Scratch Yours
  


• Sarah Jarosz – Build Me Up From Bones
  


• Swans – Not Here Not Now
  


• Sylvain Chauveau – Kogetsudai
  


• The Dunwells – Follow the Road
  


• The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law
  


• Woodkid – The Golden Age
  

FAVORITE BOOKS (that I read in) 2013

(in alphabetical order)

• Alto, AJ – Touched
  


• Bradbury, Ray – The Day It Rained Forever
  


• Butler, Blake – There Is No Year
  


• Chute, Robert Chazz – This Plague of Days 1
  


• Coleman, Reed Farrel – Gun Church
  


• Davidson, Craig – The Fighter
  


• Duncan, Glen – The Last Werewolf
  


• Gaiman, Neil – The Ocean At The End Of The Lane
  


• Grimly, Gris/Mary Shelley– Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein
  


• Hill, Joe – N0S4A2
  


• Hitchens, Christopher – God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
  


• Howey, Hugh – Wool
  


• Junger, Sebastian – War
  


• King, Stephen – Cell
  


• Krall, Jordan – King Scratch
  


• Lindqvist, John Ajvide – Let The Old Dreams Die
  


• Luna, Steven – Songs From The Penomenal Nothing
  


• Persun, Terry – Hear No Evil
  


• Ratliff, Troy Aaron - Do I Bother You At Night?
  


• Richards, Keith – Life
  


• Serafini, Luigi – Codex Seraphinianus
  


• Shipp, Jeremy – Monstrosities
  


• Shriver, Lionel – We Need To Talk About Kevin
  


• Vonnegut, Kurt – 2BR02B
  


• Wendig, Chuck – 250 Things You Should Know About Writing