What a year 2013 was… and wait “til you see what”s coming in 2014–even beyond the new Beck, Broken Bells and Haden Triplets albums we”ve already announced…
ARCADE FIRE: Reflektor (Merge)
ATOMS FOR PEACE: Amok (XL)
BOSNIAN RAINBOWS: Bosnian Rainbows (Sargent House)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Push the Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd.)
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY & DAVID WINGO: Prince Avalanche Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Temporary Residence LTD)
IGGY & THE STOOGES: Ready to Die (Fat Possum)
POKEY LaFARGE: Pokey LaFarge (Third Man Records)
LUSCIOUS JACKSON: Magic Hour (City Song)
PAUL McCARTNEY: NEW (Hear Music/Concord Music Group)
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: …Like Clockwork (Matador)
SEASICK STEVE: Hubcap Music (Third Man Records)
SOUND CITY: REAL TO REEL (Roswell/RCA)
KELLEY STOLTZ: Double Exposure (Third Man Records)
ULTRAÍSTA: Remixes (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND: Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
THE BEST STAND-ALONE SINGLES OF 2013:
BECK: “Defriended,” “Gimme” & “I Won”t Be Long”
BIRDSMELL a/k/a BEN BRIDWELL: “Why Were You Born” / “Tulsa”
BROKEN BELLS: “Holding On For Life”
KIM DEAL: “Are You Mine” / “Wish I Was”
DIVINE FITS: “Ain”t That The Way” / “Chained To Love” Double A-side (Merge)
GIBBY HAYNES: “You Don”t Have online casino To Be Smart” / “Horse Named George” / “Paul”s Not Home” (Third Man Records)
PORNOGRAPHY: 7 Minutes in Heaven (PAX AM)
THIRD MAN RECORDS & SUN RECORDS: “Bear Cat” by Rufus Thomas; “Just Walking in the Rain” by The Prisonaires: “Get Rhythm” by Johnny Cash 45rpm 7″ REISSUES
THE MOST AMAZING REISSUES OF 2013:
THE BREEDERS: LSXX Deluxe Vinyl (4AD)
NIRVANA: In Utero 20th Anniversary Reissue (Universal)
PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS: Rockshow DVD
PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS: Wings Over America Reissue (Hear Music/Concord Music Group)
THE POSTAL SERVICE: Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Reissue (Sub Pop)
THIRD MAN DOCUMENT REISSUES: Charlie Patton, Blind Willie McTell and Mississippi Sheiks Complete Recorded Works LPs (Third Man Records)
THE WHITE STRIPES: Elephant Reissue (Third Man Records)
AND OF COURSE… THIRD MAN RECORDS LIVE ALBUMS:
THE GORIES: THE SHAW TAPES: LIVE IN DETROIT 5/27/88
JACK JOHNSON Live at Third Man Records
THE KILLS Live at Third Man Records
KING TUFF Live at Third Man Records
MELVINS Live at Third Man Records
SEASICK STEVE Live at Third Man Records
THE SHINS Live at Third Man Records