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Indie and Such's Albums of the Year (So Far) 2013

Only albums released January - June 2013 were eligible. Enjoy.

1.       Local Natives - Hummingbird 2.       Daft Punk - Random Access Memories 3.       Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City 4.       Foals - Holy Fire 5.       Kanye West - Yeezus 6.       Classixx - Hanging Gardens 7.       Phoenix - Bankrupt! 8.       Disclosure - Settle 9.       The National - Trouble Will Find Me 10.   Phosphorescent - Muchacho 11.   Bastille - Bad Blood 12.   Woodkid - The Golden Age 13.   Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork 14.   Talib Kweli - Prisoner of Conscious 15.   The Sticks - Mother Mother 16.   Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience 17.   Gold Fields - Black Sun 18.   Sigur Ros - Kveikur 19.   Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune 20.   Air Review - Low Wishes 21.   All Tiny Creatures - Dark Clock 22.   Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob 23.   Snowden - No One In Control 24.   Wavves - Afraid of Heights 25.   Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 26.   Cayucas - Big Foot 27.   Frightened Rabbit - pedestrian verse 28.   Major Lazer - Free the Universe 29.   Capital Cities - In a Tidal Wave of Mystery 30.   Lorde - The Love Club 31.   Rhye - Woman 32.   MS MR - Secondhand Rapture 33.   Mikal Cronin - MCII 34.   Conditions - Full of War 35.   On An On - Give In 36.   The Strokes - Come Down Machine 37.   J. Period & Kanye West - G.O.O.D. Music (Remixed & Unreleased) 38.   Bonobo - The North Borders 39.   A$AP Rocky - LONG.LIVE.A$AP 40.   Youngblood Hawke - Wake Up 41.   City and Colour - The Hurry and the Harm 42.   Robert Delong - Just Movement 43.   Devendra Banhart - Mala 44.   Cherub - 100 Bottles 45.   College - Heritage 46.   Little Green Cars - Absolute Zero 47.   My Bloody Valentine - M B V 48.   Fitz and the Tantrums - More Than Just a Dream 49.   Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love 50.   Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends

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My Aussie-Indie Obsession - San Cisco

I don't know much about this band, other than they're Australian (for beer?), they're on tour in the US with The Vaccines, and they've released a few EPs of VERY catchy indie-pop. 

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[News] Noah and the Whale Announce New Album

Noah and the Whale will release their 4th studio album, Heart of Nowhere on May 6th according to their twitter and website. 

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[New Music] Ra Ra Riot - "I Shut Off"

Indie-Chamber Pop artists, Ra Ra Riot will release their third album, Beta Love, off of Barsuk Records on January 22, 2013. They will play a show at The Music Hall of Williamsburg on that same night, streamed live on the Bowery Presents Live Channel.

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[New Music] Local Natives - "Heavy Feat"

Local Natives released the second single from their upcoming album, Hummingbird due out January 29. The song features a familiar slow build that was prominent in their debut album, Gorilla Manner. 

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(#10-1) Albums of the Year 2012

10 Celebration Rock - Japandroids

09 151a - Kishi Bashi

08 Mixed Emotions - Tanlines

07 Myth - Geographer

06 Strange Land - Yellow Ostrich

05 Attack on Memory - Cloud Nothings

04 Bloom – Beach House

03 Boys & Girls - Alabama Shakes

02 Shrines - Purity Ring

01 An Awesome Wave - Alt J

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(#19-11) Albums of the Year 2012

19 My Head is an Animal - Of Monsters and Men

18 Happy to You - Miike Snow

17 Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

16 The Lumineers - The Lumineers

15 Time Capsules II - Oberhofer

14 Gone - Vacationer

13 The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

12 Gossamer - Passion Pit

11 Shields - Grizzly Bear

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(#29-20) Albums of the Year 2012

29 The Carpenter - The Avett Brothers

28 Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit

27 Kill For Love - Chromatics

26 Art History - California Wives

25 Milo Greene - Milo Greene

24 Diluvia - Freelance Whales

23 Pacific Standard Time - Poolside

22 Cruel Summer - G.O.O.D Music

21 Coexist - The xx

20 Threads - Now, Now

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(#39-30) Albums of the Year 2012

39 Information Received - Pinback

38 Stoned Immaculate – Curren$y

37 Port Morrow - The Shins

36 In Our Heads - Hot Chip

35 Food & Liquor II - Lupe Fiasco

34 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons

33 Master of Make Believe - Santigold

32 Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells

31 Body Faucet - Reptar

30 Synthetica - Metric

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(#49-40) Albums of the Year 2012

49 The Idler Wheel - Fiona Apple

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48 good kid, m.A.A.d. city - Kendrick Lamar

47 King Con - Alex Winston

46 Album Title Goes Here - Deadmau5

45 Sun - Cat Power

44 Some Nights – fun.

43 What We Saw from the Cheap Seats - Regina Spektor

42 A Thing Called Divine Fits - Divine Fits

41 There's No Leaving Now - The Tallest Man on Earth

40 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger - River City Extension

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(#59-50) Albums of the Year 2012

59 Mia Pharaoh - Miniature Tigers

58 Love This Giant - David Byrne & St. Vincent

57 Be The Void - Dr. Dog

56 The Inner Mansions - Teen Daze

55 Ghostory - School Of Seven Bells

54 Hands of Glory - Andrew Bird

53 Break It Yourself - Andrew Bird

52 Lonesome Dreams - Lord Huron

51 Transcendental Youth - The Mountain Goats

50 Strange Weekend - Porcelain Raft

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(#69-60) Albums of the Year 2012

69 Infinity Overhead - Minus The Bear

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68 Trouble - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

67 Piramida-Efterklang

66 Friendship - PHOX

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65 50 Days for Dilla - Ta-Ku

64 We Were Young - The Hunts

63 Lonerism - Tame Impala

62 Out of Frequency - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

61 Fear Fun - Father John Misty

60 June 2009 - Toro Y Moi

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(#79-70) Albums of the Year 2012

79 Cancer 4 Cure - El-P

78 Swing Lo Magellan - Dirty Projectors

77 Barchords - Bahamas

76 Given to The Wild - Maccabees

75 Koi No Yokan - Deftones

74 All We Love We Leave Behind - Converge

73 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey

72 18 Months - Calvin Harris

71 Heaven - The Walkmen

70 Neck Of The Woods - Silversun Pickups

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(#89-80) Albums of the Year 2012

89 Wildlife Pop - Stepdad

88 Confess - Twin Shadow

87 Mariqopa - Damien Jurado

86 Eject Part 1 - Cazzette

85 Breakfast - Chiddy Bang

84 Nocturne - Wild Nothing

83 Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose - Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny

82 O' Be Joyful - Shovels & Rope

81 Skelethon - Aesop Rock

80 Trilogy - The Weeknd

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(#100-90) Albums of the Year 2012

100 I Love You, It's Cool - Bear in Heaven

99 Tramp - Sharon Van Etten

98 Elegancia Tropical - Bomba Estereo

97 Hospitality - Hospitality

96 Relativity - Lemaitre

95 Interstellar - Frankie Rose

94 Polica - Give You The Ghost

93 Come Back as Rain - Good Old War

92 Banks - Paul Banks

91 Little Mountain - Said the Whale

90 A Gentle Reminder - The Jealous Sound

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IAS team member, Keenan, is currently running a Kickstarter Campaign in hopes of funding his next album (for his electro-pop project, Declan's Well). If you're into that sort of thing, please stop by and consider contributing and being a part of this creative effort!

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Some Band That Sounds Like Fleet Foxes Sing "Call Me Maybe"

For those of you who were afraid to admit that you like the catchy little tune that is "Call Me Maybe," FleetFoxesSing have made it acceptable for you to listen. That's right! You no longer have to sing the Carly Rae Jepsen song into a hairbrush in the privacy of your own room, long after everyone has gone to sleep. Feel free to blast this anytime, anywhere. 

*note that this is not actually Fleet Foxes, just a band that sounds, looks, and probably smells like them.