Kosmik Radiation Radio Top 25 New Releases of 2013

1		Black Sabbath "13" (Vertigo/Universal)
2		Chrome "Half Machine From The Sun" (Pledge Music)
3		Earthling Society "Zodiak" (Nasoni)
4		Wolf People "Fain" (Jagjaguwar)
5		Mystical Weapons "Mystical Weapons" (Chimera)
6		Eleanor Friedberger "Personal Record" (Merge)
7		Kurt Vile "Wakin On A Pretty Daze" (Matador)
8		Lee Ranaldo & The Dust "Last Night On Earth" (Matador)
9		Meat Puppets "Rat Farm" (Megaforce)
10		The Stranger "Watching Dead Empires In Decay" (Modern Love)
11		Lumerians "The High Frontier" (Knitting Factory)
12		White Fence "Cyclops Reap" (Castleface)
13		Daphni "Jiaolong" (Domino)
14		William Shatner "Ponder The Mystery" (Cleopatra)
15		Quasimoto "Yessir, Whatever" (Stones Throw)
16		Thee Oh Sees "Floating Coffin" (Castleface)
17		Charles Bradley "Victim Of Love" (Daptone)
18		Grant Hart "The Argument" (Domino)
19		Chelsea Light Moving "Chelsea Light Moving" (Matador)
20		Nisennenmondai "N" (Bijin)
21		Matmos "The Marriage Of True Minds" (Thrill Jockey)
22		Cave "Threace" (Drag City)
23		Fuzz "Fuzz" (In The Red)
24		La Machine "Phases And Repetition" (Castleface)
25		The Black Angels "Indigo Meadow" (Blue Horizon)

Akron/Family “Sub Verses” (Dead Oceans)
Architectural Metaphor “Everything You Know Is Wrong” (self release)
Bardo Pond “Peace On Venus” (Fire)
Matt Berry “Kill The Wolf” (Acid Jazz)
Black Oak Arkansas “Back Thar N' Over Yonder” (Atco/Atlantic)
Body-Head “Coming Apart” (Matador)
Bombino “Nomad” (Nonesuch)
Bosnian Rainbows “Bosnian Rainbows” (Sargent House)
David Bowie “The Next Day” (Columbia)
Califone “Stitches” (Dead Oceans)
Camper Van Beethoven “La Costa Perdida” (429 Records)
Eric Copeland “Joke In The Hole” (DFA)
Crocodiles “Crimes Of Passion” (French Kiss)
Deerhunter “Monomania” (4AD)
The Dirtbombs “Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey!” (In The Red)
Ducktails “The Flower Lane” (Domino)
Steve Earle “The Low Highway” (New West)
Father John Misty “Fear Fun” (Sub Pop)
Four Tet “Beautiful Rewind” (Text)
Fuck Buttons “Slow Focus” (Warp)
Petra Haden “Petra Goes To The Movies” (Anti-)
Tom Jones “Spirit In The Room” (Rounder)
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds “Haunted Head” (In The Red)
The Luck Of Eden Hall “Victoria Moon” (self release)
David Lynch “The Big Dream” (Sacred Bones)
The Magic Band “Plays The Music Of Captain Beefheart” (Proper)
Melvins “Everybody Loves Sausages” (Ipecac)
Melvins “Tres Cabrones” (Ipecac)
The Men “Supermoon” (Sacred Bones)
MGMT “MGMT” (Columbia)
Motorhead “Aftershock” (UDR)
Os Mutantes “Fool Metal Jack” (Krian)
Pere Ubu “Lady From Shanghai” (Smog Veil)
Pond “Hobo Rocket” (Modular)
Sebadoh “Defend Yourself” (Matador)
Ty Segall “Sleeper” (Drag City)
The Walking Faces “Catastophic Molt” (Cosmic Primitive)
Wavves “Afraid Of Heights” (Warner Bros.)
The Dot Wiggin Band “Ready Get Go!” (Alternative Tentacles)
Wire “Change Becomes Us” (Pink Flag)
Wooden Shjips “Back To Land” (Thrill Jockey)

Best Local Albums (from Madison, WI):

(in alphabetical order)

The Hussy "Pagan Hiss" (Southpaw)
The Jokes "Uno" (self release)
Julian Lynch "Lines" (Underwater Peoples)
Second Family Band "Family Album" LP (Sagitarius A-Star)