Stereogum's Top 25 Albums of 2013 So Far

2013 isn’t technically half over yet, but we’re deep into the part of the year where you start sweating the instant you leave your door, and that means it’s a good time to take stock of all the disco robots, frantic rap nerds, and metal boundary-crushers who have thus far delighted us. It’s impossible to […]

Published: June 04, 2013 15:24 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend May-13-2013, Indie Pop
#2 Settle Disclosure Jun-03-2013, UK Garage
#3 Silence Yourself Savages May-07-2013, Post-Punk
#4 Random Access Memories Daft Punk May-17-2013, Disco
#5 Sunbather Deafheaven May-28-2013, Blackgaze
#6 m b v my bloody valentine Feb-02-2013, Shoegaze
#7 Impersonator Majical Cloudz May-20-2013, Ambient Pop
#8 The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version) Justin Timberlake Mar-15-2013,
#9 Trouble Will Find Me The National May-17-2013, Indie Rock
#10 Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee Mar-05-2013, Singer-Songwriter
#11 Acid Rap Chance the Rapper Apr-30-2013, Pop Rap
#12 Woman Rhye Jan-01-2013, Sophisti-Pop
#13 Wakin On A Pretty Daze Kurt Vile Apr-08-2013, Folk Rock
#15 MCII Mikal Cronin May-07-2013, Power Pop
#16 True Romance Charli XCX Apr-12-2013, Electropop
#17 Meir Kvelertak Mar-22-2013, Black 'n' Roll
#18 Monomania Deerhunter May-06-2013, Indie Rock
#19 Comedown Machine The Strokes Mar-25-2013, Indie Rock
#20 Fade Yo La Tengo Jan-14-2013, Indie Rock
#21 Mosquito Yeah Yeah Yeahs Jan-01-2013, Indie Rock
#22 Once I Was An Eagle Laura Marling Jan-01-2013, Contemporary Folk
#23 Anxiety Autre Ne Veut Feb-26-2013, Art Pop
#24 Heartthrob Tegan and Sara Jan-01-2013, Electropop
#25 Ultraviolet Kylesa May-28-2013, Stoner Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Modern Vampires of the City | Vampire Weekend | Album, May-13-2013, Indie Pop |
| #2 | Settle | Disclosure | Album, Jun-03-2013, UK Garage |
| #3 | Silence Yourself | Savages | Album, May-07-2013, Post-Punk |
| #4 | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | Album, May-17-2013, Disco |
| #5 | Sunbather | Deafheaven | Album, May-28-2013, Blackgaze |
| #6 | m b v | my bloody valentine | Album, Feb-02-2013, Shoegaze |
| #7 | Impersonator | Majical Cloudz | Album, May-20-2013, Ambient Pop |
| #8 | The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version) | Justin Timberlake | Album, Mar-15-2013,  |
| #9 | Trouble Will Find Me | The National | Album, May-17-2013, Indie Rock |
| #10 | Cerulean Salt | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-05-2013, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Acid Rap | Chance the Rapper | Album, Apr-30-2013, Pop Rap |
| #12 | Woman | Rhye | Album, Jan-01-2013, Sophisti-Pop |
| #13 | Wakin On A Pretty Daze | Kurt Vile | Album, Apr-08-2013, Folk Rock |
| #15 | MCII | Mikal Cronin | Album, May-07-2013, Power Pop |
| #16 | True Romance | Charli XCX | Album, Apr-12-2013, Electropop |
| #17 | Meir | Kvelertak | Album, Mar-22-2013, Black 'n' Roll |
| #18 | Monomania | Deerhunter | Album, May-06-2013, Indie Rock |
| #19 | Comedown Machine | The Strokes | Album, Mar-25-2013, Indie Rock |
| #20 | Fade | Yo La Tengo | Album, Jan-14-2013, Indie Rock |
| #21 | Mosquito | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Album, Jan-01-2013, Indie Rock |
| #22 | Once I Was An Eagle | Laura Marling | Album, Jan-01-2013, Contemporary Folk |
| #23 | Anxiety | Autre Ne Veut | Album, Feb-26-2013, Art Pop |
| #24 | Heartthrob | Tegan and Sara | Album, Jan-01-2013, Electropop |
| #25 | Ultraviolet | Kylesa | Album, May-28-2013, Stoner Rock |