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The albums of 2013 have yet to excite.There has been a definite dry spell of New music, funneling from the minds, vocals, finger, etc... of artists this year. We have been fortunate enough to have a masterfully crafted follow up to Vampire Weekend's Contra in the form of "Vampire's of the Modern City", Baths album "Obsidian" and Charli XCX's first full length LP True Romance. A few other honorable mentions include: "Once I was an Eagle" by Laura Marling, "Acid Rap" by Chance the Rapper, and "Women" by Rhye.

 Sadly, Kanye's "Yezzus" was a bust. I don't care what pitchfork has to say. "Yezzus" was not good, especially competing as the follow up to Kanye's masterpiece "My Beautiful Dark Fantasy". Wavves "Afraid of Heights", although, a higher production value lacked unique, original inspiration. Best Coast's "The Only Place" was apathetically produced. The band traded it's signature lo-fi, surf-pop songs for somewhat depressing and commercialized, mass produced pop-rock. (Maybe Nathan Williams and Bethany Cosentino broke up? Possibly that is why both their albums were less than inspiring.)

 Despite, the disappointments of this year, September brings promises of new life. Hopefully September will bring us what we have been craving all year. The album that we can re-listen to over and over again. An album that sparks creativity, controversy, and most importantly something we can move too.