This week LPR Music Director Ronen Givony shares his favorite albums and shows of 2013. Check ’em out and enjoy the playlist below, comprised of tracks from his top 10 albums.

 

 

10 favorite albums:

 

Eluvium: Nightmare Ending

Donato Dozzy: Plays Bee Mask

Darkstar: News from Nowhere

Laurel Halo: Chance of Rain

Mutual Benefit: Love’s Crushing Diamond

Justin Walter: Lullabies & Nightmares

Jace Clayton: Julius Eastman Memory Depot

Sarah Neufeld: Hero Brother

Cate le Bon: Mug Museum

Alessandro Cortini: Forse 1/2

 

 

Honorable mentions:

 

Kiln: Meadow:Watt

Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest

James Holden: The Inheritors

Vladislav Delay: Kuopio

Mazzy Star: Seasons of Your Day

MGMT: s/t

Dean Blunt: The Redeemer

Devendra Banhart: Mala

Matmos: The Marriage of True Minds

 

 

favorite shows:

 

Sigur Ros at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Nine Inch Nails at Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn

Beasts of the Southern Wild at Prospect Park, Brooklyn*

Squarepusher at LPR, NYC*

Berlin Philharmonic playing Beethoven’s 9th at Waldbuhne, Berlin

Roomful of Teeth/Holly Herndon at LPR, NYC*

Stone Roses/Blur at Coachella

My Bloody Valentine at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC

Spiritualized at Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn

Why? at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Brian Eno lecture at RBMA, NYC

Zammuto at LPR, NYC*

Jamie Lidell/Emily Wells at LPR, NYC*

Atoms for Peace at LPR, NYC*

The xx at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC

 

*conflict of interest

 

posted by Zan