Albums of 2013 // 20-11

Into the top 20, and you can tell by the change in the Top of The Pops music that this is getting serious now. This next installment features two albums with roman numerals, Christoper Mintz-Plasse, a three year old stealing the show from her Dad and 10 albums of total excellence.

20. Ghostpoet - 'Some Say I So I Say Light'



19. Kurt Vile - 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze'



18. Jon Hopkins - 'Immunity'



17. Inc. - 'No World'



16. Austra - 'Olympia'



15. Vampire Weekend - 'Modern Vampires of the City'



14. Iceage - 'You're Nothing'



13. Glasser - 'Interiors'



12. Mikal Cronin - 'MCII'



11. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'II'



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Harlem // Hippies

Things that make No Action purr, of late, include this from Austin's Harlem. Following the thrash n' roll path trod most recently by the likes of The Soft Pack and Black Lips, Harlem take bedroom garage to new depths of simplicity. No bad thing that, as Friendly Ghost is by a stretch the most heart thumpingly exhilirating thing I've heard this year.

After infinitessimal listens it still hasn't got old and makes each day a little bit better. New album Hippies is out on Matador on April 6th, containing the equally superb Gay Human Bones and Spray Paint. With the band touring the US until mid-May a cross-Atlantic summer jaunt must surely be on the cards.