End of year lists are pretty much…the best part of the year. So here’s our (heavily biased) idea of what happened in music in 2013:
Album of the Year:
(the nominees…)
– Haim : Days Are Gone
– Kanye West : Yeezus
– Arctic Monkeys : AM
– Arcade Fire : Reflektor
– Disclosure : Settle
– Jagwar Ma : Howlin’
– Rudimental : Home
– Tegan And Sara : Heartthrob
– Laura Marling : Once I Was An Eagle
– James Blake : Overgrown
WINNER: Haim – Days Are Gone
Record Of The Year:
(nominees…)
– “Royals” – Lorde
– “Days Are Gone” – Haim
– “The Wire” – Haim
– “When A Fire Starts To Burn” – Disclosure
– “Latch” – Disclosure
– “Black Skinhead” – Kanye West
– “Blood On The Leaves” – Kanye West
– “Still Into You” – Paramore
– “DNA” – Empire Of The Sun
– “Master Hunter” – Laura Marling
– “Reflektor” – Arcade Fire
– “R U Mine” – Arctic Monkeys
– “I Knew You Were Trouble” – Taylor Swift
– “Q.U.E.E.N.” – Janelle Monae ft. Erykah Badu
WINNER: Haim – “The Wire”
Gig of the Year:
– Tegan And Sara – Sydney Opera House
– Lorde – Splendour In The Grass
– Laura Marling – Splendour In The Grass
– Haim – Splendour In The Grass
– Alison Wonderland – Splendour In The Grass
– Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – The HiFi
– James Blake – Splendour In The Grass
WINNER: Tegan And Sara
(Honourable mention to Alison Wonderland, for delivering the most badass/hectic DJ gig this year)
Best/ Weirdest/ Freaky Music Video of the Year:
– “Bound 2” – Kanye West
– “Wrecking Ball” – Miley Cyrus
….actually that just about covers it.
WINNER: Miley Cyrus…for making demolition work thoroughly traumatising.
Biggest Musical Fuck Ups of 2013
– The One Direction Movie
– Festivals Cancelling (that’s you Harvest…Homebake)
– Bottle throwing at gigs (it’s not cool, see Azealia Banks)
WINNER: The One Direction Movie
Biggest Musical WTF??
– Miley Cyrus
….there’s no need for any other nominees.
…yep.
Breakthrough Artist
– Haim
– Lorde
– Jagwar Ma
– Vance Joy
WINNER: Lorde
Quote of the Year:
“Now is an important time not to Google myself.” – Miley Cyrus
Let us know what you think (i.e. we want your outrage.)
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