The 55 Best Albums of 2013 (12-22)

Part 4 of our countdown.  We still your picks for best albums of 2013.  Send them in via email or put them in the comment section below.  Send in your top 20...if you can't think of 20...any number will do.

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Here are the 55 Best Albums of 2013 (12-22):

12.  Sky Ferreira - Night Time My Time
13.  Jim James - Regions of Light
14.  Phoenix - Bankrupt!
15.  Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action
16.  A$AP Rocky - Long. Live. A$AP
17.  Midlake - Antiphon
18.  Late Night Alumni - The Beat Becomes A Sound
19.  Capital Cities - In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery
20.  Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of The City
21.  Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
22.  When Saints Go Machine - Infinity Pool

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The 11 Best Songs By Midlake

My heart broke when I first learned that ex-lead singer Tim Smith had left Midlake.  Their break-out album, Van Occupanther, was such a mythical delight, it was like someone had journeyed it from the top of Mt. Doom and dragged it out of Middle Earth for our pleasure.  One listen and you were transported to a world where Hobbits smoked long pipes and androgynous Elves are really good archers.  Tim Smith was our Gandolf, leading us on an adventure that we might not return from...and we weren't sure we wanted to.  Now, our Gandolf is gone.  The shock was so great, we didn't want to go on.  We considered going home and giving up.  But maybe...just maybe... a new leader would emerge from the Dark Side of Rivendale.  From the bard-like timber of Smith the Grey to the ranger-fueled grit of new singer Eric Pulido the White, Midlake emerges as determined as ever to get the Gollum off their backs.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Midlake:

1. Roscoe (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
2. Rulers, Ruling All Things (The Courage of Others)
3. Head Home (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
4. Acts of Man (The Courage of Others)
5. Van Occupanther (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
6. In This Camp (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
7. Children of the Grounds (The Courage of Others)
8. It Covers The Hillside (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
9. Kingfish Pies (Bamnan & Silvercork)
10. Winter Dies (The Courage of Others)
11. Young Bride (The Trials of Van Occupanther)

Buy Midlake's new album, Antiphon...now!

The 11 Best Songs By Midlake

Sarah Palin is fucking retarded. I mean seriously...is this one of the dumbest controversies ever? When I say someone is fucking retarded...I'm not saying that they have Down's Syndrome...I'm saying they are a fucking idiot. Retarded means slow or stupid. That's the dictionary definition. Mentally retarded refers to people with Down's Syndrome. And since Rahm wasn't talking to anyone with Down's Syndrome...then everyone needs to shut the hell up.

Words can have two means. Even slang. Gay can mean happy. Fag can refer to a cigarette. Ass can mean donkey. Dick can be the ex-Vice President of the United States. Pussy can mean cat. Douche Bag can refer to a bag where you put used douches. And Retarded can refer to Sarah Palin.

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Here are the 11 Best Songs By Midlake:

1. Roscoe (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
2. Head Home (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
3. It Covers the Hillside (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
4. Kingfish Pies (Bamnan & Silvercork)
5. Van Occupanther (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
6. Some of Them Were Superstitous (Bamnan & Silvercork)
7. Chasing After Deer (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
8. Simple (Grand Army EP)
9. Young Bride (The Trials of Van Occupanther)
10. No One Knew Where We Were (Baman & Silvercork)
11. In This Camp (The Trials of Van Occupanther)

Buy Midlake's new album, Courage of Others. Now!