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2013: 10. Beyoncé - Beyoncé 9. Forest Swords – Engravings 8. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories 7. DJ Rashad - Double Cup 6. The Haxan Cloak – Excavation 5. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual 4. James Holden – The Inheritors 3. Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest 2. My Bloody Valentine – m b v 1. Kanye West – Yeezus Honorable Mentions:

D'Angelo's Manager Says New Album, Tour Will Come in 2014 Once again, there's news on when we might expect to see the long-awaited follow up to D'Angelo's Voodoo. In an interview with Billboard, D'Angelo's manager, Kevin Liles, said that the album is "definitely" coming in 2014. "There'll be an album this year: there's 14 records so far, we might have a couple of bonus records, but all the recording is basically done and we're mixing and mastering now," he said. "Definitely, he'll be back." Additionally, Liles said a tour would follow. "We'll probably start an international tour in October, we'll come back [to the U.S.]," he said. "We're doing a James Brown tribute in August [at the Hollywood Bowl] and some one-off things. But the touring will probably start in October and 2015." http://pitchfork.com/news/55633-dangelos-manager-says-new-album-tour-will-come-in-2014/

How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart?

Stream Aphex Twin's Lost Caustic Window Album in Full Remember that “lost” Caustic Window album? Earlier this year, a Kickstarter campaign to release Aphex Twin‘s test pressing-only Caustic Window album raised a total of $67,424 from more than 4,000 backers. Predictably, it has now surfaced on Youtube. The album had reached the test-pressing phase in 1994, but was aborted as a full release; this release was pressed from one of five TPs (although an ex-Warp and Rephlex employee previously claimed there are more in existence). [video=youtube;GQwoFVLQESc] http://www.factmag.com/2014/06/16/stream-aphex-twins-lost-caustic-window-album-in-full/

Jessie Ware - Tough Love [video=youtube;okC1XE0jX2U]

FKA twigs Announces Debut Album LP1 FKA twigs has announced her debut album, which is called... LP1. (Fitting, no?) It'll be out August 12 via Young Turks, and follows her first and second EPs from last year. http://pitchfork.com/news/55488-fka-twigs-announces-debut-album-lp1/

Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) [video=youtube;-5Ae-LhMIG0]

Lone - Reality Testing

Death Grips - *****s on the Moon

Ben Khan - Youth [video=youtube;-Jou5TY7Vp8]

SBTRKT - Temporary View [ft. Sampha] [video=youtube;sgYhWgvSleo]

Spoon Announce New Album They Want My Soul Spoon have announced the follow up to 2010's Transference. As NPR Music reports, it's called They Want My Soul and arrives August 5 via new label Loma Vista. (Spoon were formerly signed to Merge.) For the first time, the band worked with outside producers: The record was begun by Joe Chiccarelli (Morrissey, My Morning Jacket) before being finished by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Sparklehorse). It also features contributions from new Spoon member Alex Fischel, who played with Daniel in Divine Fits. http://pitchfork.com/news/54306-spoon-announce-new-album-they-want-my-soul/

Caribou - Can't Do Without You [video=youtube;BI2Et19vDCM]

Caribou Announces New Album Our Love, Shares "Can't Do Without You", Tours Caribou, aka Dan Snaith, has announced the follow up LP to 2010's Swim. It's called Our Love, and it's out October 7 via Merge. It features collaborations with Jessy Lanza and Owen Pallett, the latter of whom Snaith recently collaborated with under his Daphni moniker. http://pitchfork.com/news/55409-caribou-announces-new-album-our-love-shares-cant-do-without-you/

Vic Mensa - Down on My Luck [video=youtube;5jUGAVUwhRU]

Shabazz Palaces Share "They Come in Gold", Detail New Album Lese Majesty After premiering the album in a Seattle laser dome, Shabazz Palaces have shared more details about Lese Majesty, the follow up to 2011's Black Up. It's out July 28 in Europe and July 29 in North America via Sub Pop. Lese Majesty features seven suites (that's a fold-out diagram of the different suites below) and 18 tracks. In addition to Shabazz Palaces members Palaceer Lazaro and Tendai Maraire, the LP features contributions from their Black Constellation collaborators, including THEESatisfaction’s Catherine Harris-White, Erik Blood, and Thadillac. It was produced by Shabazz Palaces and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs in Seattle. http://pitchfork.com/news/55068-shabazz-palaces-share-they-come-in-gold-detail-new-album-lese-majesty/

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

Lone - Aurora Northern Quarter [video=youtube;ldndcFoBNmc]

Lykke Li - I Never Learn

Jamie xx - Girl [video=youtube;r7gmVWgEpRc]

Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots

Joey Anderson - After Forever

The Antlers - Familiars

Percussions - Ascii Bot [video=youtube_share;o6jJdJGl34Q]http://youtu.be/o6jJdJGl34Q

Evian Christ Working on New Kanye West Album The details regarding Kanye West's new album are still vague, but one piece of information has come into focus. Producer Evian Christ, who worked on last year's Yeezus, talked to self-titled about contributing to the album (as Radio.com points out). "I’ve got to get home and write an Otis Redding–style beat for him," Christ said during self-titled's interview. "[Kanye] e-mailed last night. He wants something that sounds a bit like Otis Redding, a bit like Mobb Deep." http://pitchfork.com/news/54731-evian-christ-working-on-new-kanye-west-album/