Katharsis Dec. 29 '13

The first of two shows featuring music that caught my ear in 2013. Certainly not a 'Best of 2013' list but a retrospective nonetheless. There will be more of this in the weeks to come...

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The tracks: [format: Artist - Song - Album (Label)]
Disappears - Elite Typical - Era (Kranky)
Insect Ark - Long Arms - Long Arms (Geweih Ritual Documents)
Big Brave - Threes - An Understanding Between People (Self-Released)
Noveller - Gathering the Elements - No Dreams (Important Records)
Tim Hecker - Radiance - Virgins (Kranky)
Greg Haines - Trasimeno - Where We Were (Denovali)
Dawn of Midi - Ijiraq - Dysnomia (Thirsty Ear)
Dawn of Midi - Algol - Dysnomia (Thirsty Ear)
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel - Big Wheel and Others (Domino)
Califone - Moses - Stitches (Dead Oceans)
Sandy Cassels - A Crib and a Curtain - The Summer of Assurances (Self-Released)
Bill Callahan - Small Plane - Dream River (Dead Oceans)
Danny Paul Grody - Lonesome George - Between Two Worlds (Three-Lobed)
Daniel Bachman - Under the Shade of the Trees - Jesus I'm a Sinner (Tompkins Square)
Low - Waiting - The Invisible Way (Sub Pop)
Moonface - First Violin - Julia with Blue Jeans On (Paper Bag/Jagjaguwar)
Lubomyr Melnyk - Marginal Invitation - Three Solo Pieces (Unseen Worlds)
Nils Frahm - Hammers - Spaces (Erased Tapes)
Rachel Grimes - Far Light - Compound Leaves (Self-Released)
Benoît Pioulard - Knells - Hymnal (Kranky)
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Taylor Deupree - Frozen Fountain - Disappearance (12k)
Eluvium - Sleeper - Nightmare Ending (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Hammock - My Mind Was A Fog…My Heart Became A Bomb - Oblivion Hymns (Hammock Music)
Valiska - A Denseness of Trees - Shifts (Unit Structure Sound Recordings)
Ulaan Kohl - In Tar - Returning (Immune)
Boduf Songs - The Gateway Sound - Burnt Up On Re-Entry (Latitudes)