Last month we revealed our top 40 albums of 2013, which included 13 albums from Australia. Since then, we’ve received a few e-mails, asking for more recommendations from the world of Australian music in 2013, from readers both at home and abroad. So, we’ve gone back to our list of votes from AU’s fine contributors and put together a list of the top 40 Australian albums (LPs and EPs both eligible) of 2013!
40. Mama Kin – The Magicians Daughter
39. Bodyjar – Role Model
38. Horrorshow – King Amongst Many
37. Georgia Fair – Trapped Flame
36. Mick Turner – Don’t Tell The Driver
35. Snakadaktal – Sleep in the Water
34. The Paper Kites – States
33. The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?
32. Beasts of Bourbon – Live
31. Adalita – All Day Venus
30. Jinja Safari – Jinja Safari
29. Dead Letter Circus – The Catalyst Fire
28. Tumbleweed – Sounds From The Other Side
27. Bloods – Golden Fang
26. Tex Napalm and Dimi Dero – Party Animals
25. Bad//Dreems – Badlands
24. Bellusira- Connection
23. Illy – Cinematic
22. Gold Fields – Black Sun
21. Melody Pool – The Hurting Scene
20. The Growl – What Would Christ Do??
19. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Float Along/Fill Your Lungs
18. The Ape – Self Titled
17. The Chemist – Ballet In The Badlands
16. The Love Junkies – Maybelene
15. The Delta Riggs – Hex.Lover.Killer
14. Emma Louise – vs Head vs Heart
And as previously revealed…
13. Pond – Hobo Rocket
12. Rufus – Atlas
11. Cut Copy – Free Your Mind
10. Boy and Bear – Harlequin Dream
9. The Trouble with Templeton – Rookie
8. Cloud Control – Dream Cave
7. Kirin J Callinan – Embracism
6. Karnivool – Asymmetry
5. Big Scary – Not Art
4. Violent Soho – Hungry Ghost
3. Josh Pyke – The Beginning and the End of Everything
2. Jagwar Ma – Howlin
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away