Live concerts 2013 - my personal top 9 (+18)

The most impressive gigs I attended were:

• Damien Rice at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Sigur Rós at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 23
• Sophie Hunger at Luxembourg (Den Atelier) on December 11

Plus 6 excellent gigs:

• Neil Young at Esch (Rockhal) on July 11
• Sophie Hunger at Winterthur (Musikfestwochen), on August 23
• Element Of Crime at Winterthur (Musikfestwochen), on August 23
• Travis at Winterthur (Musikfestwochen), on August 24
• 65daysofstatic at Arlon (Entrepôt) on October 19
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds at Esch (Rockhal) on November 15

Other very good gigs were:

• Amatorski at Esch (Rockhalcafé) on February 8
• Portishead at Esch (Rockhal) on March 11
• Alt-J at Esch (Rockhal) on June 19
• Kashmir at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Swans at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Savages at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 22
• Local Natives at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 23
• The Black Angels at Tilburg (Best Kept Secret Festival) on June 23
• Dead Can Dance at Luxemburg (Abtei Neumünster) on July 3
• Amanda Palmer (and the Grand Theft Orchestra) at Esch (Rockhal) on July 8
• House Of Wolves at Luxemburg (Exit 07) on August 25
• Ane Brun at Esch (Rockhal) on October 16
• Agnes Obel at Esch (Rockhal) on November 2
• The National at Esch (Rockhal) on November 6
• Daughter at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on November 17
• Sigur Rós at Esch (Rockhal, Sonic Visions Festival) on November 23
• Dear Reader at Esch (Rockhalcafé, Sonic Visions Festival) on November 23
• Al Di Meola at Luxemburg (Den Atelier) on November 29

My discoveries of the year 2013

• AMATORSKI
• THE BLACK ANGELS
• Ane BRUN
• Amanda PALMER
• VILLAGERS
• BALTHAZAR

and also Anna TERNHEIM,   Marie FISKER,   Jen CLOHER,   Courtney BARNETT,   THIS IS THE KIT,   RUE ROYALE,   MODDI,   HOUSE OF WOLVES,   Kat FRANKIE,   BOARDS OF CANADA,   MAZZY STAR,   LUCIUS,   BRIGITTE,   Jeanne CHERHAL,   BOY,   FOR NOAH,   Keren ANN,   MARBLE SOUNDS,   MY BLOODY VALENTINE,   ATOMS FOR PEACE,   SAVAGES,   Mikhael PASKALEV,   BLACK LIPS,   SUUNS,   WAXAHATCHEE,   SON LUX

Christmas music compilation 2013

2 CD (mp3)

My CDs of the year 2013

If You Leave by DAUGHTER

• Push The Sky Away by Nick CAVE And The Bad Seeds
• Trouble Will Find Me by The NATIONAL
• Wild Light by 65DAYSOFSTATIC
• We're Not The Ones We Thought We Were by ALIN COEN BAND
• The Rules of Fire by Sophie HUNGER
• Memorial by RUSSIAN CIRCLES
• Silence Yourself by SAVAGES
• Aventine by Agnes OBEL
• Rivonia by DEAR READER
• Kveikur by SIGUR RÓS
• All Your Life - A Tribute To The Beatles by Al DI MEOLA
• Stabat Mater by MADENSUYU
• Let Your Hands Be My Guide by Chantal ACDA