Happy New Year.

I'll eventually get back to writing about audio for picture, but for today, I thought I'd share a list of records I spent a lot of time listening to in 2013 - and yes, I still call them records. Some were not released in 2013, so this isn't a 'best of new releases' kind of thing. This is far more about what I was enjoying and studying during the last 12 months.

In no particular order, here goes...

- Nine Inch Nails, Hesitation Marks

- Mute Math, Armistice

- Foo Fighters, Wasting Light

- Glen Hansard, Rhythm and Repose

- The Damnwells, One Last Century

- How to Destroy Angels, Welcome_oblivion

- M83, Hurry Up We're Dreaming

- Silversun Pickups, Neck Of The Woods

- Smart Kids, Smart Kids EP (full disclosure - this is my band)

- The National, High Violet

- Wye Oak, Civilian

- Copeland, In Motion

- Copeland, You Are My Sunshine

- London Grammar, If You Wait

- Noisia, Split The Atom