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Photo by Tony Molina of FYF Fest 2013 at Los Angeles State Historic Park

2013 has been a great one! It was a great year in and around Los Angeles with so many musical offerings—including amazing live concerts, moments captured on film, and impressive album releases. To celebrate this past year in music, the Scenestar staff took a look back and compiled their top picks of the year. Be sure to let us know yours by commenting below. Thanks for your support as always, and cheers to an even better 2014!

Ashley Adams’s Top 10 Shows

1. Kurt Vile @ The Echo

2. Glassjaw @ The Echo

3. Social Studies w/ Blouse @ Bottom Of The Hill (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)

4. Django Django @ Fonda Theatre

5. CocoRosie @ Fonda Theatre

6. Fleetwood Mac @ Staples Center

7. Atoms For Peace @ Treasure Island Music Festival

8. Mac DeMarco @ The Observatory

9. Anthony Green @ El Rey Theatre

10. Father John Misty @ Wiltern

Ashley Adams’s Top 10 Albums

1. Connan Mockasin Caramel

2. Parquet Courts Light Up Gold

3. Bosnian Rainbows Bosnian Rainbows

4. Monster Rally Return To Paradise

5. Har Mar Superstar Bye Bye 17

6. Austra Olympia

7. The Growlers Hung At Heart

8. Blue Hawaii Untogether

9. Tokimonsta Half Shadows

10. Devendra Banhart Mala

Susan Burrows’s Top 11 Shows

Because one is louder.

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Fonda Theatre

2. Grinderman @ Coachella 2013, Weekend 2

3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Coachella 2013, Weekend 2

4. Arcade Fire @ Capitol Records, Studio B (Indoors)

5. Moby @ Fonda Theatre

6. How To Destroy Angels @ Fox Theater

7. Atoms For Peace @ Hollywood Bowl

8. Nine Inch Nails w/ Explosions In The Sky @ Staples Center

9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Fox Theater

10. Divine Fits @ KROQ Coachella House, Weekend 2

11. Spiderbait w/ Gold Fields @ The Esplanade (MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA)

Susan Burrows’s Top 5 Albums

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away

2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away

3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away

4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away

5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away

Paula Gonzalez’s Top 5 Shows

Best 5 shows in South Florida in 2013 (considering that many bands don’t always visit the area)

1. Frightened Rabbit @ Culture Room

2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Grand Central, Miami

3. Arcade Fire @ Mekka Night Club at Little Haiti Cultural Center

4. Generationals @ Bardot

5. Two Door Cinema Club @ Coastline Festival at Cruzan Amphitheatre

Chris Molina’s Top 10 Shows

1. Atoms For Peace @ Hollywood Bowl

2. Mazzy Star @ Wiltern

3. James Blake @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

4. Depeche Mode @ Staples Center

5. Arcade Fire @ KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Shrine

6. Melt Banana @ The Troubadour

7. Beacon @ EchoPlex

8. Bosnian Rainbows @ First Unitarian Church

9. Four Tet @ Coachella 2013, Weekend #2

10. Lorde @ KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Shrine

Chris Molina’s Top 10 Albums

1. Darkside Psychic

2. IO Echo Ministry of Love

3. Jon Hopkins Immunity

4. Moderat II

5. Arcade Fire Reflektor

6. James Blake Overgrown

7. Burial Rival Dealer EP

8. Andre Obin The Arsonist

9. Four Tet Beautiful Rewind

10. Still Corners Strange Pleasures

Tony Molina’s Top 5 Shows

1. Melvins @ FYF Fest 2013

2. Pearl Jam @ Los Angeles Sports Arena

3. Black Sabbath @ Los Angeles Sports Arena

4. Johnny Marr @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

5. Alice In Chains @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Tony Molina’s Top 5 Albums

1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Specter At The Feast

2. Mazzy Star Seasons Of Your Day

3. NONONO Pumpin Blood

4. MSMR Second Hand Rapture

5. Winery Dogs Elevate

Tony Molina’s Top 5 Photo Galleries

1. Morrissey @ Hollywood High School

2. FYF Fest 2013 @ Los Angeles Historic State Park

3. Pet Shop Boys @ Shrine Auditorium

4. Johnny Marr @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

5. New Order @ Santa Barbara Bowl

Oscar Rangel’s Top 10 Shows

1. Morrissey @ Hollywood High School

2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Fonda Theatre

3. Arcade Fire @ Capitol Records, Studio B (Indoors)

4. Beck @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

5. Nine Inch Nails w/ Explosions In The Sky @ Staples Center

6. Prince @ City National Grove Of Anaheim

7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Fox Theater

8. Rodrigo Y Gabriela w/ Devotchka & Lord Huron@ Hollywood Bowl

9. Jagwar Ma @ El Rey Theatre

10. Moby @ Fonda Theatre

Oscar Rangel’s Top 5 Albums

1. Disclosure Settle

2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Push the Sky Away

3. Arcade Fire Reflektor

4. Local Natives Hummingbird

5. Jon Hopkins Immunity

Luis Wolf Rodriguez’s Top 5 Albums

1. Peace In Love

2. Babyshambles Prequel To The Sequel

3. Savages Silence Yourself

4. Toy Join The Dots

5. Arctic Monkeys AM

Luis Wolf Rodriguez’s Top 5 Shows

1. Savages @ Fonda Theatre

2. Peace @ The Echo

3. The Killers @ Los Angeles Sports Arena

4. Bosnian Rainbows @ First Unitarian Church

5. Arctic Monkeys @ Wiltern

Jasmine Safaeian’s Top 5 Photos

1. Banks (London)

2. Charlie XCX (Los Angeles)

3. Baauer (Los Angeles)

4. Purity Ring (El Rey Theatre)

5. My team at Mixed Management during Baauer & RL Grime’s b2b set (Hard Day of The Dead Festival)

Jasmine Safaeian’s Top 5 Albums

1. Drake Nothing Was The Same

2. Half Moon Run Dark Eyes

3. Duologue Song & Dance

4. Kanye West Yeezus

5. AlunaGeorge Body Music

Jasmine Safaeian’s Top 5 Music Videos

1. Gesaffelstein – “Pursuit”

2. Tyler, The Creator – “Tamale”

3. Pennybirdrabbit – “Safer”

4. FKA Twis – “Papi Pacify”

5. Kanye West – “New Slaves”

Jasmine Safaeian’s Top 5 Songs

1. A$AP Rocky & Skrillex “Wild For The Night”

2. SOHN “Lessons”

3. Drake “Furthest Thing”

4. Banks “Warm Water (Snakehips Remix)”

5. Blood Orange “Chamakay”

*Playlist of My Top 50 Songs Of 2013: Spotify Playlist 2013

Joy Shi’s Top 5 Shows

1. Arcade Fire @ KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas 2013

2. King Krule @ The Echo

3. Jim James @ Fonda Theatre

4. Capital Cities @ First City Fest

5. Postal Service w/ Divine Fits @ Greek Theatre

Joy Shi’s Top 10 Albums

1. Neko Case The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

2. Haim Days Are Gone

3. Arcade Fire Reflektor

4. London Grammar If You Want

5. The National Trouble Will Find Me

6. Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City

7. Kanye West Yeezus

8. King Krule 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

9. Lorde Pure Heroine

10. Local Natives Hummingbird

Joy Shi’s Top 5 Songs

1. Lorde “Lux”

2. The National “Don’t Swallow the Cap”

3. Neko Case “Calling Cards”

4. Beyonce “XO”

5. Arcade Fire “Afterlife”

(Best Moments of 2013: Dancing next to Phoenix at Dirty Laundry while Win Butler DJed, and seeing Neko Case live for the first time.)

Jessica Strassman’s Top 5 EPs

1. Saint Raymond Escapade

2. Shy Girls Time Share

3. Young Wonder Show Your Teeth

4. FKA Twigs EP2

5. MØ Bikini Daze EP

Amelia Tabullo’s Top 5 Shows

1. Depeche Mode @ Staples Center

2. Black Sabbath @ Los Angeles Sports Arena

3. Blur @ Coachella 2013, Weekend #1

4. Alice Cooper @ Universal Amphitheatre

5. Johnny Marr @ Fonda Theatre

Amelia Tabullo’s Top 6 Albums

1. Arcade Fire Reflektor

2. The National Trouble Will Find Me

3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Specter At The Feast

4. Camera Obscure Desire Lines

5. Daft Punk Random Access Memories

6. Atoms For Peace Amok

Ryan Tuttle’s Top 5 Shows

1. Imagine Dragons @ Warfield (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)

2. The Airborne Toxic Event @ Pacific Amphitheatre

3. Green Day @ Greek Theatre (BERKELEY, CA)

4. Joshua Radin @ Great American Music Hall (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)

5. The Head And The Heart @ Wiltern

Bryan Venti’s Top 5 Shows

1. Atoms For Peace @ Hollywood Bowl

2. Titus Andronicus @ Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock

3. Arcade Fire @ Capitol Records (Outdoor)

4. Johnny Marr @ Fonda Theatre

5. Pearl Jam @ Los Angeles Sports Arena

Top show I didn’t attend: The Replacements reunion @ RiotFest! (Goddamn they sounded good.)

Bryan Venti’s Top 5 Albums

1. Atoms For Peace Amok

2. The National Trouble Will Find Me

3. Arcade Fire Reflektor

4. Bill Callahan Dream River

5. Okkervil River The Silver Gymnasium