Year in Music 2013

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Puja Patel’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, as a matter of introduction, SPIN's new Associate…

Puja Patel / December 31, 2013

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Charles Aaron’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, Editor-at-Large Charles Aaron (transmitting live from Durham, N.C.).

Charles Aaron / December 30, 2013

Rob Harvilla's Best 25 Albums of 2013

Rob Harvilla’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, Deputy Editor Rob Harvilla.

Rob Harvilla / December 27, 2013

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Jem Aswad’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, Editor in Chief Jem Aswad.

Jem Aswad / December 26, 2013

SPIN's Best LongReads of 2013

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SPIN’s Best #LongReads of 2013

A debauched staycation with a hip-hop bawse. A former Nine Inch Nails guitarist's downward spiral. The surprising community keeping the cassette tape alive. These are…

SPIN Staff / December 23, 2013

SPIN’s Best Music Videos of 2013

Music videos never really went away — they just became things that people have to seek out, instead of programming that's beamed into our living…

Maura Johnston / December 23, 2013

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David Bevan’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, Senior Editor David Bevan.

David Bevan / December 23, 2013

SPIN’s 50 Best Dance Tracks of 2013

Work it? Thanks, Britney, we've got that covered. From beach bars to bank heads (whatever they are), our favorite club tracks of the year had…

SPIN Staff / December 23, 2013

SPIN’s Best Portraits of 2013

Some smart-ass once said that a picture is worth a thousand words. To that we usually say, "apples and pineapples, man." But in 2013, SPIN…

SPIN Staff / December 20, 2013

Nicole Sia's 25 Best Albums of 2013

Nicole Sia’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, Managing Editor Nicole Sia.

Nicole Sia / December 20, 2013

Indie Rock Christmas: 20 New Holiday Songs for 2013

Was 2013 the year Santa went #seapunk? Only one way to find out: dive deep into SPIN's handpicked batch of 2013 holiday songs, running the…

Chris Martins / December 20, 2013

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Kyle McGovern’s 25 Best Albums of 2013

To finish out the year, we'll be offering the top 25 albums from various SPIN staffers. Today, Writer Kyle McGovern.

Kyle McGovern / December 19, 2013

Rock, They Wrote: The 18 Best Music Books of 2013

We here at SPIN know from music books — many of us spend a more-than-healthy number of waking hours studying neither stock tips nor the…

SPIN Staff / December 19, 2013

Charli XCX Talks Next LP: ‘It’s Shouty, Raw, Like ‘RAAAAA!”

Charli XCX is in a hell of a hurry. The British pop singer's first proper full-length, True Romance, came out in April, and before she'd…

Jem Aswad / December 19, 2013

SPIN’s 20 Best Country Albums of 2013

Pretty great year! More jackasses than old farts here, it's true, but the all-female Top 5 makes up for it, if that's something you're into.

Rob Harvilla / December 19, 2013

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