Uncompromising and challenging, Re-Mit is as focused a vision as Mark E. Smith and co have produced in a while and ultimately, it’s exactly what you’d expect them to sound like in 2013, with 30 albums under their belt.

By plunging impassively into their own hearts of darkness, Lanegan and Garwood demonstrate that there’s still plenty of life lurking muddy waters of blues.

The Austin trio’s new record still packs the same textured musical punch, it just draws from a deeper, more vulnerable source.

Having turned her gaze inwards, Scout Niblett avoids over self-indulgence for a universally appealing yet very personal record.

Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs have crafted a solid debut. There’s plenty of charm, and though a lot of it has been beaten to death before, it’s still a really fun record.

After the Suicide-quoting rockabilly blitz of Badlands, Dirty Beaches returns with a cinematic double album exploring his own dark soul.

With an assuredly illuminated artistic vision, George Washington Brown continues to have an impact on the music of our times.