9/10
Ben Levin Group - Freak Machine
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
King Crimson - Live at the Orpheum
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs
Van der Graaf Generator - Merlin Atmos: Live Perfomances 2013

8.5/10
AKKU Quintet - Molecules
Alco Firsbass - Alco Frisbass
Bill Laurance - Swift
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge
Gov’t Mule feat. John Scofield - Sco-Mule
Magma - Slag tanz
Not a Good Sign - From a Distance
Rabbit Rabbit - Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 3 - Year of the Wooden Horse
Schnellertollermeier - X
Snarky Puppy -…

2014 albums & rankings, so far

10/10
Swans - To Be Kind

9.5/10
Anathema - Distant Satellites
Ellen Andrea Wang - Diving
Gong - I See You
Imogen Heap - Sparks
Jack o' the Clock - Night Loops
Knifeworld - The Unravelling

9/10
Aranis - Made in Belgium II
Casualties of Cool - Casualties of Cool
the cellar and point - ambit
Devin Townsend Project - Z²: Sky Blue
Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!
iamthemorning - Belighted
John Zorn - On Leaves of Grass
John Zorn - The Testament of Solomon
Kayo Dot - Coffins on Io
Marissa Nadler -…

Once the year is over, I will not be adding/adjusting rankings, even though I will likely hear more 2013 albums next year, and my opinions on many of these may change in the future. These are just the 2013 albums I've checked out in 2013, and my initial rankings of them.

2013 Albums
10/10
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (and other stories)

9.5/10
Anathema - Universal
Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony
Big Big Train - English Electric, Part Two
Mike Keneally - You Must Be This Tall
Moon Safari - Himlabacken vol. 1
Steven Wilson -…

Concerts
Blue Man Group - 5/??/09
Bon Jovi - 3/27/10
Keith Emerson & Greg Lake - 5/8/10
Styx, Foreigner, & Kansas - 6/18/10
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band - 6/27/10
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bret Michael, & .38 Special - 7/10/10
Rush - 7/19/10
Jon Anderson & Lisa Bouchelle- 8/27/10
John Fogerty - 9/10/10
Porcupine Tree - 9/24/10
The Allman Brothers Band - 11/16/10
Gregg Allman & Jaimo’s Jassz Band - 1/2/11
Blue Oyster Cult (sans Eric Bloom) & Luke Mullholland Band - 2/11/11
Rush - 4/10/11
Blackfield & Danny and Vincent Cavanagh -5/20/11
Buddy Guy, McLovins, & Bronze Radio Return…

I won't be adding 2012 albums that I've heard in 2013. Likewise, I won't adjust the ratings any further, even if my opinion of them changes in the future. This is just a way to document the new albums that I've listened to this year.

Studio Albums/EPs
10/10
Anathema - Weather Systems

9.5/10
Änglagård - Viljans Öga
Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
Echolyn - Echolyn
Marillion - Sounds That Can't Be Made

9/10
Big Big Train - English Electric, Part 1
District 97 - Trouble With Machines
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
IZZ - Crush of Night
Knifeworld - Clairvoyant…

2011 Albums
(I won't be adding 2011 albums that I've heard in 2012. This is just 2011 albums that I received in 2011)
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning (10/10)

Black Country Communion - 2 (9.5/10)
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events (9.5/10)

Amplifier - The Octopus (9/10)
Beardfish - Mammoth (9/10)
Derek Sherinian - Oceana (9/10)
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (9/10)
Gazpacho - London (9/10)
Gazpacho - Missa Atropos (9/10)**
Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl (9/10)
Haken - Visions (9/10)
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (9/10)…