Finally publishing this list, 4 months into 2014. In no particular order (* means I actually saw them live in 2013):
La Femme – Psycho Tropical Berlin
Au Revoir Simone – Move In Spectrums
Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
The Holydrug Couple – Noctuary
Frankie Rose – Herein Wild (missed her by a few hours at Pitchfork!)
M. Geddes Gengras – Collected Works Vol. 1 – The Moog Years*
Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze
Lee Ranaldo & the Dust – Last Night On Earth