Welcome to our 2013 critics’ picks issue! We have chosen only the most contentiously awesome lists of the year in the fields of music, books and film. Haven’t made your own yet? Take one of ours. by Jacob Boon, David Dahms, Shannon Fay, Stephanie Johns, Carsten Knox, Michael Lake, Jeff Lawton, Zoë Migicovsky, Whitney Moran, Andrew Patterson, Lindsay Raining Bird, Doug Taylor, Tara Thorne and Adria Young
This article appears in Dec 19-25, 2013.