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Year in Rock 2013 Nominee: Tomahawk

TOMAHAWK White Hats / Black Hats From: Oddfellows Released: January 29 Dialing back on experimentation somewhat yielded what amounts to Mike Patton's most straightforward rock album since... well, Tomahawk's debut album. And, even if Oddfellows doesn't quite live up to that debut, it's refreshingly accessible while maintaining some of the skewed sonic sensibilities that make Patton one of music's most intriguing figures.

Gallantly Streaming: Tomahawk's Not All That Odd* New Album

Stream Tomahawk's fourth album Oddfellows here , courtesy Spin. That asterisk at the end of the word odd in the title of this post points to the fact that odd, by its very definition, is Mike Patton. So, to hear what basically amounts to Patton's first somewhat accessible album since his Peeping Tom project way back in 2006, you'd be forgiven for feeling like it's actually quite normal sounding. That's because, for Patton, it is. Now, let's not get it twisted; this is no stab at mainstream acceptance and gigantic sales figures. You won't hear anything from Oddfellows on Glee, and you surely won't be hearing these songs playing over commercials while you watch Glee. Instead, this is a fairly straightforward album with standard song structures and the most explicitly pleasing Patton rock statements since, say, Tomahawk's second album. There are no Mr. Bunglesque genre-tripping freakouts (though many tracks are sure to be construed as batshit insa...

Year in Rock 2013 Preview

Usually, this is the time of year when the reflections on the twelve months that were are complete and this place becomes a ghost town for at least a couple weeks because there's nothing interesting being released until April. In fact, if you noticed during my chronologically ordered nominees rollout, you'll find that only 7/50 came out in the first quarter of the year (with five of those being in March, and none in January). Maybe the labels are panicking to get their properties out there before no one cares about albums anymore, maybe my music addiction's spiraled too far out of control. Whatever the case, the first three months of 2013 are logjammed with potentially and guaranteed awesome albums alike. So, we took a look back, and will remember 2012 fondly; now let's dive into 2013 and start devouring more tasty riffs! After the jump are my 15 most anticipated releases coming in the early part of 2013: