Those who dig local music (and we know there are a lot of you) will be especially interested in checking out this year-end list from Underground Sounds‘ Nick Schofield. Here are his picks for the best albums of 2013:

Brahja Waldman – Cosmic Brahjas/Closer to the Tones
Sarah Neufeld – Hero Brother
Majical Cloudz – Impersonator
Osama Shalabi & Stefan Christoff &  – родина (rodina)
Suuns – Image Du Futur