Jim's Gems, 2013: Bowie, Villagers, and Nick Cave among the best albums of the year
David Bowie's The Next Day and Villagers' Awayland are among Jim's Gems for 2013
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Here I was a stay-at-home dad with my then five-year-old Lucy, living my best life. The downside was that I was practically broke, the country was in ruins and we had just discovered that we had all been unknowingly eating horsemeat for years. Thankfully there was still a few decent albums to get us through.
