It's January 31st.. hardly the time to look back at the year prior. But ripe with the awards season, Grammy's, Golden Globes, Tri State Indie Awards, etc it seems like the perfect time to share some thoughts about the year before. 2013 was a pretty damn good year for new music. When compiling the year end list, it was remarkable how many outstanding Philadelphia based releases there were each month. As with all things here at Root Down In The Shadow, we're going to skip retelling what you've read every where else. Here we are going to do a Philly only year-end review! Sorry to those of you who may be expecting Bastille , Aoife O'Donovan , J. Roddy Walston & The Business , or Phosphorescent on a year end list, like most things here at Root Down In The Shadow, this list will be Philly-centric! Finally, apologies to Dr. Dog and Amos Lee, but I think everyone is aware already of B Room and Mountans of Sorrow, Rivers of Song. Although I will add, the