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Interested in what people have to say about their favourites of 2012 so far…
Can be a top 5 or whatever.
Hope to pick up some recommendations of stuff I might have missed over the last year.
Keep em comin’ in…
I had fun looking through the last year of releases for these. If you use iTunes, you can make a custom playlist of albums added in 2012 and have everything nearly organized by album for review.
Nas – Life is Good
http://open.spotify.com/album/5fwYiohuGFqJx34Z4s26jI
Kariem Riggins – Alone Together
http://open.spotify.com/album/2FBj4EIKU6RLAvVmyBAyRV
Flying Lotus – When the Quiet Comes
RZA – The Man With the Iron Fists
http://open.spotify.com/album/0BdgQS5kRr8YRp2Vuf8lMV
Com Truise – In Decay
http://open.spotify.com/album/3IGzhSAtdDONhGykQ57sAF
SUNMONX – POWER SALAD
GOVINDA – UNIVERSAL ON SWITCH
MR. BILL & FREDDY TODD – GOURMET EVERYTHING EP
CULPRATE – COLOURS
HEROBUST – SCREW LOOSE EP
sorry for EPs, but most of my top LPs are actualy EPs 🙂
Portico Quartet – Portico Quartet
Jazz fused with live electronics + effects to create a sonic landscape with buried melodies.
(click on the artwork for more info and song samples)
Would have to go with iamamiwhoami – kin as my favourite album this year. Electro synth pop bliss that hasn’t gotten tired for listening to it repeatedly.
Some of my favorites from 2012:
The Herd – Better Alive EP
http://open.spotify.com/album/69wqr15zGZ6l9AQjRc9UDy
Mumford & Sons – Babel
http://open.spotify.com/album/7uDfZSbrd80ylz1EgGr4Rv
Den svenska björnstammen – Ett fel närmare rätt
http://open.spotify.com/album/1dRSyjLs2uPXQmWBXO1PdO
Good thinking adding Spotify links, Niklas. I went back and added them for mine. Makes listening to albums much easier.
Mastodon didnt put anything out this year. Hence, there is no Album of the Year.
@Brendan: I’ll pretend i didnt just read about “electro pop synth bliss”. OMFG
Ray, was there anything other than Mastodon that was worth listening to in 2012?
The things I liked were:
Light Asylum – Light Asylum
https://soundcloud.com/mexicansummer/light-asylum-hour-fortress-1
https://soundcloud.com/mexicansummer/light-asylum-at-will-1
https://soundcloud.com/mexicansummer/light-asylum-pope-will-roll-1
Robert Hood – Motor:Nighttime World 3
https://soundcloud.com/musicmanrecords/sets/robert-hood-motor-nighttime
Radioactive Man – Waits and Measures
Ursprung – Ursprung
https://soundcloud.com/experimedia/ursprung-ursprung-album
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
https://soundcloud.com/spiritualized/hey-jane-eq-15feb-1
D’Marc Cantu – Fallen/A New World
https://soundcloud.com/mosrecordings/dmarc-cantu-a-new-world
https://soundcloud.com/cremeorganization/sets/creme-jak-xl01-dmarc-cantu
Claro Intelecto – Reform Club
https://soundcloud.com/delsinrecords/claro-intelecto-reform-club
Christopher Rau – Two
https://soundcloud.com/320kb_uploads/sets/smallvillelp06-christopher-rau
Best Freebie –
Timothy J Fairplay – Juno Podcast 37
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2012/06/20/juno-plus-podcast-37-timothy-j-fairplay/
Best mix –
Andrew Weatherall – Masterpiece
http://www.beatport.com/release/masterpiece-andrew-weatherall/900789
Grimes – Visions
http://open.spotify.com/album/48a7rOjTzpD1zzJAteeveE
The Soft Moon – Zeros
http://open.spotify.com/album/3iLEW3QmwKw3T3oQvQNwOP
King Tuff
http://open.spotify.com/album/32fC2Iy3y3lLgYONDZT1Ee
The XX – Coexist
http://open.spotify.com/album/2cRMVS71c49Pf5SnIlJX3U
DIIV – Oshin
Tame Impala – Lonerism. The track Elephant played at Hemp House
Alt-J An awsome wave.
The xx Coexist
Grimes Visions
Bobby Womack The bravest man in the universe
Grimes & Tame Impala are good shouts. Grimes is playing in Shanghai in March, I’m really tempted to go and see her.
My shouts
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Lotus Plaza – Spooky at a Distance
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Fout Tet – Pink
Hey AM,
A little surprised at your list, what no Villalobos or Shed?
The Grimes album is coming up a lot and its certainly a strong one (as good as Halfaxa though?)
Hear her live show is “evolving” a lot, so Shanghai could be great.
Was disappointed with The xx album though.
Didn’t listen to much rock/indie this year but thought the Dinosaur Jr Album – I Bet On Sky, was pretty decent.
https://soundcloud.com/dinosaur-jr/watch-the-corners
https://soundcloud.com/de-cider/sets/dinosaur-jr-i-bet-on-sky
Quote:Hey AM,A little surprised at your list, what no Villalobos or Shed?
I just had a look at the most listened to stuff in my itunes. The Electronic stuff is filed away in other playlists/areas.
Never really got the whole Villalobos thing to be honest. I’d like to see him DJ but as a producer he doesn’t really do it for me.
Shed was fucking ace though. As was Randomer, Trevino, Jon Convex, Objekt (I heard he played a blinder in Shanghai last week)& Matador.
Have you heard that Andy Stott album?
You mean “Luxury Problems”? Thought it was quite good actually
Dubby stuff that is a continuation of what he put out last year: Passed Me By & We Stay Together
He has done suff in the past with Claro Intelecto (who I thought put put a slightly better album)
Agree on Jon Convex, the label seems to be going well too.
PS – You did not rate Alcachofa? (whatever about his more recent stuff, that one is a classic)
All about nailed it for me. However, here are a few picks I haven’t seen yet that I’d stand by:
The Walkmen – Heaven
10 years and going. Walkmen have yet to release an album I don’t like. I keep looking for it and after the first cut on this imagined this could be it, but after a repeat quickly fell in love with it. Definitely mellowed out over the years but killer song and album construction.
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Charged hip hop. Don’t know how else to explain it. Political and clever. The closing song is great and does some to resolve the album. Imagine getting angry listening to this like you would listening to the Swans or something. Good stuff.
Lightships – Electric Cables
Slowcore. If you were ever a fan of Teenage Fanclub you’ll probably enjoy this. Takes a couple of spins before your ears warm to it but definitely worth it. Pared down melodies hook you in and keep you listening.
Happy listening, happy new year and thanks for all the suggestions.
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