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Ok it’s that time of the year, post your favorites


My tastes tend to lean heavily towards down tempo/ electronic / synth pop, so keep that in mind

20. Ab-Soul - Control System

19. Air Tycoon - Winter Purple

http://air-tycoon.bandcamp.com/album/winter-purple

18. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems (2012)



17. Twin Shadow - Confess



16. Crystal Castles - III



15. Evian Christ - Kings And Them



14. TNGHT - TNGHT EP



13. oOoOO - Our Love Is Hurting Us EP



12. Groundislava - Feel Me



11. Sebastien Tellier - my god is blue




10. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music


9. Tame Impala - lonerism




8. Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid M.A.A.D City


7. Symmetry- themes for an imaginary film



6. iamamiwhoami - Kin



5. Holy Other- Held



4. Purity Ring - Shrines



3. Ice Choir - Afar



2. Chromatics -Kill for Love



1. BeachHouse - Bloom

This year for me was way more single/ep-centric than prior years. Top 6 or so were enjoyed albums, below that are just a rough listing of albums that had a lot of songs I didn't delete.

Top 20

1. Trust - TRST
2. Tame Impala - Lonerism
3. Digitalism - DJ-Kicks
4. Roc Marciano - Reloaded
5. Geographer - Myth
6. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
7. Beach House - Bloom
8. Matthew Dear - Beams
9. Pond - Beard, Wives, Denim
10. Teeel - University Heights
11. The xx - Coexist
12. 100s - Ice Cold Perm
13. How To Dress Well - Total Loss
14. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
15. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
16. The Invisible - Rispah
17. Action Bronson - Rare Chandeliers
18. Yppah - Eighty One
19. Grimes - Visions
20. Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation

(just an idea for this thread, maybe quote the albums off others' lists that you haven't heard? Then if you're up to it that person can compile a grouping of songs from them & share? Or youtubes'd probably work... plus we're gonna have a 2012 compilation thread... I don't know, I think it'd be interesting seeing what most everyone has listened to & mostly not yet)

Haven't heard these, only know of #13:

Panama wrote:19. Air Tycoon - Winter Purple
15. Evian Christ - Kings And Them
13. oOoOO - Our Love Is Hurting Us EP
12. Groundislava - Feel Me
7. Symmetry- themes for an imaginary film
6. iamamiwhoami - Kin
5. Holy Other- Held
3. Ice Choir - Afar

Disappointing (from what I was anticipating):

1. Crystal Castles - III
2. Vitalic - Rave Age - Was probably the most surprised with this one, there are a gang of vocals on here that ruin their respective songs
3. Twin Shadow - Confess
Miike Snow - Happy To You
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Yeasayer - Fragrant World
Bloc Party - Four
Nas - Life Is Good - not sure why I gave this a try (skipped Distant Relatives) but it was a quick delete
JJ Doom - Key to the Kuffs
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour

& to a degree Matthew Dear & The xx were letdowns from what I was hoping for... a lot of my favorite artists shit the bed in 2012

Christian Scott - Christian aTunde Adjuah
Frank Ocean - Orange
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Evian - speed of life
Big Boi-Vicious lies & dangerous rumors
Roc Marciano - Reloaded
The Kyteman Orchestra - The Kyteman Orchestra
Het VerZet - Greatest Shits

fortuna wrote:Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again

..great album.

Trampled By Turtles- Stars And Satellites
Charlie Parr- Barnswallow
Gojira- L'Enfant Sauvage
Father John Misty- Fear Fun
Left Lane Cruisers & James Leg- Painkillers
Dr. John- Locked Down

threw the already listed ones up top. no discernible order following

beach house -- bloom

grimes -- visions

chromatics -- kill for love

hot chip -- in our heads

purity ring -- shrines



shovels & rope -- o' be joyful


woods -- bend beyond


taylor swift -- red


divine fits -- a thing called divine fits


cat power -- sun


wild nothing -- nocturne


the honeycutters -- when bitter met sweet


poolside -- pacific standard time


memory tapes -- grace/confusion


patterson hood -- heat lightning rumbles in the distance


probably forgot a few & was staying away from any tunes that may end up on the 2012 p mixx, went with neil young covers whenever applicable ;\
gonna listen to the above shits when i get teh chance, lot's i don't know up there. remember liking that crystal castles but only listened to it the one time, never listened to the new mt goats record ;/

^^^ I thought that memory tapes - grace/confusion was pretty enjoyable

Grimes is probably my favorite of the year. Kind of obsessed with her. When she hits those really high but really soft notes I just get overwhelmed with urges to dids something immediately.
Been an awesome year for female singers in general:
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Dirty Ghosts - Metal Moon
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Purity Ring - Shrines
Crystal Castles - III
Iggy Azalea - Trap Gold (technically a rap album i guess?)


Lee Fields - Faithful Man
Black Keys - El Camino
Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
Allah-las
Tame Impala - Lonerism
The XX - Coexist
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Gary Clark Jr - Blak and Blu
A Place to Bury Strangers - Worship
Placebo - B3EP

Sure I'm forgetting some and there's a bunch of stuff I still need to listen to. Agree that the Miike Snow album was a big disappointment.

ZZ Top, Lana Del Rey, Ke$ha and Frank Ocean.

also this 4 a change of pace..